Somebody anonymously sent books from my wishlist, thank you whoever you are!

One thing about me is that I’ll always fill out a post-event survey

Still true

I've been cold-emailing and applying to more opportunities lately instead of passively waiting for work to come to me, and I can't say I'm super confident that all or any of them will pan out but something feels really good about practicing the skill of writing about myself and my work.

My housekeeper is doing a terrible job lately (it’s me, I’m my housekeeper)

$1B per day is about $42 million per hour. About 30 min worth of that spending can fund my lab for my ENTIRE career (~20 3-year NSFs or ~10 5-year R01s). Please wrap your head around that.

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal. The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright. (Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

Places We Have Loved: Grand Rapids Public Library I actually started this one a couple years ago but I didn't get too far beyond the rough sketch. I'm happy to finally have this one checked off my to-do list. #illustration #art #library #grandrapids #grandrapidsmi

Hands and foot study from 2023 #art #figuredrawing #digitalart #hands #feet

Another zine! This time about one of my favourite groups of not ducks. And an u likely symbol of resistance against oppression. Donate to keep Minnesota housed: www.standwithminnesota.com

Places We Have Loved: Grand Rapids Public Library I actually started this one a couple years ago but I didn't get too far beyond the rough sketch. I'm happy to finally have this one checked off my to-do list. #illustration #art #library #grandrapids #grandrapidsmi

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Bones of the skull #SciArt #medicalIllustration

FYI, this grant program is open to anyone communicating science. It does not require that you went to school for science. You could be a Ph.D. student, an artist, a community organizer, a teacher, or any other profession. As long as you are communicating science IRL in the US, you're eligible.

Over the weekend I picked this project back up after not working on it for nearly a year, and I feel like maybe it's done now #cat #cats #digitalArt #digitalPainting #petPortrait #art #illustration #artist #artsky #catsky

Post a banger that's not in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTr...

Over the weekend I picked this project back up after not working on it for nearly a year, and I feel like maybe it's done now #cat #cats #digitalArt #digitalPainting #petPortrait #art #illustration #artist #artsky #catsky

generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023 people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip

I don't know who needs to hear this but "alumni" is plural

No but for real!!! I've had clients give me their "stick figure" drawings along with their written explanations and honestly I love them so much when I get 'em. They're usually accompanied with an apology for how "bad" they are but honestly they're extremely helpful to us!!!

See a butt, post a butt. 🍑 #SciArt #MedicalIllustration

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Okay this is a delight. If you join, follow me there! (@ hromi)

A few of my favorite house commissions from Christmas. 💗 #illustration #art #commission #houseportrait #building #digitalArt #digitalIllustration

A few of my favorite house commissions from Christmas. 💗 #illustration #art #commission #houseportrait #building #digitalArt #digitalIllustration

Generative AI is an engine for churning out contaminated information faster than people can produce safe information, let alone fact check and correct it. And corrections never remove the original contamination, it's an attempt to stem the metaphorical bleeding and hope for the best. 11/

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

Hello Bluesky! I’m Emily, freelance medical illustrator and multimedia artist based in Grand Rapids, MI. #Scientists, let's work together! I provide #MedicalIllustration, #SciArt, and #design support for clients worldwide.

Sliding into 2026 with zero unpaid or overdue invoices, for perhaps the first time in history

how to use this site for new ppl 1. you're going to be on here less. use that extra time on the computer to draw or write or make music or program or play games etc! 2. don't look at the discover tab 3. follow ur faves 4. follow the people your faves repost + reply to 5. build a feed like that

Throwback to this old self portrait from when I got to do cool art school shit #painting #selfportrait

My officemate doesn't understand how computers work #cat #cats #catsky

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

Vaccine rates for flu and covid are way down this fall but that shit is out there kicking asses left and right. Go get your jabs, you can do both at once!

Do people on Linkedin know that they can make an honest post about the negative aspects of AI without a "don't get me wrong..." caveat?

I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.

Art vs. Artist 2025! #artVsArtist #artVsArtist2025 #SciArt #medicalIllustration #medicalIllustrator #illustration #illustrator #artSky

An illustration demonstrating the direction of blood flow through the #heart. This was a modification of an older illustration, redrawn for my CMI portfolio submission. #sciArt #medicalIllustration #medsky

An illustration demonstrating the direction of blood flow through the #heart. This was a modification of an older illustration, redrawn for my CMI portfolio submission. #sciArt #medicalIllustration #medsky

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For the past month I have been taking a weekly écorché sculpture class at Ghosthouse Fine Art Studio, which just wrapped up yesterday. My sculpting experience is pretty limited so this class definitely challenged me to understand and visualize the human body in new (to me) ways. #sciArt #sculpture

Always, I love to share things I know with people who are curious!!!

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The existing reaction emojis aren't enough, I need to be able to react with this guy: 🤨

Sunday plans: Nonchaloire (Repose), John Singer Sargent, 1911.

Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day. This Black Friday, support a small creator. Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s. No NSFW. No AI. Here’s mine: dragonsofwales.etsy.com

This kind of BS is so insulting to those of us who put deliberate care and thought into crafting scientific figures. The images are supposed to SHOW SOMETHING and to CLARIFY information. What is the point of having an image full of nonsense?? #fuckAI