This is my double-sided Downy Woodpecker collage installation! The image may look mirrored, but look a little closer and you'll find small differences between each side. This collage is able to hang from the ceiling and appear as if it's actually flying wherever it's installed 🪶 #birds #birdart

Chugging along! Very happy with how this one is turning out 🪶

Day 02 of #septempera - little witch taking a break. This one gave me a lot of trouble, should have probably planned it better...

Started working on this Mourning Dove Mosaic next. There are 3 juveniles living right in front of my apartment window and I want to be their mom. So I'm making this because they've inspired me 🪶 #birds #wip

It's finally done! This is my double-sided Downy Woodpecker collage installation! I just cleaned up the edges and added clear elastic for it to hang from the ceiling. She's a beaut!! 🪶 #birds #Sciart #birdart #painterlycollage

RIP to the one tomato that was growing on my plant. A squirrel got to it and left the evidence behind :(((((((

We need more days off for labor day because instead of sleeping and relaxing like I want to do, my sister and some friends are visiting, we're going to an arcade, skating a pump track, swimming in a river, going out dancing, and going out to see fireworks. 😮‍💨 I'm grateful but I'm tired

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Currently in a hellish cycle where working out to treat chronic pain makes the pain worse because I'm at square one but the pain won't get better until I work out enough 🥹

This collage was made during my recent residency with Visionaries + Voices, a Cincinnati art studio that assists and collaborates with disabled artists. This piece "Ishmael at Work" is a portrait of Ismael- someone I met whose comics I was immediately enamoured by.

My downy woodpecker collage is like 99% done! Just gotta add some final touches :3 next I'll be working on a mourning dove paper mosaic and some fun & easy 2-layer abstract collages ✂️

Art supply re-use stores are one of the best things ever. I just got so many art supplies for free. If you're looking to donate any money or art supplies just collecting dust in your storage, consider donating to your nearest art re-use store!!!

You may be surprised to hear that I just sat down to eat 5 whole eggs. You may be less surprised when I say they are of the deviled variety

Today I'm finishing my double-sided Downy Woodpecker collage installation that will hang from the ceiling! This project has taken me way longer than I anticipated but it'll be very worth it 🪶 #birds #birdart #painterlycollage

Bluesky! I've been gone for a couple months bc my phone was broken and I was using an old one. Hello! I'll have to share the big updates that have happened, because there have been quite a lot. I'll update in this thread 🧵

Obsessed with this commission I finished last week! Hmu if you want anything like this done, my comms are still open 💚

class is in session!

Florida, I am in you!!! My sister and I birded at the nature preserve near our place and I saw 13 lifers. Including this gorgeous Roseate Spoonbill !!!! 🪶 Plus we saw this GORGEOUS rainbow! 🌈 #birding #sanibelisland

"We look with our eyes, not our claws!" Some more kidlit art because I'm in the mood to draw pets and cute babies

Eisner Award Winner Caroline Cash Presents ADVENTURE TIME: THE BUBBLINE COLLEGE SPECIAL #1 – A Giant-Sized Alternate Universe Comic Extravaganza Coming in August! @oni-press.bsky.social #AdventureTime

Yesterday I woke up at 4:30 a.m., went to a park outside the city, and birded for 6 hours. I saw 33 species, including a rare Northern Waterthrush, and a lot of lifers. It was a blast. Here are some pictures I took 🐥

So I got an app called ScreenZen that pauses your apps before you open them with a message saying "is this important?" And you can set a timer for the app every time you open it. It's been working so well! And it's free 💚 i did soooo much yesterday, it was great. It's exactly what I needed

Mmmm. Yummy font

we are all sinners

Going to try and truly tackle my phone addiction. I'm sick of seeing my life and my passion for art fall to the side just because I use this glass rectangle full of anger and fear and consumerism to distract myself from my feelings!!!! If anyone has any tips, PLEASE let me know 💚💚

I wasn’t 100% happy with how characters turned out with this, but I thought it was dope how well I translated digital color to traditional. This was 2023 painting experiment

I've heard so much advice about #illustration portfolios, I think I've made mine too broad. I think I need to niche down to my specific interests so I can get the kind of work I would love to work on. Pro tip: don't take every piece of advice you hear 😅 it's often contradictory to itself, too.

I started making dinner right after work bc I was HUNGRY. I put rice in the rice cooker, cooked it fully, and opened it to realize I forgot to put the water in 💀 bruh

This is outside my usual style but I just submitted it for a potential dream project 👀🤞🤞wish me luck y'all!!

The Escape - acryla-gouache and ink This was created a few years ago for the Detroit Book Fest. This year's painting is under way. Can't wait to show it! 📚 #bookart #booklover #booksky #litsky #literature #books #illustration

My new book is out today! “Are you a friend of Dorothy?” written by Kyle Lukoff, published by Simon and Schuster. This book is about the ways queer people in history have used secret codes and slang to find each other in dark times. #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator #lgbtqbooks

Bonus: this badass commission I did for my friend’s D&D campaign

What my art looked like before I found my style! Spoiler alert: I was really into chalk pastels and screenprinting

My workshop yesterday went so well! We made bird collages again 💚 here's a little glimpse of my bird collage.

I just checked this book out at the library to research my own PB manuscript about birding and WOW. IM OBSESSED @cordellmatthew.bsky.social you are a genius and we need more picture books about birding!!! I am in love with this book!!

Love this collage style sm!!!!!

Very cool to see that @davidhohn.bsky.social has joined the Three Point Perspective podcast (one of my favs)! If you're interested in illustration and the publishing industry, definitely check it out! That podcast is full of valuable info about art as a career ✏️

Really leaning into the traditional collage look so far in my next digital illustration! I'm feeling a style shift approaching 👀

I'm all moved and somewhat unpacked 😮‍💨 that was rough. I'm very sore now and I have to work my day job where I have to do a lot of physical labor 🥲 pray 4 me

Happy Earth Day! 🌼🌱🌏

I started moving out of my apartment yesterday, then went out dancing from 10 pm to 4 am. Now I have to continue moving,,,,,, why did I do this to myself 🥹

Look at herrrrr 🥺 my sweet lil baby Marcyyyy

I made a beautiful banana bread yesterday, and even though I did the toothpick test and it came out clean, the middle of my loaf is undercooked 🥹 I'm going to pop it back in the oven later, hopefully it's not too late

Made this poster for my friends' show with the Cincinnati Fringe Festival! I had a ton of fun with this one 💚🔥🏕️

Very excited to go on vacation and fill up some pages of my sketchbook with travel sketches and collages!! I have so many fun ideas 💚

Seeing another AI art trend popping off is taking years off of my life, I fear

Saw this comment under a cool performance art piece of a drag performer in a crazy, creepy, out-of-this-world costume. It sums up a lot of what I've been talking about with my friends lately: I want to see more horror drag in Cincinnati.

Yay!! A rare W for Ohio, let's gooooooo

Last night my boyfriend said, "what if there was a Bop-it movie and it was like Saw?" 💀💀💀💀💀 Bruh

BIRDS!!!