Also very quiet because… welp not much time for social media rn 🫠 craft fair season is here to kick my ass.

Printing new illustrations for @renegadecraft.bsky.social coming up this weekend. shopresetreality.com also newly updated 💓

Work in progress 💓

Okay I added one thing from Timothy Synder’s book On Tyranny to this.

Haven’t posted in a while - working in higher ed rn is a constant energy vampire when fascist clowns are in charge. Here’s an oldie of @emilymetalskin.bsky.social

Next riso doodle features some French floral ornamental flourishes.

Revisiting this sketch of @vilidian.bsky.social and leaning into Klimt ornate stuff 🥰

Analog figure printing was so fun today! #riso #risoprinting #art

Getting ready to riso print this tomorrow! Learning a new skill sure pushes creative boundaries 💓

@emilymetalskin.bsky.social

One of my favorite artists 💓

I’m so excited I GOT IN 😭😍 Save the date y’all! April 12/13 🥰

Yuri Kochiyama- “Remember Consciousness is power. Tomorrow’s world is yours to build.” Letterpress notebook/journal with sewn stitched binding and recycled paper https://www.blackbirdletterpress.com/inspiring-women/yuri-kochiyama-journal

NEW PRINT “America’s Sweetheart #2”. A portrait of Luigi Mangione, drawn from life, for The Verge $20 from each sale goes to a cancer patient’s GoFundMe, because that’s the actual healthcare system of this Hunger Games country Mollycrabapple.com/shop

Boredom doodles using Notability

Tooling around with my brand new iPad Pro today! Enjoy this little house finch sketch y’all

Day 3/100 @vilidian.bsky.social

Day 2 / 100

I’m trying to get back / tend to my sketchy drawing roots by keeping and filling a sketchbook for the next 100 days. No pressure.

Hayley Mixed media on paper 2022

It may be more useful to view creativity through the lens of bittersweetness—of grappling simultaneously with darkness and light. It’s not that pain equals art. It’s that creativity has the power to look pain in the eye, and to decide to turn it into something better. From: Bittersweet, Susan Cain

Experimenting again.

@marartmodel.bsky.social 💙

European bee-eater 🥰

Hummingbirds of the World! Drawn a couple years ago in Procreate.

Awhile back I was experimenting with combining life drawing with riso printing/digital drawing. I’m hoping to experiment more in the spring with riso! It’s such a cool process. Model and reference: @vilidian.bsky.social

I had an off day with the artmaking. This was the only experiment that came out okay from yesterday’s @judithyaws.bsky.social sesh with Hayley

Another sketch of @emilymetalskin.bsky.social 💙

I love seeing mourning doves peacefully cooing on my fire escape. They’re gentle cuties that deserve more love 💓

@emilymetalskin.bsky.social 💓

As the internet gets shittier it’s gotten easier to be off it and read more books lately

Inspired by @vilidian.bsky.social 🙏🏻💫🩵/ reference photo from her patreon album INGRES

This is my favorite of the three babies I painted. Was very tempted to keep this one but alas, I will let it go. Preview is now up in my shop. The trio will be available Saturday the 15th at 1:00 pm eastern dianateeterart.bigcartel.com

“All art is a work in progress. It’s helpful to see the piece we’re working on as an experiment. One in which we can’t predict the outcome. Whatever the result, we will receive useful information that will benefit the next experiment.” Excerpt From: The Creative Act Rick Rubin

I think I’m going to try painting quick, abstract figurative sketches for 100 days… starting 2/23. My first attempt at a 100 day project in 2021 ended halfway through. We’ll see how far I get this year!

I’d like to spread some love, so maybe I could help share some artists webshops? Mind sharing your favourite gift in your art webshop or that of a fellow artist? Please share it! I’ll try and repost as many as possible. Get some valentines gift from independent creators!

Please stop with the generative AI. It's garbage, theft, making us less capable. Image by www.nobodyssweetheart.com

@hjmodelevivant.bsky.social via Brooklyn Figure Drawing

Aw man, I just realized how often people post on platforms like these and I felt my brain twitch 😆😩 I’ve always just done things at a slow (sometimes nonexistent) clip. It’s been fine lol. Here’s another @emilymetalskin.bsky.social

I’ve been feeling encouraged to share and paint again lately, after falling into quite the slump last year. This one is an oldie from 2019. One day I’ll revisit large drawings. NYC living rooms are not designed for this 😂

Welcome @emilymetalskin.bsky.social 🦋

Since ditching IG, I’m trying to allow my art to take up space on here, every day. Nicole as a dream Mixed media on paper 2024

The comedy show I went to tonight opened with a 90 year old lady. Then Jim Gaffigan and Jerry Seinfeld both randomly show up to do a set. I was there to support friend and they threw in bonus famous comedians for free because ok NYC on a Monday night. That’s just how it goes here.

Welcome @vilidian.bsky.social to 🦋

We’re tired today and doodling in bed.

“Artists are here to disturb the peace. They have to disturb the peace. Otherwise, chaos.” — James Baldwin, interview with Studs Terkel, July 15th, 1961

Kendrick Lamar referencing one of my favourite pieces ever at the Super Bowl, “The revolution will not be televised” by Gil Scott-Heron.