I finally got a youtube channel yesterday! Please share and subcribe. I'll be putting up the sketches from planned, future books. youtu.be/K6cFJ0l5RDo?...

Capoeira: First Steps has launched on Amazon. It's available on both Kindle and as a physical book. Please request it to your libraries and local stores. Or simply share it. www.amazon.com/Capoeira-Fir... Stickers at www.mythictexture.com #capoeira #martialarts #mythictexture

I have been simultaneously doing too much and too little.

Just got my first store shelf at Local Crafters in Central City Mall in Surrey, BC Canada. We got capoeira and Black Fairy Stickers. Also the picture book Capoeira: First Steps.

Just got my first store shelf at Local Crafters in Central City Mall in Surrey, BC Canada. We got capoeira and Black Fairy Stickers. Also the picture book Capoeira: First Steps.

🎉 Sistah Scifi Giveaway Alert! @strangehorizons.bsky.social is giving away a $25 gift card 🔥 Entries open between March 29 and April 1. To enter: 📖 Follow @strangehorizons.bsky.social 💬 Reply with your favorite piece they’ve published Show up, show love, maybe leave with a win ✊🏾 #SistahScifi

And then the book has some of the songs that go with capoeira, like "a hora é essa" (the time is now) (6/?)

The book also introduces you to the instruments that accompany capoeira. Here's the atabaque, a drum (5/?)

As promised in the title, the book starts with first steps, illustrated by this wonderful young practitioner (you may think you could handle doing meia lua de frente, but wait till you see meia lua de compasso) (2/?)

My copy of @akemiart.bsky.social 's beautiful CAPOEIRA: FIRST STEPS (@mythictexture.bsky.social ) arrived yesterday, and it's every bit as beautiful as I thought it would be. A thread (1/?) bsky.app/profile/myth...

The Barnes & Noble pre-order promotion is live! Get your copy of the Forged in FIYAH anthology for 25% off between today and Thursday 🔥 Share with a friend who loves #BlackSFF

I really want to go to this. Not for any particular reason than to be surrounded by art and books. Somedays, it's really hard to keep up the enthusiasm when creativity is treated like a production line.

Capoeira: First Steps has launched on Amazon. It's available on both Kindle and as a physical book. Please request it to your libraries and local stores. Or simply share it. www.amazon.com/Capoeira-Fir... Stickers at www.mythictexture.com #capoeira #martialarts #mythictexture

Almost 1k new people found my little cloud in this sky in less than a day. Thank you so much! I'm Dianita, fantasy artist from Mexico currently in TX. You'll find that I love Medusa and that I include animals in most of my art. I illustrated a tarot deck for Llewellyn too! (March 2025). 🥰

To fully understand "Sinners" and the world of the Smokestack twins, we need to explore the Rust Belt Gothik, the tradition of Black speculative survival strategies forged in response to the pressures of the Great Migration

Unfortunately, the book release has been delayed.

"As the artist and writer of Capoeira: First Steps. I realize that when I switched to focusing on my art & writing full-time, I left a lot of my fitness & health behind. Capoeira was not really a fitness thing however. It was an art that I enjoyed practicing." - @akemiart.bsky.social

"As the artist and writer of Capoeira: First Steps. I realize that when I switched to focusing on my art & writing full-time, I left a lot of my fitness & health behind. Capoeira was not really a fitness thing however. It was an art that I enjoyed practicing." - @akemiart.bsky.social

It’s #WorldWildlifeDay! Check out our books by @candacespizzirri.bsky.social, writerjolene.bsky.social, and Charlotte Watson Sherman that connect kids to our planet! 🌍 We 💚 FINLEY, BIONIC BEASTS, and MERMAID KENZIE! 🦢🦋🐘🐳 #WWD2026 #kidlit #animals #teachers #librarians #booksky

I was just thinking happily of new projects to work on. Then found a stash of projects I never finished. My internal snarky self looked me up and down like this.

I will be at the Black Flea Market this Sat, Feb 28th. Come on down to see me and a diversity of art from Black vendors at 316 W 5th Ave 1-6pm. I'll be promoting my new picture book, Capoeira: First Steps. This book is out March 7th.

I was just thinking happily of new projects to work on. Then found a stash of projects I never finished. My internal snarky self looked me up and down like this.

Dear readers, TALES & FEATHERS VOLUME 4 IS NOW LIVE! 🎊 Fantasy is full of world ending dangers. Of wars & high stakes & lives on the line. But what comes after?👀 Subscribers can find the issue in their inbox within 24 hours, & we have 2 FREE pieces on our site RIGHT NOW! Click the link below!⬇️

I've written about Picture Book Publishing rates in Canada for Illustrators and Writers. The article will help you understand your publishing contracts and what you can ask for. Leave a comment on the substack if you have questions. open.substack.com/pub/akemiart...

I will be at the Black Flea Market this Sat, Feb 28th. Come on down to see me and a diversity of art from Black vendors at 316 W 5th Ave 1-6pm. I'll be promoting my new picture book, Capoeira: First Steps. This book is out March 7th.

Want a chance to win our top prize of $1,500 CAD? Register by 11:59 pm ET February 28 to receive the writing prompt on March 1. Then write with us and submit your short story by 11:59 ET on March 14. Register for the Karen Gansel Short Fiction Contest at https://ow.ly/X1SP50Ye8wH.

Yooo! Let's ginga! Ginga is of the movements in Capoeira: First Steps. Art by @akemiart.bsky.social The picture book showcases 13 movements, 3 songs, and 3 musical instruments for the beginner capoeirista. #capoeira #capoeirafirststeps #mythictexture #booklaunch #art #childrensbook #picturebook

HORSE YEAR begins during BLACK HISTORY MONTH so it's CREAKY ACRES time, one of our favorite all ages graphic novels from 2025. Among many reasons why we love it is that it's not your well trotted "kid who's different and in a new town proves herself in a field where kids like her are rare" story. 🧵

It's RAMADAN and HORSE YEAR during BLACK HISTORY MONTH so it's time to post the AFRONIA UNICORN series! These lil' fillies gotta go fast to save their world's many unique hues from the crushing monolithic color-draining evil Madame Imperious bookshop.org/a/120917/978...

@mythictexture.bsky.social presents a new picture book on Capoeira! Learn your first 13 movements. Also learn three songs and instruments. All you need for your first game in the Roda! Publication date: Feb 28, 2026 Art & Writing by @akemiart.bsky.social #bhm #blackhistorymonth #capoeira

Yooo! Let's ginga! Ginga is of the movements in Capoeira: First Steps. Art by @akemiart.bsky.social The picture book showcases 13 movements, 3 songs, and 3 musical instruments for the beginner capoeirista. #capoeira #capoeirafirststeps #mythictexture #booklaunch #art #childrensbook #picturebook

A little something to make it easier to find some dope Black creatives to follow on here. ☺️ go.bsky.app/U3UQX2A

Thinking of starting a YouTube channel. But already drained and exhausted by the thought.

Release date updated to March 07, 2026! Join me to learn your first 13 capoeira movements, 3 songs, 3 instruments. All in the Capoeira: First Steps picture book by @akemiart @mythictexture #capoeira #capoeirafirststeps #mythictexture #booklaunch #art #childrensbook #picturebook

I didn’t realize that asking for a lower spice level also removed the flavour. ugh.😑

Release date updated to March 07, 2026! Join me to learn your first 13 capoeira movements, 3 songs, 3 instruments. All in the Capoeira: First Steps picture book by @akemiart @mythictexture #capoeira #capoeirafirststeps #mythictexture #booklaunch #art #childrensbook #picturebook

Mumbai’s 88 Pictures will lead full animation production on 'Baahubali: The Eternal War,' one of the most ambitious feature-length animated films ever produced in India and a major milestone for the country’s global animation ambitions. www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

During #BlackHistoryMonth, we are honored to highlight two historical fiction books by @kidlitcollective.bsky.social's @charlottewatson.bsky.social. THIS OPENING SKY, co-authored with Kelly Hollman and LEARN BABY LEARN (Mar. 10) illustrated by Esther Stimphat. #kidlit #booksky #EduSky #blackhistory

@mythictexture.bsky.social presents a new picture book on Capoeira! Learn your first 13 movements. Also learn three songs and instruments. All you need for your first game in the Roda! Publication date: Feb 28, 2026 Art & Writing by @akemiart.bsky.social #bhm #blackhistorymonth #capoeira

CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS! Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!

A list of Black owned and indie animation that is funded or funding via Kickstarter! The first two on the list are still open!

April 25th, 2026 - a free virtual book fair...for adults www.blackgirlbookfair.com Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.

Canadian stories. Canadian creators. Canadian owned. 🇨🇦 Founded in 1984, Orca Book Publishers is an independent Canadian children’s book publisher.

A reminder this Black History month that my art book, Mythic Texture, is available at any book store or library (you can ask them to order it if not). I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere. www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...

Anyway, buy my book this Black History Month. An imaginative visual story about mythic beings - world creators & destroyers. Travellers & tricksters. It collects five years of my art. Order from book stores - Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Waterstones, Indigo, your local seller. Your library!

One thing I like about Witch Hat Atelier, is that it connects to the experience of being a creative. Here I am, churning out bits of this and that, that doesn't work with the vision I want for my books & being frustrated. From another person's perspective though...

Mythic Texture, my Black Fantasy Art book, is an imaginative visual story about mythic beings - world creators & destroyers. Travellers & tricksters. Order from any bookstore - Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Waterstones, Indigo, your local seller. Order it to your local library! ISBN 1738840638

@akemiart.bsky.social (me!) created some Holiday Cards. The cards are now up at Mythictexture.com.

The October edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here! Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/10/06/s...