Read this research from Palestinian scholar Razan Shawamreh that critically unpacks the disconnect between Chinese politicians' lofty rhetoric on Palestinian sovereignty and Chinese corporations' ongoing assistance in expanding illegal Israeli settlements. lausancollective.com/2025/china-a...

Antheraea moths painted by Bengali artist Sheikh Zainuddin (1777) Butterfly nature print by Sherman Denton (1900). Nature print was considered a more accurate reproduction than painting with the aim of removing the artist from the process altogether. IDK man. The painter let the butterflies fly

Saw an academic on Bengali ghosts plug an AI image for their talk. Talk to artists! Manisha Nashkar's series is so good www.instagram.com/manisha.nask...

Think there maybe some overlap with nature printing enthusiasts from 15th-19th C wanting the most faithful copy of nature without any human intervention and end goal of AI to eliminate even the prompter in reproducing an image of the mind so to speak. Nature Printing later gave rise to the camera

Lepidochromy: The process of transferring the colorful wing scales of butterflies/moths onto paper, porcelain, or glass with the help of pressure and an adhesive #NaturePrint Otto Marseus van Schrieck (undated)

Rubbing every membrane of a butterfly to a clear gum arabic base on paper #NaturePrint Joseph Merrin's Butterflying with the Poets (1864)

From my personal experience reporting a hindutva event to my local MP as a member of public- you will be grilled about your "agenda" which means that a corporate lobbyist has already met with them

At the ECCAN meet yesterday(Drill Hall)where folks from Hope for the Future did a talk on raising climate change issues to MPs

Want to make a nature print zine based on a workshop I did with a 6 yr old- initiated her to potato printing, looked at Benjamins (nature print currency from the late 1700s) combined Ebru (ink marbling) & botanical prints into narrative illustrations

"Of what materials was I made?" soap bubbles! Link to my free #texturepack feel free to play around: aindric.com/freebies/

"The Light Always Returns," a phrase that's been kicking around in my head these days. I want to keep repeating it until it becomes the truth. #print #comicart #hope

please keep sharing!

Loranthus nature print by Thomas Horsfield (1773-1859) an American EIC officer in Java, early 19th century herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/t...

In the very long history of nature printing, it becomes a snapshot of Empires in the middle I imagine it moved away from being collaborative (tho not equal) when for eg. East India Company went from being a trading organisation to being a political and military power in South Asia.

Paper marbling should be seen as a photograph of water. I don't see photography as a stable record, an archive, more like a living surface. In this regard I agree with Alternative Processes

#ChildrensBook Alert🎇 This is How I Draw is an incredible illustrator led workbook from Canato Jimo, published by Pratham Books. Stoked to be a part of an incredible roster of artists, and a children’s book that centers the illustrator (pic by Bijal) storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/6...

Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist! www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...

Teleoprated home robot misidentifies you after your crash out hair cut

Teleoperated home robot watches you eat a chicken leg

Why is a gelli plate not called bio plastic? Same key ingredients

The Cartoonist Co-op is no longer affiliated with Affinity due to their recent integration of AI tools. You can read the Co-op's official statement on AI here: cartoonist.coop/journal/ai/ Art by Cy McQuinn (@cymechdraws.bsky.social)

I miss the accreditation girls on twitter :') Crediting people for their labour is like the most basic feminist practice

Better: Removing the existing classifications of "skilled/semiskilled/unskilled" work

Fem Tintin! #theadventuresoftintin #tintin #art

Went on a tour of the Leith Theatre building. Eerie and colddd! Didn't know Leith had the first sewer system in Scotland and the theatre was a gift by Edinburgh after it amalgamated Leith

My #Inktober came from the only two wall hangings in our house. Started with these two characters- no plans- the landscape gradually became bigger Lost a common friend at the start of the month so that stayed at the back of my mind making these #sketch #gelliprint

Metallic acrylics on a spray-painted canvas.

QRP with your dark art 🌑

Watched Haxan(1922) last week at the community cinema #sketch

All this AI discourse reminds me of labour reorganisation that happened in animation with Pixar/CGI. Ai bros only cite Disney's golden age era which Disney itself gutted

testing an artist bio

A visual representation of pattern recognition without incontext learning. Demonstrated by me without following instructions. Took 8 tries!

Duri Baek

"Spiritual leader and former Miss World Tourism"

Studied Duri Baek's sunlight on a daisies gellprint #sketch

how i made Dead Horses, from thumbnail to final page 🐱

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Dandelion whales #sketch

We have room for one passanger #sketch

Started reading Space Crone. #sketch

Lisa Robertson on the she-dandy caused by menopause. "She exists and moves in the city is an affront to the will of capital. Countless clinics are dedicated to preventing her appearance"

#sketch #DailyComics

Found a Bengali version of the English adaption of Well of the World’s End

🌈hi #portfolioday my name is priya huq. i'm available for for comics and illustration work, as well as physical painting commissions. patreon: patreon.com/priyahuq portfolio: priyahuq.art piece by piece: the story of nisrin's hijab: www.abramsbooks.com/product/piec...

hey #portfolioday , I'm available for work from November onwards, but feel free to reach out now! www.sajanrai.co.uk/portfolio

Hi #PortfolioDay Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective and experimentation. Nice to meet you :) ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce