thanks for all the allergy advice, friends! For now, I'm going to try cotton gloves layered under powderless nitrile + long sleeves (and maybe a carbon filter mask if needed) and if that doesn't work, I might investigate homemade/small-scale gouache and paper. I'll let you know what works!

An update on the paint allergy: Winsor Newton got back to me, and yep, they use isothiazolinone as a preservative in their paints. Now to see if literally all my supplies contain it... I'll update when I hear responses if others are interested

So...I was just diagnosed with a Methylisothiazolinone allergy, which means I'm probably allergic to all my paints and my paper 🙃 I've emailed every manufacturer I use to ask if they use this chemical, but do any of my fellow traditional artists have paint-allergy advice? Do gloves work?

Happy Lunar New Year! May the fire horse bring us all safety, health and happiness. 💛 [ #illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache ]

Happy Lunar New Year! May the fire horse bring us all safety, health and happiness. 💛 [ #illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache ]

Happy Valentine's Day! 💌 [ #illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache ]

Happy Valentine's Day! 💌 [ #illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache ]

HOORAY!!! So excited for this!!

Pigeon Mail reposting a piece from my solo show at Nucleus Portland because I'm writing a little love letter for my husband for Valentines day (d'aw) [ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]

Still dealing with health problems (sigh) so things have been slow-going on the work front lately, but here's a little fan art I did a while ago of Gable and Angelica from @trungles.com's lovely comic Angelica and the Bear Prince which felt Valentines-y 💛

Author copies of book three arrived at my door today so now I can put all of them together in a pile 🥹❤️. The latest is coming out next month!

Still dealing with health problems (sigh) so things have been slow-going on the work front lately, but here's a little fan art I did a while ago of Gable and Angelica from @trungles.com's lovely comic Angelica and the Bear Prince which felt Valentines-y 💛

Hey everyone! I recently updated my personal print shop with all my recent personal work, as well as my MtG pieces! I’m also offering a week-long 25% discount code on top of inprnt's 40% sale that's running: LMDM2MNG. 💛 www.inprnt.com/gallery/vane...

No more terror in our streets!

Bet extremely careful about what you share today. Propaganda is going to be -everywhere- and the less unvetted info is spread the safer it will keep people. My personal view is that I will not believe a single thing this admin says about the shooting. Ever.

Turned my frustration into art. 📜You can watch the full video & read the transcript at natasailincic.com/fuck-ai

Sorry to post this one separately but for some reason I didn’t see that my illustration for this card was released 😅 But anyway, here’s my third and final card for #MTGLorwynEclipsed! It was a lot of fun to paint a Flamekin — thank you so much to ADs Jameela Wahlgren and Aliana Rood!

So cool to see these, thank you so much for sharing! 💛

One of the things that has especially bothered me about the ICE raids is that often folks are taken with no way to contact their loved ones to let them know what happened. One of the most helpful things you can do as a legal upstander is get this info - but these abductions are chaotic at best.

I really hope artists know by now that Sticker Mule is toxic sludge. There are plenty of alternatives.

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis. #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Celestial Reunion - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper for Magic: The Gathering's "Lorwyn Eclipsed". AD: Jameela Wahlgren An emotional reunion between two elemental gods. I was asked to lean into a stylized representation of them, and I had a lot of fun playing with the intertwining shapes.

いつか描いた馬の絵

Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you! 🦊 💧 ☁️

Human artists, use only once piece to convince people to follow you! 🪐💚

Flitterwing Nuisance - for Magic: The Gathering's "Lorwyn Eclipsed". AD: Jameela Wahlgren

Hooray! I'm so excited to finally get to share two of the cards I made for the new #MTGLorwynEclipsed set! It was such a joy to work on these and I'm still pinching myself to see my name on a magic card, how crazy! Many thanks to my amazing AD Jameela Wahlgren who was an absolute joy to work with!

Hooray! I'm so excited to finally get to share two of the cards I made for the new #MTGLorwynEclipsed set! It was such a joy to work on these and I'm still pinching myself to see my name on a magic card, how crazy! Many thanks to my amazing AD Jameela Wahlgren who was an absolute joy to work with!

Having an allergic reaction to immunosuppressants feels like it should be against the rules

Yay!! It was such a joy to work with you, Jameela! Little kid me is so stoked to see my name on a Magic card! 🥹

Wolfie dunwanna (and neither do I) gouache on paper #kidlitart #storybookart #childrensbookillustration

I've rented for almost 20 years but I've never seen landlords as blatantly money-grubbing as they are now. My current one just tried to raise my rent by 36% to penalize me for trying to go month to month to coerce me into signing a longer term lease. Longer term lease is still $120 more/month 🫠

I’ll see yall next year ✨

(=ↀωↀ=)_ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪssɪᴏɴ

Happy New Year, friends! My goal for 2026 is to finish drafting this trilogy! 😤 #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache

Happy New Year, friends! My goal for 2026 is to finish drafting this trilogy! 😤 #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache

All the birds together. I'd like to update this into a true print...soon!

#illustration #watercolor #gouache #kidlitart #childrensillustration

Tea and Books 🫖📚 #art

#illustration #watercolor #gouache #kidlitart #childrensillustration

hes so beautiful (and yanthe is there too)

Envision. 🎇

looking for work to be lined up once i fully recover from top surgery in March 2026! hire your local freshly flat chested trans man next year! 🏳️‍⚧️💖

Heralding something new 🍂🔔 #illustration #watercolor #gouache #forestart

❄️🦋 #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache

I wanted to make an enamel pin to honor Nezuko, who tragically passed away a week ago. With costs being over $15,000, sales would help relieve some of the costs. This enamel pin shows the loyalty of the amazing Akitainu, with the most famous being Hachiko. ko-fi.com/s/6b4d6a1ac3

❄️🦋 #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache