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She/ her. Artist, dreamer, mother, traveler, murderino, gamer, geek, and substitute teacher.

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The Pigeon Hustle | PBS Nature Documentary
YouTube video by Nature on PBS The Pigeon Hustle | PBS Nature Documentary

New pigeon documentary just dropped!

Available to watch for free via PBS, Youtube, and apparently Amazon Prime

For non US viewers, it's also available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vipu...

Nordic viewers: SVT under the title Duvornas Revansch with Swedish audio

#pigeonSky 🐑πŸͺΆ

07.11.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Full Japan sketchbook

16.11.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 1
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a cartoon of people holding signs that say we are the future Alt: a cartoon of young people holding signs that say β€œwe are the future”

Please follow Eloise on TikTok at @CheeringForChange.
At only 14yo, her political insight videos are fantastic! And if the majority of her >100k followers are in her age group, the future looks bright!

The kids are gonna be alright.
But only *if* we do our part NOW.

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15.11.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 981    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
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Hey Megyn Kelly,

14-year-old Eloise would like a word:

β€œIf my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”

Sound up! πŸ”₯πŸ”Š

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15.11.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19814    πŸ” 7646    πŸ’¬ 614    πŸ“Œ 739

I prefer physical books, but lately it has been so much easier to go through and read books on my kindle and have new ones at my fingertips. Audio books are touch and go, it depends on the speaker who is reading the story. I sometimes get drawn in, and other times fall asleep.

15.11.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge Over the course of seven seasons of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore was seen reading 339 books on screen. How many have you read? From...

For #Readers: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is pretty darn great. It has the 339 books (novels, nonfiction, plays, poetry) that Rory of the The Gilmore Girls* is shown reading. I'm only at 23% so I need to get to steppin'.

* I've haven't seen an episode...yet.

share.google/2IBopgRRRtpf...

10.11.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 799    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 19
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'Words and Pictures' - 100 things I've learned making books To mark 10 years working as a published children’s author and illustrator, I’ve created this book amassing all the things I’ve learned, think about, and continue trying to be better at when it comes t...

Hi friends!
To mark 10 years working as a published children’s author and illustrator, I’ve created 'Words and Pictures', an e-book amassing all the things I’ve learned, think about, and continue trying to be better at when it comes to making books!
Available now! tinyurl.com/Words-and-Pi... ✨✨✨

10.11.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The slow symptomatic wave of the beginning murmurs of a cold. I don't know if this is better knowing that I need to treat it now or worse as I wait for more symptoms to slowly appear and get more intense.

10.11.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There's less fraud in disability benefits than the average millionaire's tax return. We can't save money by screwing over disabled people - that would lead to higher spending in health and social care. (As well as being a crappy thing to do.)

Tax wealth; raise welfare.

#DisabilityBenefits

09.11.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh... We have no checks and balances anymore. This is just heartless and insane. It's just meant to out people and cause unnecessary prejudice. :'(

08.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So cool!! Congratulations!! And fabulous artwork as always!

08.11.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech β€” rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?

Character isn't something you tell people about.

It's something you live.

07.11.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17017    πŸ” 4650    πŸ’¬ 608    πŸ“Œ 406
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The page that’s stayed in my mind for over three decades from Jack Hamm’s Cartooning the Head and Figure. It’s such an elegant solution to not just crowds, but most anything: Draw just enough information to allow the viewer’s brain to fill the rest in.

05.11.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator. Check out her work here at Comics Beat!

Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!

www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...

05.11.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2100    πŸ” 595    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 43
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Good morning. We are open. πŸ“–β˜•οΈ

05.11.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Grandpa Simpson yelling at a cloud

Grandpa Simpson yelling at a cloud

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

29.10.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17638    πŸ” 5113    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 67
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I have no idea if this creator has a film background, but if not, they have an incredible eye for composition. This, and their other works, would actually be a great teaching tool for an editing/boarding/cinematography class. Clever camera angles, strong posing, and easy to follow despite quick cuts

27.10.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1105    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 11
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Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.

26.10.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 783    πŸ” 264    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 11
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If you ever feel like your sketchbook as an artist is not looking pretty or artistic enough: take a look at Gustav Klimtβ€˜s sketchbook

25.10.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 679    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 15
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop. org support indie book sellers...
uk.bookshop.org/beta-search?...

25.10.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Tim Burton: Life In The Line" documentary series by Tara Wood is now available (VOD).
timburtonlifeintheline.com

23.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Reminiscin’ this’n that and havin’ such a good time. Oo-De-Lally, Oo-De-Lally golly what a day.

21.10.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7389    πŸ” 1663    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 59
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When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

20.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11889    πŸ” 3313    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 348
YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each

YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🀯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers πŸ’š

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book πŸ“šπŸŒˆπŸ¦‹

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

20.10.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6908    πŸ” 2207    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 55
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To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

19.10.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 431    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

I started a thread about tracing ref in the middle of another thread, so I'm reposting the start of that one here. So, some thoughts about drawing directly over reference:

16.10.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
an illustration of book being pierced through by a sword, from the wound the thorns with red tips are growing, slowly changing into flowers, a red bookmark is there to symbolize blood.

the book reads 'It's alright to say No. You will always be a villain in someone's story...'

an illustration of book being pierced through by a sword, from the wound the thorns with red tips are growing, slowly changing into flowers, a red bookmark is there to symbolize blood. the book reads 'It's alright to say No. You will always be a villain in someone's story...'

| Villain |

To all my fellow people pleasers out there... 😌
#originalart

15.10.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5794    πŸ” 2387    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 22
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Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

14.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4751    πŸ” 1887    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 99

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