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madeleine bennett

@mintthicket.bsky.social

Boston-based illustrator, designer, parrot friend. Trying to make a comic.

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I brought AGoS with me to my IRL art crit group and people were asking me where to buy it! I think the world hasn’t yet given your work the prominence it deserves. I carried it around with me for most of this month and did a lot of poring.

27.01.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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made painting for art swap. goodbye, little scene! I thought you turned out well. #watercolors on arches cold press with a little colored pencil

13.12.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
drawing of a chaotic winter scene of various woodland animals, mostly amphibians, frolicking in the snow outside a rustic hobbit-type dwelling

drawing of a chaotic winter scene of various woodland animals, mostly amphibians, frolicking in the snow outside a rustic hobbit-type dwelling

more frog, again. seasonal frog

10.12.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6465    πŸ” 2053    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 23

@peow.bsky.social when will US preorders be mailed? I was kicking myself this weekend when I realized I could have bought it at MICE sooner than I’ll get it having preordered months ago

09.12.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

still want to go there

06.12.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A comic with 3 panels poking fun at an embarrassing real ad run by a lingerie company that used an AI image with no head on the figure

A comic with 3 panels poking fun at an embarrassing real ad run by a lingerie company that used an AI image with no head on the figure

discord is leaking #comic

26.11.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Melinoe. I think she’s in the Taverna. #artsky #hades2 #melinoe

24.11.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Year ago, I went to Finnish forest and met this guy, 14km away from the road. Hope his doing well. #comic #diarycomic

20.11.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What is the program, if a stranger may ask? I am only aware of blender, which I don’t think this is

19.11.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

can’t wait to get it across the Atlantic πŸ₯² truly my most anticipated release of 2025

14.11.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]

JANET:
Ugh...

LIZ:
What's up?

JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!

LIZ:
Have you tried...

AI peas?

JANET:
AI peas?

LIZ:
They're peas with AI!

[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].

LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas

JANET:
What

LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]

Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?

[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]

LIZ:

Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine

[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]

LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!

JANET:
What

LIZ:
Shut up

LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow

From opening the bag of peas

to boiling the peas

to eating the peas

To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.

JANET:
Is it really necessary to-

LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET

[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:

AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.

[Ends]

[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]

Every ad now

13.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5755    πŸ” 2534    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 109

I will be texting this to some pea-ple. Very good distillation

13.11.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was the first R-rated movie I saw! I’ll always remember that arterial spray.

13.11.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I recognized the forehead script! My friend was a jumping vampire for Halloween a couple years ago and we watched some clips from these movies. Wild stuff.
I’m loving these drawings.

13.11.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Character face expression chart of a broad-faced, friendly-looking guy with a tiny ponytail

Character face expression chart of a broad-faced, friendly-looking guy with a tiny ponytail

Finally did one of those character expression things boy howdy (someday I’m going to name something in my life Boy Howdy)

13.11.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lynda Barry warmup - 3x 1min skellys with closed eyes. I think these can’t fail to look fun

12.11.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love!! This reminds me of the illustrations in Fiona Chandler’s Ancient World which I was OBSESSED with as a child. running to buy πŸ’Έ

12.11.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexyβ€”or occasionally anti-sexyβ€”OGLAF!

Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

10.11.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2513    πŸ” 912    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 45
sketches of faces from the tv show succession

sketches of faces from the tv show succession

Sunday nite succession faces

09.11.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lyrata (2022) by Hanie Soltani.
Gouache on cardboard.

09.11.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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blood clerics who stay together slay together πŸ©Έβ›…οΈ

25.07.2023 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2024    πŸ” 487    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 680    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 12
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This is one of those β€œain’t that just the way” things - it’s gratifying to perceive the improvement but then also ughhhhh

15.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a highly decorated medieval metal book shrine

a highly decorated medieval metal book shrine

In an unassuming lake in Ireland’s northern County Longford, an unprecedented find emerged in 1986: the nation’s oldest and largest medieval book shrine.

Read more on Colossal: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/loug...

25.06.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rose, ever the vigilant and vocal guardian, took an extended respite from being the block marshal. I was Johnny-on-the-spot to capture a super rare moment.
#sleepingdog

08.05.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two paintings of the same grassy, hilly landscape under moody cloud; one is more golden russet, one greener.

Two paintings of the same grassy, hilly landscape under moody cloud; one is more golden russet, one greener.

hazy tufted distances, working out my gouache stuff
#gouache #gouachepainting #landscapepainting #scotland #artsky

29.04.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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cafe sketchin #sketchbook #botanical #artsky #drawfromlife

26.04.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

pre-ordered!! check out Rob’s beautiful book!

22.04.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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