Melissa—Amanda

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The gang’s all here, just no longer in my mouth. Lots of rest, ice, and soup!

Rest easy, you chaotic little nuggets of “wisdom.” Forever safe in a jar upon our oddities shelf!

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Last Thursday night’s record attendance at the Something Else Entirely: 
The Illustration Art of Edward Gorey 
Opening Reception!

The room was INSANE! Shoulder to shoulder people, lines at the booth, bar, and just to get into the building! Such a perfect chaos of Gorey-glory!

✨@soi128 2025 Hall of Fame✨

Months of hard work, collaboration & dedication came together, celebrating the very best of the illustration & comics community.

This year having the chance to be more involved with this event for such an esteemed organization, was beyond special!

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Later-Post @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social after party at Philippe Labaune Gallery for @frankchoartist.bsky.social showcasing an incredible body of work. It was a truly enjoyable celebration of art, wine, a HOT DOG CART and the perfect way to have closed out Comic Con weekend in NYC!

Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!

So were the signs...

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

#NYCC #NewYorkComicCon
It was good to be back!

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

It can be incredibly hard to see your progress when recovering from depression or burnout. The whole world keeps demanding certain benchmarks of you to the point that it’s easy to feel like a failure despite your hard work. Remember your progress is your own journey. Every win means something.

Don't feel bad about not doing a whatevertober art challenge, burnout is worse

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life' Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

God I am still shocked at just how intense burnout can be.

Productive Sundays are the best. You get so much done and —- oops it’s 3pm and I haven’t eaten today 🫠

The category is… 💀🩸
#LadyGaga #MayhemBall

Hearing heavy late night rainfall with my windows open = 😌🌧️🌃

2 of 2 current WIP ⚠️ 🚧

My days are extremely chaotic and grueling… but my fiancé had mac and cheese ready for me when I got home late last night - so for now things are ok

1 of 2 current WIP ⚠️ 🚧

I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.

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An absolute night of MAYHEM🩸
#LadyGagaMayhemBall

The more things I've made, the less I've been interested in publicly criticizing the things that other people make, because once you make a few things you start to understand what a miracle it is that anything gets made at all

My inner Jane Austen fan was screaming today. 🥰📚📖🫖🪶
#TheMorganLibrary

So exciting to host this event for the fourth time! ✨😊

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My art for @soi128.bsky.social’s exciting return of their Speed Round Portfolio Pitch Mixer event I host!

We will have 8 Surface & Product Design professionals will review 16 of exclusively SI’s members’ portfolios in several 5-10 min rounds, similar to a speed dating event format!

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Got a little lost in the world of Red Dead and ended up here. Just me, procreate, and a whole lotta horse practice. Nothing else to it! This was fun to just put together, based the colors off one of the American Paints in the game.

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“I’ll kill you again in hell my friend.”

Took forever but proud of this second @reddeadredemption.bsky.social 2 #ArthurMorgan tribute art with referencing the game’s art style while still making it my own.

Gotta love Arthur. That’s “mah BOAH.” 🤠 @rockstargames.com

Always a pleasure @edelrodriguez.bsky.social !

What a week! 🎨🖍️✨

Proud to serve as on-site manager for the @soi128.bsky.social’s free Summer Art Academy, supporting 30 NYC kids from communities in need developing their creativity.

Started as a volunteer years ago. Grateful to be a part of the team that makes this program happen!

I’ve reached 100 followers on here! 🥳 super cool! 😎