Amber Akin 🕸🌾

Three mid-century Eastern European labels depicting rain

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AHHHH!!!!

yessss! where I'm at in wmass we should be seeing temps in the 50s-60s next week finally 😭 I hope we both get to break out our knits soon

some truly diabolical weather!!!

it LOOKS like october in massachusetts right now but don't be fooled by the mist and changing leaves and grey sky like i was this morning. it is fully 80 degrees out, put that cable knit sweater back in the closet!!!!

halloween party (2020)

ahhh this is one of my favorite pieces of yours :,) it's always such a treat (pun intended!) to see it again on my feed every october 🧡

it should be illegal to make a comic. the police should come and take you in the night.

amen 👆watever happened to good old fashioned holding hands 🤔💭 #foodforthought

drawing of a cat sailing on a small leafy boat down a stream, admiring the view of various florals and greenery in the forest

voyage 🐟 #art

looking into the article, important part to it is this was initiated by italian unions, making it possible to organize such action at all. which reinforces for what and why such union restrictions exist in america. keeping labor down doesn't just generate wealth, it also suppresses other movements.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day and 2nd day of Halloween!

I'm Malia, a hapa Hawaiian illustrator who loves stories that are a little unusual and playing with seasonal color palettes.

Rep'd by James McGowan of Bookends Literary
✨ maliapila.com for more of my work!

Magic ✨🪄

A cute Skitty doll is surrounded by stars. Text reads: "I am going to tail whip you and it will be painful."

Watch out for Skitty.

Unsurprisingly, I will not be participating in the Daily October Drawing challenge, because I have my own Daily Drawing challenge. It's called Making a Graphic Novel

browsing through all of the incredible comics available at shortbox this year and feeling sooooo inspired and energized to make more comics 🤤 it always impossible to choose just a handful of these comics to buy- ack!

I'm helping someone find an artist for a graphic novel. Please give me suggestions for living artists who can do all of the following:
- real world references, including specific places/ styles
- fantasy characters
- fantasy worldbuilding
- maximalism/ detail in the art
- work looks great

waahhh beautiful work as always!!! especially in love with how you rendered the glow her arm, sooooo good

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

happy birthday!!!! 🎉

october is tomorrow which means i get to do two of my favorite things 1) break out all of my vintage halloween themed snoopy apparel and 2) spend too much money on shortbox comics. yay!!!!!

baby

Watch a short animated thing which is me crying for 3 minutes about how I made my comic book

An illustration of a green and white striped fruit market stall. There's a large sign that says "FRUIT 4 SALE" on the front. There's a collection of fruit boxes full of various fruits. Behind the stall is a big blonde guinea pig called Macaroni, who is helping himself to a bite of an apple.

Yesterdays piece for #Stephtember - A Guinea Pig with a Job!
I drew Macaroni working very hard at a fruit market stall 🍎 🍐 #art

sigh

#preDV, a pitch practice event before #DVpit, is happening this MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29!
If you're a Diverse Author/Artist looking to get agented & traditionally published, please join us! We're hoping to create a fun creative community here!
#WriterSky #BookSky #writingcommunity

It's been a long time coming but @teamgramps.bsky.social is finally prepping for our first commercial release!

Shel: The Cure is available to wishlist on steam now, please go wishlist and spread the word!

Illustration of little mice surrounding a soup pot making soup! The text reads “do not disturb.. I’m busy making soup”

It’s soup season!
#art

Rough digital painting of a girl up a hill, standing next to a human-built old source. A green valley extends up the horizon while clouds and a bird fly by.

tap water