james 🍊

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

an oil painting of 3 red and yellow pears arranged in a triangle on a folded napkin, the pear closest to the viewer is cut in half and has pale flesh. the background is teal with blue shadows.

an oil painting of a western gull standing in the sand at golden hour. the bird has a white head and chest with dark wings, a yellow beak, and orange legs. the sand is yellow. the gull is facing the viewer and seems curious

an oil painting of 10 orange and red cherry tomatoes growing on the vine. the background is intentionally blocky and blurred, in shades of green and dark purple

an oil painting of a canada goose on the concrete shores of the LA river. the goose is mostly brown with a black head and neck, except for its white cheek blaze. most of the birds belly is in shadow from its raised wings, one foot not yet on the ground as it lands. it is honking with its neck extended, mouth open and tongue out. the background is grey and blue.

i keep forgetting to post here! hello i picked up oils last summer. some coastcards from december 🎨

redraws of katamari line stickers 🍓⛅💚

Two Capricorns, one purple with green fins and the other green with purple fins, swimming around each other in a circular motion

Cascade

hanging out with the nemesis (ocs)

hi pls help me

A state sweeps and harassment SWAT team essentially.
Both hype for his presidential campaign as well as more policing

Occupation? Beach 🐚🩵

a colorful kelp forest illustration of harbor seals, sea otters, garibaldi fish, california sheephead fish, senorita fish, urchins, sea stars, and an octopus hiding in the background. hiding is a generous term.

kelp forests are one of my favorite habitats!! i have been watching a million documentaries about them so naturally, i had to draw one.

Raven Steals the Sun a glass collaboration sculpture by Tlingit artist Preston Singletary and David Franklin.

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PRESSURE PAYPAL!
it's good that visa and mastercard call centers are feeling the pinch, but it's not just on them! put the pins on paypal! every adult artist you know lives in fear of the paypal freeze out--but as customers, you're safe! support us with a call!

ohhhh he is so cute!! congrats to you all

Genuinely, we may be headed toward - let’s say a lot of collective action. Giving your allies covid or becoming disabled by long covid is about the worst own-goal you can imagine. Please mask today.

they closed our local claim jumper during covid i still mourn her and i rarely even went. building is still there all themed and empty :(

a stylized papercraft render done in blender of a night scene on the LA river - great blue heron, egret, swallow, and a train.

the LA river

Absolute fucking 🔥.

"Over eight hours...people throwing back tear gas...throwing anything that they could to defend themselves...Border Patrol retreated. “And the hundreds of workers in the factories were able to escape. If any community was going to fight back without apology, it was this one."

A family of 3, outlined in green, hide behind a roaring bear, as large foreboding black shadows with nightsticks and helmets lurk behind it. A green star outstretched at their feet as they try to hide from view. Text at the bottom reads in call caps: "SHIELD YOUR NEIGHBORS"

SHIELD • YOUR • NEIGHBORS

Here in #LosAngeles, we protect our neighbors at all costs.

a small, purple mermaid with long hair has her right arm raised in a flashy pose. She's surrounded by two discus. An aquatic plant and driftwood creates a frame around all three a small, purple mermaid with long hair has her right arm raised in a flashy pose. She's surrounded by two discus. An aquatic plant and driftwood creates a frame around all three

A pink mermaid with long, flowing hair, looks over her shoulder at the viewer. She's surrounded by 3 freshwater angelfish, two striped, one black. Aquatic grass and a gnarled branch make up the background

A yellow mermaid with long, green hair and hand on her hip. A green terror cichlid swims behind her. Leafy aquatic plants and a gnarled branch sit in the background

Mermay besties wrap up

warm illustration based off the jardin des plantes dinosaur exhibit. we see three skeletons displayed over someone who is sketching nearby

sketching at the museum

A firey red, orange, and yellow cover featuring a Black masked person bussing dishes while giving side-eye to two unmasked white adults in the background with a sneezing kid. We see the air flow out and billow around them, splashing on a listening face and forming a miasma that fills the rest of the background. The busser has a button that says ‘service with a smile’ even as their mouth is covered by a k100 mask. In large hand drawn lettering at the top of the page, the words ‘WHY WE MASK:’ sit on a black background. And then out in the miasma and it says ‘IT’S NOT’ and then in quotes ‘JUST A COLD’. In the bottom right, it says ‘Laurel Lynn Leake’ above a large ‘2025’.

That's right, my free covid science zine is BACK for 2025 baybee, because respiratory viruses sure didn't go anywhere! Biggest change: I simplified ALL the dang text to make everything easier to follow.

READ ON to learn WHY WE MASK, then print & share to your heart's delight!

somewhere deep in the forest …🌳🐇

a digital illustration of a cow

a rough digital sketch of a bull

2023 (left) & 2024 (right). cows : )

#arty #cows #bovine

they both traveled a lot and its all slides from the 70s-90s. i think i inherited a similar eye for things all of the pictures enchant me

working on building a diy copy stand to get the stacks of film from my grandpa and granduncle scanned for my own usage. i have plans for some cyanotypes and maybe riso too

costumed figure drawing yday ^_^ no exciting materials poses were fairly short and i was focused on all the folds. this dress was so fun to draw

lol honestly ive been buying too many things that turn out to be dupes i have to look at my swatch sticks while shopping. i tell myself its fine it never expires ill use it someday

aw yeah i have a bunch from both :D i love ilnp too and also have a ton of cirque from before the quality started to dip 🫠 love having sparkly fingers

what brands are u into 👀 ive been too into fun indie makers the last couple years

playing with colors for last nights figure drawing 🎨