Red crab claw grabbing at two wedding bands on a sparkly purple background. "Crabily ever after" is written beside it.

A collection of green, blue, and purple shells on a yellow sandy background. "See you on the shore" is written around them.

A yellow crab cracker with a bowtie and green fork with a ribbon lay side by side. Above them is written "yours" and "mine" with arrows pointing to them.

I’m trying to get better at letting everyone know when I have fun offerings so now you know I have a new collection available!

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Found this note tucked into a middle-grade book at the used bookstore and it applies to so much more than reading. So…

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Industry Insiders Raising Funds for Minnesotans in Need Amid ICE’s violent crackdown, two publishing professionals have launched an online auction to benefit nonprofits providing aid to Minnesotans and immigrants. Around 500 items and services have been…

Amid ICE’s violent crackdown, two publishing professionals will host an online auction January 29–30 to benefit nonprofits providing aid to Minnesotans and immigrants. More than 500 items and services have been donated by authors, editors, agents, and illustrators.

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Kid Lit Art Postcard is THIS Thursday!!!

If you have trouble with remembering the right hashtag, just copy and paste this: #KidLitArtPostcard

Postcard day is NEXT Thursday, not today

Had an idea this morning and didn’t want to lose it, thus this trackpad sketch was born 😝

Just tried again and it worked for one of my new pieces! Not for the other sadly, though that could be bc it had more white space like you said. 🤔

I sent them feedback about that one but very pleased with the outcome for the one that worked - no obvious changes to the image at all!

(And the lottery question is extra funny bc most people talk about traveling and buying mansions as if the winnings aren't just a huge salary vs monthly checks for x amount of years 🥲 but it's still fun to dream about fancy purchases I suppose!)

Yes! It's a bummer that more people win the lottery than get paid fairly, ugh. The amount of lives UBI could save from lack of stress alone

I haven't tried since then but I should give it another go! I'm hoping as new versions come out it'll be easier to protect our art );

Fun!!!

Exactly! I say the same about winning the lottery. Literally nothing would change except I'd be very stress free

I keep hearing good things?! I'm going to have to watch this one soon 😈

I wasn't able to get the earlier versions to work with my art. They were also quite hefty for my laptop and I didn't hear back about the desktop version. Will these new updates work better for non-digital art and be less space heavy I hope?

Really hoping to use it in the future but it seems pen and ink drawings get failed errors for now 🥲 I’ve sent feedback so fingers crossed they work in the next update

@zoelotus.net you probably saw this already but just in case!!!

if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost

your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

*slams christmas tree shut and throws it into the woods*

Basically the last step to not using that account at all

Archived all my IG posts, clap for me

In a validating and affirming way

And everyone I tell agrees 🥲

Is there an official way to get an invite to the web version? I'm unable to message you here

This is great! I wasn’t able to get glaze to work for me - For anyone that has used this, I’m also curious to see how using this compared with your unprotected work? Does it look visibly different?

I’d like one! I’m unable to figure out if I’ve asked/been invited already but maybe my email can help with that? Also following

LOOK AT THEM 😭 I would offer my protection on bended knee, I would die by the sword for them!!!

It looks fantastic!!! I can’t believe you hand painted it, the color variation is spot on