Kevin Jay Stanton
@kevinjaystanton
Illustrator with a green thumb. Created Botanica Tarot. Repped by Jessica Mileo. He/him
I’ve got the itch to make new stuff, while stocking faves of existing work! So tell me - what kind of things do you wanna see me make? I’m thinking about embroidered hats, new foil prints, maybe new pins? Keychains? Let me know - I’d love to hear from you!
I’m going to be making a brand new foil print in time for my bday sale next week on the 21st, inspired by this fasciated tomato flower blooming in my garden!
(Join the SNAPDRAGON tier for monthly wallpapers, and then QUINCE gets everything plus an original drawing everything month too!)
Take advantage of the catch up l've been playing this year! In addition to May's wallpaper, I finished two new ones and they have variants too. All 5 are available for you to download for phones and computers. - patreon.com/kevinjaystanton
If you join my Patreon today or tomorrow, you can get 5 new custom wallpapers! - patreon.com/kevinjaystanton
My only remaining drawings from 2021’s Sproutober challenge are now in my shop! I love these 3 so much! - kevinjaystanton.com/shop
Queen of the Night block prints available for sale for the first time now! 🌙 kevinjaystanton.com/shop
Shop is reopened now with Patreon-Exclusive Prints from 5 years ago as well as Botanica: Full Bloom originals and Sproutober Drawings! 🌙🌷 kevinjaystanton.com/shop - #botanicalart #blockprinted #foilprint #botanicatarot #sproutober
The name “tulip” is thought to be a derived from the Turkish word for turban (”türbent”), perhaps because they somewhat resembled the flowers. It may have been a translation error when someone was asked about the flowers that were fashionably worn in turbans at the time.
We often associate tulips with the Netherlands and the corresponding Dutch Tulip Mania of the early 17th century. But I think it’s less commonly known that these colorful Spring flowers originate farther southeast, in the mountainous regions of what was the Ottoman Empire at the time.
I took Bud to a Tulip Festival in Istanbul (and a security officer chastised me because he thought I’d picked a tulip) 🌷 #budthemote
And I’ve also been making some amulets with flowers! I’ve been really enjoying making special objects imbued with floral symbolism.
I have two capsule collections with Dual Wield Studio! One of them, Sacred Blood, is already out! There is a sweater, pin, and bandana. The concept is about the legend of St. Leonard who slew the dragon Sin and where the saint’s blood fell, lily of the valley flowers grew.
I’ve also got a little guy that I’m doing a project about - his name is Bud! He’s a little plant sprite who I want to travel with and share interesting plant facts with.
I just announced my first book project, Sacred Trees, which explores some extra special trees that humans venerate all over the world. I’ll be doing it with Andrews McMeel!
My main project lately is Botanica, my tarot deck about the language of flowers, using floriography and ethnobotany to explore meaning in the plants around us through the lens of tarot and now an oracle deck. Botanica: Full Bloom with Beehive Books collects both of these & now available everywhere!
I’ve been getting a bunch of new followers lately (hello! What brought you here?) so I thought I’d say hi and collect what I’m doing in one spot! (But for more in depth posts you can find me on Patreon too: patreon.com/kevinjaystanton)
For MoCCA I brought The Fool and 5 randomly drawn cards as prints that are the size of the original paintings! They are in the shop and won't be available again unless I draw them for a future show!
Botanica Prints, 6x8" 💐 www.kevinjaystanton.com/shop/botanic...
They would make a great gift along with the Major Arcana pins, or an original painting if you feel like splurging! kevinjaystanton.com/shop
Pokemon prints are available for the first time! 🌷 #bulbasaur #scizor #sylveon #pokemon
‘A Brief Respite’ is now available too if you missed it at MoCCA! #dunmeshi #dungeonmeshi #deliciousindungeon