Loved collecting all the amazing zines, stickers, cards, promos, etc at @iconconference.bsky.social — but maybe the real leave-behinds are the friends we made along the way ✨🤔✨

“Through the Years With Globe Poster Printing Techniques” — Robert Cicero “Visual Journalism” — @lizadonnelly.bsky.social

“Resistance and Optimism In the Face of AI” — @rahll.bsky.social “From Illustrators’ Hands to Client’s Words: How Text-To-Image Models Reshape the Organization of Creative Labour, and What To Do About It” — @julienporquet.bsky.social

“Qreative Evolution” — Louis Henry Mitchell “Soft Sculpture and Hard Business” — Amanda Adams

“The Power of Creative Voice” — Taylor Le “You Want Me To Do What Now?” — David Plunkert

“Washington’s Gay General: Baron Von Steuben and Reclaiming Queer History Through Comics” — @levihastings.bsky.social & @losthiskeysman.bsky.social “Neurocurious (Or How I Accidentally Created an Autistic Flying Squirrel That Changed the Trajectory of My Life Forever)” — Zachariah Ohora

Mainstage highlights from this past weekend’s @iconconference.bsky.social in Baltimore! 💛💜💙 Loved the chance to soak up wisdom from so many incredible illustrators, art directors, and creative voices.

Endless thanks to Mark Heflin and the incredible ICON 13 board for an unforgettable experience, to MICA for hosting us, and Adam Osgood for both bringing me on board and for all the help along the way!

Getting the chance to speak at the @iconconference.bsky.social this past weekend was an absolute dream come true!! Many thanks to everyone who came up to say hello afterwards, I loved chatting about pencils, process, and puzzles with you all.

#currentlyreading "The Harpy’s Wrath: A Greta Smalltusk Tale" by Quinn Thomson • @quinn1012.bsky.social

More murders in both Texas and Maine within the past week — fuck ICE forever

#currentlyreading “Sharp Eye: Issue One” • Story by Daniel Bensen, Artyom Trakhanov - @vor-bokor.bsky.social , & Simon Roy - @simonroy.bsky.social • Art & lettering by Artyom Trakhanov • Colors by Jason Wordie - @wordie.bsky.social

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later

Process steps from this poster design ❤️💙💚 I often describe my illustration approach as purposefully making a mess, then slowly cleaning it up step by step.

I’m a huge fan of these movies so seeing the full-size poster at last month’s screening was a blast (pint-sized illustrator added for scale)

Got my grubby lil’ hands on the new @3x3mag.bsky.social — super fun to flip through and see my work alongside so many incredible illustrators, big thanks to the jury and all the folks I got to collaborate with! Front cover by Garth Glazier, back cover by Thomas Schmid & @buck-design.bsky.social

#currentlyreading “Where We Meet: Process & Creation” by Shimeng Wei ✨🕊️

Do you like hotdogs? AND shop in the greater Massachusetts regional retail market?? AND want limited-edition commemorative packaging illustrated by yours truly??? Well, if you’re the person at the center of that very specific venn diagram — have I got a deal for YOU 🌭

The aim was to highlight how the Aliveness Project stands in solidarity with our immigrant communities and serves as an important resource hub for those living with HIV in the Twin Cities and beyond. Many thanks to Ezra & Dylan for all their guidance along the way!

Rather than relying on traditional Pride imagery this year, we instead decided to celebrate the many ways that Minnesotans came together to support their neighbors during the heaviest days of the ICE occupation, from grocery runs and rent fundraisers to neighborhood patrols.

Sketch explorations from this year’s Pride design for the Aliveness Project ❤️

This year’s design celebrates the many ways that Minnesotans came together to support their neighbors during the heaviest days of the ICE occupation, from grocery runs and rent fundraisers to neighborhood patrols.

Always a pleasure to partner with the Aliveness Project for Pride! 🌻 This is our third collaboration and it’s still such a cool feeling to see this work out in the world.

It was an honor to play a small part in this communal effort, spearheaded by folks from the Safer Sex Spaces Coalition and the Aliveness Project. And so cool to see my posters and buttons in local bars, community spaces, and even City Hall! (Photos via @mprnews.org & @samstroozas.bsky.social )

The Minneapolis bathhouse ban is HISTORY!! This past Pride weekend the Bathhouse Repeal Ordinance was signed into law, officially ending the prohibition.

Earlier this spring, I had the honor of being asked to create a series of illustrated posters to help raise community awareness around this ongoing effort. It’s been so satisfying to see them hanging in local bars and community spaces over the past few weeks!

Today the Minneapolis city council will hear public comments regarding the effort to overturn the city’s outdated and homophobic bathhouse ban. This policy was enacted in 1988 during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when fear and stigma shaped public policy.

#currentlyreading “Sunflowers” by Keezy Young • @keezyyoung.bsky.social 🌻 Published by Silver Sprocket • @silversprocket.net

Looking back at so many years of art makes me feel super thankful for all the opportunities (and necessary deadlines) to create personal work. I’ll always appreciate how these shows gave me an excuse to experiment with new materials, processes, palettes, and subjects.