Michael Hoeweler
@michaelhoeweler.bsky.social
✏️ New York metro area-based illustrator 🏳🌈 hello@michaelhoeweler.com ✒️ Represented in North America + the UK by SNYDER 📸 Profile photo by Josh Trujillo
My friend Alex gave me his copy of Blackouts by Justin Torres a couple years ago. Its hazy storytelling and poetic visuals left a lasting impression on me. Cut to this January, when my agent Kristina asked me to create a speculative cover for my favorite book for an agency newsletter.
The Tides That Bind, for Garden & Gun Magazine, with art direction by Julia Knetzer I really enjoyed making this one. The story, written by Kevin Van Valkenburg, describes the writer and his daughter's connection over Pat Conroy's book 'The Prince of Tides'.
A watercolor and graphite study of the model Jhona Burjack, referencing photographs of him taken by Xavier Samre and others ✨
Some drawings from a really, really stellar session with Angel at @doableguys.bsky.social 20 minute pose, graphite and conté on toned paper
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
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overdid it in my fitness yoga class and chased it with a combination covid booster + flu shot my body is now a vessel for aching muscles, lactic acid, and a blessed immune response
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
🏳️⚧️ For US-based trans people 🏳️⚧️ The applications for Point of Pride's Annual Trans Surgery Fund will open on Nov 1, 2025. This is a fund that aims to provide direct financial assistances to trans people who can't afford gender-affirming surgeries. More info: www.pointofpride.org/annual-trans...
Financial aid for gender-affirming healthcare by Point of Pride
Point of Pride’s Annual Transgender Surgery Fund is a scholarship-like program that provides direct financial assistance to trans folks who cannot afford their gender-affirming surgery.
pointofpride.org
the popular political framing for how effective any given form of civic engagement is for the Left and the Right is so comically, insultingly lopsided. and it seems to be codified by every institution imaginable. just endless consternation for the Left and ultimate reckless abandon for the Right.
universal adoption always sows the seeds of a trends own destruction
my kittens playfight a lot, but never with lighting this dramatic!
The stopgap measure being voted on today to try to avoid govt shutdown includes a provision that could strip ALL federal funding from any institution/facility providing access to any form of gender-affirming care, for anyone of any age. Call. We will grow old together.
Protect Funding and Access to Gender-Affirming Care ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates Sept 9, 2025: House Republicans are once again attempting to ban funding and access for gender-affirming care. The House appropriations bill …
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Just got my favorite compliment whilst walking down the street: "you smell good, whatever you're wearing works for you"
Do not bow down to these people. Do not allow them to convince you that you must. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Local TV Giant Sinclair Ends Jimmy Kimmel Boycott
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Thanks for the responses everybody! It's always so lovely to be reminded just how talented and wide-ranging the comics community is, and I'm excited to pair as many folks as I can to the projects we'll have moving forward. 🩵 (Still accepting replies -- feel free to share with folks you know!)
Arielle Jovellanos ✨ SDCC HH-24@joviellety.bsky.social · 11mo ago💖 Hi~ I've recently been hired as Illustration & Creative Lead at The Story Division, helping publishers with graphic novel projects. I'm currently updating our artist database & looking for a wider range of art styles. Cartoonists: post sequentials, website, availability below. No DMs/emails plz!
The media allowing Trump plausible deniability on Project 2025 during the campaign is right up there with Iraq War stenography in craven, lazy disgracefulness
Olivia Messer@oliviamesser.bsky.social · 11mo agohey so this is insane
Seeing those awful genAI Sk3tchers ads everywhere sucks, but it's been doing wonders for my imposter syndrome. Like, why am I cautious about sharing my work when a multi-billion dollar company is willing to push the cringiest slop?
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
Game Devs of Color Expo Illustration Reveal ✨ Check out the full illustration for this year's expo by Shannon Wright! 💚💙 What do you think? #gdocexpo
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
"but crime is a real issue, people are worried about crime and you have to take that seriously" No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
Too much "we're cooked" & not enough "we're not gonna take this shit"
After a quick look re: my last repost. Needless to say, I am *deeply* skeptical. The theft of copyrighted work for use in training generative AI models has become so commonplace. I've lost all trust on this matter and have a "prove it" mindset when it comes to terms like these.
WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash
Some social media users had threatened to delete their accounts after WeTransfer's terms were updated.
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