made painting for art swap. goodbye, little scene! I thought you turned out well. #watercolors on arches cold press with a little colored pencil
madeleine bennett
@mintthicket.bsky.social
Boston-based illustrator, designer, parrot friend. Trying to make a comic.
Year ago, I went to Finnish forest and met this guy, 14km away from the road. Hope his doing well. #comic #diarycomic
![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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Finally did one of those character expression things boy howdy (someday I’m going to name something in my life Boy Howdy)
Lynda Barry warmup - 3x 1min skellys with closed eyes. I think these can’t fail to look fun
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
tcj.com
Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!
In an unassuming lake in Ireland’s northern County Longford, an unprecedented find emerged in 1986: the nation’s oldest and largest medieval book shrine. Read more on Colossal: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/loug...
Rose, ever the vigilant and vocal guardian, took an extended respite from being the block marshal. I was Johnny-on-the-spot to capture a super rare moment. #sleepingdog
hazy tufted distances, working out my gouache stuff #gouache #gouachepainting #landscapepainting #scotland #artsky
pre-ordered!! check out Rob’s beautiful book!
Robert Mgrdich Apelian@apelian.bsky.social · last yr.I can't believe it's been 4 years, but Fustuk is coming and it's up for preorder NOW! :') tinyurl.com/ms8fxb2c published by @penguinteen.bsky.social - cover illustration by me, design by Mary Claire Cruz #fustukgraphicnovel #coverreveal #graphicnovel
In the end I was not too happy with this but I still like the composition a lot… learning with every painting. #gouache #paintsky #artsky #painting #landscapepainting
Still a WIP but this one is looking cool imo #pleinairpril (not really) #gouachepainting #gouache #artsky
Put in 7 hours drawing from life at the Palette & Chisel today.
Using more brushes than I have before; I want to go on vacation
I made a poster for a class using black gouache. #illustration #artsandcrafts #handlettering #gardening #ecology #art #artsky
