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Tiffany Toland-Scott

@spellbound.bsky.social

Illustrator, spellboundbrush.com and paintwitch.com she/her/they/them

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Tiffany Toland-Scott@spellbound.bsky.social · 2y ago

This last week was kind of a wash as I recovered from my kidney stone procedure. Hopefully the week ahead contains more art and energy. Here's "Lost Books", an old digital painting that was turned into a figurine by Unicorn Studio.

a digital painting of a mermaid reading books that have sunk from a shipwreck into the ocean, surrounded by pink corals and seaweed
Tiffany Toland-Scott@spellbound.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's "Little Thief", one of the new oil paintings I took to Illuxcon back in October. I made it through my kidney stone surgery/procedure just fine and am recovering, wishing it were really winter and I could at least watch it snow while I sit here and do nothing!

a fantasy art oil painting of a woman in a pretty dress holding a ferret, the northern lights and a snowy landscape behind her, with an art nouveau frame
Tiffany Toland-Scott@spellbound.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm guilty of looking for festive cheer in sugary, non-alcoholic drinks from September onward, but even I was disgusted when, whilst waiting for the kettle to finish, a little gremlin in my brain said, "put in an apple cider and a hot cocoa packet." I might need a 12-step program.

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Bulgilhan Press@bulgilhanpress.com · 2y ago

A reminder: generative AI is antithetical to the human practice of art. No matter how "good" the result seems, it's a hollow and barren reproduction productsd without care, thought, motivation, or curiosity. You know it's ass - THEY know it's ass. But we're stuck in their sunk cost "reality".

Tiffany Toland-Scott@spellbound.bsky.social · 2y ago

I grew up in an old-world Santa house and ever since the very beginning of my career that's one of my favorite things to paint. Here's "Believe", a digital painting from 2009 that my late friend Marion Z. Skydancer modeled for.

Santa or wizard in blue robe standing in a snowstorm casting a magic spell golden text coming from wand that spells out Believe
Tiffany Toland-Scott@spellbound.bsky.social · 2y ago

Since the springtime I've felt like I just don't "think" in oils anymore. I don't know how to describe it. I start painting something and halfway through I think, "this should be watercolors." I really don't want to go through re-skilling but I just can't make it click anymore. #artlife

Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz · 2y ago

This is such an obvious bill to pass that it's supported by Jim Jordan, @wyden.senate.gov, and everyone in between. It's absolutely bonkers that Schumer won't let it come to a vote, and every single person in NY who works as a journalist or with journalists should be lighting up his switchboard.

WIRED@wired.com · 2y ago

NEW: Legislation that would bar the United States government from spying on journalists—except under rare, specific circumstances—is currently stalled in Congress. Now, with only weeks left to legislate, press advocates are urging Senate Democrats to pass the bill, known as the PRESS Act.

Tiffany Toland-Scott@spellbound.bsky.social · 2y ago

On the eve of my 37th birthday I find that my 36th year has taught me to be a better advocate for myself. I like to make birthday resolutions instead of new year resolutions, and I think 37 will be about getting healthy and recovering from the weird crap my body has been through since 33!