It’s been a while since I updated the old pinned, so here’s a new thread with examples of my work! I’m Sam (she/they), a graphic designer & user interface designer who illustrates, sews, and experiments with various creative mediums on the side 🖍
need
@bombsfall
to know that my local community art space has some kid or teen’s hand-painted paper-mache Mae on their website advertising one of their summer art camps
@ejknoodles
disney's cfo is getting an 11 million dollar bonus this year, meanwhile there are food pantries specifically for the 32,000 disney cast members laid-off during the pandemic. you can venmo @/castmemberpantry to donate, more information can be found on their fb page
i want to know what everybody’s special little drinky drink is that you need to function / cope / do something difficult. mine is any cold brew or sonic strawberry unsweet tea. reply or qrt!
there are so many things about this. gwen dressing up as the vlc media player. peter’s costume foreshadowing his whole deal. but the thing that takes me out the most is plain, dry bagels for dinner
nimona is crazy because like imagine if you’re in college and you flesh out a character you created in high school into your undergrad thesis and then over a decade later it gets turned into a feature length animated movie
we knew this would probably happen when we moved into a bigger studio, but pour one out for this mural me &
@ejknoodles
did in our old studio which the new tenant recently painted over
if this horrifies you & makes you feel helpless, please consider looking into your local buy nothing group, learning how to sew (even basic mending is so useful!), and doing the work to start to unlearn how capitalism has distorted our views of clothes for the sake of consumerism
NEW: Fast fashion isn't just making all our clothes worse.
It's making a few brands, and their shareholders, extremely rich. The founder of Shein is now worth $21.5 billion.
Meanwhile we're stuck with shitty clothes with no pockets and textile landfills you can see from space.
was doing some research into alternatives and maybe this is common knowledge but i never realized that itch could be used for things other than games. this sounds cool and useful as hell for all sorts of creators
i come downstairs in my american eagle shorts and my tank top. the doorbell rang and poe dameron is at the door. “hello” he says, staring into my blue orbs. “i’m here to steal your parents. one direction will be here for you soon”
#poestolemyparents
i say the same thing every time but i would like a word with whoever decided that the process of getting my adhd meds filled each month should be the equivalent of a saw trap designed specifically for people with adhd
“why did artists stop making art like this” and it’s a sculpture or painting made in an era where artists had rich patrons who a) provided the money to both pay for the creation of the artwork and support the artist’s livelihood while they worked on it and b) therefore got a say