Bookishbug - Eep

Gouache paintings by Madeleine Bellwoar

A preview of my short comic Twigs. It's going to debut tomorrow at the Short Box Comic Fair!

"Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future."

Deepak Chopra

The Joan of Arc sweater is complete! Made entirely out of secondhand acrylic yarn. Started April 22nd, finished July 11th.

🚨COOL CATERPILLAR ALERT🚨

this is the caterpillar for the moth Phyllodes imperialis, AKA the Pink Underwing Moth! All pictures from a blog called Caterpillar Eyespots! what do you think he looks like? a skull maybe 💀 ?

i think one of my favorite things about hopepunk is that it shows hope as what it truly is. hope is not mindless optimism. hope is not always soft. hope is aggressive. hope is defiance. hope is an act of resistance. hope is fighting back. hope is staying alive out of spite. hope is spitting in the systems eye. hope is going "fuck it, there ARE good things in this world". hope is choosing to be kind & loving despite everything. hope is community. hope is seeing the world is broken & making the small pieces of it that you exist in better. hope is not just wanting for something to happen, it's making it happen in any way you can. hope cannot be destroyed, no matter the cruelness of the world. hope is always there, aggressive & kind.

The Shortest Day. Words by Susan Cooper, illustrations by Carson Ellis.

Don't ask where she got the motorcycle, it's better you don't know.

Wisptober Day 6: Vestige

 "There used to be a mage living out in the woods, say the villagers. However, if you happen upon the vestige of the old atelier, all you might ecounter is a huge beast that has forgotten how to be human.“

Is this accidentally inspired by Witch Hat Atelier? Apparently.XD (I swear I only realised while doing the finishing touches.I blame it on me adding a cape.XD)