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Standing Rock is still in crisis while facing one of the highest infection rates per capita for Covid-19!

Can you help by buying or sending:

🧺 Laundry detergent to wash cloth masks 😷 Masks 🛏 Sleeping bags for kids who sleep on the cold floors without any bedding! ⛑ Cots so family members can sleep apart if someone has been exposed to Covid!

🎁 Buy off the Rock Creek Community Wishlist to support 38 homeless Lakota Youth. (Look for “Marliss Marshall’s Gift Registry Address” at check out).  

🎁 OR Buy medical supplies directly off Standing Rock’s wish list (look for Jon Edwards’ Gift Registry Address). This list helps the Boys and Girls Club of Standing Rock.

You can also send masks, laundry detergent, cots, and sleeping bags to these other addresses at Standing Rock:

📪 Jon Edwards via USPS:  P.O. Box 551 McLaughlin, SD 57642 via FedEx/ UPS: 505 1st Ave E McLaughlin SD 57642

📬 Alva Cottonwood via USPS:  PO Box 824  Fort Yates, ND 58538

📭 Virgil Standing Crow via USPS: PO Box 54  Little Eagle, SD 57639 via UPS/ FedEx: Virgil Standing Crow, 228 Grand River Drive Little Eagle, SD 57639 [NOTE: your UPS/FedEx office may not recognize the address, but YES, they will receive the package!]

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My friend from Lebanon wrote up a really good thread on Twitter I thought I should share here, just to clear up some of the inaccuracies floating around:

And here are some of the links they provided:

https://www.supportlrc.app/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/prevent-suicides-due-to-poverty-and-unemployment

https://www.gofundme.com/f/medical-relief-to-lebanon

https://www.gofundme.com/f/hope-for-lebanon

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lebanonneedsorg

http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate

https://beitelbaraka.net/donation/pay/

https://gogetfunding.com/beirut-emergency-relief/

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief

https://www.givingloop.org/offrejoie

https://www.gofundme.com/f/beirut-explosion-emergency-disaster-relief

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It is excruciatingly hard to create when you are under this constant duress.

 Now is a great time to remind the Black artists and authors in our lives how vital and brilliant they are through direct support.  Buy some books, buy some art, fall in love with them, promote and hype it, now and forever. 

Some suggestions, mostly indie but a few mainstream because we all have different tastes, very heavily in comics and pop culture because that’s where I am:

Children’s books: https://believeinwonder.weebly.com/ Brian W. Parker is the best children’s book illustrator you haven’t heard of yet (unless you have heard of him then you already know) https://notsosuper.pub/collections/all https://gumroad.com/backthatelfup (Tristan J Tarwater’s Hen and Chick is the middle grade mother-daughter pirate adventure you need) https://sasquatchbooks.com/little-bigfoot/books/curious-encounters/ (I’m honored to have met Jessixa Bagley before she was famous-well, as famous-and she has a new book out and you should buy all of them and die from the cuteness and poignancy!) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624860/brown-sugar-babe-by-charlotte-watson-sherman-illustrated-by-akem/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/567578/julian-is-a-mermaid-by-jessica-love/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/585658/hair-love-by-matthew-a-cherry-illustrated-by-vashti-harrison/ Leo Dillon has left us but the work he and Diane Dillon created made me the artist I am today and all fantastical illustrators owe him a debt. https://www.harpercollins.com/9780064430975/honey-i-love-and-other-love-poems/

Comics: https://notsosuper.pub/collections/all (Jacques Nyemb does everything so he has to be everywhere <3 ) https://powerandmagicpress.com/ (Joamette Gil helms this publisher that makes intensely beautiful and important work) https://weirdenoughcomics.com/ (great kids’ comics and education resource!) https://gumroad.com/backthatelfup (I love Shamsee and also Tristan writes RPGS!) https://onipress.com/products/archival-quality (library ghost!!!) https://www.princesslovepon.com/  (magical girl perfection by Shauna J Grant) https://agentsoftherealm.com/ (college-age magical girls by Mildred Louis) https://www.powells.com/book/-9781683830047 (M F K by Nilah Macgruder, stunning) https://us.macmillan.com/series/checkplease/ (Ngozi Ukazu’s cute, snappy, feel-good gay hockey comic!) https://www.patreon.com/dakkycomics www.facebook.com/dakkycomics (a local who I was lucky to meet in person at a con last year–Dakky’s comics are so good, and taking inspiration from fonts is just wildly cool)

Artists: https://ko-fi.com/nike_a_go_go/gallery (Nike’s work is fantastic and all over my office, buy them a coffee or ten) https://kianamaiart.tumblr.com/ (amazing artist at Disney TV animation who offers resources and insight and really, really funny nerdy comics) https://shop.dominicglover.com/?fbclid=IwAR0kfjZVbe5uecz4k-gAhPH9iHxlCo4ayL48zEGHsScp1A6rUd26E6S7a9Q (one of the slickest, most pro comics people I know, if you crave superheroes you might wanna go shop) http://labillustration.etsy.com (RAT PINS, incredible work!) https://polkadotcuteshop.com/?fbclid=IwAR1xG2MpDlwpONx099JlFjVeitu47sbjcLSvqLL13MrK5p4dx5s9uqEyh7o (so cute you might die) https://cpunltd.com/?fbclid=IwAR1hLtPcdO0D29FTNFbnx0x3lFl6Ckt4cjIrjTiUTZ9keT6Y5v2Uh4RxWaI (cool laser etching and the creator runs a helpful facebook group!) https://www.etsy.com/shop/PlusHiiKawaii?fbclid=IwAR1SZraWs16QykadRDftqcnCjfNzC7AMojXSrXV1GTO3IoslsuhuGYVBv64 (if you are missing conventions and want to look cute, there is a great place to start!)

And we can just make this list longer and longer!

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black people, please take care of yourselves. please take care of your health. please take care of your mind. please take care of your spirit.

i understand if your soul is not at peace. i understand if you are exhausted. just, please take care of yourselves in these dark, hateful times and surround yourself with people who understand why.

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If any nurses/retail workers/doctors/... are following me, I just want to thank you all for your service. I know you're overworked and probably underpaid, but without you, this outbreak would be even worse.

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I know I posted this one already a little while back, but I was scrolling through my phone and this one hit home for some reason so I hope you don't mind me reposting it. 😫 I keep wondering what the world will look like once this is all over. We are going through an enormous, tremendously impactful collective trauma, and it feels like life has been reduced to its essential parts and is being dismantled in front of our very eyes. It's an instance in which, as social animals, we would crave the reassuring, loving contact of others, but we are dangerous for each other, as well as being essential too. The contradicting nature of such an event is so deep and so all-encompassing. I feel so much despair because I want to comfort and help as many as I can, while I also have to deal with my own inner turmoil. It's all so life-altering and incomprehensible, all so deeply impactful and important. We will all come out of this different, and I wonder what it will all look like. I hope you are well wonderful people, you have my heart and my thoughts, and my thanks for being all incredible. . . . . . #sketch #artwork #pencilart #pencilsketch #snakedrawing #mentalhealthart #arttherapy #strangetimes #myriamtillson #lifechanging #collectivetrauma #strangeart #sketchbookart #sketchbookdrawing #penandpencil #inmysketchbook #mondayfeeling #instaart #artistoninstagram #instadrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Fl1VEBlzk/?igshid=1uicpqpqydou5

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Shop Update Round 3! Cleaning up for impending spring to make room for new artwork.

As of March 1st, all prints pictured here will be discontinued, so through February 29th I’m having a sale! All 31 Inktober 2019 prints as well as other select prints are 30% off!

Inktober 2019 Print Sale

Clearance Prints

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Hey peeps!! I'm BEYOND thrilled to be able to announce that my painting "Bare" was chosen to be a part of Infected by Art Volume 8! I'm so excited and overjoyed to be part of such a tremendous book project. This was my second year submitting work, and I am a fervent admirer of a lot of artists in the publication, so it feels incredible to be given the opportunity to be represented among them. My impostor syndrome is having a field day but hey, to hell with it for once. 😊 Thank you to the judging panel for allowing me to be a part of this, and thank you so much for your support everybody!!! . . . . . #gouachepainting #watercolorart #aquarelle #surrealart #infectedbyart #artbook #gouache #watercolorpainting #myriamtillson #nightsky #instagramartist #artofdrawingg #instaartist #paintingoftheday #🎨 #paintingonpaper #freelance #watercolorillustration #watercolor_gallery #mutedcolors #mentalhealthart https://www.instagram.com/p/B79JHarBd_N/?igshid=racgik37opvv

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OK, this one is weird, but honestly, this is what I'm enjoying drawing at the moment. Weirdly invasive imagery. You can't see them in this image but I have lots of notes next to this drawing, with ideas on how to take it further and ways of painting it. I'll probably make a Patreon post about it. I have ideas buzzing around in my head that don't make all that much sense but need to come out and and find a life of their own. It's exciting and a bit confusing sometimes too. Let's see where it all goes shall we ? 😉 Hope you had a good Monday peeps. Mine was mostly spent on taxes. 😭😅 Yay for productivity I guess 😅 Loves ya ❤ . . . . . #sketchbookstuff #weirddrawing #redandblack #pencilonpaper #pencildrawing #watercolorpencils #coloredpencils #graphitedrawing #surrealart #symbolism #weirdstuff #myriamtillson #letsbeweirdtogether #mondayfeeling #instaart #artistoninstagram #doodle #surrealart #strange #facedrawing #experiment https://www.instagram.com/p/B71aaaohhIr/?igshid=1iivetf4qpt7v

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Really enjoying working with coloured pencils at the moment. Have I moved on from my black squares phase? Maybe. Not sure. We'll see 😁 Hope you had a good day peeps, I'm off to spend my evening doing my tax return because even though I'm generally quite organised, tax returns are definitely a last minute matter😂😅 Wish me luck 😭 . . . . #Thursday #sketch #sketchbookstuff #sketchingtime #sketchbookpage #coloredpencils #watercolorpencils #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #artoninstagram #artstagram #myriamtillson #surrealart #birds #birdart #birddrawing #redandblue #surrealism #illo #weirdart #myart #instaart https://www.instagram.com/p/B7rMRPPh4IJ/?igshid=1d2y7a7kx3ovf

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Hey peeps! I'm back!📣✨🎆 Sorry for my prolonged sort-of absence, I didn't initially intend on not posting for so long, but I probably needed it. 2019 was exhausting.😅 I'm back in the UK after a little while with my family in France, and I'll be focusing a lot of my time on creating more work this year hopefully, so make sure you keep your eyes peeled 😊 I want to work a lot in my sketchbook and explore my style and process in depth, to hopefully evolve further. I hope you'll stick with me this year and that you'll enjoy the content! And don't forget to take good care of yourselves too ❤ . Here's a lil sketch done with @rembrandtartistpaint #watercolourpencils, @prismacolor #colerase pencils, in my @daler_rowney graduate sketchbook. Felt good to put pencil to paper again on a big page! . . . . . #pencilandpaper #sketchbookstuff #sketchoftheday #mondayart #mondaymotivation #myriamtillson #myart #sketchbook #imback #workinprogress #surrealart #plantart #coloredpencildrawing #drawingpeople #surrrealism #weirdart #instaart #artstagram #artistoninstagram #artsupplies #backtowork https://www.instagram.com/p/B7jX48LBQ5r/?igshid=6iaihx065dac

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Damn, half a million likes this year, thanks peeps! You seem to have enjoyed my darker pieces, haha. I can't wait to get back to sketching, hopefully soon. I'm back home in France at the moment, and although I still have work to do while I'm here, I'm hoping to be able to relax somewhat too. :) Do you guys get some time off for the end of the year? Will you be celebrating anything ? How will the end of your year go? I hope you are all well! Take care and see you soon 😊 . PS: I have a new video up on my channel where I paint the colourful pastel landscapes you may have seen me post recently 😊 Link in my insta bio or stories! . . . . . #topnine2019 #top9 #inkart #artstagram #sketchartist #sketching #sketchbook #darkart #inkdrawings #pencilart #contemporarysurrealism #surrealart #illo #darkillustration #instaartist #myriamtillson #yearinreview #2019art #artoninstagram #artreview #myart #favourites https://www.instagram.com/p/B6V8CiVhmgw/?igshid=1tdgsrs7n96fv

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How absolutely gorgeous is this....

By @nankliang

Test animation.

A little tale of a time when crows were able to disperse plants as they flew across the sunburnt land.

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This is a little how I feel today...😅 . Hey peeps, sorry for the lack of new art lately, been juggling a lot of things behind the scenes! I'm tinkering with my sketchbook but things feel out of whack, unsurprisingly after a while not sketching, but I'll be back doing art in a couple of days :) In the meantime, thanks so much for sticking around and being very sweet :) I hope you are all well and taking care!❤ . . . . . . #inkdrawing #inkart #inpieces #surrealart #weirdart #traditionalillustration #illo #artistic #myriamtillson #surrealism #darkark #inkartwork #hands #drawinghands #pieceofcake #blackink #inked #characterdrawing #womenwhodraw #instaart #mondayart https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lQX5IBtqj/?igshid=8eriyd8kuvft

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Hey peeps! 2 pieces of news/info : ❇️ I have a sale going on in my shop at the moment, for 15% off EVERYTHING, including inktober booklets and all my available originals (these are on the last page of my store). 🔗Link in my stories and in my Insta bio 😊 . ✳️ I uploaded my last inktober video, it's a "sketchbook tour" of all my drawings, including the last few I haven't shared on here 😊 If you feel like watching it, I would be very grateful, as YouTube has been burying my a little again 😅 🔗Link in my stories! . 💖Thank you thank you THANK YOU to all of you who have been supporting me all this time. Whether it's by liking, commenting, buying stuff, watching my videos, spreading the word or messaging me kind things, you have no idea how damn incredible you are. My gratitude is truly, truly beyond words. . The drawing above was my 31st drawing for the series. I finished inktober! It did turn into inkvember a bit 🤣😂 But hey. I'll take whatever victories I can 😀 . . . . . #inkdrawing #surrealart #surrealism #lowbrowart #contemporaryart #traditionalart #pendrawing #artofdrawingg #inkfeature #inkstagram #myriamtillson #handsdrawing #drawinghands #paperboat #weirdart #artchallenge #inktober #inkvember #artsale #artvideo #artoninstagram #drawing🎨 https://www.instagram.com/p/B475Jg6hyN8/?igshid=12sl3xz40u0pc

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Oh hello. Just thought I'd share a painting for a change. A bit of colour on this dreary Monday. 😊 This is "Fragment".☕️ The scanning process didn't fulle capture the subtleties of the skin and background, which is a pity, but I did my best to tweak it to match real life. This one was the September print for my patrons, and I worked on it while inktober was going on, which was rather intense 😂 Anywho. I'll have a full video of it on YouTube this weekend! Hopefully. 😅 Hope you're all doing well lovely people ❤ . . . . . . #gouache #watercolor #watercolorpainting #gouacheart #illo #🎨 #painting #surrealart #contemporaryart #watercolorillustration #aquarelle #brightcolours #brokenporcelain #handpaintedporcelain #broken #portraitpainting #myriamtillson #beautifulbizarre #wowxwow #artofpainting #artofdrawingg #instaart (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4vI-6Bh9Nm/?igshid=437uk7a9yivc

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Day 25, "Overload". Remember my Inktober 2017 drawing? This one is sort of another take on it :) Not intentionally, but it did remind me of it a lot! Hope you are all well lovely people ❤ . . . . . #inktober #surrealart #inkdrawing #inkart #inkillustration #Inkpen #pendrawing #brushpen #brushpendrawing #indianink #strongemotions #screaming #myriamtillson #anger #sadness #artherapy #artofdrawingg #artoninstagram #dailydrawing #traditionalartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nenwhhi9Y/?igshid=4oc4j34y4kzp