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One foot (turtle or human or otherwise) in front of the other, one step at a time, however cautiously you need to go, at whatever pace... but forward— always forward. . This Happy Reminder is one of the most recent additions to the #100daysofhappyreminders✨ and will be a page in the upcoming 4 book zine/journal combo series releasing at the end of NEXT WEEK (what?!??). You have til tomorrow (Sunday the 18th) to scoop up all 4 at the pre-order rate (4 for the price of 3.) If stickers or postcards are more your thing, be sure to check out the “Happy Reminders Project” category in my shop for the current collection of available goodies (there’s brand new stickers in there!) . And if you have some young folks in need of some extra love and support as they head back to school check out the print-at-home lunchbox notes I shared in the “Lunch Box Notes” story highlight—(purchasing info is in there too!) . Here’s to happy and healthy, forward marching people of all stripes ❤️ . Onward, friends! . . . . . #illustration#kidlitart#drawing#childrensbookillustration#mightypigeonart#procreateapp#cute#childrensbookart#illo#illustrator
I’m thisssssssssss close to being done hand quilting the central blocks of my #mpatrinketquilt, with just a couple left and then I can do the border blocks. But I’m so glad I snapped some pictures of it before it was sandwiched because I love this stained glass stage so much 😍 . I had wanted to have this one entirely done by the end of summer but that’s very much not happening. And my small world inspired Trinket has sat, folded and absolutely still, (with a lot of the papers still attached to the back tbqh), since we brought it back home from the parks. That’s ok though; I have no idea what fabric I’ll use to back it nor where I’ll find enough floor space at home to sandwich it... we’ll tackle that some other time. Can’t rush perfection! . Speaking of! I have just a couple weeks left on my summer ta-da! list and every now and then I’ll let myself read over it and... I’ve... actually done a lot? quelle surprise! . ALSO also, new (unless you’ve been following me since 2013) product alert, dropping in my stories around 1pm EST today 🙌🏼 . . . . . . #trinketsal#alisonglass#alisonglasstrinket#rainbow#quilt#quilting#artistswhoquilt#fiberart#fpp#mightypigeon#stainedglass
👏🏻pups 👏🏻 pups 👏🏻 PUPS!👏🏻 . This is a pup from the archives many months ago that i’ve yet to share but I’m really feelin’ the tropical vacation vibes today. . Anyone got a “one last vacation” before end of summer planned? My wanderlust is itchin’ . ✨ICYMI: there is a waitlist forming for pet & family portraits *right now* for folks who want to be notified of the next opening for spots... and that next opening (for FEBRUARY 2020) is happening at the end of this month. GASP. If you’d like to be emailed a notification and secure a spot before the listings go public, get on that list! The link in my bio has a “waitlist” button.✨ . . . . . . #mpapetportrait#copicmarkers#copics#portraiture#drawing#dog#pet#dogmom#dogdad#theyregooddogsbrent#doggo#pupper#mightypigeonart#artistsoninstagram#visiblewomen#womenwhodraw
I think from time to time I’m gonna pull some ✨traysure✨ from the archives of my old posts here and share them again for the lovelies who’ve joined us more recently... like this one! . In the time since this was last posted though, I’ve made postcards from the illustration (which, along with dozens of others) you can find in my shop all the time! . Happy sunny Wednesday, frens! . . . . . . #illustration#watercolor#floral#drawing#artistsoninstagram#postcards#penpals#prismacolor#artezawatercolors#artezagouache
Happy Birthday, Little Prince! 🌼 Today is “Bambi”’s anniversary and who couldn’t use a good cry right about now, eh? . . . . . . #drawing#bambi#disneyfanart#disneyart#illustration#mightypigeonart#digitaldrawing#illo#kidlitart
✨analog-ing✨ . taking a little break from digital work this weekend & going back through old sketchbooks & posts to find abandoned drawings and paintings to re-explore in a new light. This is what my work looked back long ago, in the days before the tablet made things “easier” (in quotes, ofc because I’m not sure how the net gains compare... and I miss the feel of wooden pencils and the scritch, scritch on paper. I also miss the freedom I felt to render faces this way. There was a quirkiness to my characters that I let slip away as I did more and more commercial work or bent for clients. I need to let those parts find their way back to me. . . . . . #prismacolor#prismacolorpencils#sketch#sketchbook#drawing#illo#visiblewomen#womenwhodraw#freelanceillustrator#sketching#mightypigeonart
✨beginnings✨ . . . . . . #painting#watercolor#holbein#holbeinwatercolors#danielsmithwatercolors#art#artoftheday#sketchbook#illustration#orange#peach#color#colour
Every day I try to get better about listening to myself. The lessons I’ve already learned need not be relearned. I make a conscious effort to act on things rather than fret over what might happen if I do or don’t. It’s hard. My Anxiety has trained me to worry & scan for danger & to not trust things I know I know. Sometimes, I’m sure, my Anxiety has kept me safe... other times, it’s kept it down; kept me afraid; kept me inactive. Sometimes I let it tell me what it thinks is true... and then I remind myself I already know what’s true. . You do too. . ❤️If you’d like to share this #100DaysofHappyReminders✨ please use the little paper airplane icon to “share post to your story” — I’d love that! That will send folks who are interested directly back to this post & allow for engagement here, which is the best way you can support an artist non-monetarily ❤️PLEASE *do not* screenshot REPOST/ or ReGran/ etc. to your *grid* ❤️ Thank you! . If you’re in my Ko-fi or Patreon Flock, I’ve shared a few more brand new Happy Reminders for you there. . ✨If you’d like to support this project, you can leave me a tip/buy me a coffee (link in bio) or . ✨Join the Flock & receive your choice of monthly rewards for as little as $3/month, or . ✨ Pre-Order the 100 Days of Happy Reminders zine/journal 4 book set in my shop right now. They’ll be available for purchase at regular price at the end of the month but pre-orders get 4 books for the price of 3 & get some extra goodies to boot! . . ❤️Now... what do YOU already know? Have you fretted over something you didn’t need to? Or lost your way but remembered it again? Me, I work to remember I know I’m capable & any time i think I’m not is a lie. . . . . . #illustration#lettering#illo#ssdgm#mentalhealth#mightypigeonart#visiblewomen#womenwhodraw
Case of the Mondays? Swipe for kitties & puppers to make you smile! This lil guy up top is @mollykubic’s handsome Duck. Who else is in this grouping? These span the past year at various times (friends, there are still so many more on my phone 😱) . Also, ICYMI: I’ve added a button to my link tree (link in bio) which will allow you to sign up for the waitlist for #MPApetportraits & Family Portraits. I’m currently booked pretty solid through early December (to ensure delivery in time for Christmas gift giving), but I might be able to fit more in at the end. If you’d like to be notified when a spot opens up, go ahead and throw your info into that form. *Its not a newsletter & you’ll only be notified once unless you ask for an additional reminder for a later spot. I promise ❤️ . Thank you so much to everyone who’s let me meet and honor their favorite fur people over the past year. This has been the wildest ride. . . . . . . #mightypigeonart#portraits#copicmarkers @copic_official @copic_official_us #drawing #realism#illustration#cats#dogs#pets
good news! I’ve got a brand spankin’ new waitlist for #mpafamilyportraits & pet portraits! If you didn’t get a chance to grab one this year you *might* be in luck 🍀 . I do still have a pretty healthy pre-order queue, and it’s pretttttttty much packed to the gills with as much as I can take on without burning out completely, but there’s a chance I’ll get through this years’ orders ahead of my final December ship date goal & might have space for a few last minute gifts 😬 (or future me is like “ooh baby what is you doin?”) . BUT! I will be back and taking new orders for 2020 for sure & if you want to make sure you don’t miss the notification, I’m happy to email you when they’re available! It’s super easy... just click the link in my bio and go to the bottom. You’ll see a button for “commissions waitlist”— click that baby & then enter your info. It’s not a newsletter & I won’t spam you (lol, I haven’t even had time to make a newsletter yet... years later 😑), but you’ll get a single email when there’s new listings up for grabs. Simple! . . . . . #illustration#ssdgm#portraits#cats#catmom#familyportraits#customportraits#mightypigeonart#commissions
Friends, I’d like you to spend some time with this piece. Zoom in, sit with it, think on it a minute... because this very well might be the most important piece of art I’ve made in months— well, for me anyway. . I’ve written about it quite extensively in blog posts for my Flock, but this summer’s goal of a self imposed sabbatical has been rockier than I somehow anticipated (& you know my anxious brain anticipates A LOT.) Among the many things I’ve struggled with lately is this profound sense of artist’s block (which I know is a function of a bunch of other blocks I’m living with and working through.) Making work that was *just* for me is challenging— finding time to fit it in is part of it but a very small part in comparison. I am forever feeling like I’ve lost my way; I know I’ve let The Gram & the dangling carrot of “engagement” lead me astray but I didn’t realize just how far until one of dear Flock birds, @wheatjumper asked me some questions about older work & I went scooting allllll the way back to my first IG post ever. Looking at my work & my posts pre-algorithmpocalypse was enlightening & disheartening. . I could write about this for hours but suffice it to say, there was a way I used to Art. And it was automatic & it was entirely mine. And it wasn’t dictated by the gaze of the internet. And I need to move back there. Or at least be open to it & make space for it. . I see this as a self portrait in my current space. Seen but not really. There, but not fully. Hidden but trying. Hoping you don’t just scroll by, but knowing I can’t prioritize that. . What do you see? . (Ko-fi $12+ monthly supporters & Patreon $16+ monthly supporters are getting this 5x7 print along with the monthly postcard for Flock members in the lower tiers. More info in my stories/ links in bio) . . . . #mightypigeonart#illustrator#illustrations#illo#visiblewomen#womenwhodraw#illustratorforhire#kidlitart#artistsoninstagram#digitalart#procreateapp#oc#illustratorsoninstagram
On one hand I feel like I’ve gotten nothing done this summer; nothing of note or particular importance, memorable or worthwhile. On the other hand, a quick check at my summer Ta-Da list in the back of my planner and I have proof that, among a bunch of other things, I’ve completed 31 pet portraits since May 30. . Ok, Ta-Da list; you got me. . . . . . . . #mightypigeonart#cat#catlovers#catmom#catlady#portraitartist#mpapetportraits#orangetabby#rescuepet#traditionalart#drawing#copicmarkers#copics @copic_official @copic_official_us