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For small, frequent doses of serotonin, consider falling in love with specific flora and/or fauna local to you.

Source: I get a brief jolt of happiness every time I see a crow. Every. Time.

This post was a nice treat for me because for a while there people were telling me what plants and animals bring them joy.

More of that, please.

#I know where the ginkgo trees are in my city #I used to know all the gardens in my old neighbourhood and which of my favourite plants grew from which garden at which time of uear #Can confirm this is a GREAT technique for serotonin :)

I actually came back for real this time

and also I’m gonna be at TCAF next week at table 2031 (second floor next to the stairs) so like come by and say hi if you’re going!! I’ll have new pins and a new book of creepy ballet people :)

I’m returning from Twitter because it is a hellscape that causes me daily anguish. Who’s still on this site?

#Nature is healing #etc #and by nature i mean me #hopefully #I'm so tired of the disk horse machine #I just want to see pretty pictures and happiness

Issue 2 of Demi, released at TCAF 2019.

So I made more comics about being demi. I’ve actually started and stopped a lot of comics since making my first a year and a half ago.

Putting into words my feelings, anxieties, and anger, about the way the I’ve felt limited and boxed in by expectations outside my control has been a very difficult task. I always try and make these relatable - to have something in them that others may find bits of themselves in, no matter how personal the comic may be. And a lot of my stalled comics were too personal, too angry, too much just rants against a society that made me confused about who I am.

So eventually I got here. A comic about navigating the world when you’re not heterosexual, but the default is to just assume I am. I have, in the two years since I started coming out, become more and more overt in the fact that I am queer. I’m confident and proud of that fact, and I’m just not willing to deal with people’s assumptions about me any longer, but I still live in a world where my existence is uncommon, and even within the gay community I’m an outlier.

But, making these comics has been very cathartic for me, and it’s been wonderful meeting so many other ace-spec people! Having them relate to my work, and seeing the joy on their faces when they find comics about them. I plan on continuing to make them until I run out of gay angst, which I expect won’t be for a while.

As we enter Pride month this year I hope that all my ace-spec friends out there find their place in the world, whether it’s people with similar outlooks, a partner or good friends, or even a place when you can be yourself or gain peace of mind. Be confident in who you are, my friends, make your own space, and support each other. Be the gays you’re meant to be.

#demisexual #demi #asexual #ace-spec #queer comics #comics #autobio comics #Pride #LGBTQIA #my art

Find me this weekend at table 260 in the Toronto Reference Library for TCAF! I’ll have some new stuff, and old favourites! Stop by and say hi!

#TCAF #Toronto Comic Arts Festival #comics #Toronto #indie comics

Some more of my (favourite) work from season 3 of Workin’ Moms, first shown in episode 6, Narls In Charge, at a women’s health clinic.

Those of you who know me well know that this kind of tongue in cheek sex-related stuff is Right Up My Alley. This set was done in a super crunch period, so I had a lot more leeway since everyone was super busy, letting me put more of myself into it than I normally put into a set. All the information in the posters is factually accurate. If anything written on them seems applicable to you please see a medical professional!

The showrunners praised the set for looking like a real women’s clinic - honestly the highest praise you can get in film since we make things on non-existent timelines with vague hopes of it fooling the viewer into suspension of disbelief.

#graphic design #poster design #art for tv #art for film #women's health #my art #when my bosses told me about the praise from the showrunners I stupidly was like #well yeah I've spent a lot of time in women's health clinics #before realizing what that implied #the truth of the matter is I had a lot of health problems when I was in my early 20s #which is how I know so much about these facts #and what those offices look like #this was basically the first step in my coworkers thinking I was a not-so-closet pervert #I'm not I'm just a queer comics artist interested in sexual/reproductive health #:>#the blue and pink ones are basically a first draft at some of the ideas I've long had about menstrual issues #it's such a overlooked topic #and impacts SO MANY people #I wasn't kidding about please see a medical professional if anything sticks out to you #I wrote them to be real because it's a very real issue and one I hold dear to my heart!

art vs. artist meme

#artsartist2019 #my drawings #my face #memes #artists on tumblr #a fair bit of this is older so I could make something cohesive #my work lately had been pretty split between colour illustrations b/w illustrations fashion drawings and work graphics #lots of variation and style changes #not exactly what you want when trying to form a cohesive narrative about your work #not to mention 2018 was BURNOUT #and 2019 has been under wraps comics or b/w illustrations so far #WELP

Artwork for a children’s book I made for the CBC series Workin’ Moms Season 3. Typically art for film/tv uses stock images since our timelines are very tight - for context, I did all 4 spreads in a little over 12 hours total. The style for this book was based off this stock image by Toru-Sanogawa, a look that was approved by the various heads of the show.

The final book had thin vinyl inserts that went over a real book’s pages. I made my work to fit the pages, printed the vinyl, and seamlessly inserted it into the books (we always make at least 2 copies of every prop). My background in book design/zines had me doing a lot of book inserts/making over the course of the season, hahaha.

#artists on tumblr #children's books #children's literature #art for film #my art #sadly my interior work was never seen #in episode you only see the cover #such is film life

I’m doing research for a proper book of Pervert’s Guide to Mycology for TCAF this year and... my bros... my dudes... mycologists just make it so easy. If you or a loved one are a mycologist you have my thanks. Also please check back in a few months and I’ll have a book right up your alley. Or, you know, come to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and find me on the second floor May 11+12th.

#mycology #fungi #mushrooms #illustration #books #about me #ramblings #god I love mycology #I remember when I did the original illustration I had to cull so many fungi #because there were just too many #BUT NOW I'M DOING A BOOK #BWAHAHAHA #God the jokes write themselves #mycologists honestly have done most of the work for me

Illustrations I did for a book of stories from the author’s childhood growing up in 1910′s Newfoundland. I was commissioned by the author’s daughter to make a set of illustrations for 10 stories he had written down before his passing. Over the next few months I’ll be printing and binding the story and illustrations for a small print run - most of which will be going to a museum in Newfoundland dedicated to the author.

More details to follow at a later date!

#illustration #artists on tumblr #Canadiana #early 20th century #Newfoundland #my drawings #I tag this as Canadiana but as my NFL friend say WE WEREN'T PART OF CANADA THEN #WE WERE OUR OWN NATION #WE WEREN'T CANADA IN 1910!!#Canada's history is long and fraught with provincial infighting

I got into TCAF!!

Get ready for comics about ACE ANGST in May!

#TCAF #toronto comic arts festival #comics #about me #congrats on doing so much better than last year 2019 #I'm liking you a lot more already #I met my goal of getting into TCAF by 30!#I'll be 29 by the show #(but am 28 now)#so DID IT WITH TWO YEARS TO SPARE #Gonna be finishing and making a lot of ace/demi comics over the next few months #and probably more mushroom jokes #because that's always a great seller

2018 in review.

A bit of a sporadic year - one mostly filled with a lot of self-exploration, gaining self confidence, and slowly realizing how fucking bad my late 2017-early 2018 depression/burnout was. As a result I don’t feel like I did a lot this year - which isn’t true, I just did different things than I’ve done in the past and a lot of my work is currently under NDAs until episodes start airing. I look forward to sharing my work from season 3 of CBC’s Workin’ Moms in the new year.

I think this is the first year where I’ve been comfortable with who I am and what my work is - realized the point of doing what I do isn’t to appeal to everyone and fulfill every whim of those around me, but to do exactly what I want and find people who like what I am (what my work is), the way I look at things and interpret them. Which 2018 was good for. I met a couple of those people and they had a very big impact on me.

Next year I’m going to try keeping a daily sketchbook - one where my obsession with perfection has no place - and try to work towards getting work doing costume illustration for Toronto’s film industry. In all this year’s stress and digging out of burnout I realized how much I enjoy it, how it’s as easy as breathing, and realized that it’s a niche I’m very much in the right place for. I got my start this year doing illustration for film/TV doing work for Workin’ Moms, Baroness Von Sketch, and Kill Joys, so here’s to doing more in 2019!

#year in review #artists on tumblr #illustration #my drawings #I feel like a thing of my favourite works this year would have been more appropriate #seeing as how most of my work was clustered into a couple very intense and busy months #with some months doing nothing #or almost completely NDA work #Mid June to Mid October were all tv work #with occasional personal works that were mostly for me to wind down #I'm bewildered at people who can do creative day jobs and come home and make more art #I mean I do 60h weeks when I'm on #so I basically live my show for a few months #pass out for a week solid #and then slowly work back into doing my own work until I get my next gig #It's honestly pretty nice

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I have removed the offending subjects from my archive, Tumblr. In the unlikely event my blog gets deleted - lets be real I’ve never been a thirsty artist but I do like drawing naked people and that’s a risk - you can find me here:

Twitter: @inkandandroids

Insta: @jess.sheridan.illustration

My Website: jess-sheridan.com

I have no intent to leave this site. I love it, the trashfire that it is. I am, more visibly active on twitter and instagram. You can hear my occasional ramblings on my Twitter, and more of my traditional art in progress on my Insta (along with Insta Stories about the dogs I meet and the weird shit that happens to me).

If you happen to be a colleague or potential employer confused about my robot pin-up: rather than dealing with the mass of porn-bots, Tumblr enacted a new policy restricting sexual content and nudity including female presenting nipples. And while I am normally a pretty chill and not at very snarky person, I can, when prompted, be a cheeky little shit.

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Reminder as we live through the final day that if you’re leaving tumblr you can find me elsewhere!

To all the queer content creators (especially of queer erotica), thank you and I hope to find you all again on another platform in the near future! I will continue skirting under the line of what’s allowed on this site until it dies.

#artists on tumblr #I'm very sad to see this community fizzling out #I'd be lying if I said tumblr's queer artist/comics community didn't help me come to terms with my own identity #and make it easier for me to come out and figure out exactly who I am #I'm upset that this is how the site handled a situation that was always a problem #the bots and mainstream stuff on this site will always find another avenue #but the queer comics community had something special here #work made and curated by us #for us #exploring all the different facets of our lives #and it's going to be gone tomorrow #if it isn't already

While I’m navel-gazing (because what does main blog/side blog really mean in the state of Tumblr right now?), upon looking at the offending content on my blog I’m stunned it took me as long as it did to realize I was some sort of gay, because there’s definitely a Very Strong trend in the gender divides of the naked people on this blog, and it’s not in favour of heterosexuality.

#in all fairness the type of women I draw naked are not typically the type of women I'm into #and I distinctly remember the logic behind drawing naked people of my not-preferred look/gender was that it wasn't Obviously Thirsty #because it was just Aesthetics #which is still true #like the impressionists before me I sure love me some elegantly posed women in either nothing or very complex garments #I am at heart a student of history #but also I'm very gay and 2018 has been all about accepting that #too bad I can't draw thirsty people of questionable genders on this site anymore #I'LL JUST HAVE TO BE SNEAKY #no sir that's not a female nipple #as you can see the female nipples are hidden #and the nipples on display have no gender expression #they're genderless nipples #just let be draw pretty naked people Tumblr #IT'S ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS TUMBLR

Honestly, one of the saddest things about Tumblr’s potential collapse is that I won’t be able to see the full extent of Evangelion being unleashed upon a new generation, because lets be real, Tumblr plus EVA would be utter chaos.

#EVA's Tumblr gold #you think SU is bad Tumblr?#THINK AGAIN #I want to see how many people get upset over KawoShin #and more upset over adults shipping them #like my dudes I've shipped them since I was fourteen #that kind of pairing is a once in a lifetime opt fraught with emotional pain that cannot be replicated #not to mention literally every other character #not a single person in that series is good #they're all fucked up #the series was made as an attempt to commit tax fraud and the creator fell into a deep depression while making it #AND YOU CAN TELL

Since the naked/smut ban is incoming it gave me the drive to draw the borderline scandalous things I’ve been thinking about drawing.

Earlier in the year I replayed DAII for the millionth time with Varethane and then, once thoroughly emotionally compromised by Fenris (again), found the lovely works of Bullfinch, who sadly jumped ship got deleted a few weeks ago from Tumblr. I love his trans Fenris, and have wanted to draw him as such ever since! So here we are, a spicy elf for all of you to see (until the 17th).

#Dragon Age #Fenris #Dragon Age 2 #DAII #fanart #my drawings #I don't draw spicy art often #BUT BAN ME FROM DOING IT AND GUESS WHAT I'M GONNA DO???#I get emotionally compromised by DAII or DAI at least once a year #Thanks Bioware #If it wasn't obvious he's looking at a nice M!Hawke #Bullfinch being deleted is the icing on top of this disaster cake #There's basically no way to know who got deleted and who just jumped ship #or where to find them #COOL #NICE GOING GUYS

Twitter: @inkandandroids

Insta: @jess.sheridan.illustration

My Website: jess-sheridan.com

#artists on tumblr #my info #artist info #Liz isn't exactly female #but I thought it was far funnier to drawn them than any of my other OCs #especially because upon looking at my archive #most of the nipples were their human counterpart/human skin #fitting that the only time I put a proper pinup on this site it's with tongue placed firmly in cheek #as it should be #YOU CAN TAKE THE FEMALE NIPPLES FROM MY COLD DEAD GAY HANDS TUMBLR

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