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Love Begins
trying on a metaphor
YOU ARE THE REASON
if i look back, i am lost
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One Nice Bug Per Day
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đI was nervous painting this because I wasnât sure I was going to be able to get all the details in. I mean ~ I love adding details ~ but I felt like I had met my match with this one đ
đ I pulled out my tiniest brushes and held my breath. I think I pulled it off, what do you think?
Is it socially acceptable to use opaque watercolors, or is that considered gouache?
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Wacom recently asked me to talk about why I make queer comics, and given there are multiple bills right now floating around in congress that are effectively "we will kill your livelihood if we get a sniff of queer" I had some pretty strong, simply feelings to relay.
You can read the interview here, you can buy my graphic novel featuring a gay vampire here, and you can call your congressmen about rejecting HR 2616, HR 8705, HR 7661 using 5calls.org (they don't have these specific bills listed as things to call about, but luckily you can talk about whatever you want on the phone)
I'm in a little local cafe and the women behind the counter started griping to each other, "Oh Christ, Stephen's back again," "It's him, is it? I thought he'd stopped coming," "It's definitely him, look, it's bloody Stephen on a Thursday morning," "Do you want me to get rid of him or are you going to do it?" and so I was peering outside, trying to spot this nightmare customer, this pestilence of a person, this pox upon the cafe trade, and then one of the women from behind the counter ran outside, clapping two trays together loudly and yelling "GET OUT OF IT, STEPHEN!" and it turns out that Stephen is an absolutely gigantic fuck-off seagull who hangs around outside, menacing people for crumbs
The Orchidâs Dream, 2026 , watercolor & gouache
⨠âNot forever on Earth, only a little while hereâŚâ
I finally finished this painting that Iâve been working on since 2020. The original watercolor thumbnail I did was done pre-2020, if you can believe it. Sometimes art takes its time, and sometimes it takes time because itâs sitting on my easel neglected while I work on higher priority work for years. Iâm going to miss this strange thing looking over me while I work, but I think it deserves a frame and a wall⌠and perhaps a better view than my greasy, shrimp-mode goblinself working.
This piece was inspired by a dream I had, though the details are buried in some journal which Iâll have to dig up for the full write-up on my process creating this painting. Prints are in the works, I highly recommend my newsletter if thatâs something youâre interested in.
ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds
I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study
after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines
et voila
and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)
and now, the birds
Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus
Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius
hoo boy, ok *out of breath*
GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!
this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render
speaking of obnoxious coverts:
bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata
the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it
Madam....
birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female
pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr
*melts into goo*
BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus
genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??
nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)
in other news, I am losing my mind hairline
SHE'S DONE!!
Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on
this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg đ
*does a little jig*
BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos
the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise
ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!
Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this đĽš
aaaand another one bites the duck,
we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos
the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you
power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,
the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis
and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day đđ) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.
Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp
thanks for the reminder, kid
at long last, we've reached the end...
Bird number 14 out of 14,
The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius
thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.
i'll see y'all soon :')
The honking technique on this Canada goose couple is absolutely unparalleled. I've never seen anyone else do it like that. Amazing.
(Their walking technique could use a little work, though.)
A Space Too Small
ink and watercolor sketch on hahnemĂźhle cold press
approx. 3.5" x 3.5" on 6" x 6" paper
original for sale: ko-fi.com/s/e68a22b16c
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
Banner art by Heather R. Hitchman. (@heatherhitchmanart / linktree)
The Changelings' May 2026 Auction "Sea Change" is LIVE! This month's auction is all about the magic of the sea! Mermaids, Pirates, and Treasure galore. This is an artist-run endeavor! If you'd like to buy an original painting or drawing or know someone who might, please visit the auction and consider sharing the link.
See the auction album on our Page for all the details on how to bid.
Ephemeral [ 7 colors ]
Spotted an interesting behavior from this juvenile black-crowned night heron the other day. This appears to be a fish-luring technique called bill vibration that is more common in these low visibility waters where itâs hard to spot prey. The small movements at the surface of the water are thought to attract curious fish, which can then be snatched up by feel! No luck for the little guy on this occasion but probably good practice to get the move down at least.
Thank you everyone for helping make the first day of the Runaway to the Stars Kickstarter campaign a smashing success! Let's see how far we can take it this month! But please don't tell Talita what the book is about.
Alien, trans-species foster Talita has enough to deal with on the scrapworld of Dirtball. And the sly, crimey A.I. Bip isn't helping!
anybody else feel that being human is like being a long-time syndicated cartoon character watching the world get more complex while your own design stays the same until youre incongruous with the reality around you??
Do you ever see a complicated meme that expresses a very specific feeling, and while you wouldnât have said it that way, it instantly resonates with you?
[image id: A poem titled âTo my friends from LiveJournalâ by Hayley DeRoche that reads,
âI still think about you
Wonder if you finally quit,
Do you still speak to your mom?
I remember when you went to Japan
How you swore you'd never forgive him.
I can't remember to take my meds but
I remember you wanted to live on a houseboat.
It's a strange intimacy,
all of us unspooling across decades of internet space
Like balls of yarn
leaving a trail behind us of everywhere
and everyone we've ever been
I hope you got your houseboat.
I hope you got everything.â
end id]
Calming Waters
(c) gif by riverwindphotography, March 2026
