Wintersun Radish

Artist, storyteller, foundling orphan sociopath. materials du jour: trias, prismas, printer paper, baby powder, lighter fluid. I post my own work here, along with bits of research and inspiration.

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Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.

Nnedi Okorafor, Zahrah the Windseeker

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Suddenly, I was not only allowed to draw all day long, I was expected to! I was surrounded by other artists all day, and we talked, ate, lived and dreamed about art. It was as though I had been living, all my life, in a strange country where I could never quite fit in—and now I had come home.

Trina Schart Hyman on her experience at art college

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Decolonize the Dancefloor: A Tribe Called Red

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If you have not listened to A Tribe Called Red, i highly recommend them.

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Professor Munroe and Professor Braddock

Little color sketch for the day ;P

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FLAILING, this makes me so happy.

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Illustration by David Stone Martin for Omar Khayyam Revisited

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I think every work of art is an act of faith, or we wouldn't bother to do it. It is a message in a bottle, a shout in the dark. It's saying, 'I'm here and I believe that you are somewhere and that you will answer if necessary across time, not necessarily in my lifetime.'

Jeanette Winterson

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Flaming Bentley. Work in progress. Cripes, has long has it been since I've rendered a car..

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Cover illustration by Edward Gorey

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One of the best Storm panels, y/y?

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Infinite this.

Punk storm regat omnia.

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 #world’s greatest detective

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#when i see stuff like this i imagine christian bale saying this in his serious gruff batman voice and i literally cry from laughing so hard

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is no one going to mention the fact that his gloves disappear 

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Only a Witch Can Fly

written by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo

Feiwel and Friends 2009

The first thing I should tell you about this book is that it is a poem, a tricky poem written in a very old form called a sestina. It stumps you on the first read through, tripping over stilted sentences, but read properly it is lilting and magical — a wonderful match for the story of a little girl who wishes she was a witch. Yoo’s linoleum block prints capture the drama of the story with a muted palette of autumn colours busy with bats, owls and black cats, but she keeps it cosy with glowing windows, smoke wafting from chimneys, and parents in pyjamas. The perfect book for little dreamers.

Buy on Book Depository /

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I was asked in an interview once: You’re writing another book with a female lead? Aren’t you afraid you’re going to be pigeonholed? And I thought, I write a team superhero book, an uplifting solo hero book, I write a horror-western, and I write a ghost story. What am I gonna be pigeonholed as? Has a man in the history of men ever been asked if he was going to be pigeonholed because he wrote two consecutive books with male leads? Half of the population is women. I lose my temper here. And it’s certainly not at you. It’s just this pervasive notion that “white male” is the default. And you have to justify any variation from it.

Kelly-Sue stating the obvious to anyone who actually pays attention and being no less inspiring for it. Hero. (via kierongillen)

I needed to see this today (and every day).

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Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) is known as the first African American female cartoonist. Her strips, featuring the lovable characters Torchy Brown, Candy, Patty-Jo, and Ginger, appeared in the Chicago Defender and Pittsburgh Courier in the 1930s - 1950s. 

Jackie Ormes said, “No more…Sambos…Just KIDS!” and she transformed her attractive, spunky Patty-Jo cartoon character into the first upscale American black doll. At long last, here was an African American doll with all the play features children desired: playable hair, and the finest and most extensive wardrobe on the market, with all manner of dresses, formals, shoes, hats, nightgowns, robes, skating and cowgirl costumes, and spring and winter coat sets, to name a few. (Jackie Ormes Online)

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I finally got Nancy Goldstein’s biography of Jackie Ormes for Christmas, and it’s fascinating stuff. I love that we have this video (or gifset of a video) of her at work. It is rare enough to see footage of any women cartoonists from this era, even fewer with merchandise based on their work. Jackie Ormes’s importance to the history of both women cartoonists and black cartoonists cannot be understated.

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Couldn't draw a fairy of the sugary sweet variety if my life depended on it.

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Process shot of a birthday gift for a friend who really adores fairies. Hoping I finish in time to give to her at the party later! —wr