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Re-shared with permission from @noodlenutskidsbook

Re-shared with permission from @noodlenutskidsbooks I am exhausted. So many of you have reached out in the last couple of weeks with love and gentleness, and you have held me together in my grief and fear. This post is not for you. This post is because I am so hurt, confused, and angry that it has left me barely able to function. And I've had enough. I'm done with trying to convince any of you to treat me and the people that I love like the human beings we are. Our lives are not for you to debate, nor our slaughter for you to excuse. You need to STFD and STFU. Because the truth is this simple: Y'all hate Jews unless you're tokenizing us. And I will not be your Useful Jew. **Comments are closed because this is a call-out not a debate. If you come for me in my DMs or elsewhere I will report you for harassment and block you.** #JewishCommunity #AmYisraelChai #IStandWithIsrael #StandWithIsrael #BringThemHome #ReleaseTheHostages #IsraelAtWar #IsraelUnderAttack #JewishAuthors #JewishIllustrator #JewishBookstagram #IAmJewish #JewishAndProud #Antisemitism #FightAntisemitism #AntizionismIsAntisemitism

Day 4 of #scbwiartober2023 #scbwiArtober Smoky Th

Day 4 of #scbwiartober2023 #scbwiArtober Smoky The point of challenges like these are to play and maybe shake yourself outside your comfort zone and see what comes up. This was certainly not what I'd had in mind. I thought I'd like to try a simple line and some flatter color. Seems my hand had other ideas. But I did do all the color with only the gouache brush. Also I do like how Procreate makes sketches look a lot more polished than they deserve to look.

Day 3 of #SCBWIArtober2023 #scbwiArtober Autumnal

Day 3 of #SCBWIArtober2023 #scbwiArtober Autumnal For this one, I just decided to play around a little with textures and colors from a photo reference.

Ok I got a little ambitious for a sketch, playing

Ok I got a little ambitious for a sketch, playing with the brushes and layers of Procreate, and I added a background. This took closer to 3 hours. I’m starting to get a better feel for the program though. Still need to make some adjustments for color. Maybe it's the brightness settings? Day 2 (a little late) of #scbwiArtober #SCBWIArtober2023 Mystery After 2 hours of using only Procreate, the iPad is at 50% and is a little warm. hmm still thinking it's the proc. Oh well.

Despite the frustrating issues with my iPad and th

Despite the frustrating issues with my iPad and the Apple Store, I am determined to make lemonade with this lemon. This week I decided to go ahead and use whatever it will give me rather than let it languish until it bricks. So… giving Procreate another go (it’s not the software but the hardware that’s been giving me fits). I also see I need to calibrate the color somehow. Oh well. Here's a quick sketch for #scbwiArtober2023 #scbwiArtober FUR inspired by my big teddy bear of a cat.

The confluence of Lashon Hara ("evil tongue") and

The confluence of Lashon Hara ("evil tongue") and The Danger of a Single Story often results in the most harmful toxicity. One such story kept me up stewing way too late last night and resulted in a new Verbose Outline that I didn't actually want to write.

Sorry (but not really) I've been quiet here this y

Sorry (but not really) I've been quiet here this year. I'm honored and excited to be here!

Well, yes, I do use my own cards. Because I origin

Well, yes, I do use my own cards. Because I originally made them for myself. I made the white card box and stand, but the little Golem standing guard is from @devotaj_arts #countingtheomer #the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer #meditationcards

Day 4: Rebel The Scarlet Pimpernel. Need I say mo

Day 4: Rebel The Scarlet Pimpernel. Need I say more? I AM, however, fessing up to "pants-ing" this challenge. I started late and have been trying to o these around my life, which got a bit hectic these last two days. So I missed posting this one on yesterday's deadline and will now miss posting today's. I have officially slipped but I do intend to keep going. Perhaps not in order though I'll list them in order on my blog post (link in bio). Thank you to the hosts of Folktale Week: @anazenun @andrea_stegmaier @deborah.j.stein @devonholzwarth @debrastyer @jennifermpotter @kalyquarles @laure_illustrations @louve.draws @matejalukezic @pinghe.art @sirjanakaurart @tanja_stephani @thebrotherskent #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2022 #scarletpimpernel #primativeart #folkart #kidlitart #kidlitartists #vectorart #frenchrevolution #swashbuckler #palaisdelacite

An attendant to the Queen of the Night from Mozart

An attendant to the Queen of the Night from Mozart's "The Magic Flute." Inspired by Erté and Billy Porter. I technically finished this one at 11:59. Pencils down. It's not exactly what I intended and still very much not where I'd like it to be, but that's why I'm calling these drafts! This is also one of those reasons for my hating on Adobe Illustrator. It's really difficult to make complex shapes like the star halo look like they're coming from behind to overlap the fronts of other shapes. And now, DEFINITELY time to zzzzz #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2022 #erte #billyporter #star #queenofthenight #magicflute #artdeco #childrensillustrators #editorialillustration

Continuing my week of unplanned self-enforced Adob

Continuing my week of unplanned self-enforced Adobe Illustrator work... This is inspired by "The Golden Tree," a Jewish-Indian folktale that I recently stumbled on. This one will require a little more research but the tale itself is intriguing including it being BOTH Jewish and Indian! With a lack of handy resources, I based the clothing on a combination of 19th century Turkish and Afghani Jewish clothing styles. "And the golden tree grows within that fountain, surrounded by it on all sides. Many have tried to reach it, but all have failed and drowned in the boiling waters. But if you take my shoes, and wear them when you enter the waters, the heat of the waters will have no effect… ... There, in that sacred circle, the Emperor saw the golden tree face to face, as had happened so often in his dreams. But now he was astounded to discover that the golden tree was not a motionless object created out of gold, but was itself a golden fountain that sprang up in that place, with molten gold that formed the shape of a golden tree…" #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2022 #goldentree #etzhayim #tree #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator #jewish #indian #folktales

Day 1: Fool I only discovered a little free time

Day 1: Fool I only discovered a little free time over the weekend so starting late. I'm HOPING to do all seven! Sometimes when I start personal projects, they sort of make themselves and this one also has a mind of its own. I had ZERO intention of doing this in Adobe Illustrator. And yet. More about my process and my 25 year dislike of Adobe Illustrator 🔗 linked in my bio 🔗 Fool is based on “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen, a well-known morality tale about a vain emperor who ultimately (unknowingly?) parades naked in front of his subjects. #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2022 #fool #kidlitart #folktale #hanschristianandersen #illustrationartists #vectorillustration

A front came through today. It now feels even more

A front came through today. It now feels even more like Autumn. I'm still trying to get used to using an iPad. #procreate #amdrawing

Asclepias Tuberosa! Sounds like a magic spell of

Asclepias Tuberosa! Sounds like a magic spell of summoning, doesn't it? It's milkweed! I just recently (like last weekend) jumped on the procreate bandwagon. My parents gave me their old iPad 6. My 11 year old daughter has been using Procreate for a year now on her iPad 2 so has been giving me some tips. I still have quite a bit to learn about using this app! This is great for overcoming my (pathological?) aversion to "wasting paper" and getting back to #amdrawing again!

Harmony can only be achieved by the presence of mo

Harmony can only be achieved by the presence of more than one voice. #omarcountcards2022 #theomerproject #harmonyandbalance #harmony #synchronicity #innerguidance #jewishwisdom #kabbalah #meditation

Box prototype from last week! And hard proofs are

Box prototype from last week! And hard proofs are arriving Monday. Getting closer! Links for orders should be up in the next week. #the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer #creativejewishspirituality #intentions #jewishkavana #yiddishkeit #meditation #oraclecards #carddeck

#the100dayproject started weeks ago. I've been wor

#the100dayproject started weeks ago. I've been working but not posting. Too many words but I'll have a more formal update soon. The Omer Project will be going to the printer this week. I aim to get card decks in people's hands by Pesach! #100DaysOfOmer #creativejewishspirituality #kavana #jewishkavana #yiddishkeit #JewishLearning #jewish #cards #kaballah #mussar

A sparkly light has gone out and the world is much

A sparkly light has gone out and the world is much dimmer. I was hoping to meet Paula in person someday. She was so creative, talented, funny, supportive, and kind. Her beautiful picture book about a young Jewish American immigrant with big dreams comes out today. I am joining the CAT Agency artists in their Draw This In Your Style of Shirley in Paula’s honor and because I can almost hear her admonishing me to ditch the impostor syndrome already and just DRAW! I hope you’ll buy a copy of Big Dreams Small Fish and read it to someone small who may also have big dreams! Even if they're not a fan of the fish. #bigdreamssmallfish @levinequerido @paulacohenillustration #immigrant #jewishstories #bigdreamssmallfishDTIYS #bigdreamssmallfish #picturebook #immigrant #jewishstories #jewishbooksarediversebooks #kidlitart #debutpicturebook #gelfitefish #paulacohen #kidlitart #childrensbooks #jewish #immigration #kidsillustration #childrensbookillustration @the_cat_agency

I love watching the bees wiggling in and out of th

I love watching the bees wiggling in and out of the beardtongue. Yes, I am busy like the bee. #busybee #penstemon #beardtongue

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