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Amber Akin 🕸🌾
@almondmilkart.bsky.social
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Cartoonist, educator, & #kidlit illustrator from Western Massachusetts ✏️ she/any 🫖 Contact: almondmilkart@gmail.com 🌿 Portfolio: https://amberakin.com 🐇 ig: https://www.instagram.com/almondmilkart 🌙🇵🇸🌈🇱🇧
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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hey, I'm Amber! I'm a cartoonist, illustrator, picture book enthusiast, and educator based out of the Pioneer Valley. Nice to meet you!
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lucyknisley.bsky.social
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
A painted pink, black and white sign that reads: To Do Build community Shop small and local Speak up and speak out Practice empathy Protect the vulnerable Give to good causes Care for the earth Be brave and loving Investigate Read and listen Abide no fascism
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
I like books, and books for kids, and all ages comics and also working with kids. so now I sell children's books, make children's books, and teach kids. I didn't always want to be an artist or educator (though I did want to be a tattoo artist for a long time!), but the career kind of ....found me 🤷‍♀️
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 12d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
Israel is bombing Lebanon again.

With our weapons.
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
this might be too niche but I can't stop thinking about how Eddy Burback used a Mannequin Pussy song in his anti AI Chat GPT video even though MP shilled hard for generative AI like a year ago after making an AI generated music video
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
I will be doing another holiday card this year!!! This will be year 4 for me :-) I love love love sending them out so please be on the lookout for a Google form from me to collect addresses hehe
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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rt0no.bsky.social
Christmas tree with the cats
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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bighippoart.bsky.social
Winter is so cozy ❄️ 🦊 🐻 #sciart
An illustration featuring a bear and a fox arriving at an old, snow covered forest house.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
this may or may not explain a lot about me
Bijou from Hamtaro Amanda Panda from Webkinz Gatomon from Digimon Strawberry Shortcake from the 2003 cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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andicomics.bsky.social
Ritual
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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rosebdraws.bsky.social
kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight…
Digital drawing of Glinda and Elphaba from Wicked, locked in a passionate kiss and standing in the woods among purple flowers
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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funeralbeat.bsky.social
👩‍🌾 Grab your tools
An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
anyone have recommendations for compression gloves? I have weird issues with my circulation and the cold, and the CVS arthritis gloves I have aren't really cutting it. plus they're ugly 🥲
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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cocoglez.bsky.social
the fairies are rooting for you~
the quote "we are rooting for you" in handwritten script and little fairy animals prancing around in circle with sparkles and flowers: there is a puppy fairy, a cat, a frog, a bunny and a little mouse
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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anikeru.bsky.social
Very hungry caterpillar
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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goblinstunts.bsky.social
Dreaming of Spring (risograph)
risograph print in yellow, blue and red. wintery catgirl asleep in the middle, surrounded by panels of spring imagery in a warm vibrant palette
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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djamilaknopf.bsky.social
I painted a scene for my personal project. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache on Arches watercolour paper
a painting of a girl sitting on top of a Volkswagen bus in front of a mountain range
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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aurumek.bsky.social
First snow of the year! ❄️🧙🏼‍♂️
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
seasonal depression kicking in. time to get into bidding wars over vintage toys on ebay to feel alive
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
ok it's officially consistently below freezing and getting dark at 4pm. time to begin my annual New Girl rewatch to maintain my sanity
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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ieafy.bsky.social
Midnight mantis (this month's patreon 💌)
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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myangart.bsky.social
🍂 shop is open! 🍂

this charm has been added as well as a few other new things~

holiday discount: spend $20 and get 15% off (code applied at checkout)!

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A wooden two-layered keychain dangling on a branch amidst fall leaves. The keychain is house-shaped, reminiscent of a cuckoo clock with a small tulip dangling from the bottom. There are two cutouts in the main piece, one a door at the top for a little chick and the second a door for a flame point siamese cat. There is a white fence on the sides of the house, with trees behind on the second layer of wood.
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
almondmilkart.bsky.social
back to using instagram regularly again :-( I want to just be able to use bluesky but I feel like there's just not much interacting going on on here
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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vickisigh.bsky.social
miniature 🗝️ #art
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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aabbri.bsky.social
Congratulations MA! #FreedomtoRead bill with protections for authors now moves to the House! Call your MA reps!
Great work @massaabb.bsky.social ! malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De...
Senate Passes Bill Guarding Against Politically Motivated Book Bans
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em>Bill guards against political bias in library decisions, protects librarians from reprisals</em></p> <p><strong>(BOSTON&mdash;11/13/2025) </strong>The Massachus...
malegislature.gov
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 13,1952
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY MEETS UP WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD BOY WALKING HIS DOG NANCY: WHAT’S YOUR DOG’S NAME? BOY:CONNIE P2- NANCY: THAT SHORT FOR CORNELIUS ? BOY: OH, NO P3- BOY: IT'S SHORT FOR "CONTINUED" P4- BOY: CONTINUED IN THE LAST PANEL THE BOY’S DOG IS A DACHSHUND, SO THE FRONT HALF OF HIS DOG APPEARS IN PANEL THREE, AND THE BACK HALF OF HIS DOG APPEARS IN PANEL FOUR.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM