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Deena Pagliarello
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🇨🇦Freelance Illustrator, movie nerd, muppet snob, disney aficionado and romance book lover ✨she/her
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Oh hey it’s #PortfolioDay! I’m a Toronto based Illustrator working freelance for over ten years. I love incorporating hand lettering into my work and have tabled at many markets and shows for over a decade. Check out my work here along with my online shop: www.deenaillustration.com
A little tribute to the women of middle earth. I’ll have this at Hal-Con this coming weekend, if you’re attending the con you can visit me at booth G3 #lordoftherings #galadriel #Eowyn #Arwen #tolkien #art
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Happy Halloween!! Here’s some cute Muppet ghosts to mark the occasion! #muppets #art #illustration
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I think empathy is a superpower, it connects me to people. To think that there are those who believe that it’s dangerous, baffles and saddens me. Empathy is cool. Full stop. #empathy #art #digitalhandlettering
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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VOD is up on my Youtube (youtube.com/@aquagem) - it's only the first 30mins or so (and then I play Minecraft!) If you have any questions, you can post them here or on the video - I will try to answer everyone best I can.

Thank you again for all the support. Your solidarity made this possible.
August 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I’ll be at Fanexpo Canada this weekend! Table M10 in Artist Alley! Here’s a small smattering of products I’ll be bringing with me!
August 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My very cute Miss Piggy keychains came in and I adore them! I’ll have these at my table for Fanexpo Canada at table M10 in Artist’s Alley! #misspiggy #themuppets
August 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
With Fanexpo Canada fast approaching here’s another treat I’ll be bringing along with me. A cute little silver foil Satine from Moulin Rouge #moulinrouge #filmart #digitalart
August 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Part 23 in my weekly poster series of 2025 #art #hopepunk
August 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This film made me cry three times and was the hopecore movie I needed. #superman #krypto #film #artists
July 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Trans folks, I know the world feels dead set against you right now, but you are all the shining lights of creation, and your lives are pathfinders to the future. I won't give you platitudes of everything being ok, but I promise that you are loved, wanted, and needed just as you are.
June 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Not to be unkind, but I am so impatient about the “what’s the point of making my little zines/comics/crafts/art when the world is on fire” sentiments. I get it, but saving the world is not a responsibility shouldered by your art! That’s what being a neighbor, a friend, and hell, a citizen is for!!!
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#Yeticon is this weekend and I’ve been hard at work with this Powerline piece! #agoofymovie #digitalart #illustration
June 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Our BRAND NEW stopmo short:

⚡⚡⚡Boggle's Clean Routine! ⚡⚡⚡

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Ht...

See what the resident mischief maker Boggle gets up to in the early hours around the office of the BBARC (The Banshee Bay Animal Research Centre)!

Like and subscribe on YouTube www.youtube.com/@Brongadoo
Boggle's Clean Routine | Stop Motion Animation Short Film
YouTube video by Brongadoo Productions
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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🏳️‍⚧️✨MY SHOPPE IS OPEN AGAIN!✨🏳️‍⚧️ queer wares, get your queer wares here!
www.etsy.com/shop/NooskaArt
June 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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THIS SATURDAY JUNE 7TH is my 12hr Birthday Charity Bash! Join me for fun, games, chaos and community as we raise funds for World Central Kitchen @wck.org with @tiltify.com

#charity #stream #birthday #worldcentralkitchen #tiltify
June 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Resist. Rejoice. Remember.

I dedicate this year's pride knight to my community. My trans family, friends and loved ones are beautiful, resilient and amazing and we will continue to thrive like the weeds society treats us as.

Happy Pride. Trans liberation at any cost.
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
June 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Supporting evidence: Miss Piggy as Isabella Rossellini, Sam Eagle as John Lithgow, Fozzi as Stanley Tucci, Gonzo as the mystery cardinal
I finally watched Conclave. I like that Ralph Fiennes has the same energy as Kermit the Frog trying to keep The Muppet Show from going off the rails.
May 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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"Your life should not be a museum." "Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets."
April 15, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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An incredibly important skill REQUIRED for being a mentally healthy successful creative is to practice going "That thing isn't for me, but I'm really happy for its apparent success!"

Spending energy on hating things and making that your personality always leads to unhappiness or self embarrassment.
May 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.

There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Just some of the various Star Wars pieces I’ve made over the years! #maythefourthbewithyou
May 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Revenue at Duolingo in 2024 was up 41% on 23 to $748M. Net income was up by 451% for same period and yet they're firing workers. We've long been at "insatiable greed" point of late stage capitalism. People may feel helpless but there's a very easy way to kick companies like this. Delete their apps.
I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI.

I urge everyone to delete their app.
Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI
Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.
fortune.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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One of the animators from Titmouse was seriously injured during the Lapu Lapu Filipino Festival in Vancouver. He’s now out of immediate medical danger. Please consider supporting his recovery through this GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/gofundme-f...

Wishing him strength and a full, speedy recovery ❤️
Donate to Lapu Lapu Incident GoFundMe for Sweet Boy Saadiq, organized by Ashley Kim
Lined up for a food truck at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver, Saadiq w… Ashley Kim needs your support for Lapu Lapu Incident GoFundMe for Sweet Boy Saadiq
www.gofundme.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Please help us correct misinformation!

Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".

We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.

Find out more @ translifeline.org
Home - Trans Lifeline
Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for
translifeline.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM