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Katie Nolan Hales
@ktnlnhls.bsky.social
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Art director, designer, + animator • she/her
https://ktnlnhls.com/
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kellylianne.bsky.social
Morgawr, Sea Serpent of Falmouth Bay.
Digital pastel illustration. A sea serpent makes it way through the water, crossing in front of a blood moon. It’s nighttime and foggy.
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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andewitt.bsky.social
winter creature
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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neatodon.bsky.social
SPOTTED
digital illustration of a fairy trying to hide from a curious looking dog. It is tucked behind a large flower stem, while the dog is looking at it's back. The two are surrounded by leafy foliage and a nice blue sky.
February 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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annadaviscourt.bsky.social
I drew another egret.

#Egret #Pastels #KidLit
A pastel drawing of a white egret on a dark background surrounded by multicolored stars and a decorative border. Watermark: AnnaDaviscourt.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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crookedantlers.bsky.social
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Reindeer stares at the viewer
January 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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crookedantlers.bsky.social
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Heraldic medieval beasts in a toony style. The one on the left is purple. It's rearing on its hind legs with one long horn swivelled forward and the other horn backwards. The one on the right is yellow with a long tongue sticking out.
February 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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dannydebeetle.bsky.social
It’s always spooky time
February 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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lucyknisley.bsky.social
"Haunted"
#IceOut #IceOutComics
A comic in black/white/blue. Lucy rolls her bike through an alley, by a crew building a fence. Narration: My neighbors hired a crew to rebuild their fence. Crew member: "Do you need us to move our stuff out of the way?" Lucy: "Oh! No, you're all good, thanks!" Lucy: "Have a good one!" Crew member: "You, too!" Narration: I was teaching when my phone started lighting up with alerts from the rapid response network and neighbor chat. Lucy's back is to us as she shows a group of enthusiastic children something on a notebook. Behind her, her phone in her bag is buzzing. Narration: By the time the lesson was over, they were already gone. Lucy is reading messages on her phone. Messages: Alert: black SUV Sighting: be on alert for... Confirmed abductionL alley between ----- and ----. SUV plates... We tried to get them inside, but it was too... ...Contacting an I.R. lawyer. Heading to Broadview later today. Lucy is riding her bike home. Narration: On the ride home, I kept thinking "If I'd been there, could I have warned them? Would my ICIRR* training have helped?" *Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Get trained and know your rights at ICIRR.org. Narration: I'd taken the training after Halloween, when the violent ICE raids had locked down our schools and driven our neighbors indoors. (Image of a halloween bucket in the shape of a jack-o-lantern) Narration: Halloween is fun here-- The community filling the streets and opening our doors to one another. But this year's was tense, frightened and subdued. Haunted. Lucy is standing in the alley, staring at the newly built fence. Narration: When I got home, it was all done. The other two guys who had gotten inside in time stayed and finished the build. The new fence is superimposed with the brief exchange from earlier in the comic ("Have a good one" You, too") Narration: I see it every day and think about how those guys built this in the spot where strangers in masks took their friend. Narration: How many other places in our communities are similarly haunted? (Drawings of sidewalks, buildings, streets and windows)
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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lleyksie.bsky.social
swans in love
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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tigerstooth.bsky.social
the north star 🌟
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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trungles.com
Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam
Drawing of Liam Ramos, a little Latino boy in his bunny hat with Pikachu on his head
February 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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parkparr.bsky.social
another great drawing of punchy
a black and white digital illustration of the animal crossing cat character Punchy. he is stylized and stretched out
August 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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kianamai.bsky.social
🌟"PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO BE A MAGICAL GIRL" EPISODE 2 🌟
"I Want to be a Normal Girl"

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST @ 11AM PST!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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paulinaganucheau.bsky.social
🔥Repost to ignite. 🔥🖕🧊
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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keymonster.bsky.social
#resist
An illustration of a hawk holding a banner that says “No one is free until we are all free.
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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oliviawhen.com
Feel like I'm preaching to the choir here, but it's so important that you call your reps. I'm saying this because are many people in my life who listen to me say this all the time, but ultimately still don't do it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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alexadoodles.bsky.social
There's this idea that floats around that 'silly little art posts' featuring calls to action and the like don't matter.

Art that critiques & draws attention to power is important. Always has been.

Our voices have influence. That's why powerful entities work so hard to censor & minimize them
January 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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shoomlah.bsky.social
dustin’ off the ol’ cobwebs at Ready/Sketch/Go’s life drawing session last night!

(eternal thanks to Carmen Quiñones Callahan for being such an amazing model ♥️♥️♥️)
10 min. life drawing sketches of a ballerina in a classical tutu, drawn in blue pencil. 10 min. life drawing sketches of a ballerina in a classical tutu, drawn in blue pencil, including a portrait of the ballerina’s face. 5 min. life drawing sketches of a ballerina in a classical tutu, drawn in blue pencil. 5 min. life drawing sketches of a ballerina in a classical tutu, drawn in blue pencil.
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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trungles.com
I’m usually so bad at taking my own advice, but I’m gonna hang onto this one because I still feel this way. Art by itself won’t save us by itself, but community can. And I think it will.
trungles.com Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · Jun 11
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!!!
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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andewitt.bsky.social
year of the fire horse
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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nbedera.bsky.social
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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nbedera.bsky.social
We do not get out of fascism by saving ourselves and turning our backs on others. We get out through solidarity with everyone—especially the most vulnerable.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
ktnlnhls.bsky.social
Ahhh what a cool crew! And the sketch of the horse merchant’s cutie pie glasses?? 🥲
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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weisanboo.bsky.social
The raven, the merchant, and the bodyguard. Decided to ink up an old, winter-y sketch while it's still cold out. 🌨️
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM