Rachel Devlin
@racheldevlinart.bsky.social
Irish Illustrator, designer-maker & eternal optimist 🌞 Obsessed with flowers, colour, history, ghosts, nature + small things 🪲🐞🌿
📍 N. Ireland
📍 N. Ireland
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Hello 👋 Really nice to be here. I’m a freelance illustrator & designer from N. Ireland, drawing my way back to full health after serious illness. Art has been both my physio & life raft during recovery. I mostly draw nature, florals, patterns, people & places.
#illustration
#illustration
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I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
A heart & some flowers for Valentine’s Day 💝💐
Imagined book cover for @makeartthatsells Lettering Bootcamp. I imagined an epic historical novel of eternal love, yearning over oceans, stormy seas, all overdramatic 😍😆
I dream of doing real book covers so this was a dream project ☁️🥰☁️
#illustration
Imagined book cover for @makeartthatsells Lettering Bootcamp. I imagined an epic historical novel of eternal love, yearning over oceans, stormy seas, all overdramatic 😍😆
I dream of doing real book covers so this was a dream project ☁️🥰☁️
#illustration
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
A heart & some flowers for Valentine’s Day 💝💐
Imagined book cover for @makeartthatsells Lettering Bootcamp. I imagined an epic historical novel of eternal love, yearning over oceans, stormy seas, all overdramatic 😍😆
I dream of doing real book covers so this was a dream project ☁️🥰☁️
#illustration
Imagined book cover for @makeartthatsells Lettering Bootcamp. I imagined an epic historical novel of eternal love, yearning over oceans, stormy seas, all overdramatic 😍😆
I dream of doing real book covers so this was a dream project ☁️🥰☁️
#illustration
Emails: Buy your loved one a new MacBook to show your love this Valentine’s Day! 💝
Me: let’s buy each other a fancy pastry from the posh bakery for Valentine’s 🥰
#keepingitreal #valentine
Me: let’s buy each other a fancy pastry from the posh bakery for Valentine’s 🥰
#keepingitreal #valentine
February 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Emails: Buy your loved one a new MacBook to show your love this Valentine’s Day! 💝
Me: let’s buy each other a fancy pastry from the posh bakery for Valentine’s 🥰
#keepingitreal #valentine
Me: let’s buy each other a fancy pastry from the posh bakery for Valentine’s 🥰
#keepingitreal #valentine
Such a brilliant night last night, wish I lived closer to the next shows as I’d go again in a heartbeat. Great crowd too!
Thanks for the spooky fun 👻 @dannyrobins.bsky.social 😱🤩
#uncanny
Thanks for the spooky fun 👻 @dannyrobins.bsky.social 😱🤩
#uncanny
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Such a brilliant night last night, wish I lived closer to the next shows as I’d go again in a heartbeat. Great crowd too!
Thanks for the spooky fun 👻 @dannyrobins.bsky.social 😱🤩
#uncanny
Thanks for the spooky fun 👻 @dannyrobins.bsky.social 😱🤩
#uncanny
Just watched ‘Forevergreen’ animated short on YouTube. So so wonderful & moving 🥹 Well deserved Oscar nomination.
#animation
#animation
February 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Just watched ‘Forevergreen’ animated short on YouTube. So so wonderful & moving 🥹 Well deserved Oscar nomination.
#animation
#animation
Final piece I made for Floralfolio2026. Really enjoyed this challenge and the bright colour palettes in dark January 🌥️
Prompt 3: ‘Hello, also I love you’ - Echinacea, liverleaf & dune sunflower.
Started off with gouache & pencil on paper, got a bit muddy so redrew in @procreate.com
Prompt 3: ‘Hello, also I love you’ - Echinacea, liverleaf & dune sunflower.
Started off with gouache & pencil on paper, got a bit muddy so redrew in @procreate.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Final piece I made for Floralfolio2026. Really enjoyed this challenge and the bright colour palettes in dark January 🌥️
Prompt 3: ‘Hello, also I love you’ - Echinacea, liverleaf & dune sunflower.
Started off with gouache & pencil on paper, got a bit muddy so redrew in @procreate.com
Prompt 3: ‘Hello, also I love you’ - Echinacea, liverleaf & dune sunflower.
Started off with gouache & pencil on paper, got a bit muddy so redrew in @procreate.com
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Owned by Jeff Bezos.
Who also recently laid off >30k employees.
Who rented Venice for his wedding.
And builds rockets for his then fiancee to have an 'out of this world' hen night.
And paid equivalent of 4.5% tax in 2024.
Maybe it's time to boycott Amazon & all his other companies?
Who also recently laid off >30k employees.
Who rented Venice for his wedding.
And builds rockets for his then fiancee to have an 'out of this world' hen night.
And paid equivalent of 4.5% tax in 2024.
Maybe it's time to boycott Amazon & all his other companies?
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Owned by Jeff Bezos.
Who also recently laid off >30k employees.
Who rented Venice for his wedding.
And builds rockets for his then fiancee to have an 'out of this world' hen night.
And paid equivalent of 4.5% tax in 2024.
Maybe it's time to boycott Amazon & all his other companies?
Who also recently laid off >30k employees.
Who rented Venice for his wedding.
And builds rockets for his then fiancee to have an 'out of this world' hen night.
And paid equivalent of 4.5% tax in 2024.
Maybe it's time to boycott Amazon & all his other companies?
Challenge 2 of Floralfolio2026 from January.
2nd prompt:
‘You make my day brighter’
- waterlilies, marsh marigolds, forget-me-nots 🌸
I stuck to gouache and coloured pencil on paper, no digital reworking for this one.
2nd prompt:
‘You make my day brighter’
- waterlilies, marsh marigolds, forget-me-nots 🌸
I stuck to gouache and coloured pencil on paper, no digital reworking for this one.
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Challenge 2 of Floralfolio2026 from January.
2nd prompt:
‘You make my day brighter’
- waterlilies, marsh marigolds, forget-me-nots 🌸
I stuck to gouache and coloured pencil on paper, no digital reworking for this one.
2nd prompt:
‘You make my day brighter’
- waterlilies, marsh marigolds, forget-me-nots 🌸
I stuck to gouache and coloured pencil on paper, no digital reworking for this one.
I took part in FloralFolio2026, a lovely art challenge to start the year off by @susandemingflower.bsky.social @korrieschenkel.bsky.social
1st prompt: ‘You’ve got this’ - Poppies, Bluebells & Queen Anne’s Lace 🌸
Gouache & coloured pencil, then reworked digitally. Think I prefer the paper version.
1st prompt: ‘You’ve got this’ - Poppies, Bluebells & Queen Anne’s Lace 🌸
Gouache & coloured pencil, then reworked digitally. Think I prefer the paper version.
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I took part in FloralFolio2026, a lovely art challenge to start the year off by @susandemingflower.bsky.social @korrieschenkel.bsky.social
1st prompt: ‘You’ve got this’ - Poppies, Bluebells & Queen Anne’s Lace 🌸
Gouache & coloured pencil, then reworked digitally. Think I prefer the paper version.
1st prompt: ‘You’ve got this’ - Poppies, Bluebells & Queen Anne’s Lace 🌸
Gouache & coloured pencil, then reworked digitally. Think I prefer the paper version.
I need some joy in my timeline, still trying to find my Bluesky people 🙌
Illustrators, artists, photographers, gardeners, nature lovers, crafters, bakers, knitters, birdwatchers, museum lovers, bookworms, #Uncanny listeners, and general decent humans?
Illustrators, artists, photographers, gardeners, nature lovers, crafters, bakers, knitters, birdwatchers, museum lovers, bookworms, #Uncanny listeners, and general decent humans?
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I need some joy in my timeline, still trying to find my Bluesky people 🙌
Illustrators, artists, photographers, gardeners, nature lovers, crafters, bakers, knitters, birdwatchers, museum lovers, bookworms, #Uncanny listeners, and general decent humans?
Illustrators, artists, photographers, gardeners, nature lovers, crafters, bakers, knitters, birdwatchers, museum lovers, bookworms, #Uncanny listeners, and general decent humans?
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What sad news that we’ve lost the great Catherine O’Hara 💔 Thank you for all those wonderful moments, rest in peace bébé 🌹
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
What sad news that we’ve lost the great Catherine O’Hara 💔 Thank you for all those wonderful moments, rest in peace bébé 🌹
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We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
October 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
Watching *that* speech 😳
What a load of idiotic demented drivel from a bitter talking shit heap.
What a load of idiotic demented drivel from a bitter talking shit heap.
September 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Watching *that* speech 😳
What a load of idiotic demented drivel from a bitter talking shit heap.
What a load of idiotic demented drivel from a bitter talking shit heap.
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I’m a huge ‘Severance’ & Helly R. fan, so I created this paper doll of Helly, inc. the ‘Defiant Jazz’ outfit (my fav.)
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m a huge ‘Severance’ & Helly R. fan, so I created this paper doll of Helly, inc. the ‘Defiant Jazz’ outfit (my fav.)
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
I’m a huge ‘Severance’ & Helly R. fan, so I created this paper doll of Helly, inc. the ‘Defiant Jazz’ outfit (my fav.)
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m a huge ‘Severance’ & Helly R. fan, so I created this paper doll of Helly, inc. the ‘Defiant Jazz’ outfit (my fav.)
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
I think this would fit in a creepy Lumon family magazine 😱😆
So happy to see the amazing @brittlower.bsky.social won an Emmy this week! 🙌
#severance @benstiller.redhour.com
Strawberry sketchbook painting 🍓🎨 Is there anything else more summery to paint?
One of my favourite things to draw and to eat 😋
#illustration #sketchbook
One of my favourite things to draw and to eat 😋
#illustration #sketchbook
August 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Strawberry sketchbook painting 🍓🎨 Is there anything else more summery to paint?
One of my favourite things to draw and to eat 😋
#illustration #sketchbook
One of my favourite things to draw and to eat 😋
#illustration #sketchbook
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For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I hate sounding like them. But I can't stop wondering. Interesting piece:
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
thiswillhold.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I hate sounding like them. But I can't stop wondering. Interesting piece:
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Illustrators:
Would you recommend starting Substack or an email (non Substack) newsletter?
Could use advice for Pros/Cons for both.
TIA 🙏
#illustration
Would you recommend starting Substack or an email (non Substack) newsletter?
Could use advice for Pros/Cons for both.
TIA 🙏
#illustration
July 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Illustrators:
Would you recommend starting Substack or an email (non Substack) newsletter?
Could use advice for Pros/Cons for both.
TIA 🙏
#illustration
Would you recommend starting Substack or an email (non Substack) newsletter?
Could use advice for Pros/Cons for both.
TIA 🙏
#illustration
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This powerful message: “I did the research and found out I was wrong.”
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
July 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This powerful message: “I did the research and found out I was wrong.”
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
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If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
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A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...