Tostoini
@tostoini.it
Illustrator with a soft spot for odd creatures, graphic recorder, friend of manatees, anthropologist, ND. I wrote&illustrated Fossili Viventi published by Aboca Kids. She/her www.tostoini.it
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Tostoini
@tostoini.it
· May 12
Insomma: il Libro Nuovo si intitola Fossili Viventi, esce per Aboca Kids in anteprima al Salone del Libro di Torino il 19 maggio e in libreria dal 30 maggio. Ci sono dentro storie di creature peculiari dal passato e presente del pianeta.
"I hate every wave of the ocean."
Charles Darwin
Letter to his cousin, William Fox
15th February 1836
(I would pay good money gor a serie in the vein of Our Flag Means Death on young and messy Charlie Darwin.)
#darwinday #sciart
Charles Darwin
Letter to his cousin, William Fox
15th February 1836
(I would pay good money gor a serie in the vein of Our Flag Means Death on young and messy Charlie Darwin.)
#darwinday #sciart
February 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
"I hate every wave of the ocean."
Charles Darwin
Letter to his cousin, William Fox
15th February 1836
(I would pay good money gor a serie in the vein of Our Flag Means Death on young and messy Charlie Darwin.)
#darwinday #sciart
Charles Darwin
Letter to his cousin, William Fox
15th February 1836
(I would pay good money gor a serie in the vein of Our Flag Means Death on young and messy Charlie Darwin.)
#darwinday #sciart
Artists, quote with something silly!
(SILLY IS MY JAM)
(SILLY IS MY JAM)
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Artists, quote with something silly!
(SILLY IS MY JAM)
(SILLY IS MY JAM)
I'm not saying that my entire capacity of enduring the neverending dumpster fires of 2026 is resting entirely on the shoulders of the new Muppet Show, BUT
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I'm not saying that my entire capacity of enduring the neverending dumpster fires of 2026 is resting entirely on the shoulders of the new Muppet Show, BUT
"f I'm up late, it's because there's a chance to see an octopus at a night time low tide, or there's a live stream of an international conference on the archaeology of tattooing" THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE
(and I would also love to know more about this tiramisu made with mushrooms)
(and I would also love to know more about this tiramisu made with mushrooms)
NEW: COYOTE’s resident plant expert @reveleth.com experienced their first rave. It didn’t go as expected.
"I came, I raved, I identified plants — here’s what happens when plant people throw a rave at a greenhouse." 🌱 www.coyotemedia.org/im-just-here...
"I came, I raved, I identified plants — here’s what happens when plant people throw a rave at a greenhouse." 🌱 www.coyotemedia.org/im-just-here...
I’m Just Here For The Plants: An Inside Look at a Greenhouse Rave
A party in Richmond starts with a lecture on worms and ends with an angry landlord.
www.coyotemedia.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"f I'm up late, it's because there's a chance to see an octopus at a night time low tide, or there's a live stream of an international conference on the archaeology of tattooing" THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE
(and I would also love to know more about this tiramisu made with mushrooms)
(and I would also love to know more about this tiramisu made with mushrooms)
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This is available as a free printable download on my website - download at halseyberryman.com/download :)
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
This is available as a free printable download on my website - download at halseyberryman.com/download :)
These days I'm thinking a lot about stay soft and still fighting your fights, about the difference between gentle and meek, and the fact that most kind people seems to have that difference very clear in mind, and the ones that don't...usually are not the sort of people you want to be kind to.
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 AM
These days I'm thinking a lot about stay soft and still fighting your fights, about the difference between gentle and meek, and the fact that most kind people seems to have that difference very clear in mind, and the ones that don't...usually are not the sort of people you want to be kind to.
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Times like these, you gotta look to the helpers, yeah…but also find the grifters and toss them the fuck out.
January 25, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Times like these, you gotta look to the helpers, yeah…but also find the grifters and toss them the fuck out.
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developing a theory of cultural commonality that is entirely about Little Guys™️
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 AM
developing a theory of cultural commonality that is entirely about Little Guys™️
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The most insipid and dumbest dystopia.
January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The most insipid and dumbest dystopia.
The vibe I'm bringing to 2026 ✨️🪱🥨
[Vermanuele is back] [sì ho deciso che questo lombrico si chiama Vermanuele] #illustration #wormcore
[Vermanuele is back] [sì ho deciso che questo lombrico si chiama Vermanuele] #illustration #wormcore
December 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The vibe I'm bringing to 2026 ✨️🪱🥨
[Vermanuele is back] [sì ho deciso che questo lombrico si chiama Vermanuele] #illustration #wormcore
[Vermanuele is back] [sì ho deciso che questo lombrico si chiama Vermanuele] #illustration #wormcore
Last week while I was on yet another train back home (not a bad life), 24 illustrations by Yoonik artists were auctioned off for Ai.Bi. Il BELLO che fa BENE. Each artist has reworked the values of Ai.Bi. with their sensibilities.
I chose to say HOME IS PEOPLE.
I chose to say HOME IS PEOPLE.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Last week while I was on yet another train back home (not a bad life), 24 illustrations by Yoonik artists were auctioned off for Ai.Bi. Il BELLO che fa BENE. Each artist has reworked the values of Ai.Bi. with their sensibilities.
I chose to say HOME IS PEOPLE.
I chose to say HOME IS PEOPLE.
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Un amico di @tostoini.it ?
Snoot booped! Snoot booped!! We got booped by the snoot!!! We had a most wonderful encounter with a curious manatee today :)) #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #seacow #seapotato #boop #boopthesnoot #whiskers #sirenia #cutiepie #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Un amico di @tostoini.it ?
All my favourite people are making other (smaller) people and I'm carving for myself a niche as the weird aunt that will design you a coat of arms or a piece of illustration to celebrate your arrival on this planet (this is the last one, for Delia)
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
All my favourite people are making other (smaller) people and I'm carving for myself a niche as the weird aunt that will design you a coat of arms or a piece of illustration to celebrate your arrival on this planet (this is the last one, for Delia)
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Yes! Visuals are part of the communication. Treating them as ignorable decoration completely misses the point and it’s not how they’re received by an audience
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yes! Visuals are part of the communication. Treating them as ignorable decoration completely misses the point and it’s not how they’re received by an audience
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ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to be buried with baffling grave goods
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to be buried with baffling grave goods
(Sharing this with the #sciart crowd becase in all this silliness there are a least two bits of real information about manatees: why mermaid manatees should have seashells armpit bras, and what if a manatee could wear a halloween skeleton onesie)
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
(Sharing this with the #sciart crowd becase in all this silliness there are a least two bits of real information about manatees: why mermaid manatees should have seashells armpit bras, and what if a manatee could wear a halloween skeleton onesie)
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AHHH! CAT!
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
AHHH! CAT!
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
The new Lamentino calendar is here and the theme for 2026 is: TOUGH WORLD, SOFT MANATEES. These days, staying soft is 100% an act of active resistance.
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The new Lamentino calendar is here and the theme for 2026 is: TOUGH WORLD, SOFT MANATEES. These days, staying soft is 100% an act of active resistance.
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Ten years ago, I was in the first edition of Uno Sguardo in Mostra for USN Expo with an illustration dedicated to But I'm a Cheerleader. Ten years later, I chose a new movie for a variant poster of a classic of queer cinema: Everything Everywhere All At Once, a movie close to my heart (and my brain)
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ten years ago, I was in the first edition of Uno Sguardo in Mostra for USN Expo with an illustration dedicated to But I'm a Cheerleader. Ten years later, I chose a new movie for a variant poster of a classic of queer cinema: Everything Everywhere All At Once, a movie close to my heart (and my brain)
🪱 Who, me? NAH, I'm just a worm. 🪱
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🪱 Who, me? NAH, I'm just a worm. 🪱
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Over the Garden Wall Reanimated premieres tomorrow 🎃
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Over the Garden Wall Reanimated premieres tomorrow 🎃
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The etymology of ‘turtle’ is interesting as shell.
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The etymology of ‘turtle’ is interesting as shell.
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
