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Lauren Schooley
@laurenschooley.bsky.social
🍂 Illustrator | Designer 🍂
www.laurenschooley.com

Baltimore, MD ✨ | Durango, CO | Lilongwe, Malawi
MICA '23

Prints:
www.inprnt.com/gallery/lauren__schooley/
www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenSchooleyArt
New illustration on Russel Vought, the self-proclaimed Christian Nationalist behind much of Project 2025, and now the Cabinet member currently in charge of slashing funding and workers from any federal agency he and the president don’t like.
#editorialilllustration #inkanddigital
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New familiars... 🍂 Inktober week 3!

#inktober2025 #illustration #kidlitart
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Snacking 🍪 Inktober week 2!

#inktober2025 #inktober #kidlitart
October 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Uninvited garden guest… Happy Inktober! 🕷️ Only going to be doing a few of these this month, but excited nonetheless!
#inktober #inktober2025 #illustration #kidlitillustration
October 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Last Unearth post! Enjoy some detail shots from my Harpy field guide spread.

@unearthzine.bsky.social was such a great project to get to work on. Leftovers are open until September 29 at unearthzine.bigcartel.com. All profits from this project will be donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund!
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Harpy time! #illustration #creaturedesign
Leftovers sales are open for @unearthzine.bsky.social until September 29. Check it out at unearthzine.bigcartel.com!
Working on this creature's field guide page with Vivienne Timchenko was such a fun experience. Check out herr writing at innovatsia.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Leftovers sales are officially open for the Unearth Zine, so I can start posting the work I did for this fantastic project! First up - the Hidebehind field guide spread I worked on with my creative writing collaborator, Cobalt.

Leftovers are open for @unearthzine.bsky.social until September 29!
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In light of recent GOP plans to sell off millions of acres of public land….
#illustration #protectpubliclands
June 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
From Sunrise Movement's Defend Our Schools rally outside the Department of Education on March 21, in response to the executive order calling for the dismantling of the department.

#educationforall #sunrisemovement #illustration #ink #coloredpencil
March 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Evening shenanigans and close calls...

#illustration #feldgeister #korndämonen
March 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
From Monday’s 50501 No Kings Day protest at Baltimore City Hall.

#fiftyfiftyone #illustration #editorial #baltimore #baltimore50501
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you're looking for some art prints or cards, check out my InPrnt! I have 12 different pieces up from the last few years as prints of varying sizes and update this pretty frequently. Check them out here!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/laur...
February 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
One last #peoplesmarchdc illustration.
Finishing this last moment means an end to the mini-project with which I've (barely) coped with the last week and a half.
#illustration #dcpeoplesmarch #2025peoplesmarch #editorial
January 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
More moments from January 18's DC #PeoplesMarch

*All faces in these illustrations have been changed from their original sketches if I sketched facial features at all, for anonymity.*

#illustration #dcpeoplesmarch #2025peoplesmarch #editorial
January 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Another two moments from last Saturday.

I might make bringing a sketchbook/notebook to protests a regular thing for myself going forward, especially considering they’re about to become even more necessary than they were just months ago...

#illustration #peoplesmarch #peoplesmarchdc
January 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Two moments from last Saturday’s People's March in DC

#peoplesmarchdc #2025peoplesmarch #illustration #editorial #visualjournalism #peoplesmarch
January 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A warning in the mist.
In the process of deciding that I really wanted to draw mountains, I ended up… mostly covering them up in this piece. Alas.
December 19, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Yes, they’re talking about you.
December 9, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Mock cover for Ada Limón’s “Bright Dead Things”

Originally started the illustration for this in nothing but pigment inks, but realized I wasn’t going to get anywhere near the intense blue I wanted with them, painted over the hand in gouache and never looked back.
December 9, 2024 at 7:16 PM

Mock #editorialillustration based on Nova Weetman’s February 2023 opinion piece in the Guardian: "Featuring death and grief in children’s books can equip them with skills to navigate emotional terrain."
December 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Be careful near the creek… ☁️
December 9, 2024 at 7:04 PM