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@taylorjohnsonart.bsky.social
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Artist, writer, comic creator, zine maker.
Resisting via creativity 🎨, kindness 🫂, and fierce queer joy 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Site: https://taylorjohnson.art
Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/periwinklepaladin
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I had to learn to clean my printer for this zine, but it was worth it! And I probably should know that anyway...

Check out "The Storm That Speaks My Name," a sketchbook share zine: periwinklepaladin.etsy.com/listing/4398...

#zine #illustration #art #sketchbook #Halloween #diyprint #diy
A zine with an orange and black cover, featuring a woman crying and the title "The Storm That Speaks My Name: Sketchbook Pages from October 2025."
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Made my October sketchbook pages into a #zine. "The Storm That Speaks My Name" is available now! I am slightly ridiculously excited. periwinklepaladin.etsy.com/listing/4398... #diyprint #art #sketchbook #drawing #illustration
Two copies of a zine held in someone's hand. The title is "The Storm That Speaks My Name" and the covers, one orange, one white, feature a sketch of a crying woman. A page from a zine, featuring a drawing of Emil from NieR A zine page with a drawing of an ominous monster A zine page with a drawing of an attic opening with a creature looking out
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Oct. 30: "The grave that isn't empty."

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - Isaac Asimov

#art #illustration #drawing #sketch
A drawing of a woman floating downwards from a grave
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Oct. 29: "A cracked bell still ringing." This one got a little morbid but, eh 🤷‍♀️

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch
A cracked bell with a rope hanging down, held by a person looking up.
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Oct. 28: "The quiet between heartbeats." This is a character from a web serial I'm currently obsessed with. She was around for five chapters, had one line, and made me ugly-cry for half an hour.

#art #illustration #drawing #sketch
A drawing of a woman in tattered clothing
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Oct 27: "A shadow wearing your coat." This one was really fun to do.

#art #sketchbook #drawing #illustration #sketch
A shadowy figure in a coat and hat
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Oct 26: "The empty carnival." I forever love Emil 😭

#Emil #nier #art #drawing #illustration #sketch
A drawing of Emil from NieR - a skeletal figure in a coat and scarf, with a round, smiling head
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Oct 25, "The unblinking moon." Just messed around with a space elf design.

#art #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #illustration
A drawing of an inhuman character with pointed ears, sharply angled eyes, and a long pointed face
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Oct 24 - "The scarecrow's dream." Bad dream, probably, but still!

I am so enamored of this drawing. I want to go in and fix the ha,t but otherwise, I'm really proud of it.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #pencilsketch #sketchbook #traditionalart
A drawing of a crow sitting on a scarecrow's head
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Oct 23: "A door that opens inward." I got so excited by this idea that I drew it ahead of time, out of order.

#sketch #drawing #pencilsketch #art #illustration #traditionalart
A drawing of a slightly open door at the edge of a precipice
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Oct 22: "The letter never sent." I am... really proud of this one? Poses/gestures that express emotion have always been hard for me; I tend to lean on faces too much to tell all the story. This one felt like a minor breakthrough.

#art #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #pencilsketch #traditionalart
A drawing of a hand crumpling a letter, with blood running down the edges
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Day 21: "Where the wind won't blow." The Pine Barrens in New Jersey always struck me as both beautiful and creepily still.

#art #drawing #illustration #nature #sketchbook
A drawing of sunlight coming through trees.
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I print my own DIY planner pages for an A5 rings binder, and I like to have art at the start of each month. Here's November!

Done in #clipstudiopaint with a #wacom #cintiq

#autumn #fall #art #drawing #digitalart #illustration
A drawing of a woman with red hair wearing a sweater
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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A brief break from daily sketching to show the color paper editions of Fabulous Words, my first 8-page folded zine. I made it at a workshop from @novaprismcenter.bsky.social - it was wonderful and I still enjoy this zine.

#zine #drawing #illustration #diyprint #diy
A photo of five small zines printed on brightly colored paper
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Oct 20: "A secret under the floorboards." I was going to go way darker with this one originally, but then thought of a mouse and went with this instead.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketchbook
A drawing of a mouse in a spotlight
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Lineart for the front page of November in my planner. I print my own and keep it all in an A5 binder; I love the flexibility (and adding in my own art).

Inked in #clipstudiopaint with a #wacom #cintiq

#drawing #illustration #digitalart #inking
A line drawing of a woman with long curly hair, wearing a sweater, walking amongst trees
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Day 19: "Hands in the dark water." I have genuinely been waiting WEEKS to draw this, the image was already clear in my mind. I'm not sure why I made myself wait... I'm so happy with how it came out, though the little hand (top left) makes me kinda sad.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch
A drawing of many hands reaching out of the surface of water
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Day 18: "The portrait that changed."

I wanted to go a little more funny/whimsical with this one than most of these. I'm enjoying the spooky October vibes, but I don't think they all have to be serious.

#sketch #art #drawing
A drawing of a sketchbook with a sketch of a person, with one arm reaching out of the book to grasp a pencil
October 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Day 17: "A storm that speaks your name."

What I thought of was how it feels to care so deeply about someone or something, that you just can't hold the feelings. I feel this a lot.

Caring is sometimes the most punk thing in the world.

#sketch #drawing #art
A drawing of a person with their head thrown back, crying.
October 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Day 15: "Something watching from the attic."

I feel like this one is really basic, but I like it anyway.

#art #sketch #drawing
A drawing of an attic door, partly open, with a dark creature peeking out.
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Day 14: "Forgotten offerings."

I used to leave offerings for the fae, when I was a kid. I suspect they remember - I have uncanny good luck even now.

#sketch #drawing #art
A drawing of several small items scattered around the ground in a cave near two mushrooms.
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Personal sketching challenge, day 13: "The forest that hums."

#sketch #drawing #art
A sketch of a young person with a forest tattoo on their neck, and a forest and mountains in the background
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Personal sketching challenge, day 12: "A visitor after midnight."

This one was fun. I don't do much horror art, so this was a good challenge.

#sketch #art #drawing
A sketch of a monster in a doorway
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Personal sketching challenge, day 11: "Footsteps leading away."

#sketch #drawing #art
A sketch of footprints in a circle
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Personal sketching challenge, day 10: "The locked drawer."

#art #sketching #drawing
A sketch of a desk drawer with blood around it and a bloody key on the floor
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM