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willowescapee.bsky.social
monica
@willowescapee.bsky.social
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materials researcher/STEM education artist
Chaotic freelancer and doodler
working on my 🇩🇪
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willowescapee.bsky.social
sorry to subject your eyeballs to the slop. This is the (one of many) genAI posts that ground my gears. whatever is "gained" by having this visual to help "communicate" pales in comparison to what is lost in energy and water usage. Stop this.
Garbled GenAI image that shows paper (represented by a box and...a jar?) on the lower end of what is supposed to be a scale, while a plastic bag is being elevated on the higher end. There are typographic issues everywhere, and the image has the nasty pee-yellow sheen that GenAI images tend to have.
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
Nathan the poodle says trans rights are human rights
A crochet bandana in the colors of the trans pride flag, in stripes of light blue, pink, white, pink, and light blue. The stripes are in granny clusters surrounded by a border of the same colors, with ties in white A tan poodle wearing the trans pride bandana, facing away from the camera. He is in a warmly yet dimly lit room, sitting on a pillow, while disco ball reflections dance around him.
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
cyndaquil says trans rights are human rights
A crochet Pokemon, Cyndaquil, a little porcupine like character, stands in front of a projection of the trans flag. Cyndaquil's flames are in the colors of the trans flag - white, pink, and blue
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
im in poland rn and one channel has a sign language interpreter in the lower corner that uhh unfortunately also gets covered by ads sometimes

real #accessible, folks
A large TV shows a channel in Poland. OP does not understand Polish so cannot translate the ticker tape, but the scene shows a woman working at a food service place and scooping food from a metal tray into a plastic container. In the lower left corner is a woman superimposed onto the image who is supposed to be giving sign language interpretations of what is happening. However, she is blocked by an advertisement for what appears to be tires that appeared in her exact position. Her hands are covered and only her face is visible.
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
A commission of the Portland OR metro (TriMet) map as dragons 🐉
Portland, OR TriMet map with the colored metro lines replaced with dragons. They are adorned with details specific to Portland, such as the yellow line dragon having antlers from an iconic sign and a trident tail, similar to the Portlandia trident. Several dragons have horns that resemble bicycle handlebars or local bridges.
October 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
Hello friends 🏳️‍⚧️ I'm sending out stickers to anyone who donates 10€ or more to my friend's FFS GFM. If you donate, DM me the receipt + a mailing address, and I'll send you some stickies. 20€ or more and I'll also write a thank-you on a duckie postcard

Gfm link: gofund.me/7ad22a198
A postcard of a duck surrounded by gold and an oval sticker lie on a dark wood table. The sticker says "No Chance for Intolerance" with a capybara holding a small trans pride flag and a gator with a torn up Nazi uniform in its jaws. The header from my friend's gofundme that says "Mia's FFS Journey: Becoming Visible & Safe" by Mireya Nadalet. A picture of her smiling at the viewer is below the header.
September 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
My favorite illustrations from Dream Week in 2020. I still looove this sunset palette to death
A shadowy figure stands under a huge orange stone arch under a star-speckled night sky. Sitting on the stone arch is a neon outline of a scorpion, as if the Scorpio constellation descended from the night to watch the shadowy figure. A huge red wolf pokes its head out from behind a tree. The wolf stares at the viewer with big stylistic purple and yellow eyes and has a wide, curved smile with sharp teeth. The wolf is adorned with filigree and plant patterns in purple, orange, and pink. The wolf stalks in a dark forest of purple trees. Two humans float in space. One, dressed in a hoodie with the hood up, embraces the other, looking at them with gentleness and assuredness. The other, in a hoodie with the hood down, looks at their hands, which hold a small glowing flower. The two are surrounded by a ring of fire formed by two comets. An eye motif shedding a tear sits above them. The piece is colored in warm oranges, yellows, and purples. A yellow dragon with its wings fully spread flies over the desert at night. Behind it, a rock formation juts out of the flat horizon. The clouds in the sky are purple and tinged with yellow light.
June 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
Bi Articuno | 2020

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
The Pokemon Articuno, a large ice bird, looks towards the viewers with glowing eyes and its wings spread. One wing is blue, one is pink, and the center of Articuno's body is purple, like the flag for Bisexual Pride. Articuno is set against a dark clouded background with a diamond ice crystal glowing above it and its tail, in Bi pride colors like the flag, billowing out with geometric crystal shapes around it.
June 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
If you see this, post a #dragon 🐉

2021 art of Tessék, one of my oldest and most favorite moody OC guys
A bipedal dark grey dragon with large orange wings stands menacingly with a glowing heart in his chest and orange and blue shapes framing him A heraldic-like drawing of a dark purple dragon with orange wings in a running pose on all 4 feet. He is staring at the audience and hissing. His skin is full of stars. A black bipedal dragon with large orange wings sits moodily, back facing the viewer, with his head turned towards the viewer. His visible green eye is shining, and colors are jumping from his presence against a light grey background. A reference of Tessék the dragon, a bipedal dark grey dragon with large orange wings. He has two forms - a standard form, with longer limbs, bigger wings, and a sterner expression - and a tender form, a smaller, chubbier, more chibi form with stubby limbs, small wings, and big green eyes. His tender form holds a tulip magnolia branch in bloom
June 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Heartwarming | 2021
A pigeon made from various geometric shapes and designs in shades of bright orange and bright blue. It stands against a dull grey foggy background with a light snow falling. It breathes out a puff of mist as it looks down at its heart, glowing yellow in the darkness
June 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
I haven't felt motivated to make and post digital art in a long time. But I've been looking back at my older work, and a lot of it I still enjoy quite a lot. I think I will be sharing more of my old art to hopefully find the spark to create again.

The World | 2021
A yellow lion like creature stands in a heraldic pose in the middle of a blue background. The creature looks fierce and holds an arrow shrouded in lightning in its mouth. The image is framed by a purple frame with rounded corners showing symbols such as a bale of wheat, a bird, a flower, and spears. The blue background contains a small portion of the earth below with a sky full of clouds and stars above.
June 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
it's Kawneval season in Cologne
A crow dressed in a red and white scarf and hat shouts "Kaw Alaaf!" Which is probably how a crow would say "Kölle Alaaf" A crow holds a jelly filled donut (Berliner) in their beak. They are beaming with joy. A crow in a red and white costume shouts "Kawmelle!" Which is probably how a crow would say "kamelle", the call during a Cologne Karneval parade when you want them to throw candy at you. Candy is being thrown at them, like gummies, popcorn, peanuts, and these chocolate waffle wafers that are very hit or miss A crow has their head stuck in a Kölsch glass (a 0.2 L glass that is narrow) with Kölsch (a local Cologne beer). They are looking up with Kölsch pooling at their neck and streaming down their chest. Text above them says "Noch mal ein Kawlsch, bitte" ("Another Kölsch please" but with a crow accent)
February 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
almost doing what 13-year-old me would have wanted
A comic panel with a young girl with messy hair and armwarmers. A label over her says "13-year-old me". Speech bubbles from her say "I LOVE MANGA!! I dream of writing my own manga and getting it published in Japan!!" A comic panel with the same young girl to the left, now in shock, saying "ZOMG! It's me from the future!" On the right, in a cloud of smoke, a larger person has appeared with a POOF!, wearing glasses and with short messy hair. They are surprised, saying "Wh-" The young girl is looking up dreamily with big sparkly eyes. She is surrounded by sparkles and saying "Oh future self, do we ever get published in Japan?" The older self looks downwards, rubbing the back of their head. They say "Uhh...yeah, kind of." Above them is a text box, which is a screenshot of an email. The text inside says "I am pleased to tell you that your paper submitted in the Proceedings of WORLD PM2024 has been accepted for publication in the supplement of the Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy."
January 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
hi all ive been very absent from the digital art sphere this year, mostly because i got really into crochet...having an "analog" art really helped me to ease away from needing approval from social media. also wearing stuff you made yourself rocks and is very cool
November 30, 2024 at 2:36 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
Me and my boyfriend as pokemon trainers with starters that match our research fields 🥰

#art
#pokemon
Two people dressed in lab coats posing with their respective starter pokemon. The person in front is posing energetically with a pokeball in their hand. A Magnemite floats near them. The person in the back looks up shyly, one hand holding a seedling, the other a Pokeball. A Bulbasaur looks proudly up at them from the ground
September 17, 2023 at 10:22 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
Hey thank you! I'm Monix, I'm trying to get into the swing of things again with my art. It's been a lot of birds lately!
September 8, 2023 at 8:12 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
sicky kiwi
A kiwi bird with a cold. They are holding a purple mug filled with steaming warm tea. They are surrounded by varied herbal remedies for colds, such as garlic, chamomile, ginger, mint, eucalyptus, thyme, and licorice, as well as honey.
September 8, 2023 at 10:43 AM
willowescapee.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Monix! I love drawing all sorts of stuff, but birds seems to be a recurring theme 😅
August 16, 2023 at 7:07 PM
willowescapee.bsky.social
Hi everyone - migrated over from twitter. I've been on a bit of an art hiatus but wanted to share some recent work I really loved 🤗 nice to be here!
A digital illustration of a duck sitting in the center of gold filigree and designs against a blue to orange background A digital illustration of a purple and yellow eagle peeling the backing off of a sticker to add to a massive wall of stickers behind them A digital illustration of two orange seabirds circling around a bunch of orange berries. Large blue waves crashe behind them in stylistic shapes A digital illustration of a shark with paws at the bottom of the ocean. The scene is dark and only illuminates by a bright red fish trapped in a glowing blue orb being held captive by the shark.
August 14, 2023 at 11:15 AM