#illustrated book
Aside from the fact that I’m going to murder Post Canada for damaging my book, GUYS LOOK I AM A PRINTED-ON-AN-ACTUAL-BOOK ILLUSTRATOR AND I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER (Thank you so much @duckprintspress for the opportunity to work on such a magical and important project!)
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To include genitals or not to include genitals…. that is the question.
I think I was talked out of it by my team so we could have greater reach in conservative US schools. I think that normalizing differently shaped genitals is a really important message, and I suppose I don’t mind having that on the website instead.
[Hi, Boston! I’m Dr. Williams. You are probably familiar with the stereotypical male and female sexes for humans (these are called dyadic), but scientists have known for a long time that there’s way more options than that. We call these intersex, and it’s more common than you may think! These are normal and natural conditions and part of the beautiful diversity of human bodies. Just like we have lots of variation in hair color, nose shape, or height, we have many shades of gendered biology, too.
When it comes to our bodies, no two are exactly alike! Genitals are a great example of this. They come in all shapes and sizes and colors. Sometimes there’s a medical need for the body’s plumbing to be modified surgically at birth. However, doctors will often operate on infants with functioning genitals for no good medical reason - just to make their bodies look “normal.” This is terrible because it hurts children, makes lasting changes without consent, and sends a message that their bodies are not okay.
The truth is that all bodies are beautiful. But, your body doesn’t define you: you can have any gender identity or sexual orientation with any body type. Our bodies change as we grow. Sometimes our relationship with our bodies is part of how we understand our gender. The important thing is try to be a friend to your body and use words that feel good to you to describe it.
FYI box:The United Nations released a statement in 2013 condemning forced genital-normalizing surgery, but unfortunately, it still happens.11 Groups like InterACT are working to help advocate for the human rights of all children.]
This is a very rough draft from the upcoming version of the GENDER book I’m working on, posting here for community feedback. Please let me know what you think, where I am being problematic and how it could be better! If you prefer to respond anonymously or join the team to be a more active collaborator, you can write me at [email protected]
Feel free to use it as-is if you’d like to, though. It’s creative commons licensed so the only limitations are to share your source and don’t sell it.
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Intersex page from the forthcoming GENDER book version 2.0 - expanded and revised.
[Koomah is in a garden with a snail (Garden snails can mate with any other adult of their species.)]
All bodies are valid and beautiful and unique. A person who is intersex is usually born that way due to natural genetic diversity. An intersex person can have any gender or sexual identity, just like a dyadic person. There are lots of things a doctor might look at to label someone intersex, and many folks are intersex without even knowing it. Let’s learn more.
Genetic Conditions
like Klinefelter’s Syndrome and Turner SyndromeYour genes determine all kinds of things like: your eye color, if you have freckles, and your sex. These genes travel on molecules called chromosomes. You might have the famous XX or XY chromosomes (these are often dyadic sexes). Alternatively you could have XXYY, XXY, XO, or XXX chromosomes, or multiple kinds at once (those are considered intersex). Bodies are complex and beautiful. The only way to tell your chromosomes is with a blood test, so most of the time we won’t know what we have.
Hormonal Conditions
like Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome and Congenital Adrenal HyperplasiaAll people have communication chemicals like estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone in different levels in their blood, and every body processes them a little differently.10 That means your hormones are personal to you! Because they affect secondary sex characteristics, individuals with hormone levels out of the expected ranges or whose bodies react in unique ways to their hormones can be considered intersex.
(in Koomah’s speech bubble) “Hi, my name is Koomah! I am an artist and an educator. I want to tell you that Intersex people are just normal people! We aren’t deformed and are not defective. These bodies aren’t shameful. These bodies deserve the same respect as anyone else’s. They’re not scary, they’re just different, and that’s okay.”
F.Y.I… (in snail thought bubble) True hermaphrodites are quite rare outside of animals and plants like me. Today we use the more appropriate and honoring term “intersex” for our human friends.
This is a very rough draft I’m working on, posting here for community feedback. Please let me know what you think, where I am being problematic and how it could be better! If you prefer to respond anonymously or join the team to be a more active collaborator, you can write me at [email protected]
Feel free to use it as-is if you’d like to, though. It’s creative commons licensed so the only limitations are to share your source and don’t sell it.
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“But Old Blue helped quiet down the cattle by tramping up and down, clanging his big brass bell.”
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The Lost World, written by Michael Crichton.
Published by Folio Society, with binding / endpapers / title page / map and 6 internal illustrations by me. Out now only on foliosociety.com!
Huge thanks to AD Sheri Gee, editor Rob Davies & everyone over at Folio Society. What an incredibly talented and hard-working team. Also massive thanks to the hoards of people who contacted us about doing this book over the past year; keeping quiet about it was so difficult.
I only wish he’d written more books for this series so we could keep the party going…
More images to come on Instagram: instagram.com/vectorthatfox
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The ABC of Edgar Allan Poe
illustrated by David G. Forés
Hardcover | English | 80 colorfull pages
Available here
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e-hon 絵本 - “Yakusha sangaikyō 俳優三階興”, 1801, VOLUME 2
auteur : Author : Shikitei Sanba 式亭三馬 (1776 - 1822)
Editeur : Nishimiya Shinroku 西宮新六
Description : 2 volumes - estampes encre et couleur sur papier.
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769 - 1825).
Source :
http://pulverer.si.edu/node/549/title/2
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e-hon 絵本 - “Yakusha sangaikyō 俳優三階興”, 1801, VOLUME 2
auteur : Author : Shikitei Sanba 式亭三馬 (1776 - 1822)
Editeur : Nishimiya Shinroku 西宮新六
Description : 2 volumes - estampes encre et couleur sur papier.
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769 - 1825).
Source :
http://pulverer.si.edu/node/549/title/2
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My lovely people, I’m a chef in training and this book is a wish come true! Well it’s not exactly a professional gourmet bible but I love art and this is epic. Salli Swindell and Nate Padavick the founders of this amazing website http://www.theydrawandcook.com provided a platform for artists around the world.
What do they do?
They create illustrated recipes, how cool is that?
This book features 107 illustrated recipes from their website. Every artist has contributed to this book with their own unique style. The illustrations are beautiful, humorous and sometimes downright cute. There are so many variations! The recipes range from drinks to desserts and everyday to extraordinary. You can’t be sure who’s cooking. I could be a cat cooking brownies or sexy anime like characters making hot apple citrus punch or a Yeti tossing ingredients here and there. Even the recipe names are fun; Starving artist goo-lash, Colcannon, Beetrooty-Yogurty-Thingummyji, Monkey banana cream, etc.
The book is sturdy, hardcover and very colorful. The pages are glossy and the illustrations are hand drawn and then scanned so the originality of the art remains. Even though you are not a big fan of kitchen work, this book will surely make you smile.
This book is the perfect blend of art and food and what could be better than that? Oh wait the website!
So cool to see my name on the cover! I had an absolute blast illustrating this deep dive into the world of sea urchins, part of the Toucan Series from Heggerty
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I decided to redo a project I did in my 2nd year at University, where we were asked to illustrate song lyrics of our choice into the form of a children’s book.
I chose Summer Skin by Death Cab For Cutie.
It was my favourite project that I did in my entire 3 years of Uni and I really wanted to see how I could interpret it a few years down the line.
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~Omens of Spring is now available for sale as physical copies. ~
Written from the point of view of a travelling archivist, Omens of Spring is a fully illustrated dossier featuring 35 unique and storied entities who have emerged during a perpetual Spring, signalling the end times.
The journey is a macabre one, but also surreal and whimsical in its own strange way.
~The free, digital version is also still available for download on Payhip. ~
If you enjoy my creative writing work, my creature designs or my world building, Omens of Spring features all three. It is very much a passion project like Hiraeth and one that is very personal for me.
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Gypsy Girl
8" x 8" Acrylic Painting
Inspired by my travels around Spain and my love for Carmen (the opera by Bizet) <3
More about it on the IndieGogo page!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/en-voyage-an-illustrated-journey/x/7826996
Only 1 out of the 5 small paintings I’m doing for my book are left!
Free sticker set with every contribution on perks of $25 or more!
Thank you and don’t forget to spread the word! :D
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In the latest Kickstarter update, author @ThunderEternal & I discuss costume design for the characters in our queer, all-ages fairytale book! Romanian folkwear, historical context, togas, flower crowns- we touch on a little bit of everything in this one!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/alia-terra/posts/3210220
Any backers, at any level have our sincere gratitude- as do folks sharing and recommending our book to their friends!
Our next stretch goal is within sight- we’d love to reach it so we can offer a hardcover version of our queer, nonbinary, aromantic fairy tales!
Bonus: Every pledge adds more art to the book!
(Rewards start at $1 ;D)
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