hayley/miadan

A comic from a while back that I made for The Fader

whalefall (with a fun pooling glaze)

nature has never been binary

gynandromorph stag beetle; an organism with both female & male characteristics 🩵🩷

I took it too far like I always do

the most gut-wrenching viscerally upsetting line in the entire show is literally just van’s immediate, desperate, “i’m gonna try my mom!” not an emergency line, not even panic-dialing a 911 that wouldn’t work anyways. she’s a kid. she wants to call her mom.

It’s worse when you consider that Van’s mom wasn’t even a reliable or safe person for her. This is someone who has let Van down repeatedly, who Van has had to be a parent for, but it’s still the first person she thinks of to call.

She’s a kid for wanting to call her mom, but she’s also a kid for still desperately clinging onto hope that her mom will actually step up and be the mom she deserves.

Lots of thoughts recently. Everything feels plastic.

I could go on and on about why all that AI "art" is bad. I could mention theft, lack of creativity, it's impact on the work field and environment, but countless people have already said all that. I wanted to touch on something that to me is the most utterly wrong about all of it.

Art is more than just something pretty to look at or listen to. It's therapeutic. It's a form of communication. A tool for human connection. It's a pure, human need.

Support real artists ☀️

songbird, mockingjay and dove

Sylvia Plath

A lil heart carabiner Lino print 🫶🏻

This is my second ever Lino cut project and I can already see improvement from my first one which is cool. I also filmed the process so may make a couple reels in the coming weeks.

Carabiners have been a symbol of lesbianism since the mid-20th Century, used as a subtle and non-verbal way to communicate to other Queer people the wearer’s sexuality in order to find community/and or a partner. Methods of Queer Signalling like this were particularly crucial when being openly Queer was not a safe option.

In this piece I chose to carve two heart shaped carabiners interlocked, symbolising lesbian love and community, which is still so important today. Carabiners were especially used as a signalling method and fashion accessory by working class butches and I feel the rough, imperfect finish of this print is a nod to that.

some cool stuff i saw in the forest last sunday!!

thinking about spring... crocuses + frogs... yknow, the usual

It’s almost time to bid this journal goodbye. I couldn’t resist painting the cover- all that lovely green!

Creature spotlight: insects

IDs in alt text - how many can you guess? :-)

This is a collection of creatures originally drawn for my sticker club. Learn more and see more of my work here!

Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak; “Concerns from a hot-boxed jeep”

Genderqueer

ink and watercolor, 4.75x4.75"

For sale: https://ko-fi.com/s/bbfabd4b7d

Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmorgan/genderqueer/

Maria Gray, from “Bad Nostalgia”