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@ishaway.bsky.social

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Artist, star chaser, haiku writer. Watercolorist & professional doodler. Painting ethereal things & Positivity Bunny comics | 🚫 N/F\T 🚫A/i | They/she | www.ishaway.com | www.patreon.com/ishaway

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · Oct 8

Oh? #PortfolioDay !

I am Ishaway. I work in mixed media, and render dream echos, animal headed figures, and small comics.
I also enjoy making art that makes me laugh. I hope it makes others laugh too. (All images are serious today)

I am available for work; both commercial and private.

A photo of a triptych of a coyote man, sitting cross legged atop purple swirls and spirals. A singing coyote is on each side of the triptych, surrounded by greens and blues

A hermaphroditic figure with a lion skull is sitting. The background hums with patterns behind them. Their head is surrounded by a crown of Psilocybin mushrooms.

A pale canine in a blue robe moves among spirals of gold and dark. The spirals overlap and weave into the shape of them

A large watercolor of a whale shark on an abstract background echoing the shape of waves and currents.

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 14h

Brick and cord plugged into a surge protector

ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 14h

That is what I was reading online.

Still annoying (it feels like a couple of cords have died recently)

ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 17h

Final pack before BLFC. Woke up to iPad giving the ‘liquid detected in port’ error.

I have stopped charging many things overnight so this is a bit of a bummer. Hoping it is just the VERY MUCH RAIN that is causing the error and some time will dry it out.

(It is very damp here.)

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 1d

Will see you there!

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 1d

No! Poor Nebby :<

Will be sending you good vibes and silly updates from the con.
Hope to see you in January!

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M. Cromwell @marandart.bsky.social · 1d

Important update: Echo and I will not be at #BLFC as planned. Alt txt/ img for details.

Hi everyone, life update from Laughing Coyote Homestead.
Not only are we grieving the loss of several members of our chicken flock, including beautiful Brave, a rooster I raised from hatching 5 years ago, but life has thrown us an even harder curve ball.
Last night, moments after we pulled our 8-year anniversary pie out of the oven, Echo and I noticed our cat, Nebby, in distress. Turns out that the coolest, sweetest cat in the world had his very first bout of urinary crystals. The night before we were to leave on a 2 day road trip to BLFC. We must attend conventions to pay our bills-- and they're our only chance to see many of our found family and closest friends-- but now, we have to stay home. We must watch over Nebby, administer meds, and find ways to increase his fluid intake to prevent this from happening in the future. I knew male cats struggled with this problem, but even my best at prevention wasn't enough. It is what it is.
We must allow ourselves to love, even if it hurts sometimes.

So. What this means for us is we'll be working harder to make cool art from home, running sales and maybe streams and opening commissions, so we can make it through to January for Further Confusion. (We may not even get selling tables there, either, but will shoot for what we can.) Our life is a financial hopscotch from convention to art fair to convention, and missing a step is going to be quite a leap indeed.

If you appreciate what Echo and I do, whether it be the experimental art, farming, local political activism, or what have you, now would be a fantastic time to help. There’s also lots of inexpensive digital downloads on my PayHip, where you can get crafts to make, sketchbook compilations, and ebooks. Anything helps to recoup the cost of needing to miss a huge chunk of our yearly income. Thank you for your support: the only reason our studio runs at all is because of you. And now it's time to get to work! Stay tuned for announcements for shop sales and commission openings.

www.marandart.com/s/shop
https://payhip.com/MCromwell
https://ko-fi.com/marandart

A tuxedo cat half in a carrier, two hands (ours) holding his head and paw

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 1d

… why are you trying to print MissingNo?

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Corgilegs Crafts @corgilegs.pizza · 3d

Since I am going to be in Reno for a few extra days, anyone want a BADGE, delivered at BLFC? :3 I am also happy to mail as well!!

I have several options available, starting at $60! ko-fi.com/corgilegs/co...

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 3d

Omg they look so neat!

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CadmiumTea @cadmiumtea.bsky.social · May 30

Your side quest starts now

A red fox lit by the lantern they are holding. This is an acrylic painting on wood.

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FishyBoner @doverspike.art · 3d

Animation commission for @losianthedrake.bsky.social
#BD3

Really fun guy to bring to life!

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 4d

yooooo

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 4d

If I really try I might be able to bring one of these big (62”x72”) blankets to BLFC…

But we are doing the balancing dance.

Large blanket featuring a fantasy animal skull; image is slightly distorted from fabric draping

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ishaway • ➡️ BLFC • 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇨🇩🍉💛 @ishaway.bsky.social · 4d

Stacked and sorted wall scrolls for BLFC.
Next is blankets. I think (playing w/ how I pack em) I can bring like, 8 or so.

since my tapestries are not gonna be here in-time, taking a little bit of a poll for animals… (not shown are the Orca Otter, and Rabbit)

So like, will one of each be enough?