akemiart
@akemiart.bsky.social
Owner at www.mythictexture.com // @mythictexture
Portfolio: www.akemiart.ca // [email protected]
Artist, Writer, Designer. Illustrates children's books, designs & paints for animation, publishes short stories.
Portfolio: www.akemiart.ca // [email protected]
Artist, Writer, Designer. Illustrates children's books, designs & paints for animation, publishes short stories.
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akemiart
@akemiart.bsky.social
· Feb 10
Hello new followers. I'm an artist & writer that has worked in animation & publishing for the past few years.
I'm now self-publishing my work under my company Mythic Texture Media. Follow @mythictexture.bsky.social.
My books can be bought online, your local bookstore, or library (on request).
I'm now self-publishing my work under my company Mythic Texture Media. Follow @mythictexture.bsky.social.
My books can be bought online, your local bookstore, or library (on request).
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@mythictexture.bsky.social presents a new picture book on Capoeira!
Learn your first 13 movements. Also learn three songs and instruments. All you need for your first game in the Roda!
Publication date: Feb 28, 2026
Art & Writing by @akemiart.bsky.social
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #capoeira
Learn your first 13 movements. Also learn three songs and instruments. All you need for your first game in the Roda!
Publication date: Feb 28, 2026
Art & Writing by @akemiart.bsky.social
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #capoeira
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
@mythictexture.bsky.social presents a new picture book on Capoeira!
Learn your first 13 movements. Also learn three songs and instruments. All you need for your first game in the Roda!
Publication date: Feb 28, 2026
Art & Writing by @akemiart.bsky.social
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #capoeira
Learn your first 13 movements. Also learn three songs and instruments. All you need for your first game in the Roda!
Publication date: Feb 28, 2026
Art & Writing by @akemiart.bsky.social
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #capoeira
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A reminder this Black History month that my art book, Mythic Texture, is available at any book store or library (you can ask them to order it if not).
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
Mythic Texture: Black Fantasy Art Book
Amazon.com: Mythic Texture: Black Fantasy Art Book: 9781738840632: Akem: Books
www.amazon.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 AM
A reminder this Black History month that my art book, Mythic Texture, is available at any book store or library (you can ask them to order it if not).
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
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I created this website to showcase Black Canadian industry veterans in animation a few years ago. It's appropriate to bump it up again this Black History Month.
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
Black in Animation
Canadian Animation Industry
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I created this website to showcase Black Canadian industry veterans in animation a few years ago. It's appropriate to bump it up again this Black History Month.
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
I did not realize that DaVinci Resolve was free. I'm off all Adobe products and I don't miss their software suite.
A very strange place.
A very strange place.
a woman wearing sunglasses and a pink shirt is sitting next to another woman and saying next .
ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a pink shirt is sitting next to another woman and saying next .
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I did not realize that DaVinci Resolve was free. I'm off all Adobe products and I don't miss their software suite.
A very strange place.
A very strange place.
I created this website to showcase Black Canadian industry veterans in animation a few years ago. It's appropriate to bump it up again this Black History Month.
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
Black in Animation
Canadian Animation Industry
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I created this website to showcase Black Canadian industry veterans in animation a few years ago. It's appropriate to bump it up again this Black History Month.
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
Shawn Harper, Maisha Moore, Mark Sinclair, Tyquane Wright, Lubke Seid, Christopher Gage, Mark Garnes
blackinanimation.wordpress.com
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On this day, Feb. 4th, back in 2020 @kidlitcollective.bsky.social celebrated our very own @charlottewatson.bsky.social's debut #picturebook, BROWN SUGAR BABE, illustrated by @akemiart.bsky.social. So proud of this February book baby! #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #KidLitCommunity #BookBirthday #kids
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
On this day, Feb. 4th, back in 2020 @kidlitcollective.bsky.social celebrated our very own @charlottewatson.bsky.social's debut #picturebook, BROWN SUGAR BABE, illustrated by @akemiart.bsky.social. So proud of this February book baby! #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #KidLitCommunity #BookBirthday #kids
A reminder this Black History month that my art book, Mythic Texture, is available at any book store or library (you can ask them to order it if not).
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
Mythic Texture: Black Fantasy Art Book
Amazon.com: Mythic Texture: Black Fantasy Art Book: 9781738840632: Akem: Books
www.amazon.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 AM
A reminder this Black History month that my art book, Mythic Texture, is available at any book store or library (you can ask them to order it if not).
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
I also illustrated Brown Sugar Babe also available everywhere.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Textu...
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April 25th, 2026 - a free virtual book fair...for adults
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
Black Girl Book Fair!
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
April 25th, 2026 - a free virtual book fair...for adults
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
When some people speak nowadays. This is the background process that is running.
a cartoon character says all right that 's it dishonor on your whole family
ALT: a cartoon character says all right that 's it dishonor on your whole family
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
When some people speak nowadays. This is the background process that is running.
A list of Black owned and indie animation that is funded or funding via Kickstarter! The first two on the list are still open!
This looks & SOUNDS amazing!!!
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film by Coker CoOp on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film by Coker CoOp on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
April 23-26 - Afro Animation the largest four-day gathering in the United States, dedicated to non-traditional animators, gamers, and emerging digital creators
www.afroanimation.com
www.afroanimation.com
Home: AfroAnimation
AfroAnimation Summit 2026 l April 23–26 l Burbank, CA— uniting Black and non-traditional creators with studios in animation, gaming, VFX, and tech
www.afroanimation.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
April 23-26 - Afro Animation the largest four-day gathering in the United States, dedicated to non-traditional animators, gamers, and emerging digital creators
www.afroanimation.com
www.afroanimation.com
Feb 21-22 - Virtuous Con - an online sci-fi and comic culture convention that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction across the media of comics, books, film, visual arts, and more.
virtuouscon.com
virtuouscon.com
Virtuous Con
Virtuous Con is an online sci-fi and comic culture convention that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction across the media of comics, books, film, visual arts, and more.
virtuouscon.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Feb 21-22 - Virtuous Con - an online sci-fi and comic culture convention that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction across the media of comics, books, film, visual arts, and more.
virtuouscon.com
virtuouscon.com
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A list of Black owned and indie animation that is funded or funding via Kickstarter! The first two on the list are still open!
This looks & SOUNDS amazing!!!
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film by Coker CoOp on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film by Coker CoOp on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cok...
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
www.kickstarter.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A list of Black owned and indie animation that is funded or funding via Kickstarter! The first two on the list are still open!
April 25th, 2026 - a free virtual book fair...for adults
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
Black Girl Book Fair!
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
April 25th, 2026 - a free virtual book fair...for adults
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
www.blackgirlbookfair.com
Celebrating Black voices in fantasy fiction.
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I feel good again. I spent the last few years just striving to get back to health physically. Major issues suddenly resolved last month after persistent & frustrating effort.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
a blue background with the words one day at a time
ALT: a blue background with the words one day at a time
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I feel good again. I spent the last few years just striving to get back to health physically. Major issues suddenly resolved last month after persistent & frustrating effort.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
I feel good again. I spent the last few years just striving to get back to health physically. Major issues suddenly resolved last month after persistent & frustrating effort.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
a blue background with the words one day at a time
ALT: a blue background with the words one day at a time
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I feel good again. I spent the last few years just striving to get back to health physically. Major issues suddenly resolved last month after persistent & frustrating effort.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
I had no idea how much I unconsciously avoided doing things. It's great to move freely again.
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I htink I read every book with Jody Lee's cover art on it when I was a teenager. Think Mercedes Lacky, Lloyd Alexander, Michelle Sagara & more of your favs.
She has scanned & put up her art for sale fineartamerica.com/profiles/3-j...
She has scanned & put up her art for sale fineartamerica.com/profiles/3-j...
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I htink I read every book with Jody Lee's cover art on it when I was a teenager. Think Mercedes Lacky, Lloyd Alexander, Michelle Sagara & more of your favs.
She has scanned & put up her art for sale fineartamerica.com/profiles/3-j...
She has scanned & put up her art for sale fineartamerica.com/profiles/3-j...
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I'd love to build out my list of BIPOC illustrators interested in book covers or page illustrations!!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
January 22, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I'd love to build out my list of BIPOC illustrators interested in book covers or page illustrations!!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
A real scientist. You did that!
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 AM
A real scientist. You did that!
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I wired in a ceiling light and feeling like this.
a man is sticking his tongue out while standing next to a car .
ALT: a man is sticking his tongue out while standing next to a car .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 AM
I wired in a ceiling light and feeling like this.
When I think I can't so somethng physically, my instagram or tik tok algorithm instantly shows me a woman twice my age casually doing it with so much ease and joy.
Then I go well, got to keep going.
Then I go well, got to keep going.
a picture of dory and clown fish with the words you 're doing great just keep swimming
ALT: a picture of dory and clown fish with the words you 're doing great just keep swimming
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When I think I can't so somethng physically, my instagram or tik tok algorithm instantly shows me a woman twice my age casually doing it with so much ease and joy.
Then I go well, got to keep going.
Then I go well, got to keep going.
live it up! you did that!
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 AM
live it up! you did that!
Unbelievably smug. The price to get some to do it was worth the chance of electrocution. Then I discovered it wasn't that hard.
Youtube is a good teacher.
Youtube is a good teacher.
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Unbelievably smug. The price to get some to do it was worth the chance of electrocution. Then I discovered it wasn't that hard.
Youtube is a good teacher.
Youtube is a good teacher.
I wired in a ceiling light and feeling like this.
a man is sticking his tongue out while standing next to a car .
ALT: a man is sticking his tongue out while standing next to a car .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 AM
I wired in a ceiling light and feeling like this.
wow. how did interfaces get so bad? You have to click several buttons now a days to get to the thing you want.
January 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
wow. how did interfaces get so bad? You have to click several buttons now a days to get to the thing you want.