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Amber Akin 🕸🌾

@almondmilkart.bsky.social

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Cartoonist, educator, & #kidlit illustrator from the Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts ✏️ she/any 🫖 Contact: [email protected] 🌿 Portfolio: https://amberakin.com 🐇 ig: https://www.instagram.com/almondmilkart 🌙🇵🇸🌈🇱🇧

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hey, I'm Amber! I'm a cartoonist, illustrator, picture book enthusiast, and educator based out of the Pioneer Valley. Nice to meet you!

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Maria Capelle Frantz @mariacfrantz.bsky.social · 10h

Treating myself to some colors todayyy

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 1d

penciled 3 comic pages today from blank pages AND worked an entire 8 hour shift at my day job can someone give me a cupcake or something

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Koboldscrossing @koboldscrossing.bsky.social · 1d

assortment of ghosts 😱

Paper cut collage of a ghost holding a candle

Drawing of a ghost sitting on a jack o lantern

Drawing of a ghost holding a jack o lantern

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Trang ✦ MCM London @trangmn.bsky.social · 1d

dancing on the forest floor!
#animation #art

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Frog made a fresh pot of tea. He sat down and began a story.

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Nicole 🐸🌿 shop update live! 🎃 @munespice.bsky.social · 6d

what are they up to with that cauldron!! #smalltalestober

An illustration of moomintroll, spice the frog dressed as snufkin, the groke, and hattifatteners around a cauldron

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 2d

Cozy and stylish ✨

#art #cuteart #gouache

Gouache illustration of a black cat wearing a scarf with various geometric patterns on it. The scarf is in warm shades with some green accents.

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes when I find myself getting really upset over nothing I go watch the boston cop slide video a few times to feel better. it is a meditative grounding experience for me

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AlbaBG 👽 @albabbgg.bsky.social · 2d

🌞🌷🖤

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Lily / Paraply (@POLARIS) @paraplyshop.com · 12d

midnight dance 🌜🌟

#art #cuteart

picture of a cat wearing a witch hat and a red dress dancing with a pumpkin-headed guy in front of the full moon

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adam @kumerish.bsky.social · 4d

deep sea dream

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Beanie (Alina T) @whatsupbeanie.bsky.social · 4d

If you can’t afford books but want to support your favourite authors - borrow and request from your library!!! We LOVE libraries and it’s a wonderful way to support both the author and the libraries who help so many kids have access to reading 🥹❤️ especially right now!

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Comic Arts Maine Portland @comicartsmaineport.bsky.social · 4d

📣Calling all Comics Creators📣

Today is the last day to apply to CAMP 2026!

Apps close at 11:59pm tonight!

www.comicartsmaineportland.com/exhibiting

Exhibiting — Comic Arts Maine Portland

www.comicartsmaineportland.com

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 4d

when I FINALLY have free time.... in *checks calendar* January of next year

Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 4d

for my own mental health I need to be drawing a lot of forest creatures and fairies and mushrooms and mossy stones and teapots and tree stumps in the near future

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Matchbloc @matchbloc.bsky.social · 7d

☔ 🌦️ 🌈

Three mid-century Eastern European labels depicting rain

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 5d

AHHHH!!!!

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 5d

Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 5d

yessss! where I'm at in wmass we should be seeing temps in the 50s-60s next week finally 😭 I hope we both get to break out our knits soon

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 5d

some truly diabolical weather!!!

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Amber Akin 🕸🌾 @almondmilkart.bsky.social · 5d

it LOOKS like october in massachusetts right now but don't be fooled by the mist and changing leaves and grey sky like i was this morning. it is fully 80 degrees out, put that cable knit sweater back in the closet!!!!