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Olivia When

@oliviawhen.com

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Animator, illustrator, dog observer ✏️🐕 she/her ✧ Preorder The Day Leap Soared! → linktr.ee/oliviawhen

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · Oct 20

Hello! I'm Olivia, most people know me for drawing dogs at this point. I'm a 2D animator/illustrator. 📣🐶
→ oliviawhen.com
→ ig/tblr: oliviawhen

A watercolor painting of a happy white samoyed (Sprout) in front of a giant monstera plant.

The first panel of the Cup Pup comic. A yellow puppy walks down a sidewalk lined with daisies. They are carrying a reusable cup in their mouth and wearing a backpack. Text: "I love my cup. I bring it everywhere."

A tableau of 4 golden retrievers. 1 sleeping, 1 rolling on it's back chewing a teddy bear, 1 looking at the previous, 1 jumping happily at food on a counter.

3 white ducks swimming through lily pads. The 1st is carrying fairy bread and leaving sprinkles in its wake. The 2nd looks at a fish. The 3rd is wearing a flower on its head like a hat.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Infloresce Records @infloresce.com · 1d

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

🌸🔬🎶

SNOWDROP FESTIVAL 2025

We're hosting our 4th annual festival on Dec 13—celebrating the music made by the digital fusion community & adjacent scenes in 2025. All are welcome to participate!

Submission form & rules:
infloresce.com/snowdrop-festival-2025-submission-form

Snowdrop Festival 2025—Submission Form

Snowdrop Festival is back! Infloresce Records is hosting a virtual concert on December 13, showcasing 4 hours of music made in 2025. We can't wait to celebrate everyone's amazing art made in the last...

infloresce.com

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 2d

Flat illustration of a Wood Pigeon, Magpie, and Robin in a parade-line stride holding autumn leaves up high with their beaks! (UK birds as I am there right now on vacation!)

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 2d

Also NEW to my online shoppe is pumpkin cottage mini print!!! 🎃✨🍂

Print featuring a orange cottage surrounded by pumpkins

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 15d

Re-posting this great interview from Julie at @honestdogbooks.bsky.social with @blairbraverman.bsky.social, about her new children's book, "The Day Leap Soared". #BookSky 📚

honestdogbooks.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...

Cover of children's book "The Day Leap Soared" by Blair Braverman, pictures by Olivia When. Cartoon drawing of Leap soaring in the air, being watched by Blair and assorted sled dogs. Snowy trees in the background.

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Honest Dog Books @honestdogbooks.bsky.social · 2d

If can hear me squealing all the way from northern Wisconsin, it’s because the Leap bookmarks just arrived. We made these using @oliviawhen.com ‘s artwork to accompany The Day Leap Soared coming out Oct 21!!!

honestdogbooks.com/item/Vus7kAU...

Bookmarks for The Day Leap Soared with illustrations from the book.

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 3d

These are sooo cute in your style!! Tacoma carats are so lucky!

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Alleanna Harris @alleannaharris.bsky.social · 3d

Today is Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday ✨

“When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don’t speak out ain’t nobody going to speak out for you.”

(I did this portrait of her, Medgar Evers and John Lewis a few years back for Learning for Justice & @splcenter.org.) #illustration #editorial

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 4d

ohhh noooo, wishing you better sleep. the thing that helped me most was just routine, stopping and sleeping around the same time. Eventually I just started to feel sleepy around the same time.

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 4d

Sleeptober going pretty well so far all things considered!

A screenshot from Pokemon sleep. A shiny Magnemite icon is in top left.
Stats for today say: Oct 4 (Sat)
9 hrs 20 mins
1:39 AM-10:59 AM

Average Sleep
Time This Week
7:58:50

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 6d

This was my first show! But I live around here so I probably will again, it was fun! I think I've got something going on during FriendFest, but probably will do one after that.

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🌸 @himiuwn.bsky.social · 7d

ShortBox is live, and you can watch my girl try her best in "How To Be A Good Human"!! the site is full of amazing stories and art, please take a look 💕

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 8d

Covid is rampant right now so please get the newest booster if you haven't yet. I have multiple friends and a neighbor with covid right now. The pharmacist might still ask in person if you're high risk (I wasn't asked, my partner was) but you don't have to give details or proof and just say yes.

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 8d

To clarify: you currently do not need to say WHY or HOW you qualify for each vaccine if you schedule online at a CVS or a Walgreens. You just tick a box and they trust you. The pharmacist administering the shot won’t ask either

You can get 3-4 vaccines at once

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 8d

If you need vaccines (25-26 Covid booster, flu, pneumonia, etc), CVS is currently very much doing a “tick this box if you qualify for this vaccine” method of self-verification for online vaccine scheduling so GO GET YOUR SHOTS before this CDC stuff gets more insane

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 8d

AAAHHHUGH!!! Stephanie!! That was you!! OTL It was so nice to meet you! I hope we can hang out and chat more another time! ;w;

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Linda Liu @ SBCF 2025 @lindersliu.bsky.social · 8d

shortbox comic fair is now live!! you can get a digital copy of my 30-page comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” for just £5 here:

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 8d

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 9d

Is it illegal to forge your dog's signature? Asking for an author.

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laura @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · 13d

Bird stickers are now live! 🦆💖

shop: www.etsy.com/shop/LauraIl...
photo by: angelcarboni.carrd.co

photograph of 7 illustrated bird stickers- tufted titmouse, wood duck, long tailed tit, eurasian blue tit, mourning dove, cardinal, and white duck family

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 13d

Wah thank you so much! Your work is so cute!!

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Jennie🌷 @maobabie.com · 14d

It’s soup season!
#art

Illustration of little mice surrounding a soup pot making soup! The text reads “do not disturb.. I’m busy making soup”

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 14d

Ooo that would be so fun! I'll definitely consider it!!

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 14d

Come collect some dogs at SJMade's Illo Mart this weekend if you're in the Bay Area! I'll have new prints, bookmarks, and stickers in my online store probably mid-Oct.

Photo of two bookmarks with a floral rug in the bg. Left bookmark shows a bunny reading in bed under a quilt. The sun has risen. Text reads: "I messed up!!! (again)"
Right bookmark: A happy yellow lab with a big book in front of them. Text reads: "I can't stop reading! HELP!!" The bg is a slightly dire red.

Two 3" die cut vinyl stickers on a lavender bg. Top: A brown spotted bull terrier sipping an iced drink while working on a laptop. Bottom: A grey cat in a tie shutting a laptop. They're smiling in a relaxed manner. Text below reads: "That's enough for today."

Two 3" vinyl stickers on a navy bg. Top: A rounded red rectangle with a white dog opening their mouth angrily to eat a bubble that says AI. Text at the top reads: "DESTROY".
Bottom: A blue cat napping on a laptop with MANY unread notifications open. The bg is a big orange and red fire. Text below reads: "LGTM" (looks good to me)

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 14d

Some polymer clay magnets I made for my gachapon machine! I really like how they turned out! 💖
#art

18 little 1-ish" magnets on a white bg arranged in rows of 3. Almost all dogs, almost all just heads. Left to right: White bichon, brown siamese cat, yellow lab, pink shiba, yellow pom (full body), ochre chihuahua, pink and brown ckcs, purple poodle, blue speckled great dane, blue borzoi, green dalmatian, ash blue schnauzer, yellow and orange collie, blue husky, orange papillion, blue cat (not available, just a tester), light grey and blue french bull dog, dark brown dachshund.

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Alyssa Winans @ Archon 48 @alawinans.bsky.social · 16d

For northern California folks, I'll be tabling at SJMADE's Illomart in San Jose this weekend. Table F43. I'll have some prints, cards, and fish stickers!

Map of Illomart showing table F43. September 27-28, located in South Hall. Free admission 11am to 6pm

A spread of colorful fantasy prints and postcards

A set of existential fish stickers. One is holding its head and shrieking. One is stressed about a book's happy ending. One has crossed arms and says Generally Aggrieved. One features two fish enjoying a kotatsu.

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Honest Dog Books @honestdogbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Exciting news! We’ve teamed up with @thegoldenratio4.bsky.social & @blairbraverman.bsky.social to bring you a Leap’ing good package. Includes signature, bookmark & Voodoo sticker. 🐕🐶🐕

honestdogbooks.com/shop/all-dogs

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