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Tostoini

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Illustrator with a soft spot for odd creatures, graphic recorder, friend of manatees, anthropologist, ND. I wrote&illustrated Fossili Viventi published by Aboca Kids. She/her www.tostoini.it

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · May 12

Insomma: il Libro Nuovo si intitola Fossili Viventi, esce per Aboca Kids in anteprima al Salone del Libro di Torino il 19 maggio e in libreria dal 30 maggio. Ci sono dentro storie di creature peculiari dal passato e presente del pianeta.

la copertina di fossili viventi di tostoini su uno sfondo di pattern di silhouette di animali. la copertina ha un fondo blu e dalla forma di una conchiglia di nautilo emergono degli animali: un tuatara, un celanto, un capibara, un calamaro vampiro, un ginko, un equiseto e un pellicano. Il testo dice: Roberta Ragona (tostoini) e sotto il titolo Fossili Viventi Le straordinarie creature del passato che vivono tra noi, e sotto le parole "19 maggio al salone del libro, 30 maggio un po' ovunque"

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

The etymology of ‘turtle’ is interesting as shell.

'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'

‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · 21d

Illustration of sitting woman in traditiknal welsh clothes with top hat with face shrouded by clouds

Tostoini @tostoini.it · 21d

I've enjoyed the usual dive into a tunnel of archive photos and material culture to see how Welsh men and women dressed in the last century, I was inspired for the mountain character from the cabotain hat that Welsh woman donned with the traditional clothes.

#illustration #editorialillustration

A spread from Versanti Magazine with a woman character with traditional welsh clothes and a face shrouded by clouds illustrated by Tostoini.

The cover of Versanti Magazine with a black cat head checking it out because you can't do anything in this house without the cat being nosey

Tostoini @tostoini.it · 21d

The illustrations were inspired by the characters' nicknames, they're called "allomingius" in Sardinian: they're used to identify which Vincenzo you're talking about among twenty Vincenzis with the same first & last name, there are maybe three family names passed down from generation to generation.

A spread from Versanti Magazine with three characters illustrated by Tostoini

A spread from Versanti Magazine with a characters illustrated by Tostoini with a cauliflower head

A spread from Versanti Magazine with three characters illustrated by Tostoini, a woman in traditional clothes from ecuador with the faxe shrouded in clouds

A spread from Versanti Magazine with a character with a mutton head illustrated by Tostoini

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · 21d

Today in the the letterbox I found the issue #3 of Versanti Magazine. I've illustrated "Climbing the Hill and Descending the Mountain" an article by Tommaso Ciuffoletti, a story that begins in Wales and ends in Ecuador, with everything in between.

A spread from Versanti Magazine with two characters in workers clothes illustrated by Tostoini, one with a mutton head and one with a barrel head

A tipsy character in workers clothes illustrated by Tostoini with a barrel head

A characters in greengrocer's clothes illustrated by Tostoini, with a cauliflower head

A character in workers clothes illustrated by Tostoini with a mutton head

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il Post @ilpost.it · 22d

Dipingere i premi Nobel per lavoro

Dal 2012 Niklas Elmehed è una delle prime persone a sapere a chi vengono assegnati, e i suoi ritratti fanno il giro del mondo

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Momodriller @momodriller.bsky.social · Sep 20

#momoart

A cartoon drawing of a fish in water, eating fish flakes that are falling in.
An arrow pointing to flakes says "YOUR COMMENTS ON MY LITTLE PICTURES AND STORIES"
An arrow pointing to the fish says "GROWING FAT AND HEALTHY"
Another arrow pointing to the fish says "ME (ARTIST)"

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ren 🗡️ PZS @renstrapp.com · Sep 14

STAMPEDE!!!

Illustration by Ren Strapp of fat neolithic horses running in pastel candy risograph colors

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 10

MACROFAUNA! MACROFAUNA!! MACROFAUNAAAAA

Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Sep 10

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age out later this year... such a thrill to put this series together, oh my goodness are you in for a treat :) Hopefully news on events and publicity coming soon! Sloths, cats, rhinos, glyptodonts AND SOOOO MUCH MORE!!

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age homotheres, white and touching faces together.

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age Woolly rhino old adult and youngster.

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age Glyptotherium.

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age sloth mother with juvenile on back.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Sep 9

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 8

This is of course inspired by that old manatee meme with the manatee face-planted in a lettuce head. Sometimes I wonder what I could accomplish in life if most of my neurons were not busy hanging on for dear life to memories of old memes and weird jingles.

A old manatee meme with a picture of a manatee face-planted in a lettuce head.

Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 8

And if it's not: I have a new anecdote! I still win!
(The only food I really, really dislike are raw tomatoes. Yes, I know they are delicious, still you can rob me in the street just by waving one in my face.)

#tostoini #manatee #lamentino

Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 8

I love eating something special to celebrate and eating something nice to soothe me after a bad day. I love familiar foods, I love unfamiliar foods: if there's something in a menu that I don't know, I'm going to order it. If it's good, the number of joys available in my life is instantly increased!

Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 8

This idiom is so odd. I have so many feelings any given day, the idea of eating them sounds so appealing: bitter feelings and sweet feelings and umami feelings and salty feelings and sour feelings, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? (And why I feel it just another way of policing other people's food intake?)

An illustration of a manatee face-planted in a lettuce head surrounder by the words "eat my feelings sounds DELICIOUS"

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 4

Strong Locutus of the Borg vibes

Locutus of the borg and the borg queen in star trek next generation

Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 3

"Sometimes we build things to be solid and lasting and sometimes to be beautiful, sometimes both."

Tove Jansson in Notes From an Island

Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 3

This is 100% Moomin fanart, here's the original: www.moomin.com/en/blog/ours....
There is much in this illustration I relate with, except for diving in the Northern Sea, I'm not made for the cold.

The sea in Tove Jansson books: Read our in-depth guide

Curious about the role and meaning of the sea in Tove Jansson books? Follow along on a deep dive on this theme in the Moomin books.

www.moomin.com

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 3

I guess it's not that big of a surprise that I'm a big Moomin fan: I love Jansson way of to see the transcendent and magical in the natural world, the weird, the goofy, the softness that can just as easily shift to the mischievous, alien, unknowable.

an illustration inspired by a moomin one by tove jansson with manatee diving to the sea floor with some deep ocean sea watching and some coral-like creatures watching curiously in blue

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Aug 31

Similar to early Twitter, on Bluesky you’ll learn about breaking news before all your friends, BUT here it’s delivered as a series of unsolvable riddles peppered with beautifully rendered fan art.✨

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · Sep 1

The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is a small bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. In 2015 the Palestinian Authority adopted the species as a national bird.
From every river. To every sea. 🍉

#globalsumudflotilla #cinnyrisosea #palestiniansunbird #sciart

An illustration of a small blue iridescent palestinian sunbird perched on a slide on watermelon on a green background #sciart

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · Aug 28

Ooooohhh

a man sitting at a desk with the word impressive written in yellow letters

Alt: a man sitting at a desk with the word impressive written in yellow letters

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Chris Shehan_Comic Art @chrisshehanart.bsky.social · Aug 2

“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”

Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

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Tostoini @tostoini.it · Jul 29

Amicə di Roma! Accorri domani alla chiacchiera sui Fossili Viventi all'Estate al Torrione! il 30 luglio Alle 19.30! Abbiamo le bestie assurde per niente estinte! Abbiamo Carola Moscatelli e Francesco Graziosi!

Tostoini @tostoini.it · Jul 11

Tostoini @tostoini.it · Jul 8

Aboca Edizioni: ciao Roberta, ci fai un video in cui racconti di cosa parla Fossili Viventi in un minuto e mezzo?

IO (iperventilando in un sacchetto di carta come solo una geriatric millenial abituata a nascondersi dietro le parole scritte e le illustrazioni): 🫡

Fossili Viventi - Roberta Ragona

YouTube video by Aboca Edizioni