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Alex Tomlinson

@alextomlinson.com

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Bird art and @pigeonpost.cafe 🔡🐦 https://links.alex.gd

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Jan 2

Happy New Year!! Just a few of my favorite works from 2024...

Flat illustration of a Long-billed Curlew and Willet in pursuit of a Sanderling with a mole crab in their beak

Painted stone cast decoy of an Eastern Whip-poor-will in flat shapes and colors of brown, gray, and warm white.

Flat illustration of a Northern Gannet in flight with a healthy portion of seaweed in their beak

Flat illustration of an Eastern Whip-poor-will framed by moon phases. The full moon is replaced by two eggs, as their mating is timed with the moon. More light means more foraging time and more food for their nestlings!

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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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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 2d

Confirming there will be signed + screen printed posters at the event! :D

Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 7d

They will be available at the event- and later I’ll sell them in my online shop @pigeonpost.cafe :)

Also running as a print ad in ABA’s Birding Magazine (Oct issue) which can be a mini poster!

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 7d

Thank you- they will be at the festival! Though I will also print some of my own afterwards.

This will also appear in the October issue of ABA Birding Magazine!

Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 7d

Thank you so much and can't wait to see your tshirt design!!

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 7d

Thank you Gwen!!! :D

Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 8d

The highest compliment. My grandma is also very into midcentury modern and craft- her entire house is like a shrine to the stuff- I feel like I've inherited a lot of my sensibilities from her!

Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 8d

Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!

Flat, graphic poster of a Whooping Crane standing in the negative space of many Sandhill Cranes. The poster reads "The Great Midwest Crane Fest - Nov. 15-16, 2025 Baraboo, Wisconsin.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 9d

Thank you!

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Flat, graphic illustration of a Chipping Sparrow nestled atop a pile of fall leaves.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 14d

Yes!! Hope to soon- thank you for asking :)

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Flat illustration from 2022 of owls perched on a branch at night against a dark blue sky. The owls decrease in size as they get close stacked in front, while also growing bright orange. The effect resembles a flame. The owls, back to front (large to small) are Great Gray, Great Horned, Long-eared, Screech, and Saw-whet.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 29d

I like the way you think- and thank you! :D

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Bird 🌲 @nepeteaa.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nēnē 🌋🪿🪶

#avianaugust

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Sep 2

Will absolutely make this a print! :)

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Sep 2

Thank you!

Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Sep 2

Flat illustration of an American Bittern through reeds at nighttime. The bittern is broken up through the reeds in a spooky, surreal snake-like manner.

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Pigeon Post @pigeonpost.cafe · Aug 28

Fall Grackles! 🐦🍂

Hand painted wooden grackles in a rainbow of fall-inspired hues.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Aug 26

Thank you Lizzi! :D

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Aug 22

Unfortunately I still use Illustrator for coloring and composing things. 😅 Glyphs is my preferred pen tool but it’s really not set up for illustration. I have been meaning to learn Affinity though!

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Pigeon Post @pigeonpost.cafe · Aug 21

Once again attempting to create a "Cats Indoors" bumper sticker that doesn't feel too threatening 😅

Bumper sticker that reads "Indoor Cats Live Longer!"

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