iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Idk why there’s not an option to post both a still image and a video in the same set, but here’s a time lapse of my sketch from today. #nokingsday #nokings #procreate #digitalart #digitaldrawing #drawing #illustration #illustrator #makeart #speakup #createdaily #drawdaily

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

A bit different from my usual work, but obviously had to sketch something up today. Love you guys. Stay together, stay safe. #nokings #nokingsday #illustration #illustrator #makeart #createdaily #drawing #drawdaily #speakup

Illustration by Aliya showing a crow atop a gold, bejeweled crown. The crow has a red jewel in its mouth that it took from the crown. The jewel appears still connected to the crown by something that looks like tendons. There is a split orange circle in the background and behind that is all black. The subjects are lined in red and the crow has red eyes.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Literally never could’ve imagined these mismatched loafers so PERFECTLY matching an article of clothing. Shoes: Charlotte Stone Dress: Nooworks #shoes #maximalistfashion #charlottestoneshoes #nooworks

A photo looking down at Aliya’s shoes and the bottom third of her maxi dress. The shoes are (intentionally) mismatched loafers. The left shoe is orange, coral, highlighter yellow/green, mint, and has a black sole. The right shoe is yellow, medium green, coral, bubblegum pink, and has a brown sole. The dress is black with a print featuring a woman in a bikini riding a moped but the wheels are pink magic 8 balls. There are also hands holding knives and rats smoking cigarettes in the print lol.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

My friend Lo got me into a proper haircut again and I feel *so beautiful.* Nothing quite like having one of your best friends know how to make you feel the most like yourself. Dress: nooworks

Mirror selfie of Aliya post-haircut. She is in a salon, seated at the mirror, wearing a pink maxi dress with vertical red squiggles (she loves pink and red together). She looks so good y’all. Like wow.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I’m gonna see how many ways I can style these new BBP bug pants. I feel freakin precious. #bbp #bigbudpress #morningwitch #ootd

Mirror selfie (Aliya) showing off an outfit.
She is wearing:
- A light, muted green and muted rosy color cap
- A crop top from Morning Witch with a black background and large print of pomegranates, snakes, and doves
- Chartreuse pants from Big Bud Press with a hand stamped print of ladybugs, grasshoppers, and praying mantises. The print is very spread out
- A floral belt with a black background
- A muted deep rosy corduroy jacket
- Lots of jewelry, including a pearl necklace and dangly pearl earrings

She is in a bathroom with a gallery wall behind her.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Uh oh it’s* back *that impossibly heavy bad feeling

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Finally starting Severance. 10 min in and my interest is *piqued*

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

You’re so right when that breakfast is had at lunch and made of lunch foods

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Girls trip to LA just for fun!

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The way she was able to bring about that level of anger and hurt in such a short span just blew me away. Def picking up Women and Economics next.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Ok yeah loved it (my heart aches).

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Reading The Yellow Wallpaper for the first time. Wish me strength.

A photo of a hand holding the book The Yellow Wallpaper open to the title page. It is lying on a blanket with a floral print and there is a rainbow cast onto lefthand side of the book from nearby window light (due to a privacy film meant to cast rainbows).

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Thank you! 🩷❤️🧡

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🌷Ripple Effect🌷 New 8x8” piece for Making Our Mark, a women and nonbinary artists’ show at Empire Arts in Atlanta. I started this piece over x2 because my first idea needs to be on a larger surface. But I’m happy with this pretty baby! #painting #painter #atlartist #illustration #gouache

Bird’s eye view of a square painting, an open sketchbook, and a slew of tubes of gouache and colored pencils all on a pink blanket. The painting is of two hands (one light-medium purple, one sort of dark pink) coming from opposing corners and holding the face of a woman looking up. The woman is painted orange with bright red-orange hair. She does not have pupils or irises (this is very common of my work). There are red flowers growing out from where the hands are touching the face. And there is a ripple effect around the face of brush strokes and implied petals and leaves. There is a black background behind all of this. The open sketchbook shows it has been used as a palette for the gouache.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

When are we as a society gonna learn to stop staring at each other? except me it doesn’t count for me because I should be allowed I’m just taking in my surroundings I’m just being present try it some time (but don’t stare)

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

THIS. Comfort, safety, and security for all. THAT is innovative. And no not with militarized pol*ce or attempts at taking us back to England with that dork ass monarchy kink. And certainly not by defunding federal programs for marginalized groups. Come on.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

First rejection of 2025. Just part of the process. Instead of feeling dejected, I responded asking for feedback on my application. If it was purely the style of my work, we just weren’t a good match. But if something else lacked, I want to know. Don’t be afraid to ask, “Why?” #muralist #muralartist

Screenshot of an email that reads as follows:

Dear Artist Applicant,
We received your RFQ submission for the Walls Between Waters mural festival. We are grateful for your interest in this project.
We are writing to share that you were not chosen to participate in Walls Between Waters.
We had nearly 100 qualified applicants from all over the world submit their interest in the project, and only a handful of applicants were asked to move forward in the process. The decision was difficult. We reviewed applicants on the scale of their previous work, consistency of style, style of work, artist resume, and the artist’s statement of interest.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I desperately need more hours in my days to just catch up on my baseline needs right now. Where’s that guy who thinks he has three days per day? I have some questions.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Yeah like it’s an overwhelmingly positive thing. And we can still be a little envious lol.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Thank you so much for this. Gonna be useful as hell going forward.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

There are so many cool mural opps in Colorado and Oregon and 90+% of them are for local artists. And I *deeply* love that commitment to supporting the creatives in their areas. But good god do I wish I lived in these states sometimes so I could apply.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Oh god same. This was my first in over a year I think. Can’t let that much time go by again.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Monthly massages for everyone should be considered a human right. I literally forget how much pain I’m in all the time until I see someone trained to get my body right again.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Can you imagine being the kid whose grandpas are Tony Hawk and Kurt Cobain? I mean I can’t ‘cause Tony was my first celebrity crush and Kurt wasn’t far behind. But you guys. Can *you* imagine?

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Someone said “morning beauts” after talking about coffee and this was what happened to me. 🫘

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Read this as “morning beanuts” like it was a nickname for the coffee itself. So I guess that’s what I’ll be calling it forever.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I’m glad he was able to do that for you. I’m sure it also brought him some solace to be able to create that loving moment.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Lemme be clear: this is not me dissing folks working desk jobs. I am in awe of them. I mean my particular struggle is the kind I can survive and I know that’s not the case for most people.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I want y’all to know that you can have under 10k IG followers and have impressive clients that most artists never work with. You can also have impressive clients and not be sure if you’ll ever get another. Being a full time artist is feast or famine. And I’d still never want to work a desk job.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I’ve applied to 20 opportunities so far in 2025. Searching for RFQs, rosters, and individual calls is fun. Applying is tiring but motivating. Waiting to hear back? Fresh hell. #muralist #muralartist #artist #painter #illustrator

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Damn lol I was ready for the drama

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Ok well now I gotta go check

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Right? Like maybe don’t use reproductive rights as a ploy for donations when they could’ve been codified by the Biden administration. It’s all a game to them.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We are aiming to get there around 11 so I’ll text you!

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Omg! I def wanna see you!!

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Gonna get my creepy heart’s fill tomorrow at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo with @bakeybakes.bsky.social. Cannot wait for bugs and all the eerie art.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Painted the barn from my granddaddy’s family farm for him. He’s wanted me to do this for a long time and I had to make sure he got it this time I’m visiting. Strawberries were one of their biggest crops. #gouache #painting #illustration #womenwhopaint #artist #painter #illustrator

Square (8x8”) painting of a barn, a tree in front of the barn, and a border of strawberries around the piece. The piece is being held in front of a vibrant blue wall.

Aliya’s grandfather smiling while holding the painting she did for him. He is in a chair and has an opossum stuffed animal at his side.

An angled view of the same painting to show that the sides are painted red.

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This is all the proof I needed I should get back on too

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Aliya @aliyailsa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Just about halfway to Ames’ goal. If you can share and/or give a few bucks, it’d be greatly appreciated.

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