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Fiona McDonnell (she/her)

@fionamcdonnell.bsky.social
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Irish illustrator from Belfast ✨ fionam.illustration@gmail.com 💌fionamcdonnell.co.uk Available for freelance work ✏️

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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I did this for 3 and a half months and it was genuinely transformative, but I need to take a break cause I don’t wanna look my subconscious in the eye anymore 👁️
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Poster design & illustration for Belfast queer DJ duo Ponyhawke, and their all day Pride party! A homage to the iconic film ‘Pirscilla Queen of the Desert’ ✨ #illustration #illustrator #irishillustration #irishillustrator #posterdesign
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Eliot 🌳 @eliotbaum.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Cover #5, and the final cover to Jeff Wheeler's Harbinger series in french 🔥
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I’m currently moving from drawing on a iPad to drawing on a Cintiq, it feels more significant and existential than turning 30 did.
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Katherine Lam @ LBX 431 @katherinelam.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
my brain rn but it can only handle two things at a time
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Morgana Ignis @morganaignis.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
As a brooding young teen I was all “ewww blonde bubbly popstars are the WORST with their pink princess bullshit” Now as an adult goth woman I’m like “I would protect the princess Sabrina Carpenter with my life”
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mouse🐭 @lessmouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
task complete - sing karaoke
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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
the best way i can summarize coloring advice is: fuck around and find out
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
My piece for a Belfast art exhibition ; “Cailleach - Divine Hag” that featured an amazing line up of Irish women artists! Prints for sale on my website 🩷🇮🇪⚔️💅✨
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cya 西田 🩵 working on comm/zine @cyanishida.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI. Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI Please do it 🫠
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ms. wendy @wendyleftmealone.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
Out now! My project ‘Rose-Tinted’ is a pixel-based typeface (x-height: 6px, cap height: 9px), that accounts for Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic variants. I hope you enjoy! --- Creative Market: creativemarket.com/wendyleftmea... Gumroad: wendymurphyonline.gumroad.com/l/rose-tinted
Type display that contains white text over a black background. The center reads "Rose-Tinted" in italics and includes a pixelated rose.
The bottom reads that this is a pixel type family with 210+ glyphs per variant. Also included is my portfolio website (https://www.wendymurphy.online/), and my handle @wendyleftmealone.Type display with a pink background, inspired by the Windows95 interface. The window reads: 

Rose-Tinted is a pixel-based type family.

It’s inspired by retro games such as Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, which approached pixel typography with the appearance of italics to add personality.

While many have experimented with pixel type over the years, there’s a unique challenge that comes with developing a type language that also accounts for bold, italic, and bold italic variants while respecting the limitations of the grid system.

Rose-Tinted includes the following for each variant:
      • 	Uppercase Letters
      •  	Lowercase Letters
      •  	Numerals
      • 	Ligatures (Standard and Discretionary)
      • 	Symbols (Punctuation, Formulas, etc.)
      • 	Accent Marks (Uppercase and Lowercase)Type display with a pixelated Queen of Hearts card over a pink background. The type reads "Queen of Hearts" in the 'Rose-Tinted' font (Bold Italics).
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I’ve been writing in a journal every morning for two weeks, and wow the emotional mess that comes out of the subconscious onto the page is actually fucked up why did no one warn me
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
First poster of the year for Belfast queer club night Ponyhawke! 🔥✨🪩 Inspired by the stretch in the evenings, and the feeling of Spring in the distance. #illustration #illustrator #irishillustrator
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Sasha Stowe @sashastowe.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Anyone can answer this, it isn't just for creatives! So if you're not a creative but still want to help protect our copyright, then you can still follow this (some tweaking to the wording will be needed of course). #illustration #kidlitart #kidlituk
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
To celebrate their 10th birthday The Woodworkers Bar in Belfast commissioned me to create some new glassware! The designs were inspired by their floral table pieces, & their patrons usual activities in the bar (chats, games, music, and often first dates!) 🍻💘
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I really enjoy seeing Super Sonic every time I go for a silly little mental health walk ✨🦔 (and concern for the pupil-less snail)
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
My take on a poster for the Tank Girl movie 💣💥 Commissioned by Queen’s Film Theatre & The Naughton Gallery as part of their SCREEN/PRINT series. Was a treat to watch it on the original 35mm! #illustration #illustrator #tankgirl #jamiehewlett
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Cherub spotting in Italy 👼
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Woven tapestry I designed for Rí-Rá Irish Lager 🍻 Inspired by the ‘Treasured Tat’ found in pubs & homes all across Ireland 🇮🇪✨
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
An annoying thing I’ve noticed in arts/heritage spaces is that instead of funding the creation of art, they instead want you to run workshops on how to make that art, presumably so then more people can then not get paid to make art but give a continuing chain of workshops
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Goals for 2025 : don’t smoke, don’t have a flare up, eat curry, make time to draw weird shit 🫡
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I always end up reading a lot of fanfiction / manga during the weird in-between Xmas & New Years period. Gotta make sure I feel a deep sadness / heartache for fictional characters before the year is out ✨
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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Freelance emotions range wildly from: “I’m stagnating. The skill I pride myself in doesn’t bring me joy anymore, nor does it help the world.” to “Wow this looks great! How did I do this! I’m literally a god”
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 22/12/2024
🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/sbwo...
Red and white text on black, grungy background: "DO NOT BUY FROM STARBUCKS WHILE WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE!" The SBWU fist logo with fire around it sits at the bottom of the graphic.
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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
People have been putting money in his commissary account and trying to donate money to a legal defense fund. He probably doesn't need it. But if you're moved, you can donate to OTHER prisoners' commissaries www.thecommissaryfund.org You can also request TCF funds for your incarcerated loved ones
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Luigi Mangione receives 87 pieces of mail and 163 donations while behind bars
Exclusive: The murder suspect has received over 100 pieces of mail since being taken into custody
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.
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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I’M SO SICK OF THESE GOVERNMENTS AND THESE CORPORATIONS THAT JUST TAKE TAKE TAKE AND DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"Who's a next ?" Seen in Hollywood, California
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I’ve never been a musical girly, but I’ve had the Helluva Boss soundtrack playing on repeat literally all day and I fear it’s unlocked something
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
All the posters I created for Ponyhawke (Belfast’s best underground queer clubnight! ) during 2024 🩷✨🪩💃🕺💥🔥 #illustration #posterdesign
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The fact that Disney bought Star Wars and bought the Muppets and haven’t done a Muppets Star Wars is a crime.
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Kyle T Webster | Artist & Author @kyletwebster.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Considering everything that's going on in the world, why should you bother learning to draw hands a bit better? In my latest writing, I share why your smallest personal achievements help us build stronger communities. Thanks for sharing this one. ❤️ accidental-expert.com/p/why-bother
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Why Bother?
Your smallest personal achievements increase your ability to build stronger, healthier and more cooperative communities.
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Craig Russell @cmrussell.uk · 29/11/2024
What a gem of an article #UX #design interactionmagic.com/UX-LEGO-Inte...
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The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
LEGO interface panels are beautiful, iconic, and great for learning interface design basics. I bought 52 of them from BrickLink to explore the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces.
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Been working on lots of fun bits for a local Belfast bar! First up is this poster and logo for their ‘Kick Out The Jams’ night 🫳🎹✨ I’m happy for any excuse to draw synths and aesthetic music gear fyi #illustration #irishillustrator
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Genuinely think anyone can “git gud” at any creative craft they are interested in. If we wanted to actually “democratize” art we would invest in housing, healthcare, food and education as human rights. All GenAI does is make people even more financially precarious and less able to pursue a passion
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Kilian Eng @kilianeng.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"This Kingdom will fall, I've seen it in my visions" Personal artwork in an ongoing image series called "Palace Life". This one was made back in 2018.
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Me when any illustrator I follow does literally anything
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🅑🅞🅧🅔🅡🅑🅤🅝🥊🐰 @boxerbun.fun · 23/11/2024
Garf Unit 01 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Book cover illustrations for these beautifully written memoirs by Seamus O’Rourke, “on the comedy and calamity of growing up in Leitrim.” 🍂 Commissioned by Gill Books!
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
The Function of Colour in Schools, Factories & Hospitals. Part 2. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/p...
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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 27/04/2024
Mark O'Connell, one of Ireland's best non-fiction writers, writes about the death of Hind Rajab. This is a heartbreaking and unanswerable piece. Free Palestine. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
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Mark O'Connell: Would even paradise itself be worth the suffering of a single tortured child?
I am tempted to say that it is impossible to imagine the suffering of six-year-old Hind Rajab in her final hours. But I don’t know that that’s true. What’s true, perhaps, is that I can’t face imaginin...
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Alison Creekside @alisoncreekside.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
The official state of Israel account has posted this video, saying it is facilitating aid into Gaza. A short clip at the end of the video, claiming to show tents and shelter for Gazans, was actually filmed in March 2022, showing tents in Moldova for Ukrainian refugees. from @shayan86.bsky.social
2 side by side photos
The first from the official Israeli account today shows a large lot filled w tents & shelter equipment purportedly for Gazans.
The second is the same photo from March 2022 showing tents in Moldova for Ukrainian refugees.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Rafah is a city of 170,000. 1.3 million people have tried to seek shelter there. It takes up this little corner of Gaza. All of Gaza is the size of Philadelphia.
A map drawing of Gaza, with a small piece in the southwest filled in red indicating Rafah
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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
For fuck sake, writers, STOP USING AI ART. Stop using it on your book covers, stop using it in your book promos, stop using it to show what your OCs look like, stop using it as "inspiration," STOP USING IT. You want your artform respected, respect other artforms. There is no ethical use. None.
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Fiona McDonnell (she/her) @fionamcdonnell.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Tasty whiskey label illustration for Redacted Bottlers based on the legend of ‘The Black Dog of the Rock’ 🥃✨ #illustration
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