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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 22/07/2026

So grateful for the chance to talk about @armadillostock.bsky.social on the main stage at @iconconference.bsky.social! And so grateful to meet and chat with so many lovely illustrators. #icon13

Photo of me speaking at a podium with my illustration projected behind me

Collage of artist business cards, postcards, and stickers

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 14/07/2026

Hi #portfolioday! I've been working as a freelance vector illustrator and educator across a number of industries since 2010. I'll see you later this week at @iconconference.bsky.social!

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 09/05/2026

Illustrators are the most self-deprecating artists on earth

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"The Unicorn Hunters" by Katherine Arden cover, for Penguin Random House Watercolour, acryla gouache, with a heavy dose of Photoshop overtop.

A cathedral that is merging, dreamlike, into a forest. A woman stands in the center, looking out to the forest, as a unicorn runs towards her.

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 06/05/2026

The Weekend Couch. I enjoyed going big on the colors with this one.

Colorful illustration of a woman lounging on a couch

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 05/05/2026

I'm an infrequent gamer, but I'm feeling the itch, and looking for recs! I like puzzles, strong artistic statements, and finite gameplay. Not so into games that test speed or dexterity. My top two are probably The Witness and Disco Elysium. I have a PC and a Switch 1. What should I dig into???

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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

They're back Signed and numbered Edition of 100, A3 size Shut Up #illustration #medieval #fantasy

a naive medieval illustration of a knight slaying a dragon with the caption "SHUT UP"

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 15/04/2026

Justice for Chappell and all, but what really gets to me is how he frames this as "protecting his family." Do we really think his daughter felt more "protected" after her private distress became a matter of public debate and the subject of international tabloid headlines?

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 14/04/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay! Here's a brand new tree illustration, and some tree portraits I've drawn in the past. Trees are so confounding! I end up taking a different approach every time I draw one 🌳

Illustration of a big green tree with a birdwatcher standing at the bottom and a blue jay in the branches

Illustration of a tall expressive tree in a suburban neighborhood

Illustration of two tall trees in a park overlooking the city

Illustration of a big orange tree with houses nestled in the branches

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

An update, and a look at some of what we've coded so far!

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 25/03/2026

Sora had a shorter lifespan than Vine lmao

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

They were trying and failing to get people to subscribe at $20/mo and each 60 second video was costing the company $15-18 in costs to make. That’s it, everybody, right there. That’s the Economics of AI. Visionary stuff.

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 23/03/2026

That's not the same style, that's just the same colors

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 21/03/2026

In Procreate, is there a way to alpha lock to the layer underneath the one I'm working on? Does that make sense? Like, if I want to draw within the layer shape, but on a different layer?

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 08/03/2026

Happy women's day!

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 27/02/2026

I'm kind of fascinated by this AI blog post that spooked the market. Apparently, "what if AI succeeds and that's bad" is scarier to the market than "what if AI fails." I'm starting to realize these people genuinely, truly believe the spaceship is about to arrive.

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Show us your fairy tale art for Tell a Fairy Tale Day! Here's some art from team members @michelerosenthal.com, @kitsnow.bsky.social, and @xanaroker.bsky.social

Colorful illustration of an armadillo reading a book, with the text: Tell a Fairy Tale Day

Illustration of a character flying through different worlds

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 23/02/2026

Reading a book at the end of the world 📗🌋

illustration of a woman sitting in a window seat with a blanket and pillows, reading a book while a volcano erupts outside

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

What's your favorite licensing story? I'll go first. Let me tell you about the fashion brand that licensed my pattern, and the celebrity who wore it.

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 11/02/2026

Some thoughts behind my illustrations for the Love and Other Catastrophes and Go Fish blurays, part 1

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 11/02/2026

Lately I keep wondering how much of the AI bubble is being propped up by fascism. AI can't generate profit? Easy solution: make the military / police / ICE its biggest clients. I don't think we talk enough in general about the economic incentives that fuel fascism.

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Hello art friends, we're back from our social media break! We have so much in store for 2026, including the official launch of our website in the coming months! 🚀 Read our newsletter for more: armadillostock.substack.com/p/2026-the-y...

armadillostock.substack.com

2026: The Year We Launch

Hello art friends,

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The Cave

A view from a cave opening of a tree stump and some abstract foliage in front of a waterfall

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 17/10/2025

Debate moderator voice: "Mr. Mamdani, do you think there should be kink at Pride?"

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 17/10/2025

I hate hearing leftists say "the problem is that people are stupid." It's such an ablist take. The problem is that people lack empathy and imagination, and the best way to combat that is through art. Intelligence has nothing to do with it.

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 02/10/2025

Ok hear me out, what if cave paintings depict animals more often than human figures because our ancient ancestors were furries?

The lion panel at Chauvet cave, depicting overlapping line drawings of lions and bison

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 25/09/2025

What a fantastic ending to our Kickstarter. Thank you to everyone who believes in this project as much as I do! And a special thank you to our marketing team, @xanaroker.bsky.social and @kitsnow.bsky.social, for the work and wisdom that made our grassroots campaign such a success!

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 25/09/2025

I can't stop laughing at "of Cuomo, Adams, and Sliwa, I trust Sliwa's word the most"

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 24/09/2025

*smoking a bowl, gazing up at the stars* I wonder what happened to the Entwives

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

With less than 48 hours left in our Kickstarter, we'd like to take you on a quick tour of our wireframe!

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 22/09/2025

I refuse to believe we're in a "media literacy crisis" unless someone can point out which period in history had more media literacy than today

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 15/09/2025

I'm so proud of the entire Armadillo team, so grateful for the community support, and so ready to build the best licensing website we can build!

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We're so close to our goal!! Help us cross the finish line so we can build an alternative licensing website for illustrators!

Our Kickstarter is 99% funded! $5,940 pledged on $6,000 goal. 76 backers. 9 days to go.

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The Armadillo Ambassadors are the talented group of artists featured on our site who supported us early on. Thank you @paulheaston.bsky.social, Kendyll Hillegas, @breelundberg.com, @sonnyross.bsky.social, @feanne.bsky.social, @alannaflowers.bsky.social, and @michelerosenthal.com! 2/2

Meet our ambassadors: Feanne, feanne.com
An detailed illustrated pattern of the moon and stars, and an illustrated pattern of white galloping horses

Meet our ambassadors: Alanna Flowers, agfdesignstudio.com
Illustration of sriracha bottles with lettering that says, "you're awesome sauce," and an illustration of candy with lettering that says, "working with you was a real treat"

Meet our ambassadors: Michele Rosenthal, michelerosenthal.com
An illustration of two women walking through an autumn park holding coffee, and an illustration of a woman trying to walk away from a bed she's stuck to

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Meet our ambassadors: Paul Heaston, linktr.ee/paulheaston
A pen and ink illustration of sketching at a cafe, and a pen and ink illustration of an old truck

Meet our ambassadors: Kendyll Hillegas, kendyllhillegas.com
An illustration of circular fruit cross sections in rainbow order, and an illustrated chart depicting different varieties of pie

Meet our ambassadors: Bree Lundberg, breelundberg.com
An illustration of a frog in a scarf and coat watching falling leaves in a river, and an illustration of a distressed bunny carrying a latte with the text, "I have a latte going on!"

Meet our ambassadors: Sonny Ross, sonnyross.com
An illustration of brick buildings on fire, and an illustration of a camper in a dense forest

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Photo of an artist's photo-reference morgue. A really nice one. Before the Magic Electric Internet, artists & cartoonists had to create their own Google Images, by clipping photos out of magazines and filing them according to topic. I had a morgue until the mid-1990s. Not as good as this one.

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Here are answers to a few common questions we've gotten. Let us know what else you'd like to learn about the project. And thank you for helping us reach over 3/4 of our goal, let's keep it going!

Cartoon armadillo with the heading FAQ. Q: How will you keep the website AI-free? A: Artist accounts will be invitation-only to start, and we'll ask for a portfolio link of human-made art to approve new accounts. If an image is flagged by the community, we'll work quickly to investigate and take it down.

Cartoon armadillo with the heading FAQ. Q: Will you allow artwork that's not safe for work? A: Yes! We welcome mature content that doesn't depict minors or bigotry, as long as it's appropriately tagged

Cartoon armadillo with the heading FAQ. Q: Can an artist put limitations on how their art is used? A: Since negotiation happens off the website directly between artists and buyers, the usage terms can be anything both parties agree to

Cartoon armadillo with the heading FAQ. Q: How will the site be funded in the long term? A: In the future, we'll fund the site through premium memberships, offering perks like larger portfolios and higher search rankings for artists, and shareable folders of liked art for buyers

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 07/09/2025

This is exactly how I feel about fine art vs commercial art

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Armadillo Stock @armadillostock.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Thank you so much for supporting a licensing platform for illustrators! We're well over halfway there, and we couldn't be more grateful! #illustration #kickstarter #noai www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 02/09/2025

It was so wonderful to talk to Julien about @armadillostock.bsky.social, illustration licensing, artist organizing, and more! There's even audio if you prefer listening to reading. Thank you for the opportunity to talk about the things I love!

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 29/08/2025

After one day, we're about 50% funded!!! I'm so proud of the work we've done, and excited to finally share what we've been planning. I hope you'll support us and help spread the word!

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