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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 12/08/2026

Did you know I do all my vectoring on the track pad of my laptop? I promise my wrist and fingers are ok!

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've played Outer Wilds! I'll check out the rest

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

Actually, I've played through all of them. 😆 Puzzle games really are my jam

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

I've played around with the goose before, haha. A Short Hike looks interesting.

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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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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 05/04/2026

Like, we're talking about a series that used animal morphing flip books to rope kids into a story about the horrors of war. I think Disney and Ryan Coogler actually make sense for this project.

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Michele Rosenthal @michelerosenthal.com · 05/04/2026

I'm choosing to be cautiously optimistic. I think this is a good era for getting away with brutally dark children's fantasy, especially a series that embeds those themes behind an entertaining veneer of interpersonal drama, action adventure, and animal morphing

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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

What's funny is that non-artists could probably be convinced this is the same style, yet this is being explicitly advertised to artists

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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

I guess I was thinking of a clipping mask. Thanks everyone for the quick help!

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

How would you go about doing that?

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

I guess clipping mask is what I'm looking for! Is there a way to delete the clipped pixels, in case I feel like moving layers around? That might be too much to ask for, heh

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

I guess clipping mask is what I'm looking for! Is there a way to delete the clipped pixels, in case I feel like moving layers around? That might be too much to ask for, heh

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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

It's interesting how running a propaganda machine and running a profitable media company are contradictory objectives

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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

I've been a bit more active on TikTok than on here lately, so if you like listening to me ramble about art, follow me there

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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 2

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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...

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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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