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madeleine bennett

@mintthicket.bsky.social
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Boston-based illustrator, designer, parrot friend. Trying to make a comic.

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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
made painting for art swap. goodbye, little scene! I thought you turned out well. #watercolors on arches cold press with a little colored pencil
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Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
more frog, again. seasonal frog
drawing of a chaotic winter scene of various woodland animals, mostly amphibians, frolicking in the snow outside a rustic hobbit-type dwelling
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
still want to go there
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
discord is leaking #comic
A comic with 3 panels poking fun at an embarrassing real ad run by a lingerie company that used an AI image with no head on the figure
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
A Melinoe. I think she’s in the Taverna. #artsky #hades2 #melinoe
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Chechula @chechula.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Year ago, I went to Finnish forest and met this guy, 14km away from the road. Hope his doing well. #comic #diarycomic
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]

JANET:
Ugh...

LIZ:
What's up?

JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!

LIZ:
Have you tried...

AI peas?

JANET:
AI peas?

LIZ:
They're peas with AI!

[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].

LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas

JANET:
What

LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]

Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?

[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]

LIZ:

Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine

[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]

LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!

JANET:
What

LIZ:
Shut up

LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow

From opening the bag of peas

to boiling the peas

to eating the peas

To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.

JANET:
Is it really necessary to-

LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET

[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:

AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.

[Ends]
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Finally did one of those character expression things boy howdy (someday I’m going to name something in my life Boy Howdy)
Character face expression chart of a broad-faced, friendly-looking guy with a tiny ponytail
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Lynda Barry warmup - 3x 1min skellys with closed eyes. I think these can’t fail to look fun
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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Sunday nite succession faces
sketches of faces from the tv show succession
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Linda @lindabythesea.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Lyrata (2022) by Hanie Soltani. Gouache on cardboard.
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Eliot 🌳 @eliotbaum.bsky.social · 25/07/2023
blood clerics who stay together slay together 🩸⛅️
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theo @theoplum.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!
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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 25/06/2025
In an unassuming lake in Ireland’s northern County Longford, an unprecedented find emerged in 1986: the nation’s oldest and largest medieval book shrine. Read more on Colossal: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/loug...
a highly decorated medieval metal book shrine
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Donald O. Colley @colley-don-o.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Rose, ever the vigilant and vocal guardian, took an extended respite from being the block marshal. I was Johnny-on-the-spot to capture a super rare moment. #sleepingdog
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
hazy tufted distances, working out my gouache stuff #gouache #gouachepainting #landscapepainting #scotland #artsky
Two paintings of the same grassy, hilly landscape under moody cloud; one is more golden russet, one greener.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
cafe sketchin #sketchbook #botanical #artsky #drawfromlife
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
pre-ordered!! check out Rob’s beautiful book!
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こまちみゆた @comatimiyuta.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
泡沫のいろ
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Abby @aspenceart.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
the hart of the forest #art
A green stag stands atop a hill, his antlers fill the top of the page and are filled with plants and birds.  In the hill he stands on, a doe leaps over her fawn.  Below them two foxes chase a rabbit who waits at the opening of a warren.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
In the end I was not too happy with this but I still like the composition a lot… learning with every painting. #gouache #paintsky #artsky #painting #landscapepainting
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Still a WIP but this one is looking cool imo #pleinairpril (not really) #gouachepainting #gouache #artsky
In progress painting of mossy trees on the shore of a lochEarlier stage painting; trees are bare and oddly coloredSketch stage; sienna tree outlines over a faint blue wash
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Donald O. Colley @colley-don-o.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Put in 7 hours drawing from life at the Palette & Chisel today.
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Laura Bifano @bifanoland.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
#pleinairpril2025 7/??
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Using more brushes than I have before; I want to go on vacation
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I made a poster for a class using black gouache. #illustration #artsandcrafts #handlettering #gardening #ecology #art #artsky
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I made a poster for a class using black gouache. #illustration #artsandcrafts #handlettering #gardening #ecology #art #artsky
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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I mean, seriously. Was ever an animal more aptly named? It looks like a guardian forest spirit.
Roughly business card-sized thumbnail sketch of Miragaia, an elegant, long-necked stegosaur with paired rows of many fine back plates and spikes.
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aquila 🍉 most normal frankenstein enjoyer @belllmonts.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
apropos of nothing but it's funny how certain folks will always try to chase the style of studio ghibli/miyazaki but only on a surface level and never tackle the themes of environmentalism, anti-war, and empathy i.e. the stuff that made those movies masterpieces
grave of the firefliesprincess mononokenausicaa of the valley of the windhowl's moving castle
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
the point of this was to finish a gouache study in one day so good job me on that #artsky #gouache
Painting of pink hyacinths next to two small bottles of honeySketch of painting
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
the point of this was to finish a gouache study in one day so good job me on that #artsky #gouache
Painting of pink hyacinths next to two small bottles of honeySketch of painting
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
good night #art #gouachepainting #artsky
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It got a little tiny bit warm out and I did my first plein air of the year!! s p r i n g p l s #pleinair #gouachepainting #pleinairpainting #pleinairpril
Gouache painting of ivy-covered trees and ground with some concrete-looking walls breaking up the foreground and yellow ish windows in a building behindIn progress of same painting. On site, very purple
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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Demolition Digital paintings
Of Rugeley power station Of a dust cloud
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
yesterday’s #pleinair #pleinairpril #artsky #illustration #gouache
Plein air setup showing a pencil sketch on a bright pink underpaintingPartway through the painting, some parts are covered with gouache. The sky is still pink. The painting is of a church tower and a few slices of nearby houses. The painting, finished, indoors; the sky has been painted white and gray.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Yesterday’s #pleinair ! It’s gonna be an even nicer day today and I can’t wait to get out there #artsky #gouachepainting #library
Painting of an elaborate gable on a red roof against blue sky. Part of the Cambridge Public Library in Cambridge, MA, USA.In progress shot of that painting Beginning of painting in foreground, library behind.
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Béla | comms closed @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Hi! I'm Béla, illustrator from Berlin. I'm looking for professional, higher profile gigs in April/May, such as book covers, large interiors, character designs or similar! Contact via dm or mail in profile/pinned post! Thanks! RTs appreciated. #artsky #ttrpg #illustration #publishing
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It got a little tiny bit warm out and I did my first plein air of the year!! s p r i n g p l s #pleinair #gouachepainting #pleinairpainting #pleinairpril
Gouache painting of ivy-covered trees and ground with some concrete-looking walls breaking up the foreground and yellow ish windows in a building behindIn progress of same painting. On site, very purple
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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Damsons Ripening Digital painting
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A photo you’d use as an album cover
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. tried to get in on the campus protest crackdown, deeming antisemitism a threat to public health "comparable to history's most deadly plagues" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-is-c...
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Trump Is Coming After Legal Residents. Are Citizens Next?
Green card holder arrested; 25 million living in U.S. now subject to deportation
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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today's newsletter from @caseyjohnston.bsky.social is a good one, and speaks to a lot of what I (and many/most/all of you) have been struggling with in the current social media hellscape www.shesabeast.co/how-to-retur...
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How to return to the real world from social media
Fitstagram is dead... How to find people, plus books, podcasts, and fine, some websites and YouTube channels.
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晴晴 [On Hiatus] @sachinteng.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Demi Moore was robbed! I know. I'm biased. But, she delivered, award or not
Movie poster for the Substance. Sue played by Margaret Qualley is blowing a kiss in front of dozens of TV screens, each with a picture of Sue's lips being broadcast. Hair is in a high ponytail, she's wearing star shaped hoop earrings, a metallic pink leotard and pink nail polish. In front of her floats a syringe and vial of the substance, with The Substance logo visible throught he syringe. Where Sue's face would be we instead see Elizabeth played by Demi Moore in a red dress pulling her hair out in front of a mirror in her white tile bathroom. The entire scene taking place within the borders of her face outline.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
share your plant art! I have a plenty :)
Watercolor painting of garden gate and lush plants Watercolor painting of mysterious house in green woods across meadow Watercolor of Elden ring botanicals
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🕸️ƊǗƝƓĘƠΝƁÏƬƇΗ🕸️ @dungeonbitch.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Revised the ol' "Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents" lecture. 1/2
Text: TANGENTS
In geometry, a tangent is when a line touches a curve at a single point.
(images illustrating this, with a curve and a circle touching the lines)
The point where they touch is called the tangent. in a drawing, this is what I call a “bump-up” tangent (more on that
later), but the term “tangent” is a bit more flexible when applied to visual art.
When an artist (or art critic, or art teacher, etc) mentions a tangent, they’re generally referring to any relationship between lines (or elements) in a drawing that interact in a way that the artist didn’t intend.
When I was a teacher, I found it helpful to differentiate the various offenses that fell under the catch-all term “tangents” and give them each a name, to make identification of problem areas in a drawing easier.

An earlier version of these examples was published online in 2011 under the title “The Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents.”
Text:
Long-Line Tangent
The “long-line” tangent is when the line from one subject in the drawing leads into the line of another.
(image where the line from a figure's wide-brimmed hat"becomes" the line of the roof)
See how the hat of this fella runs into the line of the roof? that’s bad!
(image where they do NOT intersect)
Not so bad!
Try to avoid near-tangents, too! Even if a line doesn’t actually connect with another, “close” isn’t great, either.
(image illustrating this point using the same iconography as above)Text:
Bump-Up Tangent
A bump-up tangent is when one element of a drawing bumps up against another.
(image where the outside a figure's elbow touches a wall)
When the bump-up is the result of different subjects touching, correct it by making one clearly overlap the other.
(Same image repeated twice, but in one the elbow is in front of the wall, and in the other behind it)
Either of these works just fine!
Sometimes using the principle of “what’s closer?” overlap won’t always be the best solution. you can do that (like the nose in the example) or you can just redraw the offending lines (like the lapel).
Images: a drawing with tangents, and that same drawing with the tangents eliminated

Text:
Beyond just the drawing itself, make sure to avoid bumping your image against the formal components of the comic: word balloons, sound effects, panel borders, etc. They’re in the image, therefore, regardless of what stage they’re introduced into the art, they’re PART OF THE COMPOSITION, and need to be treated as such.

(Image: example drawing where the balloon and panel borders are creating bump-up tangents with the drawing)

There are many publishers who insist on live (editable) balloons and dialogue text to make easier foreign sales and online publishing; I vehemently disagree with this approach, because it makes flexible what should be the sole purview of a cartoonist: the intersection of lines in the art, and lines in the art, like it or not, iNCLUDE the lines that surround a word balloon.

For this reason, LETTERiNG SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE iNKS. Then your inks can accommodate the balloons. This was standard practice until the advent of digital lettering, and while there’s nothing wrong with digital lettering, its placement in the pipeline order generally results in a poorer overall comic than would be the case were it done between the roughs/pencils stage and the inks.
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