Sign in

Emma Charleston

@undividual.bsky.social
70 followers 73 following 91 posts

Talks-too-much ‘creative’ from London 🙃

PostsRepliesMedia
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Logging back into Bluesky to ask: Do I know anyone who's an expert in metadata/tagging? I am finally embarking on the VAST project of tagging my (4000+) visual diary illustrations for potential data analysis purposes, and I wanna make sure I'm doing it RIGHT
101
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I saw @seanmorl.com's show BACKCHANNEL last week and it was v good, he is v fun, recommend if u are going to Edinburgh. Anyway it reminded me of the time we did a live stream/live-draw (?!?!) together w @gfsc.community — I still think it was... pretty fun/funny?! gfsc.community/you-are-the-...
gfsc.community
You Are The Client: We Make The Stickers
It's our first live stream! You are invited to join us tomorrow (Wed 16th April) at 7:30pm to cross to the other side and play the heinous client hectoring their long-suffering creative team.
010
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I keep having to try and explain what @emfcamp.bsky.social is to people who have never heard of it, and it occurred to me that this fake-EMF-talk generator (created by 'the hat village') kind of effortlessly captures the vibe/energy hat-village.codeberg.page/schedule/
hat-village.codeberg.page
132
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
If you follow V, you might *occasionally* get Emma feet pics. (If that alone were not motivation enough she's also very good in general)
020
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I think often about how one of London’s largest rail hubs has ben partially turned into a shrine to the works of a transphobe. And I think about how I wish I had it in me to write a series of extremely queer YA fantasy novels set entirely on trains and train stations…
100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I did a livestream!!
021
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Sat next to a woman on the train who’s using a modded version of chat gpt that talks to her like a sassy friend. “Hey girl” etc. I hate it
000
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Current status... (PSA: don't put wet wipes or fat down your drains, I am here to shame YOU too)
010
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
☺️ God I miss the good old days of Twitter sometimes. [She says, logging into Bluesky for the first time in months]
130
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Pointed out to my partner that when we retire, old people's homes will have Mario Kart and serve tacos and bibimbap, and now we're both typed for residential care. Roll on retirement.
031
Reposted by Emma Charleston
v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
here is a nice illustration by @undividual.bsky.social of her experience playtesting the game i will be showing at Car Boot Casino
sausages & chips, cards & placemats, scattered on a pink table. I love sausage game
042
Reposted by Emma Charleston
Geeks for Social Change @gfsc.community · 01/07/2025
Accessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of design. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens when requirements contradict, and how can graphic designers learn about accessibility implementation? @undividual.bsky.social dives in. gfsc.community/accessibilit...
gfsc.community
Accessibility: complexity and contradictions in graphic design
Accessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of all design practice. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens with accessibility requirements contradict one another, a...
002
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
My once-in-a-blue-moon login to let you know that it's HOT out in London, so I made this pool party mix for you. Please enjoy :) www.mixcloud.com/emma-charles...
mixcloud.com
Audient / July 2025 / Pool Party
Listen to Audient / July 2025 / Pool Party by Emma Charleston
020
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The thing I ACTUALLY came here to say is that even though I hate learning new software, last night I spent like two hours making a scrolling carousel of images with rollover effects in Figma. It was hard!! But I figured it out!! And while I can't show it to you for proof, I CAN boast about it
110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I haven't been a very good blueskyer, oh dear. Turns out I really DON'T have anything to say? No thoughts, brain empty. Anyway that's not entirely true, actually I've just been out having fun IRL. Here's my monthly blog all about that emmacharleston.blogspot.com/2025/04/apri...
emmacharleston.blogspot.com
April 2025
April has been real nice. I am feeling very spring-like both in mood and energy levels — which feels kinda weird and bad given how entirely ...
020
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Oh God, Emma's 'streaming', what have I done (this could be great or it could be terrible)
021
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I am 36 years old and have suffered from congestion and colds frequently my entire life and yet NOT ONE OF YOU* EVER TOLD ME about the entire class of drugs known as ‘decongestants’?!!??! (Friends, family, partners, MULTIPLE doctors)
300
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I DO love pies 🥧
041
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I sometimes wonder whether Jessie has a ‘rich inner life’ or whether she’s just no thoughts brain empty most of the time. I was just thinking about how, for the first few months we got her, every few nights, at some point in the wee small hours she would let out a single guttural, hoarse howl…
100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Gotta book a hotel near Gatwick for an early flight next weekend and was annoyed that the cheaper ones are all near North terminal when I fly from South, but then realised this is actually just a golden opportunity for ✨4AM MONORAIL✨ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatwick...
en.wikipedia.org
Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit - Wikipedia
110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Delighted and confused to see a digi screen ad that puts Welsh first in… London Bridge? (ACAB notwithstanding)
021
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I generally consider myself a mild-mannered person but have (somehow?!) twice ended up in face-to-face confrontations with Piers Corbyn (Jeremy's shit pro-car brother) over his stance on ULEZ. So this report that came out today is music to my ears (and air to my lungs!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Ulez: Cleaner air for Londoners after expansion, study finds
London pollution has reduced after the controversial expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, a report finds.
010
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
So sad to hear about the passing of Mark Pawson — I can think of few more iconic figures in the UK zine/small publishing world. I very much hope that his astonishing collections of both his own and others work will live on somewhere safe. Every time I saw his work it made me want to make something!
030
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Towards the end of this month I am going on a holiday with Journee (the provider whose whole thing is that you don't know where you're going until you get to the airport). I did another trip with them in 2023 and it was GREAT...
100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The other day when I was hanging out with V she also told me that apparently the innards of Kitkats are made from crushed Kitkat, and we reflected on whether this means that the vegan Kitkats must contain a homeopathically small quantity of non-vegan Kitkat in order to even exist
000
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Just sleepily read an article that someone shared titled ‘10 things I wish I knew when I started using affinity publisher’ (a pretty good piece of design software) and much of the advice in there was SO BAD that I am now fully awake and ready to teach a class on it (it’s Saturday)
110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
[Loud alarm sounds in class] Student: "Sorry, that's my tamagotchi. I can't turn it off."
030
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Teaching at MA level for the first time today which is quite remarkable considering I am in fact 12 years old
130
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Oh no, it’s me — actually an AI bot
120
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Today the librarians at LCC got out a selection of spoooooooky zines (apropos of nothing), and lo, it was great
100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I found a stray dog yesterday, dodging traffic near my local train station. With the help of several passers by, we cornered him and I caught him with a slip lead. What now? Well, had to get him out of harm’s way, so bought him home to figure out next steps. He was EXTREMELY WIGGLY
110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
FINALLY some good news out of the USA (the Kendrick Lamar halftime show with Samuel L Jackson as Uncle Sam) youtu.be/QvpNAA-sqd0
youtu.be
Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl LIX Full Halftime Show 2025
YouTube video by Darlintino
040
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Do I know anyone who can get me a copy of this poster when they come down in the tube stations? I want to hang it in my home! (Because a) it’s beautiful, b) dogs, c) we lived in Battersea and d) trains)
030
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Vegan food fans! Made this Tofu Banh Mi recipe today and it was incredible: theeburgerdude.com/tofu-banh-mi/ — took some time to do all the various bits, but if you make loads it keeps for subsequent days (Pictured disassembled and assembled)
A pan with tofu in, two baguettes, a bowl of mushroom paste, a tub of crispy onions, cucumber and spring onions on a chopping board, a pot containing coriander and chilli, and a pop containing strips of carrot which have been pickledA tofu Banh Mi baguette on a terrible patriotic plate. It looks fresh and delicious!
120
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Around six months ago, I decided to stop taking the contraceptive pill I have been taking for ~20 years, because of the sneaking suspicion that it was (to use an entirely non-medical term), crushing my spirit. And guys, the results are in: it seems highly possible that… it WAS?!
110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The best thing about being a teacher is getting to tell students really cool stuff for the first time ever!! (The worst thing about being a teacher is the suspicion they don’t actually think any of it is cool)
000
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
One of the major downsides of moving to London has been a dramatic fall-off in instances of delectably crunchable ice in winter. Look at this shit. A 4/10 at best.
110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Gotta say I admire the audacity of ikea taking over arguably central London’s most prestigious retail space (the old topshop on Oxford Circus) and turning it into a ridiculous concept store for their 75p Frakta bag
121
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
⬇️ 🐕
000
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It's #hourlycomicday! An Auspicious time to join Bluesky! Here's the first four hours...
160
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Here's another thing I can do on here I guess! I've been writing a blog every month since 2013, and frankly I do astonishingly little to let people know. Some folks tell me they're nice to read, and crucially, they're illustrated! This one's BRAND NEW: emmacharleston.blogspot.com/2025/01/janu...
emmacharleston.blogspot.com
January 2025
Well, I don't wish to tempt fate for the rest of the year, but I've had quite a peppy January, actually. I don't tend to set much store by '...
110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Anyway idk if anyone else got this when they signed up, but the AESTHETIC on this absolutely deranged Captcha. Equal parts 'we live in hell' and 'this is my next album cover'
120
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Having said for quite literally *months* that I could not be bothered joining anothr social network (after saying the same about threads and mastodon), here I am yet again trying to figure out if I even have anything worthwhile to say on The Internet any more
120