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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Today's No Kings protest in Bloomington, Indiana.

A panoramic view of a No Kings protest in Bloomington, Indiana with a crowd of protestors standing along Walnut Street on the Courthouse square. A No Kings banner is hanging in the background on the left side of the photo.

Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Today's "Hands Off" protest in Bloomington, Indiana. There were probably 500 to 600 people present, maybe more, all willing to protest Drump's agenda, even if it meant standing in the rain. #handsoff #indivisible #indivisiblesci

A large "Hands Off" protest scene in Bloomington, Indiana photographed looking across a rainy, wet Walnut street toward the Courthouse square. Hundred of people holding signs milling around to protest Trump's agenda.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

GOP politicians passed a bill to defund Medicare & Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars. But don't worry about them - they'll get to keep their precious taxpayer-funded healthcare coverage. And Republican Sugar Daddy Elon Musk will get his tax cuts…

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Two works of historical fiction, based on true stories with themes of resistance and both by Mary Doria Russell. "A Thread of Grace," set in Italy during WWII and "The Women of the Copper Country," about Annie Clements who led a strike against the largest copper mining co. in the world. #resist

A photograph of two books sitting side by side, both books written by Mary Doria Russell. The book on the left is "A Thread of Grace," and the book on the right is "The Women of Copper Country."

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill is a great way to introduce your kids to nonviolent civil disobedience. It's also a fun David vs. Goliath story. Perfect for our times when resistance is more important than ever. #booksforkids #childrensclassics #booksaboutresistance #civildisobedience

A photograph showing my left hand holding the book, "The Pushcart War," by Jean Merrill with illustrations by Ronni Solbert. The book, which has a primarily yellow cover, has an illustration of a pushcart vendor using a pea shooter to shoot a tack at a truck tire.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Please don't stop the pressure. Call Your Representatives. #resist #persist #dissent #stopmusk

An orange background with yellow flame-like shapes with the text "Stop Musk's Money Grab" over it and under that is smaller text that reads "Call Your Representatives Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

A few surface patterns and drawings I created in 2024. The bottom row of images started out as gelli plate prints. I was unhappy how they turned out so I drew on top of them using colored pencils and ink.

A grid of 9 images with a self-portrait photo in the center of the grid. The top row of images are 3 repeat surface patterns that I created. In the far left square of the middle row is a small watercolor and ink painting that I created as a gift for my husband's mother. It shows a red fox in a woodland setting under a full moon. On the far right of the middle row is a detail from a repeat surface pattern showing a pen and ink and watercolor drawing of a cat in front of a witch's cottage. The bottom row is a series of colored pencil drawings that I did on top of some gelli plate prints.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Another of my illustrations for "Mercy," by Nancy Furstinger. In this scene, Henry Bergh, founder of the ASPCA, stops a horse drawn trolley that is filled beyond capacity. #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookillustration #illustration #kidlitnonfiction #ASPCA

In this this illustration from "Mercy," by Nancy Furstinger, Henry Bergh, the founder of the ASPCA is on a New York City street where he is blocking the way of a horse drawn street car which is overflowing with people and is too heavy for the poor horses who have to pull the trolley. The time period is the late 1800s. A light snow is falling and a young family in the foreground is watching Bergh's heroic action as he tries to save the abused horses.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Whenever I do an illustration with a dog in it, the dog invariably is based on my dog, Poppy. She's around 15 years old now and this drawing was done around 2010, the year that we adopted her. #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #illustration #dogart #vincentdesjardins

An illustration of a young boy with red hair, wearing a green sweater and blue jeans standing with his hands on his hips and his mouth wide open as if he's shouting or singing. He's got a gap between his two upper front teeth. A red dog wearing a blue collar sits beside the boy and is looking up at him, wondering what the boy is shouting about.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

One of my black and white digital pen illustrations, created in Corel Painter from the book "Secrets of the Magic Ring," by Karen McQuestion. #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #childrensbookillustration #illustration #blackandwhiteart

A digital pen and ink, black and white illustration from the book "Secrets of the Magic Ring," by Karen McQuestion. The illustration shows a boy and a girl sitting on the ground in a forest having a picnic while their dog stands up against the trunk of a tree on the left side of the illustration. A squirrel on one of the tree branches, looks down at the dog. The artist's name, Vincent Desjardins, is in red text in the lower right corner of the illustration.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Genigraphics 100B console in 1982.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Now that the garden has gone to sleep, it's nice to see this colorful photo from July. In the foreground is Monarda punctata (spotted Bee Balm), easy to start from seed and a vigorous, first year bloomer. #nativeplants #beebalm #gardening #nativeplantindiana

A photo of my garden depicting in the foreground, the pagoda-like flower stalk of Monarda punctata also known as Spotted Bee Balm. In the background are the purple and reddish orange blooms of Echinacea and some yellow Black-eyed Susans on the left.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A portfolio piece from a few years back. I think I originally created this for an Illustration Friday prompt which was "Breakfast." #kidlitart #kidlit #orangutans #illustration #art #childrensbookart #breakfast #retroillustration

A retro illustration showing a family of orangutans wearing human clothing in a kitchen having breakfast. A baby orangutan sits in a high chair while another orangutan sits on the floor wearing bunny slippers. He is partially hidden under the white table cloth and is sneaking something off a plate on the table. A tipped over chair is on the green checkered floor in front of him. A male orangutan is eating a bowl of cereal while the mother orangutan is bringing over a tray carrying a pitcher of orange juice. A young female orangutan in a green dress is climbing up a step ladder to fetch something from a yellow wall cabinet.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I have an old dog who is around 15 now. We got her a little over 14 years ago from our local animal shelter and we believe she was 10 to 12 months at that time. Since this past spring, I've been drawing and/or painting her every day in my sketchbook. #kidlit #kidlitart #dogs #dogart #dogsketch

A watercolor sketch of an older dog lying on a green bed. The dog is shades of brown and tan with a white and gray face. She is an older dog and is wearing a white diaper. The sketch is dated in the upper right corner. The date is Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The dog's name is Poppy.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The first snowfall of Autumn called for some baking, so I made these delicious Vegan Apple Cider Doughnuts from the Nora Cooks blog. They are delicious. #vegan #veganfood #noracooks #doughnuts #veganbaking

A white plate with a rim decorated with teal blue circles is piled high with Vegan Apple Cider Doughnuts coated with cinnamon sugar. The plate of doughnuts sits on a brown colored electric stove top. Two coiled burners are seen in the background.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I believe this was something I did for Illustration Friday back in 2010. #kidlit #kidlitart #art #illustration #winter

a retro style illustration showing a male postal worker with a white mustache and wearing a green scarf walking into the wind as snow swirls about him. In one hand he is carrying a small package, in the other hand a letter. He is carrying a mail pouch over his left shoulder and a letter, caught by the wind has blown out of the bag and is flying off unnoticed. A small dog with a blue collar is chasing after the postman. In the background, bare trees are bent by the bitter cold wind. There is snow in the air.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I created a new variation on my Western Nouveau design. This new one features a howling coyote in the central panel and is called Western Coyote Nouveau. It's available for sale now in my Spoonflower shop. #surfacedesign #surfacepattern #artnouveau #illustration www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18...

A repeating surface pattern in an Art Nouveau style with a twist - it uses Western motifs - rattlesnakes, coyotes and cactus created with a palette of pastel southwest colors - pale blues, greens, sage, pinks and ivory

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

An image for a story I illustrated for the Farfaria story app. This one was an update of the old Tortoise and the Hare fable, but set during the Summer Olympics in London in 2012. #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitillustration #illustration #picturebookart #picturebooks

children's book illustration for a story titled "Team Tortoise and Team Hare at the Summer Games." A team of 3 tortoises wearing pastel colored running shoes pose on a lawn wearing the gold medals they have just won. Behind the tortoises stand the losing team of three hares. In the background is a crows of cheering animals, including hippos, lions, rhinos and giraffes.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Here is another new surface pattern I created for an upcoming Spoonflower challenge. This one was created from a scanned watercolor. "Cabincore Fox Woodland" is the name of my design. #surfacedesign #surfacepattern #foxes #illustration #Spoonflower #cabincore www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18...

A watercolor surface pattern depicting two foxes around a towering oak tree. One fox is a black silhouette while the other fox is bright orange. There are 4 crows sitting in the tree while another one flies above. A rabbit hides in the brush below. The colors are in subdued autumn tones of sepia, burgundy, sage and browns. The entire repeats 10 times across the page.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Here's a new surface pattern design I finished today for an upcoming Spoonflower challenge. I call my design "Western Nouveau." #surfacepattern #surfacedesign #illustration #art #westernart #artnouveau www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18...

repeating surface pattern in shades of ivory, blue, sage green and pink depicting a scene from the American west and created using an Art Nouveau style. A pale coral colored rattlesnake acts as a framing device for some of the elements which include a man on horseback, cactus, yucca plants and stars. A landscape scene including a cowboy is the central motif and it is framed by the snake and undulating sage green lines that resemble grass stalks.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Henry Bergh, the subject of "Mercy" by Nancy Furstinger also advocated to improve the conditions of children living in poverty in the 19th century. One of my illustrations for the book published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2016. #kidlit #kidlitart #bookillustration #illustration #art

This digital watercolor depicts a young boy in the 19th century sitting on a wood crate while wearing torn clothes and unlaced boots and holding out a bowl, begging for money while a mangy orange cat sits next to him in this illustration from the book Mercy, the Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA, by Nancy Furstinger and illustrated by Vincent Desjardins

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

One of the illustrations I created for "Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh," by Nancy Furstinger, published in 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This scene shows the poor working conditions of the dogs forced to pull heavy rag carts operated by the ragpicker. #KidLIt #KidLitArt #HenryBergh

digital watercolor illustration of an alleyway in a poor neighborhood in the 19th century where a ragpicker has a muzzled dog harnessed to a cart piled high with rags. Two stray dogs wander through the alley. In the background, a woman in a long dress is beating dust out of a rug, while on a rickety wooden porch, a little girl holds a doll. On another porch, a young boy is looking at one of the stray dogs. Laundry is strung out to dry across the alley.

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A close up of Scutellaria incana (Downy Skullcap) growing in my mostly native front yard garden in Bloomington, Indiana. This photo is from July of 2024. #nativeplants #nativeflowers #gardening #gardeningindiana #nativeplantsindiana

A closeup photograph of the lavender purple flowers and the green leaves of Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) a native plant in my Indiana garden

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A bumble bee on a Verbena hastata flower in my mostly native plant garden in Bloomington, Indiana. Photo taken in July of this year. #nativeplants #gardening #gardeningindiana

A bumble bee collects pollen from a purple Verbena hastata flower which has small blooms at the end of a green spike

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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

My Pink Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) started sending up blooms in September and is still showing its pink, feathery fronds. #nativegrasses #gardening #midwestgardening #bloomingtonindiana

a photo of pink muhly grass with its feathery pink fronds backlit by the setting sun

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