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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Halloween 🎃 everyone 👻

#halloween #trickortreat #kidlitart 🎨

Lulu the llama dressed as a rhino for Halloween

Lulu the llama dressed as a witch for Halloween

Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · 26d

Thinking long and hard about what I need in order to make my work grow and improve. It is hard to make a change as an artist but I think I need to focus on the art in a new way.

#artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

Some days it is just hard to be creative

Thinking long and hard about what I need in order to make my work grow and improve. It is hard to make a change as an artist but I think I need to focus on the art in a new way.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · 27d

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You shouldn’t be charged more based on who you are

ACTION: Let's ban surveillance pricing!

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Oct 1

auto trace is an amazing timesaver… and also a complete 🤬 !!!! these statements can be true and pain in my 🤬 at the same time … chaos week continues ... how are you all doing?

#illustrator #artist #podcast #art 🎨

screenshot of part of an auto-traced image for a podcast I am working on.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Sep 28

There is increasing evidence that dolphins may have a language. The High Seas Treaty is officially ratified, meaning that two-thirds of the worlds oceans will be protected. Read the good news from this week.

Weekly roundup for September 28th, 2025

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Art & Good News 9-28-2025

There is increasing evidence that dolphins may have a language. The High Seas Treaty is officially ratified, meaning that two-thirds of the worlds oceans will be protected.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Sep 20

Everywhere you look there are art challenges to be found, but does finding those find you work anymore? Is social media really tipping the scale? And what about AI? This article is mostly me thinking through what is really best for me as an artist. 🤔

#artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

Inktober is coming, is it still worth it?

Everywhere you look there are art challenges to be found, but does finding those find you work anymore?

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Sep 13

Bluey is not just entertaining, but also teaches resilience. Great Britain is showing the world how to have safer roads and fewer traffic fatalities. Read the good news from this week.

Weekly roundup for September 13th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Art & Good News 9-13-2025

Bluey is not just entertaining, but also teaches resilience. Great Britain is showing the world how to have safer roads and fewer traffic fatalities.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Reemergence of pay phones. Green hydrogen may be on the horizon as a fuel source. Restoring reefs with discarded oysters.

#GoodNews #Illustration #ArtShare @hireillo.com @iconfactory.com #editorialillustration 🎨

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Lulu the Llama is wearing a lab coat and holding an
Erlenmeyer flask with a green liquid in it. Text: "Chemistry
is fun"

Gigi the giraffe is standing outside a building on a pay
phone, making a call. Text: "Mom, can you come get me?"

Gigi the giraffe is scuba diving in a reef. There is an orange
fish looking at her.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Reemergence of pay phones as a solution to spotty rural cellular coverage. Circular and green hydrogen may be on the horizon as a fuel source. Restoring reefs with discarded oysters.

Weekly roundup for August 31st, 2025 with art and uplifting stories.

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Art & Good News 8-31-2025

The Reemergence of pay phones. Circular and green hydrogen. Restoring reefs with discarded oysters.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wow it’s so great to be amongst such talented illustrators!!!

#illustrators #artist 🎨

Hireillo - Hire an Illustrator @hireillo.com · Aug 20

Take a peek at our latest newsletter! RSPB, Nike Run and Swedish Police Magazine! 🐦🏃‍♂️🚔

➡️ www.hireillo.com/RAf

Art by Vicky Scott · Nils-Petter Ekwall · Matt Curtis · @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Arthur Bowling · Andy Smith · Mark Reihill 👋

A collage featuring a medal, Swedish police, a steampunk style robot and soldiers, a children's book cover, a cartoon seal with a magnifying glass, and a black-and-white illustration of a tiger.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Aug 16

Vultures are returning and reviving ecosystems in Bulgaria. Growing Ancient and strong trees to help our climate crisis. Need to recycle derelict ocean fishing gear, one Omaha company has got you covered. Read the good news from this week.

#GoodNews #Illustration #editorialillustration #cartoon 🎨

Art & Good News 8-16-2025

Weekly roundup for August 16th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories.

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Hireillo - Hire an Illustrator @hireillo.com · Aug 15

#FollowFriday #FF · @christinawald.com @rachelperciphone.bsky.social @alistaps.bsky.social @tomparsonsart.bsky.social @carolynsehgal.bsky.social @emclelland.bsky.social @splinteredshard.bsky.social @raid71.bsky.social @zoeranucci.bsky.social · Have a great weekend people! 😎✌️❤️✏️ #HireAnIllustrator

A collage of nine diverse illustrated artworks, each credited to a different artist, showcasing various styles and subjects from animals to cityscapes and fantasy themes.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Aug 9

Gigi is going to be a superhero. And just like Clark Kent, it doesn’t take much to make the switch. However, Lulu is very confused about why.

#artshare #comic #cartoon #comicstrip #illustrator 🎨

Gigi & Lulu: The Superhero

I just saw Gigi a minute ago, wasn’t she in that phone booth 😉?

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Aug 6

I have multiple alternatives that I use. Linea sketch, procreate, and the affinity creative suite. I do lots of client ad work as well as my art and have never had complaints

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Aug 5

I might actually have a new cartoon this week … it is only Tuesday though so plenty of time to get derailed 🤣

#comic #cartoon #illustration #artist 🎨

A red super hero cape flowing in the wind. typewriter text reads "The Superhero"

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Aug 2

What your breath says about you. A city takes a huge step to eliminating plastic cups. Solar panels on a railroad? Read the good news from this week.

Weekly roundup for August 2nd, 2025 with art and uplifting stories

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Art & Good News 8-2-2025

Weekly roundup for August 2nd, 2025 with art and uplifting stories.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jul 19

Plastic that dissolves in seawater. Teaching empathy to kids reinforces positive outcomes. Crossbreeding corals to save reefs. Read the good news from this week.

Weekly roundup for July 19th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Art & Good News 7-19-2025

Weekly roundup for July 19th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jul 12

It is hard to make a living as an artist, so how do you diversify, and is the push to do so something I should be forcing? I am thinking through how to keep my creative practice sustainable.

#artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨

To Diversify, or not to Diversify?

An artists thought process on making a change...

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jul 7

Taxing tourists to fund climate resilience. Beekeeping as a mental heath aid. Closing coal power plants. Read the good news from this week.

Weekly roundup with art and uplifting stories

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare #EditorialArt 🎨

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Art & Good News 7-5-2025

Weekly roundup for July 5th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jul 6

I finally finished a mobile I was making for my cousin who had a baby recently!!! This was well overdue but I am glad to say my new baby cousin loved it!!!😍

#crochet #babyshowergift #camping 🎨 #art

Patterns from: Mary’s yarn basket on Etsy

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jul 5

Taxing tourists to fund climate resilience. Beekeeping as a mental heath aid. Closing coal power plants. Read the good news from this week.

Weekly roundup for July 5th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare #EditorialArt 🎨

Art & Good News 7-5-2025

Weekly roundup for July 5th, 2025 with art and uplifting stories.

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jul 3

I love this case … great design and it is good for the planet

#ecofriendly #pelacase #compostable

Pelacase phone cover blue with colorful manatees drawn on it

Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jun 29

Spent yesterday sketching for Expecto Podtronum coloring pages while around chicago. I didn’t have a paper sketchbook with me so I used Linea Sketch and a stylus I had handy. Apple needs to make a pencil for iPhone.

#artist #illustrator #coloringpages #lineasketch #chicago #podcasting #patreon 🎨

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jun 28

This week the world got away from me. So I am sharing what I did accomplish 😊.

#artshare #FailingCreatively #illustrator 🎨 #crochet

Teaching art can be tricky…

Especially when it is crochet

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Carolyn @carolynsehgal.bsky.social · Jun 21

Europe is mining gold from our old devices. Sand is for more than just sand castles. Regenerative farming cows getting their own water has turned around Oklahoma’s rivers and streams. Read the good news from this week.

#GoodNews #Art #Illustration #ArtShare 🎨

Art & Good News 6-21-2025

Weekly roundup for June 21st 2025 with art and uplifting stories.

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