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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hello #PortfolioDay
I am John Lee, I'm an illustrator, and I am exhausted

Drawing has taken me around the world, it's how I make money, and it's how I'm living my life

site here: johnleedraws.com
ig here: instagram.com/johnleedraws

thank you 😇

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 1d

🤟🔥Akuryo Taisan🔥🤟

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 1d

🤟🔥Akuryo Taisan🔥🤟

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 3d

I published two pieces on women in China this week! First, a review essay @chinabooksreview.com on two Fang Fang novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame (tr. Michael Berry). Gendered oppression has persisted during the socialist period and capitalist reforms, despite the CCP's promise of liberation.

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

chinabooksreview.com

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Odera Igbokwe @odera.bsky.social · Sep 4

hmmm....do I miss doing book and comic cover illustrations???

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 7d

The light and color in this goes extremely hard

John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 7d

let it not be said that I don't have the capacity to learn

John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 7d

I am meeting my zoomer students where they're at, I am recording vid crits of their work instead of spending hours writing them

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations

abcnews.go.com

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 8d

🥮🌙中秋节快乐🌙🥮

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 11d

Luxury mooncake sets are the epitome of my cognitive dissonance around what I thought China was like growing up, and the reality of today

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Diana Nguyễn @diananguyenart.bsky.social · 11d

Again, selling some illustrations! Most of these illustrations are priced down and ranging from $50-100. I loved making every single one of these drawings and would love to see them in a new loving home ❤️

Diana Nguyễn @diananguyenart.bsky.social · 13d

Just a few drawings I have available for sale on my ko-fi if you're looking for some art or ways to support artists especially as the holiday season approaches! <3 ko-fi.com/diananguyen/...

Coloured pencil drawing of an edgy shoulder length haired woman sitting on a rock in the middle of the forest looking out pensively.

6 panelled ink drawing of a girl getting ready

an ink drawing showing the back of a girl who's underwater. She is surrounded by fish and seaweed.

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 13d

entire gov shuts down bc they're arguing over ripping away my shitty insurance plan

John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 13d

this was too much to ask apparently

John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 29d

bro I just want healthcare and a roof over my head

Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 29d

Stephen Miller just says it:
“The power of law enforcement, under President Trump’s leadership, will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and, if you’ve broken the law, to take away your freedom.”

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 13d

Zohran for Illustrators Confirmed

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI.

Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo driving a train.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo working on the outside of a building.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 14d

Why is there infinite money to do the worst possible things in infinitely worse ways and absolutely nothing for all my artists and teachers

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columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 16d

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 17d

just like...why the snark

John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 18d

student: are we covering x?
prof: I don't have it in specifically, but it is really great isn't it? What do you like about it?
student: <info dump, excitedness>
prof: that's awesome, and it does tie into something we are covering, which is...(etc. etc.)

Is that so hard

Boo! Boo! Spoooooky Robo @gogoandyrobo.bsky.social · 18d

One of my favorite tweets ever

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 20d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · 21d

Labu Labu

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columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 21d

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC AA C-32 @joviellety.bsky.social · 22d

💖 Hi~ I've recently been hired as Illustration & Creative Lead at The Story Division, helping publishers with graphic novel projects. I'm currently updating our artist database & looking for a wider range of art styles.

Cartoonists: post sequentials, website, availability below. No DMs/emails plz!

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