michelle dao 🍓 illustrator
@michelledaoart.bsky.social
(she/her) 🇨🇦🇻🇳 illustrator + bg painter by day, fried chicken eating cat by night 🌙
www.michelledaoart.com
www.michelledaoart.com
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Hi! I'm Michelle (she/her) 😊 I thought it would be appropriate to do a little intro. I'm a Viet-Canadian illustrator who also works in animation💖
I'm interested in illustrating children's books and working in BG paint!
💼http://michelledaoart.com
📷http://instagram.com/michelledaoart/
I'm interested in illustrating children's books and working in BG paint!
💼http://michelledaoart.com
📷http://instagram.com/michelledaoart/
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my animation group chat is white-knuckling though this nightmare bullshit
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
my animation group chat is white-knuckling though this nightmare bullshit
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
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We are not complaining because we are afraid of it, we are complaining because it looks like dogshit and it's everywhere!
This is as polite as I can be about AI 😭
This is as polite as I can be about AI 😭
Another quote from Coca-Cola's Head of Generative-AI:
“The haters on the Internet are the loudest. A lot of the people complaining last year were from the creative industry who were just afraid"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
“The haters on the Internet are the loudest. A lot of the people complaining last year were from the creative industry who were just afraid"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We are not complaining because we are afraid of it, we are complaining because it looks like dogshit and it's everywhere!
This is as polite as I can be about AI 😭
This is as polite as I can be about AI 😭
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New next week is release of 2nd "Joshua Learns from the Land" book from @highwaterpress.bsky.social by Tyna Legault Taylor & illus by @michelledaoart.bsky.social. KOKUM, ARE THESE MOOSE TRACKS? #seasons #Indigenoustraditions #Indigenouslanguages canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/koku...
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New next week is release of 2nd "Joshua Learns from the Land" book from @highwaterpress.bsky.social by Tyna Legault Taylor & illus by @michelledaoart.bsky.social. KOKUM, ARE THESE MOOSE TRACKS? #seasons #Indigenoustraditions #Indigenouslanguages canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/koku...
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Gosh...the past year really makes me feel I should pivot to a whole different career.
a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
ALT: a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
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October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Gosh...the past year really makes me feel I should pivot to a whole different career.
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Trump to generals: "Canada called me a couple weeks ago. They want to be a part of it. To which I said, 'Well, why don't you just join our country. Become the 51st state. And you get it for free!' So I don't know if that made a big impact but it does make a lot of sense."
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Bring back 20-24 episode seasons of TV.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Bring back 20-24 episode seasons of TV.
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living through cringe-ass v for vendetta plotline is weird
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
living through cringe-ass v for vendetta plotline is weird
The new Procreate brushes are just 🤌✨
September 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The new Procreate brushes are just 🤌✨
One more "generative AI" in a job description and I'll combust.
August 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One more "generative AI" in a job description and I'll combust.
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AI art does not exist. It is an oxymoron.
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
AI art does not exist. It is an oxymoron.
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this kicks ass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
this kicks ass
So excited to announce that I'll be illustrating "My Thali Is a Symphony" by Anita Yasuda 🌟It's set to come out in Spring 2027 🌈🌿
I'm so honored to be working on such an amazing and important story. Thank you to everyone at @kidscanpress.bsky.social and Anita Yasuda for this wonderful opportunity 🌟
I'm so honored to be working on such an amazing and important story. Thank you to everyone at @kidscanpress.bsky.social and Anita Yasuda for this wonderful opportunity 🌟
May 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So excited to announce that I'll be illustrating "My Thali Is a Symphony" by Anita Yasuda 🌟It's set to come out in Spring 2027 🌈🌿
I'm so honored to be working on such an amazing and important story. Thank you to everyone at @kidscanpress.bsky.social and Anita Yasuda for this wonderful opportunity 🌟
I'm so honored to be working on such an amazing and important story. Thank you to everyone at @kidscanpress.bsky.social and Anita Yasuda for this wonderful opportunity 🌟
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New #picturebook re seasons w lovely Indigenous perspective (& multilingual w English & some Swampy Cree & Ojibwe) is DAD, IS IT TIME TO GATHER MINT? by Tyna Legault Taylor & illus by @michelledaoart.bsky.social from @highwaterpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/05/dad-...
May 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New #picturebook re seasons w lovely Indigenous perspective (& multilingual w English & some Swampy Cree & Ojibwe) is DAD, IS IT TIME TO GATHER MINT? by Tyna Legault Taylor & illus by @michelledaoart.bsky.social from @highwaterpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/05/dad-...
Does anyone have recommendations for iPad stands and other accessories they use while illustrating?
February 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Does anyone have recommendations for iPad stands and other accessories they use while illustrating?
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My new #picturebook is OUT! 😊✨
Written by Dr. Aruna Shekar, it's a story about Benji looking for his favourite toy bone and Ria helping him out. 🐶
More art: www.aishwaryatandon.com/where-is-ben...
#kidlit #kidlitart #PB ✏️💛
Written by Dr. Aruna Shekar, it's a story about Benji looking for his favourite toy bone and Ria helping him out. 🐶
More art: www.aishwaryatandon.com/where-is-ben...
#kidlit #kidlitart #PB ✏️💛
February 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My new #picturebook is OUT! 😊✨
Written by Dr. Aruna Shekar, it's a story about Benji looking for his favourite toy bone and Ria helping him out. 🐶
More art: www.aishwaryatandon.com/where-is-ben...
#kidlit #kidlitart #PB ✏️💛
Written by Dr. Aruna Shekar, it's a story about Benji looking for his favourite toy bone and Ria helping him out. 🐶
More art: www.aishwaryatandon.com/where-is-ben...
#kidlit #kidlitart #PB ✏️💛
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ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
January 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
Wow..it's really been a year already of no full-time job 😮💨 in addition to *waves hands around* all of this.
a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " it 's fine "
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " it 's fine "
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January 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Wow..it's really been a year already of no full-time job 😮💨 in addition to *waves hands around* all of this.
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Respectfully & from the bottom of my heart, if you think anything in the world could justify this, you’re a monster or an idiot or some impressive combination of both.
Razed to dust, this is what Israel's apocalyptic erasure of Northern Gaza looks like. Palestinians are "returning" to nuclear-scale desolation.
January 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Respectfully & from the bottom of my heart, if you think anything in the world could justify this, you’re a monster or an idiot or some impressive combination of both.
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Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid
L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders
These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...
bit.ly
January 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid
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January 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Multiple companies are discontinuing their blu ray and 4K players.
In addition to the obvious, devastating implications for film preservation, it illustrates once again that the ultra-rich will not be happy until everything in our lives is subscription-based. A landlord for every need.
In addition to the obvious, devastating implications for film preservation, it illustrates once again that the ultra-rich will not be happy until everything in our lives is subscription-based. A landlord for every need.
December 26, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Multiple companies are discontinuing their blu ray and 4K players.
In addition to the obvious, devastating implications for film preservation, it illustrates once again that the ultra-rich will not be happy until everything in our lives is subscription-based. A landlord for every need.
In addition to the obvious, devastating implications for film preservation, it illustrates once again that the ultra-rich will not be happy until everything in our lives is subscription-based. A landlord for every need.