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Henn Cisne
@hennbird.bsky.social
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H. Cisneros «« they »»
Artist // Teacher // Creature
Zines ~ Yeens ~ Things
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I'm making a Terence McKenna x Art Bell fanzine. 👽🍄 I had a lot of feelings after listening to their 1997-2000 interviews. The pics of them in the 60's are a hoot bc you'd never guess they'd be pals 30 years later.
#terencemckenna #artbell #coasttocoast #coasttocoastam #drawing #sketchbook #artsky
August 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Portraits of my mother's dogs, Twiggy and Ziggy. Twigs passed in 2022, age 16, and Zig passed earlier this month, age 18. They were her best buddies. Because of her, they lived long, happy lives. We miss them very much. #dogs #petportrait #portrait #art #drawing #artsky #chihuahua #gooddogs
Portrait of a Chihuahua-mix breed dog, named Twiggy. Drawing made with graphite, charcoal, and color pencils. Portrait of a Chihuahua-mix breed dog, named Ziggy. Drawing made with graphite, charcoal, and color pencils.
June 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Sleepless at 4:30 am. In a few hours, I will have surgery, and a new baby. Here's a linocut I was working on before I ran out of time-- the joy and madness of having two puppies tugging on me. We are mammals alchemical. #printmaking #linocut #artsky #parenthood #birth #anthro #werewolf #nightbitch
Partly-carved linoleum block with a drawing of an adult anthropomorphic canid and two wolf-eared children. The youngest child dangles from one breast, while the older child plucks the nipple of the other breast from under the adult's armpit. Closeup of semi-carved linoleum block with drawing of a somewhat crazed anthro canid-mother, whose breasts are being accosted by two greedy pups.
May 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Current mood: tired mama yeen. Only three weeks until pup #2 arrives. Plastic nib micron on sketch paper. Photo ref from @hourlyyeen.bsky.social
#hourly #yeen #hyena #mama #pen #ink #drawing #animal #sketchbook #art #artsky
Pen drawing of a tired-looking adult spotted hyena laying on their side in the dirt. Two pups stand behind the adult's flank, regarding each other with expressive eyes. Gesture sketches of shrubs fill the background.
May 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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« Wolf Mother at the Eschaton »
2025. Micron pen on bristol paper. I shall cast away evil with fang and spine. I shall nourish my children with this soft white underbelly.
#pen #ink #drawing #art #surreal #surrealism #wolf #shewolf #eschaton #apocalypse
Black pen drawing on white paper. A she-wolf nurses two male human children. A crescent of glowing milk surrounds them. The she-wolf bites a sinister hand as a tear falls from her fearsome eye. Another evil hand is skewered by her sword-like tail. Above them are the flames of apocalypse spewed from fanged mouths. A nuclear warhead and inverted tower hang above the scene, not unlike the wolf's pendulous teats. In the above center, the eye of chaos oversees the reign of evil, radiating black arrows. One arrow skewers two white doves, while an enraged raven claws at another.
May 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Watercolor blob-based drawings with microns and white gel pen. #micron #pigma #drawing #creatures #pendrawing #ink #art
Four figurative pen drawings over different colored abstract watercolor blobs. Green elephant orb (top left), shy fluffy youkai (top right), winged yellow Labrador pup (bottom left), and blue inverted child in foetal position with anime hair (bottom right)
May 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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My new zine « Awoomon II » is now available at @wastedinkdistro.bsky.social . It's about alchemy, old gods, breastfeeding, and apocalyptic anxiety. Parent/child drawings, poems, and other words. PDF download coming soon. #zine #zines #nonbinary #alchemy #parenthood #art #poetry #pagan #awoomon
May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Yeens in graphite, sanguine, and white charcoal. Photo ref courtesy of @hourlyyeen.bsky.social #hourly #yeen #hyena #animal #drawing #charcoal
Drawing of a hyena pup nuzzling a reclining adult hyena (probably their parent). It is a graphite drawing on warm toned paper, with additions of sanguine chalk for color and white charcoal pencil for highlights. Artist's signature bottom left corner, dated 2025. Photo of a drawing in-progress of two hyenas. Desk is also shown with brown and white pastel sticks and a printed photo reference.
May 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Stipple mandala, with a combination of acrylic and alcohol inks. Very yonic. I have wanted to try this since I saw some of James Cawthorn's colored ink drawings. I can't decide which ink I prefer, though I may stick with acrylics simply because they're familiar. #ink #inkdrawing #mandala #stippling
Pen drawing of a geometric mandala-like shape, colored with alcohol and acrylic inks. Yellow, green, magenta, red, and blue. Pen stippling technique is used to create value and texture.
April 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Color pencil demos for class today. Used some soft pastels in the teacup. I love discovering which unexpected colors I can layer into them to create depth and vibrance. #colorpencil #drawing #stilllife #artteacher #artclass
Color pencil drawing of a (fake) green apple. Layers of grass green, olive green, orange, sienna, and powder blue. Color pencil and soft pastel drawing of a small glass teacup. While actually gray-brown, the artist layered violet, orange, and green to make the shadows more vibrant.
April 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Stipple mandala demo for class. Idk what worm ate my brain, but it sure loves tiny dots now. #stippling #dots #micron #pen
A geometric, symmetrical mandala-like pen design with overlapping stenciled shapes. Shading is added with stippling (tiny dots) throughout.
April 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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My partner had to move to a desk without windows at his work, so I painted his old view in gouache. It now adorns his cubicle. I added the page on the right because our son needed to make sure we could see "Papa's bridge." #painting #gouache #landscape
A gouache painting (similar to watercolor) of a rocky designed landscape featuring an assortment of desert-thriving trees. A bridge cuts diagonally across the rocky wash on the right, connecting a path to the sidewalk along the street. Artist's signature at the bottom: H. Cisneros 2025
April 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Calligraphy practice using a broad pen nib and India ink. This is the first time I have enjoyed my attempts -- thanks to "Left Handed Calligraphy" (1991) by Vance Studley (great name btw), which is a helpful illustrated guide for everyone, even non-leftys. #calligraphy #handwriting #ink
A piece of paper with various samples of calligraphy script written on it in different angles: "What the F***k" "Absolute Nonsense" "The weird and wonderful world wide web says Eat your vegetables" "Enter the Matrix" "Aliens are real!"
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Critters in Acrylic // art class demos. I've been getting faster with each one, breaking the process down into fewer steps. The chameleon was the most challenging, but the lovebirds are my favorite so far. #artclass #artteacher #painting #animals
Acrylic painting of a sea turtle swimming over a bed of seagrass. The artist's palette is visible on the right-hand side. Acrylic painting of a blue and red panther chameleon on a black background. The artist's palette is visible on the right hand side. Acrylic painting of a pair of rosy-faced lovebirds nested in a saguaro cactus. One lovebird has a seed in their beak and appears to be offering it to their mate. Acrylic painting of a seated husky dog, facing forward on a light blue background. The dog is wearing a chain collar and is panting with its mouth open.
April 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Yeens. #hourly #yeen @hourlyyeen.bsky.social
A sketchbook page with drawings of eight hyenas of various species and poses, based on photo references.
April 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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A good day for a boy and some birds. #desert #birds
Great Egret Rock wren A little boy running on a desert trail Red-tailed hawk in flight
March 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I don't know what to call his one, but as the baby kicks more every day, I am closer to this feeling. #artshare #micron #awoomon
Liner pen drawing of a woman with a wolf's head, looking distressed with her tongue sticking out. She is holding an infant to her breast, his legs dangling while he suckles. An older infant stands behind her, coyly tugging her other nipple from beneath her armpit.
March 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Human Artists, use only one piece of art to convince people to follow you. 🐺🔥 [ #artshare ]
Pen drawing of a she-wolf nursing two infant boys. Her fur is like armor against an onslaught of apocalyptic agents: twin flames of hatred, confusion of babel, a nuclear warhead with a serpent's face, and the piercing gaze of the eye of chaos. Babel, warhead, and the eye are visual parallels to the wolf's three visible teats. The she-wolf bites a mangled finger of a monstrous skeletal hand, while her tail pierces the palm of another. Above her, two doves are pierced and scorched by the apocalypse, while an enraged raven grapples the chaos with its talons. The wolf's children suckle an abundance of milk from two of her teats. A third teat in the center drips milk into a glowing crescent pool flanked by magical stars. There is hope for the future of humanity, but only if it is nourished and fiercely protected.
March 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A little awoo
From me to you
#pinkeraser #stamp #wolf #awoo
Sketchbook paper with multiple stamped images of a little wolf saying 'awoo' in different colors. The hand-carved pink eraser stamp is shown in the bottom right.
February 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Some #aesthetic color pencil studies from my Color Theory and Arts In Service: Drawing classes.
#colorpencil #artclass
Photo of an art class still-life. A glass vase sits atop a transparent cube, next to a hexagonal prism. The scene is lit by red, blue, and green lamps. A color pencil drawing of a glass vase lit by red, green, and blue lamps. Top-down photo of a still-life arrangement: a white arch and a white tombstone-shaped foam block. They are lit by red, green, and blue lamps. Each shape casts three differently colored shadows. Color pencil drawing of the previous still life photo: an arch shape and a tombstone shape lit by red, green, and blue lamps.
February 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Paint Date Nite for We Serve Too! at Mesa Art Center. Always a pleasure teaching art to veterans and their family members. 💞
Painted diptych of a coastal tropical sunset. Palm trees and two theropod dinosaurs are silhouetted in the foreground. A group of adults and their partners seated at easels, painting their own romantic sunset scenes. A seated couple painting a beach sunset together.
February 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Work in progress for Phoenix Rotary 100's "Take Flight" charity event. I missed painting in oils, they look so delicious.
Oil painting of pomegranates and hibiscus flowers on a butterfly shaped metal surface Painter's palette with alizarin crimson, quinacridone magenta, cadmium yellow, viridian, burnt umber, and mixtures thereof.
January 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM