Oisín McGann
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Oisín McGann
@oisinmcgann.bsky.social
Over 30 years in commercial art and more than 20 as a published author – mostly children's and young adult. No hope of ever getting a proper job. Lifelong nerd who's concerned about climate change. No AI data scraping. He/Him. http://oisinmcgann.com/
Thanks John. The First Fire of Halloween is an illustrated children’s novel set in the town in Ireland where the first fires were lit for Samhain. A shape-changing púca awakes in the modern world. On the night when people wander around wearing monster masks, a monster is out wearing a human mask.
December 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Concept artist always struck me as a dream job, though I never ended up trying to get into it. This new trend stinks of something we were very wary of when I worked in advertising. The more finished a visual in a pitch is, the less likely the client is to understand it’s an early stage of the work.
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!)

heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
Claire Hummel's Historical Fashion Reference & Resources - 🟧Heystack
A comprehensive list of historical fashion resources, including patterns, textiles, embroidery and more! - 🟧Heystack
heystacks.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Once again sharing this phenomenal report proposing a £1.5m UK Comics Fund, on top of also being a bangin' evidenced manifesto for comics in general: www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org/CCIC%20DCMS%...
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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It will live forever in my phone.
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM