Tostoini
@tostoini.it
Illustrator with a soft spot for odd creatures, graphic recorder, friend of manatees, anthropologist, ND. I wrote&illustrated Fossili Viventi published by Aboca Kids. She/her www.tostoini.it
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Tostoini
@tostoini.it
· May 12
Insomma: il Libro Nuovo si intitola Fossili Viventi, esce per Aboca Kids in anteprima al Salone del Libro di Torino il 19 maggio e in libreria dal 30 maggio. Ci sono dentro storie di creature peculiari dal passato e presente del pianeta.
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Yes! Visuals are part of the communication. Treating them as ignorable decoration completely misses the point and it’s not how they’re received by an audience
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yes! Visuals are part of the communication. Treating them as ignorable decoration completely misses the point and it’s not how they’re received by an audience
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ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to be buried with baffling grave goods
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to be buried with baffling grave goods
(Sharing this with the #sciart crowd becase in all this silliness there are a least two bits of real information about manatees: why mermaid manatees should have seashells armpit bras, and what if a manatee could wear a halloween skeleton onesie)
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
(Sharing this with the #sciart crowd becase in all this silliness there are a least two bits of real information about manatees: why mermaid manatees should have seashells armpit bras, and what if a manatee could wear a halloween skeleton onesie)
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AHHH! CAT!
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
AHHH! CAT!
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
The new Lamentino calendar is here and the theme for 2026 is: TOUGH WORLD, SOFT MANATEES. These days, staying soft is 100% an act of active resistance.
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The new Lamentino calendar is here and the theme for 2026 is: TOUGH WORLD, SOFT MANATEES. These days, staying soft is 100% an act of active resistance.
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Ten years ago, I was in the first edition of Uno Sguardo in Mostra for USN Expo with an illustration dedicated to But I'm a Cheerleader. Ten years later, I chose a new movie for a variant poster of a classic of queer cinema: Everything Everywhere All At Once, a movie close to my heart (and my brain)
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ten years ago, I was in the first edition of Uno Sguardo in Mostra for USN Expo with an illustration dedicated to But I'm a Cheerleader. Ten years later, I chose a new movie for a variant poster of a classic of queer cinema: Everything Everywhere All At Once, a movie close to my heart (and my brain)
🪱 Who, me? NAH, I'm just a worm. 🪱
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🪱 Who, me? NAH, I'm just a worm. 🪱
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Over the Garden Wall Reanimated premieres tomorrow 🎃
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Over the Garden Wall Reanimated premieres tomorrow 🎃
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The etymology of ‘turtle’ is interesting as shell.
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The etymology of ‘turtle’ is interesting as shell.
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
Today in the the letterbox I found the issue #3 of Versanti Magazine. I've illustrated "Climbing the Hill and Descending the Mountain" an article by Tommaso Ciuffoletti, a story that begins in Wales and ends in Ecuador, with everything in between.
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today in the the letterbox I found the issue #3 of Versanti Magazine. I've illustrated "Climbing the Hill and Descending the Mountain" an article by Tommaso Ciuffoletti, a story that begins in Wales and ends in Ecuador, with everything in between.
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Dipingere i premi Nobel per lavoro
Dipingere i premi Nobel per lavoro
Dal 2012 Niklas Elmehed è una delle prime persone a sapere a chi vengono assegnati, e i suoi ritratti fanno il giro del mondo
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October 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Dipingere i premi Nobel per lavoro
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MACROFAUNA! MACROFAUNA!! MACROFAUNAAAAA
Prehistoric Planet Ice Age out later this year... such a thrill to put this series together, oh my goodness are you in for a treat :) Hopefully news on events and publicity coming soon! Sloths, cats, rhinos, glyptodonts AND SOOOO MUCH MORE!!
September 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
MACROFAUNA! MACROFAUNA!! MACROFAUNAAAAA
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This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
This idiom is so odd. I have so many feelings any given day, the idea of eating them sounds so appealing: bitter feelings and sweet feelings and umami feelings and salty feelings and sour feelings, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? (And why I feel it just another way of policing other people's food intake?)
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This idiom is so odd. I have so many feelings any given day, the idea of eating them sounds so appealing: bitter feelings and sweet feelings and umami feelings and salty feelings and sour feelings, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? (And why I feel it just another way of policing other people's food intake?)
I guess it's not that big of a surprise that I'm a big Moomin fan: I love Jansson way of to see the transcendent and magical in the natural world, the weird, the goofy, the softness that can just as easily shift to the mischievous, alien, unknowable.
September 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I guess it's not that big of a surprise that I'm a big Moomin fan: I love Jansson way of to see the transcendent and magical in the natural world, the weird, the goofy, the softness that can just as easily shift to the mischievous, alien, unknowable.
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Similar to early Twitter, on Bluesky you’ll learn about breaking news before all your friends, BUT here it’s delivered as a series of unsolvable riddles peppered with beautifully rendered fan art.✨
August 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Similar to early Twitter, on Bluesky you’ll learn about breaking news before all your friends, BUT here it’s delivered as a series of unsolvable riddles peppered with beautifully rendered fan art.✨
The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is a small bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. In 2015 the Palestinian Authority adopted the species as a national bird.
From every river. To every sea. 🍉
#globalsumudflotilla #cinnyrisosea #palestiniansunbird #sciart
From every river. To every sea. 🍉
#globalsumudflotilla #cinnyrisosea #palestiniansunbird #sciart
September 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is a small bird of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae. In 2015 the Palestinian Authority adopted the species as a national bird.
From every river. To every sea. 🍉
#globalsumudflotilla #cinnyrisosea #palestiniansunbird #sciart
From every river. To every sea. 🍉
#globalsumudflotilla #cinnyrisosea #palestiniansunbird #sciart
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“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
August 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Amicə di Roma! Accorri domani alla chiacchiera sui Fossili Viventi all'Estate al Torrione! il 30 luglio Alle 19.30! Abbiamo le bestie assurde per niente estinte! Abbiamo Carola Moscatelli e Francesco Graziosi!
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Amicə di Roma! Accorri domani alla chiacchiera sui Fossili Viventi all'Estate al Torrione! il 30 luglio Alle 19.30! Abbiamo le bestie assurde per niente estinte! Abbiamo Carola Moscatelli e Francesco Graziosi!