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I'm a health&care advocacy designer and artist.

My current project is
@illmarks . I began utilizing body mapping art to log my symptoms, but then expanded the practice to include emotional, systemic, and interpersonal aspects of disability.

I most recently partnered with the University of Washington’s School of Nursing as part of a study on healthcare equity and community tools. I taught a virtual workshop to fellow disabled community members on using symptom mapping art to validate their bodily experiences, which was immensely rewarding.

I hope to expand how I can apply my creativity and help my communities, and would love to collaborate!

(The thing I most miss about my work from before I got more disabled and can no longer work full time is interpersonal collaboration, so I'm slowly trying to bring more collaborations back into my life.)

Please reach out:
illmarks@nyxmir.com

#Portfolio #Healthcare #DisabilityArt #MedicalArt #SciArt #SciComms #PublicHealth

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Three art images, manila vintage-looking anatomical bookmarks printed with the outline of a human and a memo section. Each is adorned in ink in different ways, turning them into unique art pieces.

1st: the human in the center of the bookmark has a scratchy black & red shimmer ink etched brain, mouth (frown) esophagus and GI system. Their head is darkness resembling a brain, poking into it are thin spikes of red. diagonally behind them, and wrapping around parts of their limbs are water textures which almost look like smoke, or tendrils, or tangles of something impossible to escape. they're beautifully colored but there's just a certain something in how they wrap around so very much of the body so deftly and... dangerously?

2nd: human is composed of dripping dark green ooze & negative space. they have a bit of ooze for head, a face of concern/pain, & an emptiness where their heart should be. the ooze continues down their body asymmetrically. the background of is smudged horizontal stripes of green yellow brown like the world is moving past the figure much faster in an unfathomable blur, while they are taking one tiny, ever so slow step we can barely perceive -- if we squeeze our eyes, perhaps their left foot is lifted slightly and their left arm is bent, right arm is back further?

3rd: Anatomical heart & brain turn into twisting, undulating, VIBRANT textures, magenta turning sickly green at the limbs, gold shimmer, w/ liquid, blood-pooling details like water and bubbles. — Three art images, manila vintage-looking anatomical bookmarks printed with the outline of a human and a memo section. Each is adorned in ink in different ways, turning them into unique art pieces. 1st: the human in the center of the bookmark has a scratchy black & red shimmer ink etched brain, mouth (frown) esophagus and GI system. Their head is darkness resembling a brain, poking into it are thin spikes of red. diagonally behind them, and wrapping around parts of their limbs are water textures which almost look like smoke, or tendrils, or tangles of something impossible to escape. they're beautifully colored but there's just a certain something in how they wrap around so very much of the body so deftly and... dangerously? 2nd: human is composed of dripping dark green ooze & negative space. they have a bit of ooze for head, a face of concern/pain, & an emptiness where their heart should be. the ooze continues down their body asymmetrically. the background of is smudged horizontal stripes of green yellow brown like the world is moving past the figure much faster in an unfathomable blur, while they are taking one tiny, ever so slow step we can barely perceive -- if we squeeze our eyes, perhaps their left foot is lifted slightly and their left arm is bent, right arm is back further? 3rd: Anatomical heart & brain turn into twisting, undulating, VIBRANT textures, magenta turning sickly green at the limbs, gold shimmer, w/ liquid, blood-pooling details like water and bubbles.

3 images, captioned: Emotional, Systemic, & Interpersonal Chronic Illness Art

1st: Cyan shows closed eyes w/ a tear. The figure's side of face, shoulders, & running down one arm are swirling, dripping liquid patterns, turning into droplets falling from the hand. On the other side of the body, & up the legs are more water patterns, turning into a pool of ooze that covers the lower legs & feet. There is a dotted outline of a human figure printed on the manila bookmark, the ooze and eyes with tear are the only rendered pieces of the artwork. In the memo section at the top of the bookmark is "Symptom: grief"

2nd: figure is covered in a sheet with eyes like a sheet ghost. They also wear a respirator face mask. Surrounding them are dozens of laughing & happy people, all with their mouths open in almost grotesque smiles.They're drinking, waving flags, hiking, exercising, talking with each other, eating popcorn, waving. there are small drawings of viruses peppered in amongst the people & objects, which include airplanes, xmas stockings. Hidden amongst this jumble under the feet of the figure is the phrase in quotes "Post-Covid".

3rd: Human is rendered abstractly from a bunch of slightly slanted vertical lines. So many lines, of varying lengths, bearing down on the figure. Or rising up from the figure. Within those lines, starting at the rough mouth-area, & continuing downward are 5 triangular shapes, outlined in a teal ink with gold shimmer, marked with an "s" in reflective ink. — 3 images, captioned: Emotional, Systemic, & Interpersonal Chronic Illness Art 1st: Cyan shows closed eyes w/ a tear. The figure's side of face, shoulders, & running down one arm are swirling, dripping liquid patterns, turning into droplets falling from the hand. On the other side of the body, & up the legs are more water patterns, turning into a pool of ooze that covers the lower legs & feet. There is a dotted outline of a human figure printed on the manila bookmark, the ooze and eyes with tear are the only rendered pieces of the artwork. In the memo section at the top of the bookmark is "Symptom: grief" 2nd: figure is covered in a sheet with eyes like a sheet ghost. They also wear a respirator face mask. Surrounding them are dozens of laughing & happy people, all with their mouths open in almost grotesque smiles.They're drinking, waving flags, hiking, exercising, talking with each other, eating popcorn, waving. there are small drawings of viruses peppered in amongst the people & objects, which include airplanes, xmas stockings. Hidden amongst this jumble under the feet of the figure is the phrase in quotes "Post-Covid". 3rd: Human is rendered abstractly from a bunch of slightly slanted vertical lines. So many lines, of varying lengths, bearing down on the figure. Or rising up from the figure. Within those lines, starting at the rough mouth-area, & continuing downward are 5 triangular shapes, outlined in a teal ink with gold shimmer, marked with an "s" in reflective ink.

Slide with the text:
illmarks activism!
Selected Impacts:
Homiens Art Prize Summer 2024: Illmarks - grief
HERALBONY Art Prize Finalist 2025: interactive “medical chArt”
3 IRL Exhibits & 2 Virtual Exhibits
5 Publications
2 Workshops

images include phtotos from exhibits, including the interactive medical chart on display in Tokyo at the HERALBONY international art prize, 21 views of long covid on display in two different galleries and Nyx giving a workshop with 3 other N95-wearing participants holding up symptom mapping art, and a visual showing a bookmark of a black figure in waves, with the header Laminator Vol 2 in which it will be published — Slide with the text: illmarks activism! Selected Impacts: Homiens Art Prize Summer 2024: Illmarks - grief HERALBONY Art Prize Finalist 2025: interactive “medical chArt” 3 IRL Exhibits & 2 Virtual Exhibits 5 Publications 2 Workshops images include phtotos from exhibits, including the interactive medical chart on display in Tokyo at the HERALBONY international art prize, 21 views of long covid on display in two different galleries and Nyx giving a workshop with 3 other N95-wearing participants holding up symptom mapping art, and a visual showing a bookmark of a black figure in waves, with the header Laminator Vol 2 in which it will be published

Slide with text:
Background
Inter-Disciplinary Designer
& Creative Director

Themes:
Creativity with technical constraints.
Seeking connections & curiosity.
Learning & collaborating in diverse fields.

Select Experience:
Walt Disney Imagineering - Creative Designer at R&D, Entertainment, Show Lighting Designer on Tokyo Disneyland Expansion 2019
BlizzCon - Associate Creative Director
Riot Games eSports - Lighting Director

Images of Nyx's diverse portfolio of work including diverse events which feel like they come from other worlds, portrait photography with detailed and evocative creative direction with countless surreal angled candles or iridescent veils, creative coding programming for an interactive video piece to raise empathy around depression, lighting sculptures including a neon terrarium, and an image of the Enchanted Tale of the Beauty and the Beast dark ride from the Tokyo Disneyland expansion — Slide with text: Background Inter-Disciplinary Designer & Creative Director Themes: Creativity with technical constraints. Seeking connections & curiosity. Learning & collaborating in diverse fields. Select Experience: Walt Disney Imagineering - Creative Designer at R&D, Entertainment, Show Lighting Designer on Tokyo Disneyland Expansion 2019 BlizzCon - Associate Creative Director Riot Games eSports - Lighting Director Images of Nyx's diverse portfolio of work including diverse events which feel like they come from other worlds, portrait photography with detailed and evocative creative direction with countless surreal angled candles or iridescent veils, creative coding programming for an interactive video piece to raise empathy around depression, lighting sculptures including a neon terrarium, and an image of the Enchanted Tale of the Beauty and the Beast dark ride from the Tokyo Disneyland expansion

nyx mir

@NyxMir@sunny.garden · 3 weeks ago

Hi #PortfolioDay !

I'm a health&care advocacy designer and artist.

My current project is
@illmarks . I began utilizing body mapping art to log my symptoms, but then expanded the practice to include emotional, systemic, and interpersonal aspects of disability.

I hope to expand how I can apply my creativity and help my communities, and would love to collaborate!

Please reach out:
illmarks@nyxmir.com

#Portfolio #Healthcare #DisabilityArt #MedicalArt #SciArt #SciComms #PublicHealth

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Andy Carolan :prami:

@andycarolan@social.lol · 4 weeks ago

Norway's largest Pokémon Trading Card Game database, asked me to help update their community site branding with a new logo, a fresh new banner and a logo for the busy forum, PokéSnakk.

https://www.andycarolan.com/work/pkmn-no

#design #illustration #portfolio #Pokemon #branding

pkmn.no - Andy Carolan Illustration and Design

Norway's largest PTCG database, pkmn.no, asked me to help update their community site branding with a new logo, a fresh new banner and a logo for the busy forum, PokéSnakk.

Jan :rust: :ferris: and 1 other boosted

💙 Obsidian Urbex Photography 💚

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

📷 Photography Portfolio Feature - "Industrial Decay"

The onward march of technology and innovation never halts. These abandoned places were once the pinnacle of technological perfection. As decades pass they are superseded and forced into closure. Once-bustling hives of activity fall silent and cold.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/portfolio/abandoned-places/industrial-decay/

Do you have a question about any of these scenes? Ask in the comments!

#Portfolio #Photography #Heritage #History #Industry #Industrial #Abandoned #Rust #Decay #Urbex

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This abandoned control room features a striking glass dome ceiling above a vast, empty space. Complex panels line the walls,

Industrial ruins fill the frame in muted colors, with layered platforms, stairs, and pipes.

An abandoned, rusty bucket-wheel excavator sits in a green field beneath a cloudy sky.

The image shows a derelict factory interior with aged machinery beneath a skylight.

Obsidian Urbex Photography | Urban Exploration | Abandoned Locations

Portfolio - Industrial Decay

The onward march of technology and innovation never halts. These abandoned places were once the pinnacle of technological perfection.

💙 Obsidian Urbex Photography 💚

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

📷 Photography Portfolio Feature - "Industrial Decay"

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/portfolio/abandoned-places/industrial-decay/

Do you have a question about any of these scenes? Ask in the comments!

#Portfolio #Photography #Heritage #History #Industry #Industrial #Abandoned #Rust #Decay #Urbex

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Obsidian Urbex Photography | Urban Exploration | Abandoned Locations

Portfolio - Industrial Decay

The onward march of technology and innovation never halts. These abandoned places were once the pinnacle of technological perfection.

Tim Chambers and 1 other boosted

💙 Obsidian Urbex Photography 💚

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

Neglected Elegance: the beauty of once-grand buildings now abandoned and decaying.

As decades pass, the styles and tastes of the era are artfully captured in the #architecture and furnishings of contemporary buildings. Now, these abandoned buildings serve as time capsules, distilling the essence of a bygone era. I have spent 10 years exploring their beauty, searching out forgotten gems around the world

Explore more photos - https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/portfolio/abandoned-places/neglected-elegance/

#Portfolio #Photography #History #Abandoned

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A neglected theater interior showcases faded grandeur, with peeling paint, arched windows, and an ornate chandelier.

A grand, abandoned hall with ornate plasterwork and peeling, pastel green paint. The interior is decayed yet the elegance of once-grand buildings remains.

art deco theater worn purple ceiling and pink walls

An interior view shows an ornate, deteriorating staircase of an abandoned building. The walls are stained and moldy, and the stairs are crumbling.

💙 Obsidian Urbex Photography 💚

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

Neglected Elegance: the beauty of once-grand buildings now abandoned and decaying.

Explore more photos - https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/portfolio/abandoned-places/neglected-elegance/

#Portfolio #Photography #History #Abandoned

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Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني boosted

Amine Mahjoub 🇹🇳

@aminemahjoub@mastodon.tn · 3 months ago

🚀 Excited to share my new portfolio website!

I’ve built it with a unique Ubuntu desktop-inspired interface, combining creativity and functionality to showcase my projects in web development, AI, and software innovation.

Take a look here: www.aminemahjoub.tech
🌐

I’d love to hear your feedback and connect with fellow tech enthusiasts!

#Portfolio #WebDevelopment #AI #Ubuntu #Innovation #CreativeTech #FullStack

@nizarus

Amine Mahjoub 🇹🇳

@aminemahjoub@mastodon.tn · 3 months ago

🚀 Excited to share my new portfolio website!

I’ve built it with a unique Ubuntu desktop-inspired interface, combining creativity and functionality to showcase my projects in web development, AI, and software innovation.

Take a look here: www.aminemahjoub.tech
🌐

I’d love to hear your feedback and connect with fellow tech enthusiasts!

#Portfolio #WebDevelopment #AI #Ubuntu #Innovation #CreativeTech #FullStack

@nizarus

jaz :twt: :wales_flag: boosted

Elizabeth Kennen

@JazzCatArtist@mastodon.art · 4 months ago

Happy #PortfolioDay! 🎨 I'm an artist in the San Francisco Bay Area working in watercolor. The beauty of nature is my inspiration. I love owls and they are part of my #portfolio.

In the #BayArea you can find my original paintings at Moraga Art Gallery ➡️ https://moragaartgallery.com

Fine art prints & gift items ➡️ https://1-elizabeth-kennen.pixels.com

#art #artwork #artist #MastoArt #painting #watercolor #TraditionalArt #nature #wildlife #birds #owls #owl # #gallery #giftideas #FediGiftShop #sfba #TextureTuesday

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Watercolor painting of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl of NYC. Owl is perched on a branch with soft green, yellow, orange leaves all around.

Watercolor painting of two burrowing owlets with rocks, plants, and blue sky.

Watercolor painting of a great horned owl on a branch, with more branches and pine needles all around.

Elizabeth Kennen

@JazzCatArtist@mastodon.art · 4 months ago

Happy #PortfolioDay! 🎨 I'm an artist in the San Francisco Bay Area working in watercolor. The beauty of nature is my inspiration. I love owls and they are part of my #portfolio.

In the #BayArea you can find my original paintings at Moraga Art Gallery ➡️ https://moragaartgallery.com

Fine art prints & gift items ➡️ https://1-elizabeth-kennen.pixels.com

#art #artwork #artist #MastoArt #painting #watercolor #TraditionalArt #nature #wildlife #birds #owls #owl # #gallery #giftideas #FediGiftShop #sfba #TextureTuesday

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slims :miyagi: 🐟⁂ and 3 others boosted

Andy Carolan :prami:

@andycarolan@social.lol · 4 months ago

You know what I could use... permanent, ongoing #Remote #Work in the fields of #Illustration and #Design

If only more people could look at my #Portfolio at https://andycarolan.com

Andy Carolan :prami:

@andycarolan@social.lol · 4 months ago

You know what I could use... permanent, ongoing #Remote #Work in the fields of #Illustration and #Design

If only more people could look at my #Portfolio at https://andycarolan.com

Mediapart

@mediapart@mediapart.social · 4 months ago

#Portfolio | En Cisjordanie, une dépossession silencieuse

Parallèlement aux massacres en cours à Gaza, la #Cisjordanie connaît une annexion de fait: une appropriation croissante des terres par les #colons et des communautés palestiniennes rasées de la carte, repoussées dans des enclaves urbaines, déconnectées les unes des autres par quantité de checkpoints et de barrières israéliennes.

Par Anne Paq (Photos et textes) › https://www.mediapart.fr/studio/portfolios/en-cisjordanie-une-depossession-silencieuse?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

Mediapart

@mediapart@mediapart.social · 5 months ago

#Portfolio | L’œil des photographes de Mediapart au cœur des manifestations du 18 septembre

Clément Brelet à #Lille, Yann Castanier à #Paris, Léonor Lumineau à #Marseille et Maylis Rolland à #Nantes ont suivi les mobilisations contre les mesures d’austérité budgétaire à l’appel des organisations syndicales. Récit de cette journée en images.

Par Clément Brelet, Léonor Lumineau, Maylis Rolland, Yann Castanier › https://www.mediapart.fr/studio/portfolios/l-oeil-des-photographes-de-mediapart-au-coeur-des-manifestations-du-18-septembre?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart