astrid elle jo❄️(jewel of the nihil)
@ellejohara.com
Artisanal comics written and stylus-rendered with authentic human pathos by Astrid Elle Jo
🧜🏻♀️ 🤖 🧙🏻♀️ • PNW • 51
🏳️⚧️ queer • trans (they/them) • ♠️ ace
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🧜🏻♀️ 🤖 🧙🏻♀️ • PNW • 51
🏳️⚧️ queer • trans (they/them) • ♠️ ace
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Like, unfortunately I just didn't find anything that happened in Avatar very compelling or memorable - but I fucking lost my mind the first time I saw that scene where the possessed bed eats a bucket of fried chicken and then takes an antacid.
It is fine if you like the Avatar movies, they just Aren't For Me. 🤷
... And it's important that you understand that I think Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is great cinema.
... And it's important that you understand that I think Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is great cinema.
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Like, unfortunately I just didn't find anything that happened in Avatar very compelling or memorable - but I fucking lost my mind the first time I saw that scene where the possessed bed eats a bucket of fried chicken and then takes an antacid.
I feel like cinema color grading went from, "Ooo! Lets make it look kinda old-timey sepiatone-y!" to "Whatever. The underpaid, overworked digital artists can add the color in post."
File this in the same folder as "audio engineers who can't hear above 15 kHz and don't know what a spectrogram is".
File this in the same folder as "audio engineers who can't hear above 15 kHz and don't know what a spectrogram is".
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I feel like cinema color grading went from, "Ooo! Lets make it look kinda old-timey sepiatone-y!" to "Whatever. The underpaid, overworked digital artists can add the color in post."
File this in the same folder as "audio engineers who can't hear above 15 kHz and don't know what a spectrogram is".
File this in the same folder as "audio engineers who can't hear above 15 kHz and don't know what a spectrogram is".
Did you know the people of the ancient world knew about pigment and that their world was very colorful?
Hollywood doesn't.
Hollywood doesn't.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Did you know the people of the ancient world knew about pigment and that their world was very colorful?
Hollywood doesn't.
Hollywood doesn't.
First art of the new solar year: My monk/waterbender Callindra. Haven't drawn her in a while.
Also my first right-handed drawing in almost 11 weeks. I think the tendonitis is healing! But OMG is that a slow process.
Also my first right-handed drawing in almost 11 weeks. I think the tendonitis is healing! But OMG is that a slow process.
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
First art of the new solar year: My monk/waterbender Callindra. Haven't drawn her in a while.
Also my first right-handed drawing in almost 11 weeks. I think the tendonitis is healing! But OMG is that a slow process.
Also my first right-handed drawing in almost 11 weeks. I think the tendonitis is healing! But OMG is that a slow process.
It's Yule, y'all! Happy Longest Night of the Year!
I brought my Apple Pencil battery down to 18% in a many-hour hyperfocus drawing in Procreate because I'm drawing with my right hand (dominant hand) again! (No pain!!!)
I'm taking it easy, though. 20 minute breaks every hour. No exceptions.
I brought my Apple Pencil battery down to 18% in a many-hour hyperfocus drawing in Procreate because I'm drawing with my right hand (dominant hand) again! (No pain!!!)
I'm taking it easy, though. 20 minute breaks every hour. No exceptions.
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's Yule, y'all! Happy Longest Night of the Year!
I brought my Apple Pencil battery down to 18% in a many-hour hyperfocus drawing in Procreate because I'm drawing with my right hand (dominant hand) again! (No pain!!!)
I'm taking it easy, though. 20 minute breaks every hour. No exceptions.
I brought my Apple Pencil battery down to 18% in a many-hour hyperfocus drawing in Procreate because I'm drawing with my right hand (dominant hand) again! (No pain!!!)
I'm taking it easy, though. 20 minute breaks every hour. No exceptions.
Reposted by astrid elle jo❄️(jewel of the nihil)
Okay, this piqued my curiosity something fierce. So I grabbed the first WAV that showed up at the top of a search and dragged it into Audacity. Look at those horizontal bars at 13kHz and above. That's wild!
I can't hear it. I'm old. And I'm more interested in infrasound anyway (< 20 Hz).
I can't hear it. I'm old. And I'm more interested in infrasound anyway (< 20 Hz).
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Okay, this piqued my curiosity something fierce. So I grabbed the first WAV that showed up at the top of a search and dragged it into Audacity. Look at those horizontal bars at 13kHz and above. That's wild!
I can't hear it. I'm old. And I'm more interested in infrasound anyway (< 20 Hz).
I can't hear it. I'm old. And I'm more interested in infrasound anyway (< 20 Hz).
Reposted by astrid elle jo❄️(jewel of the nihil)
"You are valid!"
Okay, thanks I guess, but I'm not parking. What I need more than platitudes is my right to do what I want with my own body.
You know, bodily autonomy, and the broader freedom to exist in public life.
Okay, thanks I guess, but I'm not parking. What I need more than platitudes is my right to do what I want with my own body.
You know, bodily autonomy, and the broader freedom to exist in public life.
January 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"You are valid!"
Okay, thanks I guess, but I'm not parking. What I need more than platitudes is my right to do what I want with my own body.
You know, bodily autonomy, and the broader freedom to exist in public life.
Okay, thanks I guess, but I'm not parking. What I need more than platitudes is my right to do what I want with my own body.
You know, bodily autonomy, and the broader freedom to exist in public life.
Had (am having) the first really big vestibular fuckery knockdown of the season. It's every bit as much fun as the spring ones were. Yay.
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Had (am having) the first really big vestibular fuckery knockdown of the season. It's every bit as much fun as the spring ones were. Yay.
Today marks two full months of not drawing with my right hand in an effort to heal the tendonitis in my palm.
I said I'd go for three, but I think I'm gonna give myself a Yule gift and stop two weeks early.
Besides, I have *zero* webcomic buffer.
I said I'd go for three, but I think I'm gonna give myself a Yule gift and stop two weeks early.
Besides, I have *zero* webcomic buffer.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today marks two full months of not drawing with my right hand in an effort to heal the tendonitis in my palm.
I said I'd go for three, but I think I'm gonna give myself a Yule gift and stop two weeks early.
Besides, I have *zero* webcomic buffer.
I said I'd go for three, but I think I'm gonna give myself a Yule gift and stop two weeks early.
Besides, I have *zero* webcomic buffer.
I lost use of my voice and started learning/using sign language—and I still feel really really guilty about it because I'm not deaf.
(Except in winter. Sometimes. IDK it's weird.)
(Except in winter. Sometimes. IDK it's weird.)
Counterpoint: Cheaters don't feel shame.
... But people who are newly disabled, have milder versions of disabilities, or have invisible/undiagnosable disabilities feel a LOT of shame.
... But people who are newly disabled, have milder versions of disabilities, or have invisible/undiagnosable disabilities feel a LOT of shame.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I lost use of my voice and started learning/using sign language—and I still feel really really guilty about it because I'm not deaf.
(Except in winter. Sometimes. IDK it's weird.)
(Except in winter. Sometimes. IDK it's weird.)
Reposted by astrid elle jo❄️(jewel of the nihil)
This is lore-accurate. Clerics are only proficient with bludgeoning weapons.
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is lore-accurate. Clerics are only proficient with bludgeoning weapons.
Reposted by astrid elle jo❄️(jewel of the nihil)
If you're using AI slop for your video thumbnail, I'm not gonna watch *anything* on your channel even if the subject matter is interesting to me.
Fuck your artificial slop.
Fuck your artificial slop.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you're using AI slop for your video thumbnail, I'm not gonna watch *anything* on your channel even if the subject matter is interesting to me.
Fuck your artificial slop.
Fuck your artificial slop.
Reposted by astrid elle jo❄️(jewel of the nihil)
AI generated content of any kind undermines the credibility of whatever is being communicated
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
AI generated content of any kind undermines the credibility of whatever is being communicated
What even is this list?
Ani DiFranco x2
Sarah Brightman
Ozomatli
MC Chris
Dave Matthews Band @ the Gorge
Peaches
Ani DiFranco x2
Sarah Brightman
Ozomatli
MC Chris
Dave Matthews Band @ the Gorge
Peaches
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
1. Mano Negra
2. Guns n' Roses
3. The Prodigy
4. Iron Maiden
5. Chemical Brothers
1. Mano Negra
2. Guns n' Roses
3. The Prodigy
4. Iron Maiden
5. Chemical Brothers
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
1. Duran Duran Notorious
2. Erasure the Innocents
3. Skinny Puppy Too Dark Park
4. Nine Inch Nails Broken (technically between Pretty Hate Machine and Broken)
5. VNV Nation Empires
1. Duran Duran Notorious
2. Erasure the Innocents
3. Skinny Puppy Too Dark Park
4. Nine Inch Nails Broken (technically between Pretty Hate Machine and Broken)
5. VNV Nation Empires
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What even is this list?
Ani DiFranco x2
Sarah Brightman
Ozomatli
MC Chris
Dave Matthews Band @ the Gorge
Peaches
Ani DiFranco x2
Sarah Brightman
Ozomatli
MC Chris
Dave Matthews Band @ the Gorge
Peaches
If you're using AI slop for your video thumbnail, I'm not gonna watch *anything* on your channel even if the subject matter is interesting to me.
Fuck your artificial slop.
Fuck your artificial slop.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you're using AI slop for your video thumbnail, I'm not gonna watch *anything* on your channel even if the subject matter is interesting to me.
Fuck your artificial slop.
Fuck your artificial slop.
The only reason why I'm able to make my art and comics is because I get total economic support from my mom. Without her in my life, I'd have been dead a long fucking time ago.
Art can be seen by others when a person with money believes in an artist's work and wants that work to be out in the world.
Art can be seen by others when a person with money believes in an artist's work and wants that work to be out in the world.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The only reason why I'm able to make my art and comics is because I get total economic support from my mom. Without her in my life, I'd have been dead a long fucking time ago.
Art can be seen by others when a person with money believes in an artist's work and wants that work to be out in the world.
Art can be seen by others when a person with money believes in an artist's work and wants that work to be out in the world.
Hey! I have a webcomic: Threads from the Blue Rock Tapestry. It's urban fantasy-ish and almost 500 pages (with more to come). It's full of lesbians. Hooray! I'm not presently updating it because my drawing hand has tendonitis (alas).
#comics #webcomics
Read it here: ellejohara.com/threads/
#comics #webcomics
Read it here: ellejohara.com/threads/
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Hey! I have a webcomic: Threads from the Blue Rock Tapestry. It's urban fantasy-ish and almost 500 pages (with more to come). It's full of lesbians. Hooray! I'm not presently updating it because my drawing hand has tendonitis (alas).
#comics #webcomics
Read it here: ellejohara.com/threads/
#comics #webcomics
Read it here: ellejohara.com/threads/
Reposted by astrid elle jo❄️(jewel of the nihil)
Mighty Nein Mighty Nein Mighty Nein!!! I love this crew of pure chaos.
Here's a comic I made of a time when they were discussing sleeping arrangements in C2E88.
#aljcomics #CriticalRole #MightyNein
Here's a comic I made of a time when they were discussing sleeping arrangements in C2E88.
#aljcomics #CriticalRole #MightyNein
![Beau (Beau-ly): I'm gonna go sleep in my own room. Just pound on the wall if you need me.
Jester (confused): Wuh... You don't want to...
SADNESS looms over Jester and her heart cracks in twain
Jester (weakly): Yasha? Do you want to be my roommate?
Yasha (with stoic kindness): Yeah, I'll be your roommate.
Jester: Okay
Yasha (who loves flowers): You have one of the garden rooms, right?
Jester (bits of candy floating above her): Sure!
Yasha: Yeah. I will come in there.
Jester: Okay!
Beau: Caduceus, you flying solo?
Caduceus (pointing at Fjord): No, we're...
Fjord (interrupting): Just you.
Beau (dawning realization): Oh! *I'm* flying solo.
Jester (exasperated): I thought that's what you said you were doing, Beau!
Beau (pointing her thumb back toward the guys): I just didn't want to sleep with *them.*
Jester (eager once again): Well then, sleep with me and Yasha.
[Beau considers this in a probably non-canonical dream sequence]
[Jester is the little spoon, Yasha is the big spoon, andBeau is snugly sandwiched between them on the bed. They're all smiling.]
Beau: (making a good decision): All right. I'll sleep with you and Yasha!
Jester (very pleased): Oh, okay!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:smfbrzsfsmjotl42ibwscqua/bafkreibegeb2lca7oj3unzrmv347qql3prl5vx77uqjv6j6d6bf7lzqunu@jpeg)
July 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Mighty Nein Mighty Nein Mighty Nein!!! I love this crew of pure chaos.
Here's a comic I made of a time when they were discussing sleeping arrangements in C2E88.
#aljcomics #CriticalRole #MightyNein
Here's a comic I made of a time when they were discussing sleeping arrangements in C2E88.
#aljcomics #CriticalRole #MightyNein
Episode one of The Mighty Nein was magnificent! Looking forward to more!
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Episode one of The Mighty Nein was magnificent! Looking forward to more!
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
Just thinking about how it was Gollum who actually destroyed the One Ring by accident.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Just thinking about how it was Gollum who actually destroyed the One Ring by accident.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
🐋💥 - 55 Years!
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🐋💥 - 55 Years!
Yesterday I remembered Pixelmator exists and apparently it can do vector now. Excuse me, Pixelmator *Pro*.
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Yesterday I remembered Pixelmator exists and apparently it can do vector now. Excuse me, Pixelmator *Pro*.
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
My Digital Art Journey
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
Digital art program journey:
paintbrush (win 3.1)
Oekaki boards
Photoshop... I wanna say 5 or 6? (Bootleg)
Paint Tool Sai
Clip Studio Paint Pro
I definitely played with other software along the way, these are just the major milestones xD
paintbrush (win 3.1)
Oekaki boards
Photoshop... I wanna say 5 or 6? (Bootleg)
Paint Tool Sai
Clip Studio Paint Pro
I definitely played with other software along the way, these are just the major milestones xD
Digital Art Program Journey… 😂 Buckle Up:
KidPix on a Apple II
Corel Draw with a mouse
Scanned drawings into borrowed Photoshop and a mouse
College… Photoshop and a small Wacom in the lab
Adobe Suite, Maya, ToonBoom in college labs with large Wacom tablet
KidPix on a Apple II
Corel Draw with a mouse
Scanned drawings into borrowed Photoshop and a mouse
College… Photoshop and a small Wacom in the lab
Adobe Suite, Maya, ToonBoom in college labs with large Wacom tablet
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My Digital Art Journey
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
Are you a ... [ahem] "cis" webcomics artist guy whose main character is a queer woman?
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Are you a ... [ahem] "cis" webcomics artist guy whose main character is a queer woman?
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]