ollie 🪱
@thinginthedirt.bsky.social
he/they, 26 🏳️⚧️
illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, birder 🕊
bulgarian-american living in spain
audhd
🆓🇵🇸
⚔️ no ai ⚔️
portfolio: https://ollierollie.artstation.com/
prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thinginthedirt/
shop: https://inthedirtstudio.com
illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, birder 🕊
bulgarian-american living in spain
audhd
🆓🇵🇸
⚔️ no ai ⚔️
portfolio: https://ollierollie.artstation.com/
prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thinginthedirt/
shop: https://inthedirtstudio.com
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ollie 🪱
@thinginthedirt.bsky.social
· Oct 14
#PortfolioDay Hi, I'm Ollie! I'm a queer illustrator who loves worldbuilding and stories. I am open to work on ttrpgs, book covers, game assets, characters, and more.
🎨 ollierollie.artstation.com
✉️ [email protected]
🎨 ollierollie.artstation.com
✉️ [email protected]
why doesnt needing glasses count as an official disability? if i didn't have glasses i literally couldn't do a single thing. also it would help people see how common disability is and that it doesn't just mean needing a wheelchair
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
why doesnt needing glasses count as an official disability? if i didn't have glasses i literally couldn't do a single thing. also it would help people see how common disability is and that it doesn't just mean needing a wheelchair
its wild to me that birds can survive the winter. like you're so small wdym u live outside
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
its wild to me that birds can survive the winter. like you're so small wdym u live outside
that ubi post is really making the rounds and it's reminding me that when i was a kid that's literally how i thought money worked cause it was the only thing that made sense to me 🙃 my tiny brain couldn't fathom the greed that prevails in our world
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
that ubi post is really making the rounds and it's reminding me that when i was a kid that's literally how i thought money worked cause it was the only thing that made sense to me 🙃 my tiny brain couldn't fathom the greed that prevails in our world
why is adult winter the busiest time of the entire year i want my winter break back
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
why is adult winter the busiest time of the entire year i want my winter break back
my mom got me a commission and the guy sent me an ai example that i don't even wanna look at lmao should i say "please don't use ai" as politely as possible or just let it go this time :///
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
my mom got me a commission and the guy sent me an ai example that i don't even wanna look at lmao should i say "please don't use ai" as politely as possible or just let it go this time :///
no black friday sale but my shop is always pretty affordable!
#smallbusiness #giftideas #affordableart
inthedirtstudio.com
#smallbusiness #giftideas #affordableart
inthedirtstudio.com
Home - Thing in the Dirt
Craft items for sale: sew-on patches for jackets, fashion patches for coats, crochet bags, knit mushroom, knit bags...
inthedirtstudio.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
no black friday sale but my shop is always pretty affordable!
#smallbusiness #giftideas #affordableart
inthedirtstudio.com
#smallbusiness #giftideas #affordableart
inthedirtstudio.com
btw i still have some holiday cards left in my shop from last year!
inthedirtstudio.com/product-cate...
#holidaycards #christmas
inthedirtstudio.com/product-cate...
#holidaycards #christmas
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
btw i still have some holiday cards left in my shop from last year!
inthedirtstudio.com/product-cate...
#holidaycards #christmas
inthedirtstudio.com/product-cate...
#holidaycards #christmas
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Sangre De Cristo Mountains
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sangre De Cristo Mountains
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
20”x20” Oil
Available on my website
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Prints if you'd like one: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...
July 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Prints if you'd like one: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...
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The lack of social safety net, resources for disabled, and crumbling minorities mental health so they cull theirselves is all capitalism working as intended. I am so tired.
I am making a fantasy comic about This Exact Thing if you want to help me survive it
www.patreon.com/coyoteprince
I am making a fantasy comic about This Exact Thing if you want to help me survive it
www.patreon.com/coyoteprince
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The lack of social safety net, resources for disabled, and crumbling minorities mental health so they cull theirselves is all capitalism working as intended. I am so tired.
I am making a fantasy comic about This Exact Thing if you want to help me survive it
www.patreon.com/coyoteprince
I am making a fantasy comic about This Exact Thing if you want to help me survive it
www.patreon.com/coyoteprince
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honestly, the same thing I'm doing now.
it's hard to imagine the world we'd live in if we all had UBI. we could just... work to supplement our income, choosing what we wanted to do, instead of doing whatever just to live, that's crazy to me
it's hard to imagine the world we'd live in if we all had UBI. we could just... work to supplement our income, choosing what we wanted to do, instead of doing whatever just to live, that's crazy to me
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
honestly, the same thing I'm doing now.
it's hard to imagine the world we'd live in if we all had UBI. we could just... work to supplement our income, choosing what we wanted to do, instead of doing whatever just to live, that's crazy to me
it's hard to imagine the world we'd live in if we all had UBI. we could just... work to supplement our income, choosing what we wanted to do, instead of doing whatever just to live, that's crazy to me
my biggest goal these days is to make a life for myself where i don't even need smartphone
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
my biggest goal these days is to make a life for myself where i don't even need smartphone
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
this xmas is gonna be depressing cause they don't even sell real trees here and it mostly rains all winter :(
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
this xmas is gonna be depressing cause they don't even sell real trees here and it mostly rains all winter :(
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
one of the biggest european stereotypes about americans is that we're bad at geography and it's really fuckin true like i'm from new mexico, in america, and i always put emphasis on the 'new' bc i'm so used to americans thinking i'm saying mexico
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
one of the biggest european stereotypes about americans is that we're bad at geography and it's really fuckin true like i'm from new mexico, in america, and i always put emphasis on the 'new' bc i'm so used to americans thinking i'm saying mexico
so who else gets tummy aches from sucking in their tummy for decades? i don't even know how to keep those muscles in a relaxed state
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
so who else gets tummy aches from sucking in their tummy for decades? i don't even know how to keep those muscles in a relaxed state
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Fuck that noise, do it even if you're old. I learned tattooing at 43. I learned editing and publishing at 46.
There is always still time to do or learn new stuff.
There is always still time to do or learn new stuff.
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fuck that noise, do it even if you're old. I learned tattooing at 43. I learned editing and publishing at 46.
There is always still time to do or learn new stuff.
There is always still time to do or learn new stuff.
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Saw some gig posters using Ai and that’s no good. Gig posters are a lot of artists first gig, they’re fucking with the ecosystem of students getting £20 so I’m making stickers because thermal label printers are our cheapest propaganda tool
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Saw some gig posters using Ai and that’s no good. Gig posters are a lot of artists first gig, they’re fucking with the ecosystem of students getting £20 so I’m making stickers because thermal label printers are our cheapest propaganda tool
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Generative AI is a disease! I drew & painted this one myself, thus distributing creative work back to the humans ✊
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Generative AI is a disease! I drew & painted this one myself, thus distributing creative work back to the humans ✊
now that winter is here i've brought my rosemary inside from my sunroom and it lives in different spots throughout the afternoon ☀️ i've had it for a year and a half and it's stayed the same size so i'm trying to give it more thoughtful care
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
now that winter is here i've brought my rosemary inside from my sunroom and it lives in different spots throughout the afternoon ☀️ i've had it for a year and a half and it's stayed the same size so i'm trying to give it more thoughtful care
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This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
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Art by • Yuriko Ohno
September 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Art by • Yuriko Ohno