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Artist, weirdo, cat person. Graphics wonk

I repost almost all OC that comes across my feed. I try to avoid human-free graphics.

Simping for GenAI is a good way to get uninvited

All opinions expressed are strictly mine

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#SketchPractice today using a great pose from @grafitstudio.bsky.social because they are awesome.

I'm actually impressed with what I got done in the like 4 minutes I had on this one...
A figure study of a nude woman, from the back. The photo is on the left side, the sketch is on the right.
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Scene from The Bad Place where Jason figures it out and Michael is hurt, but Jason's name is replaced with Gorsuch
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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For #PhotoOfTheDay today, we're going with #Waterfall!

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Use both hashtags

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Shot through the foliage at, I believe, South Creek Falls along Hwy 58 between Eugene and Oakridge.

#WaterfallWednesday

#photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #thewildimages
A small waterfall seen through some downed trees. Everything is every green
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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It is time for #RockinTuesday art challenge!!

This is the Haceta Head lighthouse on the #Oregon Coast. October 10, 2004
Haceta Head lighthouse in Oregon at sunset, viewed from the south
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Found a skein of the perfect yarn yesterday for crocheting my grumpy unicorn, Jed

It's the exact same color as the Baskin-Robins bubblegum ice cream I used to get with the free cone certificate from my dentist.
A skein of bubblegum pink yarn in a checkered wood yarn bowl A pink unicorn with a grumpy face
November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The news is horrid lately. So here's a snuggle with a very soft #SamVimes

#CatSky
#CatsOfBlueSky
#Caturday
A gray tabby cat cuddling up with a man with a beard and glasses
November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Working on curtain rings.

The bands indicate printing edges.

#ProductDesign
#WIP
Two mendhi florets and two mendhi paisleys on a background gradient of turquoise, rose, and cream. Black bars run through the edges. A section of topographical map of Mt Pisgah in Lane County. Translucent pink bars represent print boundaries
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A still from 'Clerks' with Randall's quote "This job would be great if it wasn't for the fuckin' customers" in yellow with "job" crossed out and replaced by "design" and "customers" with "intended users"
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Too fucking right. This picture is from the eye of Hurricane Beryl, 2024. The aircraft here is another P-3 Orion, named "Miss Piggy"

I'm no coward, I love adrenaline but this? I would shit myself inside out and die.
The propeller nacelle of a NOAA aircraft against the inner wall of Hurricane Beryl's eye on 2024
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Helping my partner set up a booth at the Mushroom Festival at Mt Pisgah and found this absolute unit of a polypore. They made it known to me that their name is Daryl. #eugeneor #fungus
A really big shelf fungus growing at the base of an oak tree A really big shelf fungus growing at the base of an oak tree
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Crunchy spicy leaf season!!

See a leaf, post a leaf.

#leafposting
A cluster of dried oak leaves on pavement
October 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Front Line Assembly - Airmech
The cover of Front Line Assemby's 2012 album "AirMech" - There's a very stylized mech along with the text and the FLA logo
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Working with video editing a bit for upcoming projects. Drone is a DJI Mini2. Music by Aleksey Chistilin

#DroneVideo
#Waterfalls
#LaneCounty
#EugeneOR
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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See a leaf post a leaf

#leaf
#leafposting
A heart-shaped oak leaf on asphalt
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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This is is it. My aesthetic and whole vibe.

#MyVibe
#UnicornEnergy
A stuffed dumpster fire on a desktop next to a unicorn shaped neon light.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokemon
(wrong answers only)
Willem Dafoe in the 'Firefight' scene from the movie "Boondock Saints"
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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If you see this, quote post a sunset.

#Photography
#OregonCoast
Sunset through clouds over the Pacific Ocean just south of Haceta Head lighthouse in Oregon
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay peoples!

I'm Bear and I do photography and design for promotional products and various kinds of straps. I also do in-house graphics for my employer

Not much in my store, but I'd love to design a custom camera/bag strap or event lanyards for someone

ko-fi.com/bearspangler...
A flat weave of eight different patterns of Pride patterns printed on webbing. Non-Binary, Gay Male, Trans, Lesbian, Bisexual, Pride A slice of topographical map of Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona with some of the lines and numbers highlighted in stronger colors A portrait photo of woman in the woods. She has bare shoulders and is holding her hair up to the back of her head A funny advertisement of a pile of black webbing on a black background. Text is "Check out our latest pattern! MILLENIAL OPTIMISM!" A joke from April Fools
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Wife just sent me this pic in response to "How's your day going?"

Sebastian and Safi went to the vet yesterday and Safi ended up being mad at Sebastian, who LOVES him, for the rest of the night. This is a return to adorable normalcy

#SafiPants
#SebastianProper
#CatSky
#CatsOfBluesky
#Eyebleach
A black cat and a tuxedo cat are curled up face to face on a fleece blanket.
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Get out with our neighbors and say "Not only no, but Hell No. Not in Our America"

It's the only way we can stop it and begin to heal ourselves.
A simple poster that says "Protesting this weekend? 1) Bring Supplies 2) Know Your People 3) Make A Plan 4) Make an Emergency Plan 5) Call Out Cops And Agitators 6) Bring Water To Share 7) Stay Calm 8) Take Care Of Your People 8a) They Are All Your People
October 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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#SamVimes has been extra cute and cuddly this weekend, spending as much time curled up between us as he can. Such a little love.

#Eyebleach
#CatSky
#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat curled up on a fleece blanket against someone's leg
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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3 minute sketch practice

#drawing
#practice
A sketch of a wooden figure model next to the model.
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I have been given an absurdly short timeframe to design a 1/2 page B&W ad to run in a magazine. None of the assets we have are designed for B&W uses. Ah, the life of an in-house graphics wonk.

#AdDesign
#Marketing
A Calico Critter/Sylvanian Families rabbit in a pink dress asks "Are we in hell?"
October 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Been working on some designs. Figure it might be a fun idea to put some in the wild

#resist
#dontletthebastardsgetyoudown
#citizenisajob
World War One style Uncle Sam poster. Text is "ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS. THIS MEANS YOU" Coat of arms featuring skull in mask, crossed baseball bats, bottles with flames and motto "Consent of the Governed" Line drawing of old timey traffic cop flipping the bird. Gold banner says "PROTECT & SERVE THE STATUS QUO"
October 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM