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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc
@escherbug.art
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Taxon-agnostic entomologist, science communicator and cartoonist. Artist of ARISE, YE SKELETON KING!, cat dad, man sensu lato, special little guy. Extension Educator in New England, USA.
(He/Him)
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I made a wreath for the first time last week. I think it came out pretty well!
A handmade wreath on a blue-gray door. The foliage is alternating bundles of yew, fir and golden juniper, and bundles of yew, spruce with cones, and juniper with berries. There's a loosely-woven blue bow on the lower-left of the wreath to match the berries. The yellow and blue makes for a cheerful and zesty presentation.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I would be remiss to neglect praising my beautiful baby girl. She is so cute and affectionate and weird and full of character and personality. I want to spoil her but she is egregiously modest in her wants
Lt the large black cat resting her tiny head on the edge of a cat tower perch. She's purring contentedly.
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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He's handsome and loud and goofy and sweet and perfect and we're obsessed with him!!
Goliath the large black cat leaning against a sunny window, laying on his side. He is looking toward the camera and his back feet are hanging out from under him. You can see the color of his eyes matches the green grass in the backyard.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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He's such a good goddamn cat. Brilliant fellow. Absolute Sweet Cheese material
Goliath the big black cat, tucked into a woven blanket, on top of a quilt, with his head poking out to soak in a bright sunbeam.
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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pie dinner time...
A small chicken pot pie fresh from the oven. There's a spring of thyme on top and the edges of the pastry are nicely crisped.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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There's almost certainly an unlabeled kitchen box floating around here but I'll bask in my momentary victory over the box labyrinth. Have a picture of my minotaurs
Lt the black cat looking very bleary-eyed on top of a black cat tower, having been woken up from a nap by me approaching on a phone call. Normally her face is poofy but she has serious bed head on her cheek, making it lightly concave. Goliath the black cat resting his enormous melon head on my ankles in bed. He's so cute I need to bite him
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I think @insertdisc5.com talks about this very succinctly in one of their tutorials
A comparison of two strips of comics. The script is identical, but the execution of the panels and stage direction are different. The first strip is "talking heads"-- just busts of two characters talking for 4 panels. The second strip shows different camera angles, shifts focus to different parts of the characters' bodies and a scene of a shattered and spilled coffee cup.
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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This is the George Constanza-ass looking guy your grandma is she/her-ing
Escher in a turtleneck and blazer. He has forehead wrinkles, stubble and a receding hairline.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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My lenticular pronoun pin from @canopyrobin.com arrived! Can't wait to wear this to gatherings of people who Get What I'm Laying Down and are therefore Allowed to they/them me
A round, black lenticular pin on a light pink pinback. It displays the white text "They/Them". The same lenticular pin, this time displaying the text "He/Him".
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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They both express affection with incredibly strong and firm OR soft and gentle headbutts, with no in-between. They're so so big and strong.
Lt relaxing under a woven blanket on top of a quilt, something she begs to do regularly. Goliath taking a little nap under the same woven blanket, on the same quilt. He regularly requests to be tucked in.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Sorry about your zaps!!
This is Lt and Goliath.
Lt learned from my childhood cat that when someone touches you, even gently with warning, you should wail pathetically as if you've been hurt and this is just what you do and it's fine.
Goliath snores and trundles down the stairs like a cartoon hog.
Lt the cat being scratched from halfway out of her little monster cave. Goliath, motion-blurred and out of focus as he approaches the camera, rubbing his face on a fur-covered rod.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Me: my cats haven't been snuggling with me as much lately
My cats when I stay home for the afternoon because it's the weekend:
Goliath the cat lovingly resting his giant hamburger head on my crossed legs. He is otherwise loafing and purring.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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She's a sweet little baby...
Lt the black cat slow blinking at me while she places a paw on my bestockinged foot. She is on a cast off fleece kigurumi that she was making biscuits on shortly before settling down for this photo.
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The place was done up super cool. You were allowed to go into the dunce box if you wanted
A wooden desk shelf with crocheted figures of Enoch, The Beast, and Wirt from over the garden wall. There's also some autumn leaves a paper turkey, a ceramic pitcher shaped like a turnip, and a framed piece of sheet music for the jazz standard "autumn leaves", painted over with watercolor to depict a farmhouse in autumn. A set meant to look like Wirt's room from over the garden wall. It's pretty faithful besides all the pumpkins strewn about. The floor is red, there's wooden furniture and a green quilt on the bed, with a clarinet resting over a red and white throw quilt. A set meant to look like the schoolhouse in over the garden wall. There are two school desks with chairs and pumpkins on top, a gorilla costume on a coat hanger, and a writing desk with pumpkins on top as the teacher's desk. In the corner is a replica "dunce box", and on the wall is a blackboard with the words "once the bell has rung, class has begun" in curly swooping handwriting. Above the blackboard is a painted border of alphabet letters. A huge mural of The Beast's head from Over the Garden Wall. In front of it is three lanterns.
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Arts center had an OtGW event and I succeeded in a scavenger hunt meant for children
A white hand holding prizes from the scavenger hunt: a plastic skeleton and a sticker of art from Over the Garden Wall
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I love him so much he's so fucking silly
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I grew up at the Renaissance faire so I knew approximately 30 guys who looked exactly like this
Rutger Hauer as Huntsman
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: SOUND ON
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Saw some truly incredible collaborative pieces from local school kids. Teaver Weaver got a genuine yelp out of me when I turned the corner to it
A child's drawing describing a monster called Teaver Weaver. It lives on the ceiling, has no job and no fears, and eats dogs. A sculpture made by a high schooler elaborating on the design sits in front, some kind of blobby fish beast with a gaping human mouth, out of which a sad dog face is visible. More sculptures and drawings, one of a red stick figure with brown limbs and one of a large, square creature with a red body and yellow, green and black decorations, smiling and waving at the beach. More art and pictures describing the collaborative program from a local school.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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It is my life's dream to ever be as comfortable as cats look
Goliath the large, fat black cat snoozing peacefully and comfortably in a donut style bed.
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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look at my son
Goliath the huge black cat standing on a ceramic bathroom sink, looking into a mirror with a goofy face reflected back as his back is scratched by a white person in a plaid flannel shirt
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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⭐get plenty of water! Don't wake up a dried out husk
⭐Appoint a Nap Safety Officer to wake you at a regular time by establishing a treat routine (this may backfire)
My nap safety officers, Goliath and Lt the black cats, lazing on blankets and keeping me from falling prey to a Nap while I fold laundry in a cozy space.
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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My cat is trying to heal me
Lt the black cat snuggling up to my legs (under a blanket) and purring. She often does this when I'm not feeling my best
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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We found this guy at the grocery store and had to take him home. Our new house goblin
A silly Halloween critter. It's a light green little guy with a fuzzy green suit with big ears and horns, an orange bowtie, and long, green and white striped socks hanging over the mantle. His fangs are askew, one points down and another points up. He's pretty cute.
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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The kids are settling in fine
Lt the black cat hanging out in the fanged hidey hole on her new goth cat tower. She loves it already!! Yay Goliath the black cat getting ready to go sicko mode on the new carpet. His ears are back and his eyes are big
November 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM