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jpivot.bsky.social
pivot
@jpivot.bsky.social
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its me, pivot
i draw (occasionally) and play video games (frequently) and watch wrestling (sometimes) and post (rarely)
you can also find me here:
https://jpivot.tumblr.com/
https://pivsketch.tumblr.com/
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jpivot.bsky.social
got a new art tool: the classical dip pen nib. im learning how to use it. and how to ruin it. apparently.
pen and ink drawing of me sitting in a computer chair holding a small object and saying "aw frick my 2 dollar dip pen nib is rusty" with another drawing of me shedding a single tear mournfully saying "i was starting to understand it, too..."
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
heres my update after watching the movie and knowing what happens in it
same drawing of victor frankenstein but he's grimacing and looking off to the side angrily. text says "what if there was a guy and he sucked soooooo bad." text above him says "milk count: 5"
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
scheduled a discord event to watch the frankenstein movie with my friends but i didnt know anything about what happens in it so i googled one (1) image of oscar isaac victor frankenstein and drew this banner real quick ⬇
a drawing of victor frankenstein on the right looking mildly annoying saying "of course im making my monster hot otherwise whats the point"
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
saw a cool halftone drawing and was compelled to also make a halftone drawing.
chip thinks hes finally gonna have a match with his long lost rival but hes gonna be sooooo mad when he wakes up from his dream
#TAGCEN
black and white halftone comic. chip is clenching his fist and laughing in a sinister manner. the next panel hes brushing his hair back and saying "you have no idea how long i've waited for this"
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
literally a little pic. it is small. you can say it's a drawing for ants
photo of a marker drawing of orange cassidy with a single united states quarter for scale. it's two quarters tall
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
can't watch collision today since im at a convention... drew a lil pic of orange cassidy in the meantime
#aew
a pencil and marker drawing of a chibi orange cassidy on paper. it has a bright orange background
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
this weekend im helping @adulture.bsky.social and @hexselenas.bsky.social sell things at anime pasadena. if you put me behind a convention table I will start making bespoke signage
picture of a display card with a label that says "destiny 2 bread clip acrylic pins" with some acrylic pins pinned below it. to the side is a drawn diagram of an acrylic pin from the side, showing its pin part.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
heres my dark bramble tribute from 2022
a video game pumpkin that has been carved with the visage of dark bramble from outer wilds a video game pumpkin that has been carved with the visage of an anglerfish from outer wilds
November 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
every year we play the pumpkin carving game. heres my yearly outer wilds themed pumpkin
a screenshot from the annual ghost town pumpkin festival by adamgryu of my ghost standing next to an outer wilds themed pumpkin. im wearing a hat covered in pins and i have glasses and a small pointy smile
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
jacob lash
#deadlock
grayscale sketch of jacob lash grinning and giving a thumbs up to himself. hes surrounded by sparkles and has brass knuckles spelling out LASH
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
doodles of my guysssss
#TAGCEN
a collection of drawn colored busts of: basil with his hat, chip (with glasses and with his hair slicked back), taggart with his arms raised up cheering, and samson (startled) and samson again (slightly disheveled, smug) a drawing of taggart excitedly doing the torture rack (or argentine backbreaker) by holding a suffering afterburner up on his shoulders. a smaller drawing of them is in the corner, taggart is asking an annoyed afterburner if he is mad at him
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
i dont use color jitter brushes but i decided to try one out for once. fruits
colored illustrations of an apple, a banana, and some blue grapes
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
the process of removing a spider from the home
drawings of me walking while carrying a spider on a plate but the spider starts rappelling down the plate and i start walking faster while raising plate higher into the air and getting more worried
October 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
checking if i can still draw proper cylinders. uh oh
a collection of sketched cylinders at various angles alongside two 3d cylinders, used as reference
September 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
when youre facing off with the enemy faction and have to look really tough
#aew
a screenshot from aew dynamite september to remember, sept 17 2025. daniel garcia and kyle o'reilly are facing off forehead-to-forehead on the left while roderick strong and marina shafir are in a standoff staring at each other on the right a black and white line drawing of roderick strong scowling and saying grrrr. there is a thought bubble next to him showing him smiling cutely surrounded by flowers saying "thats my wife :D"
September 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
studying the blade. how do i draw this man
#deadlock
various sketches of lash from deadlock and his big dumb face. one of them is him thinking about bebop and saying "hes stupid!" while ivy is pondering and saying "he seems nice, though!"
September 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
i updated my copy of csp recently and the ability to rotate the pivot of the free transform gizmo is such a nice feature... no longer will you need to straighten out an angled object to distort it properly... sooooo nice. i recommend getting version 5.0 for this
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
that abrams #deadlock
waist up drawing of abrams from deadlock trying to light his cigarette, but the match goes out too early. and it was his last match. this is so sad. and then another drawing of him standing with the cursed tome
September 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
quick 1hr color study thing of one of ryan loco's cool hangman photos... i made the darks way more saturated-red than theyre supposed to be tho oopssssssss
painting study of a photo by ryan loco. hangman adam page is standing in a dark alleyway or something with the championship belt on his shoulder. hes looking off to the right. theres bricks out of focus on the background and a vibrant blue light
July 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
oh nice, clip studio paint has photoshop-style smart objects / file references. (so you can link a .clip canvas inside of another .clip canvas and it automatically updates) its called "file object" btw.

i dont use smart objects frequently, but on the rare occasions i did it was very handy
July 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
o ya i finished these taggarts & basils btw. my guys...! younger and older
#TAGCEN
drawn color portraits of taggart on an orange background. him on his phone, him leaning back while talking, etc. also drawings of him younger with a bandana around his neck, with longer hair and a shaved head colored portrait drawings of basil during his "afterburner" persona years (with orange highlights in his hair) and a drawing of him more modern day scruffy. and a fullbody of him walking in his tagcen-era wrestling gear (a black shirt, a hat, gray tights, kickpads)
July 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
chip's struggle. how is he supposed to get proper revenge on basil in these conditions
#TAGCEN
a drawing of chip crying a waterfall of tears while angrily clenching his teeth saying "why is he such a loser now!?" samson is standing next to him rolling his eyes saying "good grief." in the foreground, slightly blurred, is basil and taggart facing away from chip and samson. they are standing next to each other talking. basil looks happy
July 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
colored an old drawing of basil. my guy with problems...
#TAGCEN
basil wearing a black tshirt and a baseball cap, with a text box that is a screencap of a reductress article titled "im trying to be less of a bitch, in case you idiots didnt notice". taggart follows up with "i noticed" and basil stammers "oh, uh, good" and then crosses his arms confidently and says "yes, good. thats. what i wanted" while taggart is nodding and saying "yep!" theres another comic panel of basil angrily prodding chip and saying "im trying to be a better person!" and chip (shirtless) is responding with "why? thats stupid and lame as hell"
July 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
jpivot.bsky.social
(2/2)
#TAGCEN
samson is in the foreground, clutching his torso and walking away from a wrestling ring. hes grimacing, his eyes covered up by a dialog box. "and when my time was up? i accepted it gracefully. i'm humble like that." in the wrestling ring is a referee counting, and his opponent is watching him leave. "six! seven! eight! nine! ten!! ding ding! the winner by count out: blueshift!" the next panel is a side view of blueshift holding the championship on her shoulder, looking back to the camera in rage, on the other side of a chainlink fence. "blueshift's the champ now. i hear she's been trying to hunt me down... i don't know why shes so mad. she won, didnt she?" samson is sitting on a bench alone, hunched over, a shadow over his face. he looks grim. "i haven't been avoiding anyone. or anything. if i'm scarce around the isc title scene, well... thats just because ive moved on to better things." the next panel is samson standing at the corner of a wrestling ring, leaning on the post looking somewhat bored. in the foreground is a wrestler with a big grin. "i'm busy with the tag team circuit now. im working towards getting into this invitational tag team tournament..." chip is looking back and offering his hand. narration: "the most annoying man alive has forced his way into becoming my tag team partner, but he's pretty skilled in the ring, so. i can work with this." the next panel is samson and chip having their arms raised in victory by a referee. theyre in the middle of a wrestling ring. "as long as i can get to those tag team championships. i mean, two belts is better than one, right? who would even want the isc title anymore?" samson is in the same pose as he was in the title page, but he doesn't have a wrestling championship. his hand rests on his bare shoulder as he looks off into the distance. narration: "i know i dont need it." in the background, chip is closing a locker and has his other hand on his hip. he looks angry and annoyed. one of his speech bubbles is covered up by a narration box, the others say "samson?" and "hey! are you even listening to me?"
June 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
jpivot.bsky.social
an 8 page comic about samson, who may or may not have something wrong with him (1/2)
#TAGCEN
samson holding an ISC wrestling championship belt on his shoulder, leaning into it a bit with a fond smile while looking down at the camera. title text says "samson" in all caps closeup of a wrestling championship belt that says "interstate champion" on it. narration boxes say: "that interstate championship... isn't it beautiful? all that gold is heavier than it looks. for singles competition, its the most prestigious title you can get on this side of the country. every pro wrestling promotion has their own world championship. theyre a dime a dozen. but theres only one isc title, and it isnt beholden to any one company... whoever holds this title, has control over its whole territory." narration: "but nobody stays champion for very long." theres a series of drawings of vibrant orange shadowy silhouettes of various wide-eyed champions, the champion belt standing out. "they say the title is cursed, that it changes people... that its driven every champ mad with power and obsession..." at the bottom is samson looking to the camera and shrugging with a smile, the ISC belt on his shoulder. a speech bubble from him says: "not me, though! i was fine." samson is kicking an opponent in the face in the middle of the ring. narration: "i defended the title for two long years, and i didn't need to be insane or evil to do it. (thats the record for longest isc title reign, by the way.) nothing changed about me." a white silhouette of a disgruntled samson holding the championship surrounded by dark hatchmarks. "i wasn't even bothered when everyone turned their back on me."
June 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM