Jules
@looseleaf.bsky.social
I’m a fat, queer artist based in western North Carolina. I love mountains and waterfalls. I make quilts, knit sweaters & shawls, and weave tapestries. I make art on paper with graphite, colored pencils, and watercolors.
Happy Caturday, to all who celebrate
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Happy Caturday, to all who celebrate
Everyone gets their own watermelon
January 31, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Everyone gets their own watermelon
Meet me at the Olive Garden in Roku City
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Meet me at the Olive Garden in Roku City
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January 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Just ordered mine!
Okay, so I was at this table with my friend the bubble letterer, who wrote “Free” in their PROFESSIONAL-grade bubble letters. It made someone big mad. So bubble person and I made some #popupleftistsupplydepot merch. Proceeds to MIRAC MN. Popupsupplies.printful.me
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Just ordered mine!
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I've stared into the futility of writing my entire life. I mean yes, the robots are breaking my heart but so did my creative writing degree
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I've stared into the futility of writing my entire life. I mean yes, the robots are breaking my heart but so did my creative writing degree
I am always re-learning this one
Practice the things you're bad at and want to get good at - but also practice the things you're already good at and which are easy for you because it'll be pleasing to do and give you a little extra motivation to get better at the the things you're bad at.
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I am always re-learning this one
Draaw it! Draw it again!
it doesn't matter if that one topic you want to draw has been made millions of times already. only YOU can create it in your style and that makes the art unique. also just draw that damn thing because you enjoy it!!!! it's actually the only reason you need
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Draaw it! Draw it again!
I think my 2026 goal is “be more bored.” For art!
Give yourself time to be bored
Having moments when you have zero stimulation is incredibly important to give the creative side of your brain a good workout
It doesn’t have to be for hours ! A nice 10 minute stroll without distractions for instance is a good start
Having moments when you have zero stimulation is incredibly important to give the creative side of your brain a good workout
It doesn’t have to be for hours ! A nice 10 minute stroll without distractions for instance is a good start
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I think my 2026 goal is “be more bored.” For art!
Draw some more! Fill another page! And another!
Yknow you can just do sketches for the rest of your life and not ever worry about making full pieces or evem doing cleanup. I recommend that actually. Draw more often with less quality.
ARTISTS: quote with some random art advice!!
January 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Draw some more! Fill another page! And another!
For real
There are 10,000 bad drawings in you. Start getting them out of you as early as possible.
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
For real
Happy Solstice!
TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy Solstice!
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My employer wants new headshots for all employees. For some unknowable reason, they have decided on accomplishing this by using AI to scrub through all the saved zoom recordings and generating a composite image from all the times we appear on calls
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My employer wants new headshots for all employees. For some unknowable reason, they have decided on accomplishing this by using AI to scrub through all the saved zoom recordings and generating a composite image from all the times we appear on calls
Yes! I am solidly in my “weird little drawings” era and I’m loving every fucking minute
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yes! I am solidly in my “weird little drawings” era and I’m loving every fucking minute
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What’s on my hand? Wait, it’s on my face too. And in my hair??? And my coffee cup! And that light switch?!! OMG check the cat!!! AAARGH!!!!!
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
September 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What’s on my hand? Wait, it’s on my face too. And in my hair??? And my coffee cup! And that light switch?!! OMG check the cat!!! AAARGH!!!!!
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament
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This is correct. Examples:
Good good coffee: Kicking Horse, Dirty Girl
Good bad coffee: Most diners, McDonald's
Bad good coffee: Starbucks, most hipster places that look down on drip
Bad bad coffee: Taco Bell (most non-McDs fast food really), the Hotcake House by Milwaukie and Powell in Portland.
Good good coffee: Kicking Horse, Dirty Girl
Good bad coffee: Most diners, McDonald's
Bad good coffee: Starbucks, most hipster places that look down on drip
Bad bad coffee: Taco Bell (most non-McDs fast food really), the Hotcake House by Milwaukie and Powell in Portland.
So @caseyplett.com has this theory that there are four quadrants of coffee: "good good coffee"; "bad good coffee"; good bad coffee" and "bad bad coffee" and idk if this is true but it is def true of red Bordeaux
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Successfully got my Covid vax today! My doc had to write me an Rx, which he faxed to the pharmacy, then I made an appt online. All good, but then found out my insurance company would not cover it?!? Luckily I was able to pay the $194(😳) out of pocket. Will file an insurance appeal tomorrow
September 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Successfully got my Covid vax today! My doc had to write me an Rx, which he faxed to the pharmacy, then I made an appt online. All good, but then found out my insurance company would not cover it?!? Luckily I was able to pay the $194(😳) out of pocket. Will file an insurance appeal tomorrow
I had the hot air balloon one! And I didn’t take any notes during my first class of 7th grade (geometry) because I was nervous to make so much noise with the velcro
September 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I had the hot air balloon one! And I didn’t take any notes during my first class of 7th grade (geometry) because I was nervous to make so much noise with the velcro
Eagerly awaiting the horror movie adaptation of this book, starring Julia Roberts
look, clearly the cut has perfected running a certain style of self-aggrandizing, faux-searching but ultimately breezily exculpatory personal essay but oh my god www.thecut.com/article/eliz...
My Once-in-a-Million-Years Love Story
When my best friend was diagnosed with cancer, I promised to be with her until the end. Then all hell broke loose.
www.thecut.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Eagerly awaiting the horror movie adaptation of this book, starring Julia Roberts
There was a team trivia event today at work. Organizers used AI to generate questions AND answers. Many answers were pure hallucination. Tempers flared when correct answers were marked as wrong. Organizer doubled down and asked AI “is ___ a good answer for ___” and was surprised by weird results
August 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There was a team trivia event today at work. Organizers used AI to generate questions AND answers. Many answers were pure hallucination. Tempers flared when correct answers were marked as wrong. Organizer doubled down and asked AI “is ___ a good answer for ___” and was surprised by weird results
Wholeheartedly agree! Please don’t make me comfort you while I’m trying to receive a compliment
please don't drag yourself down when you want to compliment someone's art (or anything, really!). saying "this is so cool" is way better than "this is so cool, i could never do this :("
it really doesn't make praise better, quite the opposite!
it really doesn't make praise better, quite the opposite!
August 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Wholeheartedly agree! Please don’t make me comfort you while I’m trying to receive a compliment
Behold, my art fair booth! Tomorrow morning I will fill it with art!
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
August 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Behold, my art fair booth! Tomorrow morning I will fill it with art!
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC
This soothes my brain
Hey ding-dongs, let’s have a chit-chat about 'Ablaut reduplication.'
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
If you have three words, the order usually goes 'I-A-O.'
-tic-tac-toe
If there are only two words, ‘I’ is the first and the second is either ‘A’ or ‘O.’
-click-clack
-King-Kong
July 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This soothes my brain