pseudo-ersatz
@pseudo-ersatz.bsky.social
Artist, designer, illustrator, printer, sculptor, activist. Co-owner of Otherworldly Arts Collective, Northstar Printing Studio, and ALTR Gallery. Bicyclist, tinkerer, plant hoarder, cat-person, old-grouch leftist.
I hate these, also.
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I hate these, also.
Sketching; I’m in one of those “I hate everything I make” spirals…
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sketching; I’m in one of those “I hate everything I make” spirals…
I have this saved to my phone as a reaction…
Text: “Hey! I need a model for a figure drawing class I’m teaching, can you help?”
Reply:
Text: “Hey! I need a model for a figure drawing class I’m teaching, can you help?”
Reply:
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I have this saved to my phone as a reaction…
Text: “Hey! I need a model for a figure drawing class I’m teaching, can you help?”
Reply:
Text: “Hey! I need a model for a figure drawing class I’m teaching, can you help?”
Reply:
Yes. It’s a brand of headwear.
Trust me — this is a challenge.
Trust me — this is a challenge.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Yes. It’s a brand of headwear.
Trust me — this is a challenge.
Trust me — this is a challenge.
I need a catchy name for these square skulls of mine. But every name I’ve thought of has been taken by other more well known artists.
Anyway — why stickers? Because they have a high return on profit/price. And I use artist sticker all the time:
Anyway — why stickers? Because they have a high return on profit/price. And I use artist sticker all the time:
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I need a catchy name for these square skulls of mine. But every name I’ve thought of has been taken by other more well known artists.
Anyway — why stickers? Because they have a high return on profit/price. And I use artist sticker all the time:
Anyway — why stickers? Because they have a high return on profit/price. And I use artist sticker all the time:
More sticker designs…
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
More sticker designs…
So far, BlueSky makes for 4% of social media, but I’m making an effort in order to increase that usefulness and reach.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So far, BlueSky makes for 4% of social media, but I’m making an effort in order to increase that usefulness and reach.
The Twin Cities is gearing up for art sales. Most of the sellers know they need to craft usable art in order to sell well, so most of it will be wearable items. Shop local, etc…
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Twin Cities is gearing up for art sales. Most of the sellers know they need to craft usable art in order to sell well, so most of it will be wearable items. Shop local, etc…
Found a better use for the living fossil artwork; converted to around 3x4-inch vinyl stickers a person “could” slap around certain places. Not that I’m encouraging that.
(I’ll produce these as soon as some money comes in.)
(I’ll produce these as soon as some money comes in.)
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Found a better use for the living fossil artwork; converted to around 3x4-inch vinyl stickers a person “could” slap around certain places. Not that I’m encouraging that.
(I’ll produce these as soon as some money comes in.)
(I’ll produce these as soon as some money comes in.)
Most reasonable explanation given I could find: f-15 military jets, being moved to a new location. Supposedly this image is on the jets at MSP…
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Most reasonable explanation given I could find: f-15 military jets, being moved to a new location. Supposedly this image is on the jets at MSP…
New sketch: two birds, one stone…
(Gonna just draw every idea that’s even slightly erotic until something seems worthy of an upcoming event in February…)
(Gonna just draw every idea that’s even slightly erotic until something seems worthy of an upcoming event in February…)
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New sketch: two birds, one stone…
(Gonna just draw every idea that’s even slightly erotic until something seems worthy of an upcoming event in February…)
(Gonna just draw every idea that’s even slightly erotic until something seems worthy of an upcoming event in February…)
AND!!! I cannot say enough good things about Recovery Bike Shop — who let me rummage their dragon hoard of used frames, and broke out the expensive groove tools to fix the crank casing. “Don’t drop it; costs $150 just to readjust the cutters” … fuck!
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
AND!!! I cannot say enough good things about Recovery Bike Shop — who let me rummage their dragon hoard of used frames, and broke out the expensive groove tools to fix the crank casing. “Don’t drop it; costs $150 just to readjust the cutters” … fuck!
Much love to CenterPoint Welding, who knew EXACTLY what I was bringing them, and how to fix it — including covering for the original engineering flaws with more plating.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Much love to CenterPoint Welding, who knew EXACTLY what I was bringing them, and how to fix it — including covering for the original engineering flaws with more plating.
Bike frame busted over a month ago. After a long journey, here is El Bikamino IV.
I love bicycles, HATE installing the cables and chain. Just fuck my hands and wrists right up; not like I need them for EVERYTHING I do…
I love bicycles, HATE installing the cables and chain. Just fuck my hands and wrists right up; not like I need them for EVERYTHING I do…
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Bike frame busted over a month ago. After a long journey, here is El Bikamino IV.
I love bicycles, HATE installing the cables and chain. Just fuck my hands and wrists right up; not like I need them for EVERYTHING I do…
I love bicycles, HATE installing the cables and chain. Just fuck my hands and wrists right up; not like I need them for EVERYTHING I do…
My only motivation is that every person in my orbit said that AFTER I was done with the fish cluster print, I should use the banana cluster to draw dicks. Y’all are some simple minded creatures.
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My only motivation is that every person in my orbit said that AFTER I was done with the fish cluster print, I should use the banana cluster to draw dicks. Y’all are some simple minded creatures.
Do we start off the same way as last time? When I say, “I know this looks odd — but trust me, I know what I’m doing with this”?
…because I don’t know what I’m doing. All I know is, everyone told me to do this for the upcoming SafeWord event…
…because I don’t know what I’m doing. All I know is, everyone told me to do this for the upcoming SafeWord event…
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Do we start off the same way as last time? When I say, “I know this looks odd — but trust me, I know what I’m doing with this”?
…because I don’t know what I’m doing. All I know is, everyone told me to do this for the upcoming SafeWord event…
…because I don’t know what I’m doing. All I know is, everyone told me to do this for the upcoming SafeWord event…
Ode to Black Mirror.
One of the few shows that is too intense for me to binge.
(18x24-inch, 3-color screen print - one color is a metallic silver online images can’t do justice.)
One of the few shows that is too intense for me to binge.
(18x24-inch, 3-color screen print - one color is a metallic silver online images can’t do justice.)
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ode to Black Mirror.
One of the few shows that is too intense for me to binge.
(18x24-inch, 3-color screen print - one color is a metallic silver online images can’t do justice.)
One of the few shows that is too intense for me to binge.
(18x24-inch, 3-color screen print - one color is a metallic silver online images can’t do justice.)
And! Coming up —> fiber art and gifts.
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And! Coming up —> fiber art and gifts.
Four events; meanwhile, I haven’t had the time to touch a drawing pad in two weeks…
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Four events; meanwhile, I haven’t had the time to touch a drawing pad in two weeks…
Busy at the studio this weekend. This includes the show hanging at Wabasha Brewing, and the show hanging at Norseman Distillery. (And admin work to be done at ALTR Gallery.)
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Busy at the studio this weekend. This includes the show hanging at Wabasha Brewing, and the show hanging at Norseman Distillery. (And admin work to be done at ALTR Gallery.)
From the cellular level up to skill sharing/training — COOPERATION has been the basis of most higher evolutions.
Now we must explain why CHILD RAPE is wrong to the metaphorical single-cell political trolls — in record reaction time to the evidence that their hero is (ALSO) a child rapist.
Now we must explain why CHILD RAPE is wrong to the metaphorical single-cell political trolls — in record reaction time to the evidence that their hero is (ALSO) a child rapist.
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
From the cellular level up to skill sharing/training — COOPERATION has been the basis of most higher evolutions.
Now we must explain why CHILD RAPE is wrong to the metaphorical single-cell political trolls — in record reaction time to the evidence that their hero is (ALSO) a child rapist.
Now we must explain why CHILD RAPE is wrong to the metaphorical single-cell political trolls — in record reaction time to the evidence that their hero is (ALSO) a child rapist.
Werewolf Wednesday; there’s something just perfect in the figure’s hair that I haven’t been able to duplicate since… I should draw a werewolf roller-derby girl.
(…the futile feeling of gathering drawing ideas/references in a world ready to collapse…)
(…the futile feeling of gathering drawing ideas/references in a world ready to collapse…)
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Werewolf Wednesday; there’s something just perfect in the figure’s hair that I haven’t been able to duplicate since… I should draw a werewolf roller-derby girl.
(…the futile feeling of gathering drawing ideas/references in a world ready to collapse…)
(…the futile feeling of gathering drawing ideas/references in a world ready to collapse…)
Reposting this art for two reasons: 1. I had to rebuild the digital file from past films due to losing the original. 2. I plan to change the colors to make a trans rights sticker (living fossil = “always existed; always will”)
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reposting this art for two reasons: 1. I had to rebuild the digital file from past films due to losing the original. 2. I plan to change the colors to make a trans rights sticker (living fossil = “always existed; always will”)