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Prickly women; more sketching. And after I finished that much, I decided to draw a start to two more of this cactus plant.

Other news - finalized the hurt wrists sketch, heard a pop in my neighborhood last night and found the shell the next morning (this summer could be wild), then joined a foster volunteer group and got this dummy fuzzy void to care for — he likes to watch TV.

#cactus #sketching #sketches #cats of tumblr

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Storage space costs kept rising month to month. “For that price we could open our own gallery!” … its actual 4X the cost, but … Otherworldly Arts Collective is opening up its own gallery! It only took us ten years :)

Anyone local in the twin cities can hit us up for art event ideas that’ll fit in a 2,000-sq.ft. space.

#artshow #art event #art gallery

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Busy weekend: spring cleaning print studio for Art-A-Whirl. FINALLY getting this one design printed after tinkering with it for YEARS. Unicorn Art Show 9 is in high-gear with all artists vetted and venue set (with new alcohol vendor!). And the big bike has been tuned up … sort of. I’m also going to foster cats so I’m fixing up the condo.

#screenprinting #screenprint #silkscreen #graphic design #artshow #poster art #bicycle

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One skill I’ve studied and studied, but never feel comfortable with: Eros in art through higher conceptualization. It’d probably be easier if I was gay, because the risk of merely objectifying a body of the same sex (when what I should be doing is highlighting the value of a moment’s context, and then sharing it), would not carry much of a penalty. … except, I guess, building a fanbase of hollow minded porn-fiends.

Last thing I want to do is give the women in my life an ‘ick-factor’ through my art. So I’m overly cautious. I’ve already crossed a line with some by drawing female figures that suggest I’m after impossible beauty standards. That’s another write-up for later.

I’m just a fan of anyone who can raise up what society teaches too many is a baser act.

The Flower of Venus

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Now THAT is a sculpture that conveys feelings. Not feeling you want or can stop, either.

"stress" by yoan capote - made of bronze and concrete

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Still sketching. Cleared a major freelance design project and now I find myself with something my art needs but I haven’t had in a while: time.

#sketching #sketches

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Just a collection of memes that haven’t left my phone and will probably die only once the phone has died. Still getting shit together, but I am drawing now.

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Color experiments. These involve buying paper I've never tried printing on before. It could be a disaster, but I already feel like the original concept for the drawing has turned into a disaster — so now I'm free to do whatever the fuck my instincts tell me to do.

#screenprinting #screenprint #silkscreen #poster art

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We’ve seen movies about AI that went horribly wrong because the military used it, or a person with no functional social/moral skills invented it, or because people backed it into a paradox … capitalists trying to write AI for the purpose of monetizing it is all of that rolled into one. Scrap this path we’re on. And for fucks sake, stop thinking the only artificial intelligence we should create is one that thinks/processes like a human, just faster. We’ve already been thinking like humans this whole time to our detriment. Let AI evolve us.

#ai art

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The good: intentions

The bad: reactions

The ugly: mob judgment

Supes says the good thing to do, not the popular one eheh 🐦

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An old favorite of mine. I can see their entire body of their work being printed through Intaglio process, and it would be wonderful.

day one of drawing something while sick everyday (if I survive) quality might drastically lower

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The professional side; where a lot of the creative energy goes instead of the personal art...

My posters and such don't pay the bills, yet. Even the art events business is mainly for helping other artists get a foothold in real-world shows and sales; so we keep the fees low and earn very little at the end of the year. (Last we ran the numbers, we're earning $3.55 an hour). And so, plenty of my creative energy is hidden behind an NDA as a graphic designer.

Yet, my employers are happy to have me share this one - some choice portions of our holiday calendar. While some of my time of image creation was spared thanks to the magic of mixing up various clip-art, the majority of the puzzles were made by me. These images are probably the more relatable; mazes and those 'spot the differences' puzzles. I had fun, but stressed myself out a bit. There's a good chance I might be allowed to revamp these into some personal art.

#graphic design #mazes #poster art

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…events like this are YEARLY. Which means, after the event, I try to think of what to do next year. With less than a few months before my colleagues put this show on again - I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO!

Ink and paper purchased, films printed, screens cleaned, and the Neon Nightmares art event is official. Jumping into the fun-fun world of black-light poster printing.

#annual event panic #phosphorus inks #geese #screenprint #screenprinting #blacklight #neon colors #silkscreen #graphic design #artshow

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Here’s to all the “clever” people out there that somehow think it’s a mark of intelligence to be able to betray trust. It’s not clever, it’s short sighted; it’s poisonous to humanity.

Red riding hood comic collab with the wonderful @yeehawpim (go check out their blog for loads of great comics!) 🌷 See the layouts he did here!

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More old art. ...still looking for the (legal-ish) substance that will give me willpower to draw and ink over the winter. Spirit is so lacking.

#poster art #vector graphics

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Digital versus the screen print. I went ultra soft on the color with a silver ink. Printed just hours before the event. Not a good thing, but the day worked out.

Monetizing an art hobby? Can’t find a sales venue for the kind of art you make? Create your own art events! SafeWord erotic art show is the first event of the year. Next: Unicorn Art Show, Button Mashers (video game art show), Drop-In Deck Show (skateboard deck art), and the Gods & Monsters Halloween art show. Then I can die.

#screenprinting #screenprint #silkscreen #artshow #eroticism

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Back at the print studio. I’ve got three poster projects, not enough paper, and no time for mistakes…

SO OF COURSE I MAKE A FUCKING MISTAKE: blue is too dark. It keeps drying darker. By the time it’s dry, the original plan has gone to shit along with the contrast of colors. So I run over it with a near-black teal. It works. And it layered so well, you can’t see where the orange is. I can’t explain this one — taking a poster off the table, then putting back and expecting a color to overlap perfectly? Doesn’t happen. But it did. You can’t see the orange. What the hell did I do right!?

Next poster — a print version of Soft-Struggle, for the SafeWord erotic art event. Fourth year running, and the third space we had to move to. I made stickers this time.

And! I defiled my skin, yet again.

#screenprinting #screenprint #silkscreen #artshow #eroticism #tattoos #printstudio #graphic design #vector #poster art #ssri #psilocybin