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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I got to wear this lovely mushroom lantern by Krewe of Grateful Gluttons and march in my first ATL Lantern Parade last week! can’t wait to do more!🍄❤️ workin on repairs for a “monster chicken” to wear end of the month!

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DareBear @derekbgayle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A wonderful, personal conversation that goes into some Skreeonk and @glitterjaw.bsky.social lore, and gets a bit heavy with subjects I've never talked much about publicly before. Thank you @donnywinter.bsky.social for your kindness and indulging my Godzilla Junior feelings! youtu.be/oqCkuMhCGGM?...

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Growing Up With Godzilla Ep. 138 - Catharsis (with Derek B. Gayle)

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

experimenting with taking a more loose approach to my late night gay poetry.

A poem typed over a photo of a door taken from outside at night, with orange light flooding thru the windows. The poem reads

“the voyeur”

Ear pressed to the wall
My heart pounds faster than theirs

Breath held
Grasping for a morsel of intimacy
Faint creaks
Finding confidence in rhythm

With eyes wide shut
Shame bows at the altar
Of carnal curiosity

The ironic hushed moan
Restrained abandon
Seeping through the keyhole
Silent sirens, driving me mad

Have I always been so desperate
To find a way in?

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Bob’s Burgers props ready for DAY 1 - DragonCon 2026

photo of various items (spatula, prop burger, burger necklace, grey beanie, water bottle with burger sticker), laid on counter around a chalkboard that reads “BURGER OF THE DAY- CHAR WARS: THE EMPIRE CHIVES BACK $5.95

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Farbissina Punim @farbissinapunim.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

WHO the fuck is Spiderman???!!

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Some final and process shots of my “Backrooms bear” cosplay mask I made for my hubby to wear at DragonCon. First time modeling a face and doing eyes like this, and super pleased with the results! Mask base and strap upcycled🤘 #backrooms #mask #upcycling #cosplay #dragoncon2026

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I don’t have 2 wolves inside me, I have these 2… 😄🍔👁️🍔👁️🍔👁️🍔 my two main makes for DragonCon 2026 finished, just need to seal the face mask. Upcycled most of the burger and the mask base + ties🤘 it’s been a good year of learning foam #cosplay #burger #backrooms #mask #upcycling

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

test fitting, now to add a bit more pink of a top shade!

Yellow badge ribbon with black text that reads “I like it in here” in choppy Backrooms inspired font

my husband trying on a hand molded mask with 4 extra eyes and 2 extra noses, based on the still life character from Backrooms

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

1st time doing a custom design badge ribbon for DragonCon. Inspired by the Backrooms title font for the hubby to hand out in cosplay as the bearded still life. #badgeribbons #dragoncon #backrooms

Light yellow ribbon with choppy looking black text that reads “I LIKE IT IN HERE”

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

cosplay process photo dump vol 1 mask + shirt =>Backrooms oversize foam burger =>Bob Belcher

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I struggle a lot with finishing books… but just finished this beautiful blend of science, history, and memoir…made me feel less alone and more hopeful. Highly recommend! Forest Euphoria - Patricia Kaishian

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Kaiju United @kaijuunited.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

EDITORIAL: @derekbgayle.bsky.social dives into the queer themes of 'Latitude Zero,' a film that examines a society that has left the world behind to create their own futuristic utopia where everybody is equal in social hierarchy. Check it out: kaijuunited.com/2026/06/20/l... #Kaiju #Tokusatsu

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

helped paint some decor for a local #queer #pride event in East Atlanta called “Wig Out”… total collaborative effort with friends adding ideas and layers all along the way. Felt super proud of our #dragqueen #cactus and #moon photo booth all handmade and painted❤️🏳️‍🌈😊

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Dorander @alt-ori.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Mental check-in. Meme only

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

just a little design I came up with thinking on this quote/proverb I was rolling around my head today. Sketched it out and then rebuilt in vector form.

A graphic symbol within a circle split in half horizontally. The bottom half has a seed with a pupil at the center so it also looks like an eye. The seed grows up into a branching tree in the top half of the circle. Text under reads:

“Plant trees, under whose shade you will never sit…”

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

new road salvage piece I turned into a pup, cuz why not? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I have a dream of some of these ending up at a queer campground some day. #pupart #pupsign #pup

me in a leather pup hood standing next to a modified pedestrian crossing sign salvage, with painted on bone, tail, and dog head.

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DareBear @derekbgayle.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

New extra-long Tokusatsu Thursday tonight, starting early at 7pm ET at twitch.tv/scifiexplosion! Enjoy 3 1/2 hours of curated toku episodes (greatest hits and deep cuts) with @scifiexplosion.bsky.social and me, plus music videos, retro commercials, a special, and a little surprise treat at the end.

The bearish Robert Baldwin as Sazer-Gordo in Chousei Kantai Sazer-X

The Primordial Amphibian Ragon, a Gill-man type monster in Ultra Q

Space Sherriff Shaider with his laser blade

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Alex Bertram-Powell @alexbpart.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

BS now apparently supports embedding and playing Bandcamp tracks🤘 I recently released my first original song “shipwreck in a bottle” with my hubby Parks contributing the music… free to enjoy or download on Bandcamp or other streaming spots. puddleskipper.bandcamp.com/track/shipwr...

puddleskipper.bandcamp.com

shipwreck in a bottle, by puddle skipper

track by puddle skipper

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

“dog with a bone to pick” been sitting on this road sign salvage for a bit. Now it’s a pup crossing 😄 #pup #upcycling #pupart

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

new road sign salvage piece finally MOUNTED in the backyard ;)

me standing with sunglasses next to a TOP AHEAD road sign (S scratched off)

TOP AHEAD road sign (with the S scratched off)

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

made my buddy who is a slasher fan a Freddy bookmark. Printed on watercolor paper and hand scratched and inked in. Love how the texture turned out :P thanks for the inspo Jeremy 🙌

white and black framed bookmark with Freddy Krueger claw tearing bloody torn paper lines down length of bookmark vertically. Handmade beside printed claw.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

another heavy day, releasing some of it into a poem again. #poem #poetry #protestpoetry

Poem titled “under my breath”

Brought here kicking and screaming
Words strange, customs stranger
Eyes wide, drying out
Watching it over and over
Until I know every beat by heart
Humming a different melody
Under my breath
To avoid disturbing the chaos

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

“wolves” The latest gestapo execution in broad daylight has brought a lot of righteous rage to the surface. So I’m howling out in the ways I know how, in grief… in defiance… This one goes out to all the riot dogs out there. Show your teeth. Bite back. #fuckice #poetry #protestpoetry #poem #wolves

Poem text typed over a background image of moon in the sky.

“wolves”
I stare at the wolves gathering outside my window.

They circle the property.
Sniff my patio furniture.
Piss on the walls.
Murder my neighbors.

Daring me out of the house.

They remind me how fragile,
this shell of domesticity and drywall.

One blow from caving in.

But they know nothing of the feral rage this domesticated dog cut his teeth on.

I save up my screams.
Distill them into fuel.
Mana for the days ahead.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

my last one of the year… with one day to go 😬👀 (for context, the text was a laser cut swag I was gifted in mine at DragonCon… the wood base was an unfinished leftover from my late father in law) at this point I’m just brain fried and making random mashups of everything to break up the sads.

Capital letters FUCK laser cut from a thin piece of wood, glued and sealed on a circular slice of wood with tree rings and the bark still on.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Our neighbor grows a pretty large banana plant and in the winter a lot of these get blown around our street. I picked up a leaf and it felt like a lined page, so I leaned into it and now it looks like an ancient scroll from a squirrel race :D Dabbling with more organic ephemeral materials lately

Dried banana plant leaf with black marker glyphs scribbled in vertical columns

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

some makes I managed to complete this year (1st, 3rd, 4th were Christmas gifts). 2025 was a tough one but still here, and still making. If you’re pushing thru crud to shine a little care out on others, I see you, and hope we can make something together in 2026 ❤️

10x10inch square shadow box with geometric glyph patterning marker drawn on the frame. The inside contains a Cinnamon Toast Crunch character face floating in a background of darker and gold lined glyphs.

Canvas and leather shoulder purse with glyphs etched into the leather strap on the bottom edge.

Blue moleskine journal collaged on the back, spine, and front with cutout images of abstract art. Front features a piece by Georgia O’Keefe

Green moleskine journal painted with a gold design of lines and dots on the spine, and collaged on the front with pictures of stones and bones. On front cover, 4 fake teeth and and a dragon eye bead are painted and glued on, with the teeth radiating out like lashes from the eye. The eye lid is bronze and teeth off white and grey

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Borrowed a hoop skirt to upgrade Puddle’s Renn Faire look this year. this was genuinely a joy to swish around in. Was initially a bit nervous to try, I’m still relatively new to rockin genderqueer looks in public. Super proud of how this one came together :)

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

pups first piercing + testing out fall looks :P #pup

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

disco pupped for a pride wander. Saw perfume genius play, was a nice breezy night.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I wrote a song called “shipwreck in a bottle” that’s in the process of releasing. Just finished the cover art for it combining some photos I’ve taken at the beach. The lines and dots are all multiple layers of low shutter speed starry night photos. The background is shot I took at driftwood beach.

Blueish grey desaturated photo of a fallen tree at driftwood beach, with layers of star photography edited in on top creating a scratchy texture.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

the pup look I brought out for DragonCon. On days I don’t feel like cosplay I’ve been experimenting.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

puddle’s going to a pool theme party so I figured he needed a giant pool noodle bone toy for his look :P

Pool noodle cut and shaped into an oversized dog bone with the text “PAWPERTY OF PUDDLE” in orange painted on it.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Gamer pup went after all the power ups and multi-balls at Southern Fried Gaming Expo this weekend.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

new summer pup look. Bandana is one my old dog Sasha used to wear… the tee is secondhand from my hubby’s storage, old merch from the Guggenheim… suits my social awkwardness well 😬🐶🐾 #pup

Selfie of me in pup hood, cast in pink light wearing a pop art tee of a dog saying GRRRRR! and navy paisley bandana holding a drink.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Borrowed my buddy’s Canon to shoot some of my work up around our place :) really wanna do more detailed mini figurine shots!

gold colored mini obelisk covered in glyphs being looked at by a T. rex and stegosaurus mini figurines.

A cyanotype of local southwest atlanta wildflowers on cardstock, framed.

An eye of Sauron wreath with hand painted elvish marks around it and Sauron’s eye painted in the middle.

An old screen print I made of a scanned in ink sketch. Accent colors added with color pencils.

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Cubstantinople @cubstantinople.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

impromptu Mary’s shoot 📸 credit - Tom. A friend had scanned some old gay porn to pass around the bar for a “Father Figure” event. I went for a “disappointed dad found your gay porn” thing :P

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