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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 03/10/2026

Ralph Wiggum laughing voice "I'm in danger."

Screenshot of a local weather forecast showing highs of 97, 93, 95, 96, and 94 for the next six days, with nighttime lows only going down into the mid 60s. (Highs of 36-33 across the week, and lows between 15-18 for folks who use Celsius)

dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 01/10/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! Hello hello I am Deven, an illustrator in the SF Bay area. I am looking for work in middle grade and early readers, including covers. I have worked and 3 books so far and would love to make more! dhoover.art

Two kids explore a haunted house. Both look very spooked! One kid is dressed in a purple turtleneck sweater, blue jeans, and has a PKE meter in his hands. It's going crazy. The other is dressed in a green jacket, a yellow shirt, and jeans. She's holding a butterfly net, which I guess is to catch ghosts with. They both hear a spooky whooooooooo coming from the hallway behind them.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 21/09/2026

It’s never too late to watch Make Some Noise and make some Widow’s Bay fan art.

Blue pencil sketch of a cartoon version of Patricia from Widow’s Bay, dancing wildly while holding a glass of punch. She is wearing her fox and antlers crown and dancing with pure ecstasy, while the party goers stand stock still in the background, mouths open in silent screams. They are dead eyed and zombie like.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 17/09/2026

Not the best pic because it's dark in here, but this is coming along. #gamechanger Not sure that's actually going to be what he's saying .I also tried out "let's annoy Brennan."

Photo of a digital gouache drawing of Sam Reich on the set of Game Changer. He's in a dark blue suit with light on stripes, and has a beard and hearing reddish hair. In front of him is a brightly colored podium with rainbow like colored arches. There's a similar pattern in a loop de loop brain behind his right side, as well as a blank screen in a bright tealish blue frame. The stylized words "game changer" sure below in black. I wanted to write them elsewhere before moving them into the screen.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 16/09/2026

The cake in question, made from scratch, minus the frosting, which we randomly had a can of.

Photo of a vanilla cake on a cooking rack. The cake is covered in mostly white frosting, with some light purple frosting mixed in on top. The top is also covered in multi colored sprinkles.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 14/09/2026

Whoo! Stickers are in for my sticker club patrons! Bonus cat paws!

Photo of two clear plastic bags full of stickers. One is of an orange cat holding a knife in its mouth and looking mischievous. The other is of a very round Magikarp looking scared or shocked. Two white cat paws are racing into the image and touching the Magikarp. Which makes sense because cats love fish.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 09/09/2026

Gowron says: HYDRATE #startrek #startrekday I grew up watching Trek and love it. Even when it's cheesy. (and it's often at it's best when it's cheesy) Happy 60th!

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 08/09/2026

OMG Control Resonant is going to be amazing

A flyer from the Federal Bureau of Control. It says "PUBLIC NOTICE. OFFICIAL FBC SAFETY NOTICE" in the upper right hand corner.
Below that is a fool page image of a circle of repeating pigeons flying on a spiral. Above the image it says, "DO NOT APPROACH REPEATING PIGEONS"
Below the pigeons, in smaller letters, it says "what to do if patterning occurs: distance yourself and report your location"

No matter what you see, trust the FBC

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 29/08/2026

There, I made the world's worst 'shop of that photo to make it Dark Placey.

Alan Wake, a video game character with pale skin, brown hair that looks kinda greasy, and a green tweedish jacket, stands, holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other. His light is signing onto a sign from a real world photo of some underground door thing that says YES. It's weird, it's creepy, it's the Dark Place from Alan Wake 2 if it were made by someone wo had 10 minutes to spare.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 12/08/2026

He's coming along #StarTrek Using the Aqua Studio color sets and Rusty Nib inkers in CSP. The BG color is from the original and being used as a placeholders. It is whatever brush set from procreate, I don't remember. I know little golden books don't have outlines, but my stuff does so 🤷‍♀️

A cartoony Captain Picard sits on a roughly draw chair on the bridge of the Enterprise D. He is in full color and has one hand raised, ready to say "engage!" He looks happy, which is out of character, but that's fine.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 08/08/2026

going back to this after several years and trying to fix it. Look at my sketchy body rebuild. #startrek Honestly, making a star trek book for kids would be 😍🖖

mock up of a Little Golden Book cover with Picard on the front. His one had is raised, finger up, about to give his characteristic "ENGAGE" command. He's sitting on the bridge of the Enterprise D. The text, which is hard to read, says "Star Trek: The Next Generation. I am a Captain."

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 08/08/2026

oh hey, forgot to include this one, which I'm making into sticker for my sticker club patrons. #cats

A cartoon orange tabby cat with green eyes and a large, floofy tail, holding a cleaver in its mouth and looking evil. Himb STAB. Choose violence.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 07/08/2026

Fashionably late to the #kidlitartposcard party today, but I'm here, and I would love to illustrate a book for you! #kidlit #kidlitillustration dhoover.art and @dhooverart on instagram 🐷

Two pink pigs relaxing on a purple blanket, under a rainbow beach umbrella. They are at the beach and enjoying their day. One pig is laying down, head propped up on his arms as he reads a book. He is dressed in a yellow and reddish orange stripped speedo. The second pig is dressed in a purple bikini, and wearing a tan sun hat. Her belly is very pink, indicating she got a little sun burnt. She's holding a cold drink in one hand and leaning on her friend's butt with the other.
Text at the bottom is yellow on an ocean blue band that reads Deven Hoover, cartoonist, illustrator, dhoover dot art, seeking representation.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 06/08/2026

Alright, which one of you degenerates (complimentary) owns this company?

A white work van with a cartoony looking male plumber in blue overalls starting next to the words "Blue Sky Plumbing Full Plumbing Services"

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 06/08/2026

Email with alt text: Also lol no way this is real because NO ONE looking for "clean, thoughtful design" is hiring my hack ass 🤣 I bring cartooning chaos, not clean design.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 28/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains

Picture of an album cover featuring the bronze animals playing instruments. From screen left to right, it's a dog or bear playing the violin, a frog playing the sax, and a cat or fox playing a trumpet. Above them is a solid dark green love. Above that is a white text field with black text run together that reads "The Presidents of the United States Of America." It's the album with all the hits: kitty, lump, peaches, dune buggy. Still great after all these years.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 14/07/2026

Hello #Portfolioday! I'm Deven, SF Bay Based, ND illustrator and cartoonist. I am looking for work from mid August on. I'm also looking for an agent! Open to covers, PB, early reader, mid grade illustration & magazines, etc website: dhoover.art patreon: patreon.com/dhooverart instagram: @dhooverart

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 08/07/2026

Ultra rare picture of me doing a cool thing. May delete later.

A woman in what I think was called a pegasus pose in hammock. Her face has been covered by a quickly drawn yellow smiley face because I ain't putting that on Al Gore's Internet. Ahead, the pose is front leg bent and back leg up in an extreme back attitude. She's several feet off the ground, but don't worry, there's a crash mat below her.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 05/07/2026

That sky looks like the coming of Gozer. (IYKYK)

A picture of the Capitol Building from the National Mall. The Mall is empty, various pieces of trash blowing in the wind. An extremely dark sky is seen in the background. It's not just nightfall, it's a storm. It looks like someone summoned Gozer and I don't think the Ghostbusters are prepared to fight it in this heat.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 05/07/2026

Watch Duty out here looking like a horror movie

A screenshot of the Watch Duty app, an app that tracks wildfires. This one shows the Western half of the US, most of which is on fire. Currently, the four corners States are the most on fire, but Washington State isn't far behind.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 29/06/2026

Attention @aplante.com you're not the only one out here committing cake atrocities. My children are as well.

Photo of a round vanilla cake with white frosting and one long slice taken out. The cake had five, long, frosting candles on it, and one has been removed, leaving a long rectangular hole in the cake.

Photo of a round vanilla cake with white frosting and two long slices taken out. The cake had five, long, frosting candles on it, and now two have been removed, leaving two long rectangular holes in the cake. One lone candle sits in the middle of the two missing slices. It looks absurd.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 27/06/2026

It's WIMDY! Anyway, if you're in the inland East Bay today, come visit me at the Livermore Comic Con. 🖖 11am-4pm I'm the under the only bright green pop up in the show. Easy to find.

Photo of an art booth with a bright teal table cloth. Stickers, prints, zines, and postcards are all visible on the table.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 10/06/2026

I found a bluesky coded shop for you all

Picture of a store in Shibuya, Tokyo called "Freak's Store"

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 10/06/2026

Hey Bird sky, what are these guys? Merlin doesn't know. Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo

Photo of Green Grass and an American Robin sized bird with brown back feathers, a black head, and yellow beak. It also has a white spot on its cheek, near the eye

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 17/05/2026

What have I been working on during the game? I am glad you asked. Will anyone buy my prints? It's unlikely, but I am making them anyway.

screenshot of an in progress painting on top of a reference photo. The photo is of Scotty, from Star Trek 4, the one with the whales, holding a VERY old school mouse and lovingly saying "hello computer." Maybe it was just enthusiastically, but I like to think he really did love (platonically) the Enterprise computer.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 17/05/2026

Pick a Bond from the photos you already have on your phone

Photo of a reddish board chained to a blue and purple metal cart full of bags of something. In yellow paint is a drawing of a hot dog covered in mustard, on wheels. Flies are drawn underneath it. Written above the hot dog, following the curve of it, are the words hot dog bitch. Never change, Oakland. Never change.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 07/05/2026

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I am Deven and I'm an #illustrator & #cartoonist in the SF Bay Area. Looking for an agent and new projects (picture book, chapter book, illustrated mid grade, early reader GN) July-Dec 26. I love humorous stories/characters. My goal is to be in the #scholasticbookfair!

drawing of a very confused boy, with brown hair and fair skin, diving into the ocean and discovering the fish are not only watching HIM swim, but they are taking pictures of him on their phones! Fish, with smartphones?! Truly the world has turned upside down.
White bubbles in the upper screen left and lower screen right share the artist's name and information. Deven Hoover. Illustrator. Seeking representation. dhoover at gmail dot com and dhoover dot art

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 07/05/2026

The vibes are off. Please enjoy this picture of a chestnut backed chickadee I took yesterday.

A photo of a small, chestnut backed chickadee, sitting in the reeds and tall grass above the banks of a stream. The bird is facing screen right. It has a black capped head, white face, and chestnut colored wings.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 20/04/2026

I try to include little sketches in each of my sticker club reward packs and man, IDK what is happening today. This one might stay home on account of being too weird.

Picture looking down at a light, wooden table containing a rectangular piece of white printer paper, approximately bookmark size, and two pens. The design on the paper is of a very very very long cat, winding along the outside right edge of the paper, its head popping out, upside down, on the upper right side of the paper. A mix of pencil and unfinished black ink lines, it also shows sea weed, fish, a hermit crab, and the words "I don't know what this is" along the cat's spine.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 18/04/2026

One of these judgmental fellows. (Willow Ptarmigan/ the Awebo bird)

A nearly all white bird standing in the white snow. It has a small black feather on its chest, deep black eyes, a black beak, and two red, bushy eyebrows. It's judging the hell out of you. It's a Willow Ptarmigan, AKA the Awebo bird. That's the sound it makes. Awebo.

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 14/04/2026

Hello #portfolioday I'm Deven, a #kidlit focused #cartoonist and #illustrator in the SF Bay Area. Currently looking for new projects and representation. 🖼️ dhoover.art 📫dhooverart@gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/dhooverart

Riding a landscape framed by purple mountains, dry grass hills, a forest and large boulders, a teen girl in armor and a purple cloak rides a horse with a flaming mane. The horse tromps proudly, breathing fire, totally unaware of the fact that it has set her hair on fire. The girl is feverishly fanning at her hair, trying to put it out. She looks extremely stressed, eyes huge and teeth gritted. In the foreground, a frog on a log watches them pass, curious.

Five kids crowded around an old school arcade machine, watching tensely as one red headed girl plays the game "SPACE GHOSTS." She's standing on a stool to reach the controls, and is hunched over, a semi stressed look other face as she plays. Behind her and to her left are two kids, one girl with dark skin and curly hair, looking concerned, and a taller boy with brown skin, looking excited and cheering. On her right are a pair of boys, one holding another on his shoulders so he can geta goo look at the screen. The one on top looks very worried, while the other is struggling to hold his friend and watch the game. A few soda cans are scattered on the floor around them/ They've clearly been at this for awhile.

An illustration of two teen girls, laughing and talking, and they set off for a hike in the woods. They are dressed for cold weather and their breath is visible. They are walking into a lush, green, bushy area in the foreground. Behind them is a clearing in a heavily wooded area, with a small cabin. Peeking over the edge of the cabin is a large, shadowy figure with one huge yellow eye. It is watching them. They are totally unaware of it

Derpy Tiger, a blue tiger with glowing orange and yellow eyes, sits, hind legs akimbo, with its tongue out and an unbothered expression on it's face. Above it it the word DERP

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dhooverart: spooky cartoonist at large @dhoover.art · 02/04/2026

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Deven, an SF Bay Area based illustrator. I am looking for new projects: middle grade, early readers (including graphic novels), covers, and picture books. Also looking for representation. Portfolio: dhoover.art #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #illustration

a postcard featuring a 5 panel comic showing an anthropomorphic onion dressed in blue wizard robes, and Little Red Riding hood, approaching a country cottage and nervously knocking on the door. To their surprise, the door swings open as they knock. The Onion Wizard nervously calls out hello as they both give worried leans forward to look inside. The comic is bordered by a leaf pattern in varying shades of greens. On top it says "Deven Hoover. Illustrator. Portfolio: dhooverdotart dhooverart at gmail dot com"

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