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Mitch's Art & Design

@donaberger.xyz
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Pacifist, professional artist, bicycle-liker, Syndicalist, Bahá'í. Raised by the Internet. Website: donaberger.xyz. Mastodon: @mitch@hoagie.cloud Cats: Yes

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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 15/10/2026
MY WIFE GOT PUBLISHED! AND SHE'S GONNA SPEAK AT NYU!
A meme. Chip and Joanna Gaines on Good Morning America. Joanna is labelled "my wife doing anything", and Chip (seen outside in Times Square looking in and cheering) is labeled "me"
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 02/10/2026
i had a lot of music that didn't have lyrics, so i tried using voice to text tool to make my own .LRC files. And, boy, it did its best with Wu-Tang. *pat pat*
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 21/09/2026
back when i was working for akamai, i made this neat little illustration for a kubernetes orchestration platform. they went a different direction, but, i still think it was pretty cool and moody. #illustration #advertising #cloudcompute #marketing #martech #vector #adobeillustrator #graphicdesign
A blue, holographic lighthouse using its beam to find a floating crate, featuring the Linode Kubernetes ship wheel icon inside of it.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 15/09/2026
I got tired of sending out regular resumes, so I built a PS1 demo disc instead. 🎮 I’m currently looking for full-time work as a Creative Director, Brand Manager, or Illustrator. Let's build something cool: donaberger.xyz #DesignPortfolio #HireMe #PSX #MotionGraphics #CreativeDirector #RetroGaming
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 07/09/2026
I have nothing to say, add, or contribute today beyond this photo.
A still from the 1990s animated sitcom The Simpsons shows the character Homer Simpson as the main figure. Homer is a yellow cartoon adult man with wide, somewhat bewildered eyes and a five o'clock shadow.

He is holding a slightly crumpled map, held up with both hands. His mouth is open, and three speech bubbles are overlaid on the image, reading "HEY! THERE'S A NEW AMERICA." The background is a landscape of rolling hills, trees with green and blue foliage, and distant, colorful mountains under a bright blue sky.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 28/08/2026
#gameboycamera
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 25/08/2026
i found a #bahai poster I did for the Twin Celebrations. It was ultimately rejected by the committee, but i still like it.
This digital event flyer, designed in a geometric vector art style with a vintage aesthetic, announces a "Twin Celebration" for the births of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. The top section features the introductory text "We cordially invite you to the ..." in black serif font, leading into the large title where "Twin" is in navy blue and "Celebration" is in rust red, followed by the subtitle "... of the births of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh." Below the header are two rounded rectangular information boxes; the left box, outlined in navy blue, details the time as "WHEN: October 21st & October 22nd 7pm for both," while the right box, outlined in rust red, provides the location: "WHERE: Philadelphia Bahá'í Center, 2462 Bryn Mawr Ave, Phila, PA 19131." The central focal point is a large, stylized bird, likely the Simorgh, composed of angular mosaic shapes in navy blue, mustard yellow, rust red, white, and teal, standing atop a small pedestal inscribed with the Arabic text "السلام عليهم." Behind the bird, the background is a cream color with radiating sunbeams and faint white line drawings of domes and minarets, evoking a temple environment. Flanking the central image are vertical blocks of color; the left side has a large navy blue rectangle above a yellow section with architectural cutouts, while the right side features vertical strips of yellow, red, and teal, with a lower blue panel displaying the number "22." At the very bottom, a teal banner contains the Arabic calligraphy "الباب و بهاء الله" in white and red script. The overall color palette is a harmonious mix of deep navy, mustard yellow, rust red, teal, and cream, creating a formal yet celebratory atmosphere.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 25/08/2026
HELLO FRIENDS! I am looking for new Full-Time Employment! Here's a little video to introduce myself. #design #gethired #hiring #jobs #graphicdesign #art #forhire
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 10/08/2026
makin tshirts for a summer camp i volunteer for.
a screenshot of adobe illustrator open to an illustration i'm working on referencing a particular keith haring painting where two stick people's heads are intertwined into a pretzel, where there is no head, only two interconnected bodies.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 08/08/2026
i appreciated the one lone 'for sale' sign
a for sale sign on a tree. it's not legible.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 08/08/2026
disaffected former evangelical millenials, wya?
the album cover for "Brace Yourself for the Mediocre (2004)" by Reese Roper. The track at hand is called "You're With Stupid". The cover was illustrated by Doug Ten Napel, who is a fucking nut.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 04/08/2026
I am a Creative Director, Illustrator, and technologist looking for a new full-time job! Check out my resume and other work at donaberger.xyz #gethired #jobsearch #design #graphicdesign #jobs #hiring
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 25/05/2026
This hiatus is leading me to some interesting places. #earthbound #mother
An audio cassette tape on a table. It is labeled "Bound Together - Side A".
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 16/05/2026
And to thee, may thine own Online Marketing be a wellspring of blessings. Go Bears.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 14/05/2026
oh gosh. i am working on my next video, talking about the process i went through designing a shirt for UNIQLO. and i hadn't noticed until i went on their site that they included the little blurb i wrote. 🥺🥺🥺 #design #graphicdesign #creativedirection #uniqlo
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES

[ A light tan t-shirt, seen photographed flat from its front section ]

More than 25 years ago, Akamai helped make the internet we know today possible. This shirt’s design is a callback to those early days of life online. The light tan color is a reference to the “beige box” plastic casings that housed the early internet computers, and the heart on the front represents how the internet has been used for good all over the world. On the back of the T-shirt is real code. It’s a reference to Linux, the open source language of the internet. This common language unites Akamai with the world’s top brands and the people they serve, as we work together toward a vision of a safer and more connected world.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 28/04/2026
today i was asked to make some stickers for a guitar luthier business. i though this one turned out cool. #graphicdesign #sticker #illustration #art
A guitar body, with the words "REPAIR, RESTORE, EXCHANGE."
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 07/04/2026
here's an example of what it can output.
a pixelated image of bill murray seated in clouds, playing God
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 02/04/2026
Bart has a blue shirt though
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 02/04/2026
i just published a bahá'í date converter... for snes. forge.mitch.science/mitcheffendi... #bahai #bahaifaith #snes #homebrew
a screenshot of an snes emulator: the screen shows a gregorian date to bahai date calendar converter. 2025/03/20 is 1 Baha 182.a screenshot of an snes emulator: the intro screen with a photo of the Shrine of the Báb. It says "Baha'i Date Calendar Converter - PRESS START"
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 30/03/2026
i added a self-hosted CAPTCHA solution to my forum project, and they let you style it! so i made it into an Earthbound dialogue box, cus why not? #indieweb #smallweb
A screenshot of an old-styled forum. There are input boxes for username, password, gender, timezone, and the captcha ("verify you're human") which is styled like a retro video game.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 27/03/2026
i might have to skip the no kings rally tomorrow due to a stomach bug, but i wanted to share the sign i made and couldn't print cus i ran out of vinyl paper. it is Persian, saying "na be jang dar 'iran" / "No to war! In Iran!" #nokings #iran #squarekufic
square kufic rendering of "نه به جنگ! در ایران!" / "No to war in Iran!"
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 26/03/2026
@clydemandelin.bsky.social i thought you'd find this interesting. lately i have been finding a lot more Arabic translation hacks popping up onto the scene. what i find most interesting is that ppl are building the systems to properly change interstitial letters through assembly. reminds me of M3.
A screencap from Link's Awakening in Arabic. Link finds the sword on the beach.The title screen of Link's Awakening in Arabic
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 15/03/2026
I drew a Meowth. #art #illustration #pokemon
A hand rendered picture of a Meowth, who is a cat-like Pokemon with a good coin affixed to its forehead.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 14/02/2026
I just met my cartooning hero, Craig Thompson, this evening. I got to thank him for saving my life by writing 'Blankets', which came out precisely when I needed it. He approved of my own attempt at a similar comic project. What a blessed confirmation.
the image shows the title page of the graphic novel *blankets*, which has been personally signed by the author, craig thompson. at the top, the inscription reads "thanks, mitch" in elegant, expressive cursive. below the title *blankets*, there is a beautiful, hand-drawn brush sketch of a character from the book—a young woman with long hair looking upward, wrapped in a blanket or scarf. 

the author has signed it at the bottom with his signature and the date: "13 feb 2026." the book is being held open by a hand, and the textured, yellowish inner cover is visible on the left.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 13/02/2026
To the community of #bahai #linux nerds out there, I have been learning Rust, and utilized an existing Cargo crate and the logic of @dragfyre.bsky.social's excellent Badí Date web API to create `bahai-date`, a single-binary tool for solving a Bahá'í calendar date.
A screenshot of an iTerm2 window running, showing the bahai-date tool in action. It shows when you run it that in New York's timezone, at the time of the screenshot, the Baha'i calendar date was 9 Mulk 182.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 09/02/2026
A junco wearing JNCOs. #shitpost #meme #illustration #drawing #art
A drawing in a spiral-bound notebook of a gray bird wearing a red backward baseball cap and very oversized blue JNCO-style jeans. A large speech bubble from the bird reads in bold, hand-drawn letters: "THIS TIME I'MA LET IT ALL COME OUT!!!" 🔮
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 03/02/2026
this is a cool, older piece of work... i did a release poster for the documentary 'Mother to Earth', which documented the process that MOTHER 1 underwent to release in the US. I took the time to carefully reproduce an actual prototype of MOTHER 1 in English. #mother #earthbound #nintendo
A poster for the documentary 'Mother to Earth'. The center features a white outline of a NES game cartridge with the internal circuit board visible inside. The background is black with a radiating pattern of grey dots. Text at the bottom reads: 'The hidden history behind one of Nintendo’s biggest cult classics'A stylized graphic showing the internal circuit board of the unreleased English 'Mother' (Earth Bound) NES prototype. The image features a white outline of a standard NES cartridge shape set against a background of grey circles. Inside the outline, a detailed, monochromatic illustration of the game's PCB (printed circuit board) is visible, showing the ROM chips, mapper chips, coin-cell battery for save data, and the gold connector pins at the bottom.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 02/02/2026
i found my old portfolio from 2015... i loved that cover! #design #art #illustration #graphicdesign
A graphic design portfolio cover for 'Mitch Donaberger.' The top features a row of colorful square tiles (yellow, red, teal, blue, and black) containing typographic symbols like an ampersand, code brackets, and an exclamation mark, overlaid on vintage-style fish illustrations. The name 'MITCH DONABERGER' takes up the center in large, bold, striped block letters. 'MITCH' is dark teal, 'DONA' is yellow, and 'BERGER' is orange. Inside the letter 'O' of 'DONA' is a small, stylized cartoon face of a smiling person with brown hair. Below the name, small text reads 'professional portfolio and other collected works.' The background is a light cream color
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 09/01/2026
This is the logo I made for the observability team at Akamai. I always liked how this one turned out. It used only two colors when screenprinted, so the design was very cheap to reproduce. #graphicdesign #tshirt #sre #o11y
An illustration of a coffee mug, filled with coffee to a point that its overflowing. The overflowing coffee has pooled to spell "S.R.E.", and underneath it is "OBSERVABILITY TEAM". The mug itself has some big emoji-style, paranoid eyes.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 31/12/2025
surprisingly fun: drawing water sloshing around an orb.
a vector illustration of water sloshing around in an orb shape
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 30/12/2025
Playing the Earthbound Zero 25th Anniversary Edition for the first time. I suppose some habits are hard to break.
Earthbound Zero text entry screen.

What is your favorite food?

Car Exhaust
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 29/12/2025
prototyping out a logo for a former colleague who is starting his own pressure washing business after 2 years of being laid off. the challenge? include an American flag without feeling fashy. my solution? let's get Betsy Ross with this shit. #graphicdesign #logodesign #artdirection
A logo featuring a stylized American flag with a hose nozzle spraying water over it, symbolizing exterior washing. The text "Freedom Exterior Washing" is prominently displayed beneath the graphic, with "Freedom" in a larger, bold font and "Exterior Washing" in a smaller, complementary font.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 16/12/2025
some art of my corner of #philadelphia a mockup stamp (which went on my Holiday eCards!). #philly #roxborough #nwphilly
A stylized stamp design welcoming visitors to Gorgas Park in Roxborough, Philadelphia, PA. The top section showcases a vintage-style banner with the words "Welcome to Gorgas Park" in a bold, classic font. Below the banner, the name "Gorgas Park" is prominently displayed in a decorative script with an illustration of a small building or pavilion and the establishment year "Est. 1895."

The bottom section of the image has the text "Roxborough, Philadelphia, PA" in a bold, serif font, framed by a decorative border resembling a postage stamp. The overall design is reminiscent of a vintage postcard or commemorative stamp, celebrating the historical and cultural significance of Gorgas Park.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 04/12/2025
Todd Flanders finally snaps
A comic strip featuring two characters in a conversation.

1. **Todd Flanders:**
   - The character on the left is depicted with a speech bubble that reads, "I TOLD you, I don't want any motherfucking vegetables!!!!"

2. **Ned Flanders:**
   - The character on the right is holding a plate of vegetables and has a speech bubble saying, "Todd, I'm so sorry for disrespecting you! Please stop!!!"

The drawing style is simple and cartoonish, with exaggerated facial expressions to emphasize the characters' emotions. The humor comes from the exaggerated and comical dialogue, highlighting a common household scenario of a child refusing to eat vegetables.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 03/12/2025
Here's a neat little video I made by noodling with dithering.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 02/12/2025
#shitpost
A man is sitting in front of a glowing orb, seemingly deep in thought. The orb emits a blue light that casts reflections on the surrounding furniture and walls. Text overlays appear above and below the orb, reading "Me pondering my orb" and "My orb," respectively. The overall aesthetic has a dreamy, ethereal quality, as if the man is communicating with or receiving guidance from the orb.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 24/11/2025
More experimentation with modern video compositing. There are some really terrific tools out there now. This was composed with the MacOS app 'Riveo', then looped with FCP. #vfx
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 24/11/2025
more goofing around with making word art. #wordart #shitpost
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 19/11/2025
since covid, my wife and i have become big Garden People because, with social distancing, it was a real outlet. Peppers are the only thing that grow in our dumb clay backfill soil, so, I make hot sauce every year. Here is this year's label. The Arabic text is the Arabic name for the Burning Bush.
A circular orange label for "The Burning Bush" with bold red text arcing the top. Central design includes a red flame icon containing a white tree-like symbol, surrounded by Arabic script within a brown border. Above the flame: "GROWN & BOTTLED"; below: "IN PHILLY ON NOV 2025"; bottom arc: "1 MILLION SCOVILLES" in white text.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 19/11/2025
In college, my buddy (who makes real movies now) and I made an entirely improvised Earthbound mockumentary. We won a runner-up prize (still precious), but, I am not sure anybody noticed the many, many Easter eggs and deep lore references we included, namely a cameo by @clydemandelin.bsky.social!
A man dressed in a jazz outfit. caption, "um, and I actually make tomatoes. And, you know, it's not what EVERYBODY does..."The same jazz man holding up a red tomato with a smiley face drawn on it. Caption, "I mean, if you look at this one, we paint it for you, and put a smiley face on it"
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 15/11/2025
Started experimenting with word art. #motivation #Wordart #VFX
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 14/11/2025
i've been leveling up by learning video compositing, and decided i'd make a little fake trailer for a beautiful future. #bahai #bahaifaith
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 06/11/2025
Here's a comic about #oceanbirds I made in 2022 while I was sitting on the beach in Wildwood, NJ. #comics #cartoons #illustration
a three panel comic strip.

panel 1: "I am a sand piper, I live in the sand." A bashful sandpiper is speaking.

panel 2: "I am a sea gull, I live above the sea." A wily and clever seagull is speaking.

panel 3: "I'm probably an owl." A bagel with wings, a beak, and eyes is standing next to a sign qualifying as the body of water as a 'bay'
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 04/11/2025
I always appreciate that #Philly has "I Voted" stickers in multiple languages, including Arabic! #nov4election
​Sticker: The sticker is white, round, and is being held in the person's fingers.
​Text: The Arabic text on the sticker says "لقد أدليت بصوتي!" (pronounced: Laqad adlaytu bi-sawti!), which translates to "I have cast my vote!" or "I voted!"
​Illustration: The design features a stylized illustration of a clock tower or a tall, domed building, primarily in blue ink. The top of the structure appears to have a small statue or finial. This design strongly resembles the Philadelphia City Hall tower (specifically the dome and William Penn statue on top).
​Colors: The text is in a gradient of red and blue, and the illustration is predominantly blue.
​Background: The sticker is held over a light-colored desk or table.
​A piece of election equipment is visible behind the sticker. This appears to be an ExpressVote machine, a type of electronic ballot marking device, which is commonly used in elections.
​There are wires and cables running across the table.
​In the lower right corner, a small portion of a sheet of English "I Voted" stickers is visible.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 29/10/2025
I just saw a guy bicycling by in a cape and tophat. File that one under...
A long tree chain saw with a steel hilt welded on. The caption is, "Guys will see this and think, 'Hell Yeah'"
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 27/10/2025
Some fan urt. The new Katamari game rocks. #art #illustration #katamaridamacy
The image depicts an open sketchbook with a colorful drawing on the right page, which appears to be drawn by hand using markers or colored pencils. The artwork is quite detailed and whimsical in style.

At the center of the scene, there's the Prince of All Cosmos with a Katamari made up of flowers, bricks or blocks and other small items which could be interpreted as gears or mechanical parts.

The colors are vivid, primarily green for the character on top and a mix of greens, reds, purples, blacks, whites, and browns in the depiction of the larger creature. The drawing has some rough textures that suggest it was done with ink or brush-like strokes which adds to its hand-drawn feel.

On the left page of the sketchbook is a plain white background, suggesting this could be an unfinished piece on one side and completed art on another. The person holding the sketchbook appears to have denim jeans visible in the lower part of the image, indicating that they are seated or lying down while showcasing their artwork.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 17/10/2025
still a little proud of this Arabic graffiti tag-style painting I did. it says "Zahra / زهرة", which is my niece's name. "Zahra / زهرة " 's literal meaning is 'flower,' but can also refer to a queen. #arabic #art #illustration
A graffiti style tag of a rose, with the Arabic word "Zahra" written overtop with a thick white and black outline, visually separating the two elements.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 16/10/2025
some art i did in 2008, back when i was working more seriously at being a full-time cartoonist. that didn't really work out, but, i still get to do what i love. #art #cartooning
a cartoon of Billy Mays screeching "BILLY MAYS HERE", while perched atop a scared, waifish man. Billy Mays has bug-eyes and am extremely rage-filled expression, as he chokes the smaller man to death.
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 14/10/2025
This evening, I drew a Bauhaus-inspired eagle statue that went on a flyer advertising a Bahá'í high holiday, the Twin Birthdays (the birthdays of the Báb an Bahá'u'lláh). I thought it turned out pretty cool. #art #illustration #bauhaus #bahaifaith
A Bauhaus (blocky, interpretive) illustration of an eagle looking to the left. beneath it is a pedestal that has Arabic writing which reads "The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh" / "May peace find them"
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Mitch's Art & Design @donaberger.xyz · 07/10/2025
Some fresh art from yesterday. A Fresco-style portrait of my two cats. #art #illustration #painting
A small painting of two cats jumping and stretching, placed on a glass table.
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