iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I fell in love with drawing mechanical pencil in middle school. I pretty much refuse to draw with pencils of different levels of softness. It's gotta be #mechanicalpencil drawings.

Mechanical pencil drawing of a feminine figure, with stylized hair pinned up with hair pins featuring eyeballs, wings sprouting from her neck, and a butterfly tattoo on her chest.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Ok I finally watched the #acnh update and now I REALLY need to finish my pink cloud and star path. I love the additional dream island--I can have my goth theme inside my pastel princess theme. I'm hyped. Lol ACNH recession indicator.

Screenshot from Animal Crossing New Horizons, featuring Gayle's house fill of pink and white furniture. Merengue, a pink rhino appears to be kissing Gayle on the cheek, because they are obviously girlfriends.

Screenshot from Animal Crossing New Horizons, featuring rainbow clown sheep Pietro's redecorated house. The town rehabber is taking a nap.

Screenshot from Animal Crossing New Horizons featuring an ice cream parlor design.

Screenshot from Animal Crossing New Horizons feature a pastel carousel and flowers in the middle of the neighborhood.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I have lost all control of my life & I'm about to work 5 12's, so in-between meal prepping, I'm coloring in a Lafufu and making a mess. I decided she's just a wire-hair breed, as I'm experimenting with metallic fabric markers over the fur. She's more purple irl. I'm gonna clean up her ears later.

An eye-less Lafufu with rainbow teeth and blue and purple fur, colored in with fabric markers.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I can't wait to see the analysis and breakdowns of all the costumes in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. OBSESSED with the set design, the squishy blood and guts, the emotional exchanges. And also I need a pair of red gloves, pronto. But every single gown MG wore. Sumptuous. OBSESSED.

Mia Goth in Frankenstein in a stunning blue gown, pale blue fan, blue feathered head-dress, and a necklace made of blue beetles.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

A Sims 4 house, you say. A turn-off-brain and laugh maniacally BLT themed house, you say.

A cluster of photos of a sandwich-shaped and themed Sims 4 house.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I always advocate to everyone I've known to try to go somewhere you're unfamiliar with. Even if you go like a couple hours/a few towns or cities over. I made way further south than I've ever been and it was such a breath of fresh air.

Arcade in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg Tennessee, lit up with vibrant neon lights.

Huge flamingo statue in the Tampa Airport, comprised so that it appears to be searching for good underwater. Reflective wavy mirror tiles on the ceiling add to the illusion.

Colorfully hand-painted wooden sign at the entrance of a whimsical garden with painted flowers, recycled materials, and a tiled-mosaic pathway. The sign, in decending order, says "Welcome, All Ages, All Cultures, All Genders, All Beliefs, All Religions, All Sizes, All Abilities, All Types, All People."

A pair of bottle-blue peacocks, posing with sheer diva energy.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Hopefully the video isn't too annoying, but sometimes it's hard to see how glittery these are. This was a gift for my grandma, who loves building puzzles and goldfish.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

There is also this dainty queen, who belongs to my shitty ex, and if there's ever a purge I know my first act is stealing her lol. The tiniest adult cat I've ever met, and she has never done anything wrong in her life.

A small tuxedo cat sitting squarely on my sketchbook, after reading me to filth because I was paying her the required attention.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Was delighted to see Takashi Murakami's Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow at the Cleveland Museum of Art this past weekend. I didn't even anticipate the sheer volume of work they had displayed. One of the security guards stopped and gave us extra art history info on his work too.

A bright pink larger-than-life character designed by Takashi Murakami, positioned in front of a colorful wallpaper filled with more of his characters.

Colorful and eclectic characters painted by Takashi Murakami in front of a subtle background featuring flowers with smily faces.

Segment of a large wall mural featuring various animals, symbols, and demons by Takashi Murakami.

A mostly white sculpture of a character of Takashi Murakami's donning bunny ears, in front of a colorful background of his various characters.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

As a queer woman and artist, I'm apprehensive as hell of visiting FL soon--2 friends I haven't seen in 5 years, and another friend I only see every 1-2 years. I'm not worried about getting attacked--I'm worried I'm gonna end up crashing tf out. I'm seething.

Screenshot of a text with headline "State Mandate Requires Removal of 47 Street Murals in Tampa"

My friend texts, "Well damn. You aren't gonna see our prettiness"

I respond "I fucking hate this administration with my whole soul."

Screenshot of an Instagram post by @tallahasseedemocrat with headline

"Florida law forces removal of Leon County student crosswalk art"

Subheading reads "A letter from the Florida Department of Transportation demanded that the city of Tallahassee pave over artwork immediately or risk a loss of state funding."

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I haven't even looked at the recent sets, my wallets on a diet.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Lmfao I got the Luck one from the Big Into Energy set, was just fucking around looking at them and then accidentally fell in love

Labubu Luck doll in mottled pastel purples holding a daisy made of pipe cleaners.

Close up of the sparkly pink and purple eye of a Labubu doll

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I ✨️TRULY✨️enjoyed Josh Johnson's stand up for the Flowers Tour. Genuinely hilarious and relatable. The opening acts were great as well. I need to make myself go to more events like this. 🌸🌻🌺🪻🌹🏵⚘️🪷💐

Close-up of colorful burst of flowers in pinks, red, and purple.

A neon sign saying Dayton, with a hand making a peace sign for the "Y" in front of the Schuster Performing Arts Center building.

Lit-up marquee sign overhanging the entrance to the Victoria theater

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The horrors persist, but I do have an apartment full of hoarded art supplies. Played a bit with #gouache #prismacolor pencil & markers, #inkjoy pens, and a white #gellyroll pen for highlights. I've been feeling mushy and gross, so she is a miasma of mushy slush. Yup. #tradionalart

Sketchy mixed-media piece of a mushroom-riddled monster lady. Pinks, purples, and reds comprise most of the scheme.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Ok! Spam musabi! Fairly easy to make, we often throw in an egg layer.

Picture of a cross-section of spam musabi--a layer of spam, egg, furikake seasoning, and sauce folded into sticky rice and wrapped with seaweed.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Went to the #daytonartinstitute to see the Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled exhibit and it was excellent.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I don't know what this means, but here is a baby bird I saw chillin at the book store. I hope you have a better day ♡

A little brown baby bird, some feathers growing in, but still fuzzy.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Ok highest match was Jo March from Little Woman, which I guess I vaguely remember reading, and now I gotta go watch. But anyway I piss on your feminine conventions. I will be wild and free.

Screenshot of Joyce Byers of Stranger Things with stringed Christmas lights behind her, with a slightly bobbed haircut and curtain bangs, a haircut I definitely had in high school. She is wearing a desaturated shade of green jacket, and looks either distraught or concerned, which she was a lot.

Screenshot of Lilo from the animated original of Lilo and Stitch in her iconic red dress with leaf print, in a kitchen with a checkered floors and over-flowing trashcan, which reads very relatable to me.

Screenshot of Elizabet Bennett (Kiera Knightley version with the period-inaccurate bangs, which I am told is a blight within the fandom). She is wearing a simple brown dress, holding a book, amongst drying laundry.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Idk how or why it got shortened to "blood is thicker than water" but I feel like someone's manipulative family member started lying one time, and now we're stuck.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

My current greatest motivation to live my dreams is the speech were given at work where we made $4mil and that we should pat ourselves on the back--and that we were entitled to one donut apiece. Here is an old sketchy tiger collage.

Grayscale image of a long tiger-dragon creature with bendy legs, long claws, a forked tongue, and bejeweled flowers for eyes. He has long antlers. There are some amorphous clouds scattered. This was drawn over a notebook page with random cut up labels of numbers floating along the page.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

In high school used to go on babynames.com and pick random names for characters--this one I had landed on "Ekibe--breasts of a woman." It took 16 hours to complete. Color pencils, marker, metallic gel pen. #traditionalart #mixedmedia #ink

Heron goddess with crocodile heads for breasts and a crocodile motif tattoo continuing down her side. Lotus flowers, a moon with stylistic clouds, and a lot of patterning has her melting into the sky.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Shaky hands cam alert. I think it's interesting that I can't put a photo & a video in the same post, hmm. But here is a close up of metallic ink details of Ekibe [2004/05ish]. I feel like my pieces don't translate well digitally because the inks change with the play of light.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Here is a roughly-colored WIP of a funky chill lil guy. Since everything's making me angry, gotta take a breather. At this point of the image I'm alternating layers of colored pencils and markers until I get the hues I want. #art #WIP

A roughly colored-in pink and purple octopus in a "bathtub" of a ramen-filled red bowl. He has a rubber ducky, a tiny boat toy, and has one tentacle wrapped around a flag that says "Spa Day."

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Sometimes Cincinnati truly is the Medium Place, and sometimes it's actually LIT. Asian Food Fest 2025. I blew money on delicious snacks and my soul feels good. #asianfoodfest

Mural consisting of various characters (Care Bears, Star Wars, Batman, Toyota Story) slightly obscured by the painted trailer or food truck closer to the forefront depicting possibly a god or mischievous spirit, I honestly know which culture he's from, just that his drip is immaculate.

Halo-Halo beverages share by my sister and I consisting of shave ice, diced fried banana, coconut, sweet red & white beans, boba pearls, sweet corn, jackfruit, leche flan, Ube ice cream, and corn flakes. I'm super mad I didn't take a pic of the food truck's name because this was absolutely refreshing.

An excellent and wonderful worker. Absolutely in love.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I will share x1 sketch in the hopes it won't be stolen, the fear of which seems to be the greatest impediment to sharing my #art online, despite my craving to connect to other artists regardless of monetization. I'm coloring this one digitally, but on original pieces I don't erase pencil lines.

Stylized ferocious tiger head, with horns, and a snake like creature hanging from its mouth. The snake has a blossom with an eyeball in the center for a head, and two each of such blossoms on either side of the tiger's face. There is a flame floating overhead. This is an inked pencil drawing, with the pencil lines being kept in and not erased, to keep dome dimension to the drawing.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Instead of regurgitating stolen beloved artwork, consider experiencing the sheer joy of doodling ducks ripping sick ollies on your lunch breaks. Art doesn't have been a polished finished piece all the time, play with ideas. Scribble. Draw ducks. #art #sketch #sketchbook

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

They had some snacks here and there, I think it would be phenomenal if they had a breakfast restaurant at the end of it. They had a ball pit, at least. And lots of artwork.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I half-colored this 5+ years ago. I'm thinking doing 2 finished versions--one tradish media, the other digital. #art #originalart #monstergirl

Monster girl with many horns, short hair, a bow with an eyeball, and a snake winding around her head with a rose for a face. Drawn with inks.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I was drawing a weird number of appendages and contorted bodies way before AI thought it was cool. I literally don't know if hashtags even do anything here. #sketchbook #stickers #cat #blue #ink

Nude cat girl with bird and bat wing, covered in tattoos, with a hand and foot for feet and a giant toe for another hand.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Guess who likes to draw shiny, moist, glistening eyeballs. I really want to sit down and do a full illustration but I keep having to clock into a job. :/ Blue

Ballpoint sketch of a flower with an eyeball in the center, with budding eyeballs growing out of the petals. Some anime-ish highlights to create a less realistic effect.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Fairly certain this was at the Agave & Rye in Centerville, Ohio.

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I may just consistently add pics I enjoy from my camera on this one thread. Street art in Chicago 2024.🥰💖 🎨🤩

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☆ ˚✧𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖓✧˚ ☆ @dopamachine.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I don't know about anyone else, but I am overfilled past the BRIM from the deluge of rage-inducing news of the American oligarchs coming thru. Important to stay focused and informed, but also, protect your mental health. If anyone sees this, post any pic of yours that brings you joy.

Two pictures of a turtle (terapin?) roughly an inch or so in size that I encountered on a walk in the woods. It appears to be resisting my holding it as I moved it off the path. He is comprised of green stripes and splotches, with a yellow underbelly. Its escape attempts appear to be comically indignant.

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