iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 28/09/2026

put together some of my character design sketches + playlists for #AOTH🫀 bonus content last night!

part of a page from the backmatter for AFFAIRS OF THE HAUNT, showing character design sketches for lilah and cam. full-body drawings of each of them are in the middle, with sketchbook doodles surrounding them, and lilah's playlist partially visible behind her.

same as the other image, but for vivian and fel this time.

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 28/09/2026

DID YOU KNOW you can preorder affairs of the haunt, my upcoming horror-romance graphic novel with jordan alsaqa, right now? #AOTH🫀 bookshop.org/a/95438/9798...

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Affairs of the Haunt

When a new couple moves in together, they have no idea they've bought a haunted house--or that they've brought a demon with them. Discover a new kind of meet-cute between demon and ghost as they try t...

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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's true, very pre-orderable, you should get in on it!

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 28/09/2026

put together some of my character design sketches + playlists for #AOTH🫀 bonus content last night!

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 28/09/2026

usually the thing i've been putting off for ages actually turns out to be really easy and i end up feeling silly for putting it off for so long. but sometimes it's just as annoying as i thought it would be and takes 12 hours and that does feel kind of vindicating as well

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

💖 small canvas painting commissions are open! 💖 they're painted with gouache, varnished with matte varnish, and sent to thee via post. canvases are magnetic! (put your blorb on your fridge!) ✉️ alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk ✨please see below how many of each canvas i have in stock and their sizes✨

Small canvas painting commissions announcement post.
£100/$134.
Canvases are magnetic! Put your blorb on your fridge!
Painted with gouache, varnished with a matte varnish, and sent to thee via post.

Canvas shapes available:
Circle (diameter 8.9cm or 3.5 inches)
Oval (7.7x9.9cm or 3x3.9 inches)
Square (8.9x8.9cm or 3.5x3.5 inches)
Heart (8.9cm or 3.5 inches)

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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Final hour for one of my favorite books I've written! Don't fall asleep at the finish line!

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Jack Foster @recklesseyeballs.com · 24/09/2026

look I made a thing

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Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Prey Dreams

a drawing of a person with their eyes closed, overlaid with semi transparent animals, wolves chasing rabbits and deer

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J Riley L Hopkins @badfuckinpodcasts.com · 22/09/2026

my friend has a disease where they signed themselves up for a "we play it until we beat it" stream and then went off Time to Beat. Mk and paddington are now trapped in this game. go please send them love at moonshot.mov

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Party of One Podcast @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Party of One Episode 500: The Creation of Wonder with A Bunch of My Friends How do you celebrate 500 episodes of your podcast? By inviting 37 of your friends to help celebrate by telling the story of a 20-year TTRPG campaign turned into a multimedia rock opera cinematic experience. Party On, yall.

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500 - The Party of One Episode 500 Spectacular (The Creation of Wonder with A Bunch of My Friends) - Party Of One

To celebrate 500 episodes(!) of the show, I sat down with a bunch of my friends to play The Creation of Wonder by Eve Golden-Woods. We told the story of The Singularity Cycle, Phase I. The Blade of th...

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 20/09/2026

current hell: figuring out an easier/quicker way to do a thing 100 pages in + having to decide if i wanna go back and edit all the other pages to make it consistent or just hope it's close enough no one notices the difference

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desperately seeking suzn @suzn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

a visitor from a memory

set of drawings of a shadowy, silhouetted version of Nosilla, her form composed of indeterminate wiggly green aurae. her proportions here are a lot more humanoid than she currently appears.

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 18/09/2026

me staring at myself in a mirror: you are not ontologically evil for sending an email you are not ontologically evil for sending an email you are not ontologically evil for sending an email bloody mary coming out of the mirror, confused: this isn't what people usually repeat to get me but. u good?

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Ripley's Believe it or Else 🎃 @ripleylacross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

After some calculations... I need to get my divorce filed ASAP to save myself from Tax Hell next year and possibly grant me the freedom to get health insurance. The filing fee for a no-contest divorce in Oregon is $301 👀 I get a divorce, you get neat art, win-win?? ripley-lacross.square.site

The "TRADE OFFER" meme.

YOU RECEIVE: pretty art of rocks, trees, and mountains.
I RECEIVE: financial independence and maybe even health insurance via divorce.

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Ripley🪽 @skullingway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oooooh look the new @brooklynhorror.bsky.social festival flyer is out! I am so honored to have been asked to contribute this year! 🙏 I’m in awe to see my art in a variety article! variety.com/2026/film/fe...

Brooklyn Horror film festival poster screenshot from an article. We see from
A distance a dark figure floats in front of a purple house. Above her is a flash of light and swirls of dark clouds. The bottom is a white picket fence with pink roses sticking up.

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mk, 🍉, anti gen-AI @citadelofswords.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NEXT WEEK: i am doing a stream i have been thinking about all year. join me and @paddington.bsky.social as we play through the ENTIRE bachelor route of pathologic classic to benefit medical aid for palestinians! and yes, i DO mean in one sitting.

MK AND PADD PLAY PATHOLOGIC CLASSIC HD. we won't stop until the bachelor gets his shit together. raising money for medical aid for palestinians, starting Tuesday Sept 2nd at 10Am ET. twitch.tv/citadelofswords. text is superimposed over a painting of a shadowy figure leading a bear and a crow through the steppe. art made by paddington!

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danny 👻 @ghostzvne.neocities.org · 14/09/2026

Lady Tabletop and friends helped me put together a bundle for my top surgery! 29 works from different creators like Caro Asercion and Sasha Reneau ranging from TTRPGs, short stories, photography, zines and more! $10+ PWYC running from today to November 20. Buy the bundle: acd.works/top

Danny's Top Surgery Itch.io Bundle! $10+ Pay-What-You-Can. September 14 to November 20. TTRPGs, short stories, photography, and more! URL: acd.works/top

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addi🧙 @clambatch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

about two weeks left to nab some joan of arc swag!! use ANGEL15 to get 15 percent off til sept. 15th 😘🗡️🕊️

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 10/09/2026

Matt, channeling Baudelaire (complimentary)

From Charles Baudelaire, “The Bad Glazier”:

At last he appeared. With great curiosity I examined all of his panes and finally said: "What?
You have no colored glass? No pinks, no reds, no blues, no magical panes? No panes of the gods?
Impudent creature! You sell your wares to the poor, and yet you have no panes that are able to make life beautiful!" And I abruptly pushed him,
groaning and stumbling, out to the stairs.
I then went out on my balcony and grabbed a small flowerpot; when the man reappeared at the door | let my engine of war fall right on the back of his pack, the reverberations from the impact sending him reeling. Falling on his back he managed to break all of his poor, portable merchandise with a crash akin to lightning striking a crystal palace!
And intoxicated by madness | screamed furiously:
"Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!"

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max turnbull @max.please.rest · 10/09/2026

if you're a studio and you're in need of a narrative designer you should be firing up your engines to hire jenna as soon as they're available do NOT miss out

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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hey, it's the Barnes & Noble Pre-Order sale, so you can get Affairs of the Haunt on a 25% discount right now! @kayleerowena.com and I are still hard at work to deliver the best version of our haunted ghost/demon romance to you all! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/affairs-of...

Barnes & Noble 25% off pre-order sale ad. Code: PREORDER25

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daryl "crimetime after primetime" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 09/09/2026

guy was hovering rly close to me at the library & after a couple shelves of this i was like ok maybe he isn’t just also trying to look at the comics and looked over and: he in fact had his entire hog out. cool and normal!

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Kiku @ SPX W15A @kikuhughes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

quick experiment

Greyscale comic depicting a large telescope over a grainy starscape. Text reads "Yes we found a place in the distant stars where love is real. We can see it from our telescopes and know that its light has traveled so far that it is already dead."

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 09/09/2026

now really wishing i'd taken advantage of that limbo time + figured out how to relax for once in my life before getting immediately shoved back into the five million deadlines all at once zone lmao. why did i spend that whole time just feeling bad. who decided that was a good idea

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Jes & Cin @jesncin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Clark Kent checks in on Jimmy Olsen and discovers his weaknesses aren't limited to typos and kryptonite. #Art #Comics #DCcomics #Superman #Artsky

Clark Kent leans in on Jimmy Olsen's desk as he's drawing. "What'cha up to, Jimmy?" Jimmy answers "I'm thinking of submitting comics to the Daily Planet! Wanna see what I've got so far?" Clark winks "Sure thing, buddy!"

Clark looks at a gag comic Jimmy drew. The longer he looks at it, the more lettering mistakes show up.

Clark holds the comic while looking stressed. Jimmy asks "Clark...you okay?"

Later...
Lois Lane reads Jimmy's comic. She's amused "Heheh, this is great. I don't get what you were so stressed out about." Clark is next to her behind a desk with his head in hands.

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 08/09/2026

every time i do a sewing project i'm like "oh THAT'S why people use patterns made by professionals instead of winging it/drafting everything themselves". and then i never learn from my mistakes and continue to wing it every time

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 08/09/2026

me: hm i need a nice relaxing sewing project maybe ill finish/alter this half-done skirt w horror movie monsters on it i got for free me 2 days later unpicking the entire thing for the 3rd time because somebody got hubris about doing v-shaped yokes & buttonholes w/o a machine that does buttonholes:

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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

BULLET ADVENTURES VOL 2: FIELD TRIPPING is available now on Kickstarter from @altruistcomics.bsky.social! Join our speedsters Lainie and Dale as they travel all over the world, from a local theme park all the way to China! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alt...

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Bullet Adventures Vol. 2: FIELD TRIPPING - 116pgs full color

Collects #5-8 & the Relentless Adventure crossover. Classic superhero action without decades of continuity. Family dynamics! Villains!!

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 04/09/2026

dollar tree trying to charge TEN DOLLARS for a bag of the halloween reese’s shaped like ghosts are u kidding me

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I guess boycotting Harry Potter feels pretty trivial to me, because I'm an adult. if someone told me I shouldn't eat Gerber's baby food, I'd be like, that is no problem. I'm way ahead of you

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Cathy G. Johnson🏴 @cathygjohn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Pull your work off of Webtoon right now if you've put anything on there, allowing AI to be trained off their platform's work so "fans" can make AI "fancomics" is horrible, horrible. Pull it right now.

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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Welcome to September, the superheroes for Jeff game jam is officially open! Make a tabletop game about superheroes that digs into the theme, more than pastiche, dig in to the great power and/or great responsibility. itch.io/jam/superher...

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Superheroes for Jeff

A game jam from 2026-09-01 to 2026-11-16 hosted by World Champ Game Co.. tabletop community hero Jeff Stormer, host of the party of one podcast, is a big fan of supers. When I see Superman media, I al...

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Grendel @grendelmenz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

a zine

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Rowan MacColl @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Found a used art book all about 1970s store window displays and so charmingly creepy.

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 29/08/2026

guy working construction gets begrudgingly dragged back into his old job and has to remember how to connect with people

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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Once again, #swordtember is upon us! This sword-themed creative challenge takes place across September and is intended to be very casual. Join in as little or much as you'd like! I personally am too busy to participate this year but I've made a prompt list for the month.

Swordtember prompt list! Here's the full list typed out:
1- brush
2- harvest
3- wax
4- comedy
5- tragedy
6- circus
7- gamble
8- crane
9- mandrake
10- crustacean
11- bake
12- surgical
13- nest
14- ship
15- seed
16- portal
17- monkey
18- serpent
19- game
20- amber
21- bovine
22- vegetable
23- fruit
24- tidepool
25- pearlescent
26- seal
27- lily
28- acidic
29- kelpy
30- unicorn

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Orlando B ✍️ COMMS OPEN @sarkastiklover.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I set the price for headshot comms at 30€ going forward because, well, food... Food is actually so cool, guys! So, if you're interested in a new PFP, or some art for an OC, that's a good option. Reposts deeply appreciated vgen.co/Sarkastiklov... #art #digitalart #illustration

A self portrait of the artist smoking a cigarette while his head unravels and reveals a dumbass drawing

A woman runs through the woods at night, her mouth and hands dripping with blood

A woman walking up an old street, looking over her shoulder at you and shushing you with a hand drenched in blood

A close up on the Phoenix as she weaves her flames across the cosmos

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 27/08/2026

i forgot how weird my brain gets when i'm between big projects, i went from Constant Deadlines Stress For Months to nothing so quick it's giving me whiplash lmao

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

IDW very much let @superrisu.bsky.social and I cook, and you can now enjoy the full three-course meal! Check out COOKING WITH MONSTERS: BEST SERVED COLD, available now!

Ad for Cooking with Monsters: Best Served Cold

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 18/08/2026

happy [late] birthday jason todd, #1 guy that haunts himself and everyone around him <3 🦇 #art #dccomics #redhood #dcfanart #risograph

a risograph print of jason todd, done in red, green, and light lime green-yellow ink. it shows young robin-era jason running with a grin, cape flowing behind him, while older red hood jason stands with his back to robin and a gun in his hands, looking over his shoulder with a mix of anger and grief. robin is drawn in green with accents of red and yellow, while hood is almost entirely in red, with only his eyes glowing green.

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 18/08/2026

happy [late] birthday jason todd, #1 guy that haunts himself and everyone around him <3 🦇 #art #dccomics #redhood #dcfanart #risograph

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kaylee rowena 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 15/08/2026

i'll be at @flamecon.bsky.social all weekend, come say hi!! i've got a buncha new stuff, including brand new riso prints, new stickers, and a new mystery riso print vending machine!

come see me at flamecon 2026 at table G17! sat aug 15 & sun aug 16 at the marriot marquis times square!

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