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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

finally through the worst of my burnout and ready to tackle my next 3D modeling project, which is maybe also an excuse to indulge in all the research. not shown: deep dives into furniture joinery and 18th century Yorkshire homes.

Photo of the following books: Wuthering Heights, Selected Works of the Brontë Sisters, The Brontës Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family, and a printout of Wuthering Heights.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

can't believe I'm being attacked like this on Al Gore's internet

Triptych of the guy from LOTR holding a little plastic gardening pot, saying "After all...why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?" And then there's a photo of a pile of plastic gardening pots.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

first blueberry harvest is in!

Close-up of my left hand, holding 8 ripe blueberries. A garden is visible in the background.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Right! We get to make NEW mistakes!

Floki, a short haired orange and white tabby, and Luna, a black tabby, sitting on the edge of the kitchen counter in the hopes that someone will open the door and let them outside.

Bjorn, a black and tan schipperke, splooting on the bed and holding a rubber carrot in his front paws

Jinx, a medium hair orange and white tabby, sitting on a patch of concrete in a garden that needs a bit of love.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

me as a kid: ew, I hope I don't grow up to be like my mom. me, in my 40s, with a collection of funky button downs, sharing my home with a dog and 3 cats and listening to Fleetwood Mac on repeat: WELP.

My mom in a button down and wide leg jeans and sunglasses, sitting on a ledge next to a Newfoundland puppy

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Nothing terrifies and delights me quite like a blank page. #CommonplaceBook #Stationery #Analog

Photo of a hobonichi tech 2026 planner, with a teal fabric surface and embroidered forest animals and plants. An orange Pilot Metropolitan #fountainpen is laying at an angle across the cover, while a lavender tours les jours pen is tucked against the right side of the planner.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

POV: you're walking the road to Hay to post a letter, you have zero prospects, and your life is about to get very complicated.

Photo taken at a park outside of Chicago, with a black asphalt path in the foreground, and trees shrouded in mist in the background. The grass is covered with patches of snow.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Behold! The majesty of this fierce and uncompromising killer.

Photo of Floki, a short-haired orange and white tabby cat, sitting like a human on top of blankets. He's wearing a green collar with a white and yellow daisy pendant.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

if you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity

Harvey from Stardew Valley smiling against a backdrop of green mountains and an evening sky. Harvey is wearing glasses, has brown hair in a side-paet, and is wearing a white shirt, brown tie, and green suit jacket.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

trying to explain to Bjorn that we do not, in fact, go for walkies in sub-zero temperatures.

Bjorn, a black and tan Schipperke, chomping on a stuffie and side-eyeing the camera.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

happy first major snowfall day to all who celebrate!

Photo of Bjorn, a black and tan Schipperke, standing in the snow. His head is covered with snowflakes, and his nose is caked with snow from digging around in piles of the stuff.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I know neighbors are always a crapshoot but mine just told me about all of the research they did in picking out dog treats for Bjorn.

Photo of Bjorn, a black and tan Schipperke. He's sitting on an unmade bed, and half hidden under pillows. It was sheet-changing day, don't at me.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

100% this pizza is going to change my life. I can feel it.

rectangular pizza with pepperoni and fresh basil sitting on a wooden cutting board

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

without downloading any new pics, what's it like dating you?

Black and white photo of Edie Beale from Grey Gardens, standing in the room of a dilapidated house while holding two cats. Edie is wearing a head scarf, long sleeves top, and calf-length skirt.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

recorded a webinar and wanted everyone to know I take it very seriously

Slack message exchange:
Collaborator: Do you have cat ears on?
Jesse (me): maaaaybe

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

bought the kittens a ripple rug. no regrets.

Floki, an orange and white tabby, and Luna, a black tabby, are playing with a ripple rug. The rug has holes cut in it, and is draped over a box. Luna is sitting on top of the rug on the left hand side of the photo, and Floki's head is peeking out from under the rug on the right hand side of the photo.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

can't find my colored pencils (again) and am about to make some terrible financial decisions

Photo from the Caran D'Ache website of a Box of 100 Colours LUMINANCE 6901™ + 2 Blender
$ 618.50
+ 618 reward points

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I'm not saying I let him spend the entire night sleeping in the center of the bed, while I rotisserie chickened in the smidgen of space between him and the edge of the bed. I'm also not not saying that's what happened.

Photo of Jinx, an (shaved!) orange and white tabby cat sleeping soundly with his head propped up against a large green throw pillow.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

final project for my final class: ✨ submitted ✨ #3Dart #3Dmodeling #LookDev #xgen

Final model and LookDev layout for a character created by Lane Garrison. On the left is the concept art of a larger man with beard and ponytail, wearing a teal tunic, magenta waist sash, blue pants, fur-lined boots, a brown leather vest, and a necklace made out of garlic bulbs.

Underneath the concept art are credits:
- concept art: Lane Garrison
- modeling instructor: Nina Tarasova
- LookDev instructor: Jackson Spencer
- 3D modeling and LookDev: Jesse Mostipak

Three icons represent the software used: Maya, Substance Painter, and RenderMan.

To the right is the completed model, based on the character art.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

utterly obsessed with this baby watermelon in my garden

Close-up photo of a baby watermelon, about the size of a thumbnail. The garden dirt is in the background, and most of the photo is leaves and stems from the watermelon plant.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I feel like I'm just a few months away from really getting the hang of Substance Painter and tbh I didn't expect it to be this much fun.

Physical based rendering of a stone archway with grapevines growing over the top of it, and a wooden door opening up out to the right

Close-up of a physical based rendering of a stone archway with grapevines growing over the top of it, showing various texture patterns in stone, leaves, vines, and grapes.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

once I get good at this I'm going to become insufferable #lookdev #3d #substance #art

Renderman render of the vdev rig with a physical-based pineapple flesh material. The background is a warm tan, and there are diagnostic spheres in the bottom left, with Macbeth cards in the bottom right.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

took this a few days ago and the corn still hasn't stopped growing. we're easily past 10' at this point.

Photo of sunflowers and cornstalks growing against a fence, with the corner of a house and a bright blue sky in the background.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

found this little guy who was described as 'medium energy'. took him to training classes, where I found out he's a Schipperke mix. the nickname for Schipperkes is 'little black devils' and hoo-boy does that check out.

Bjorn, a black and tan Schipperke mix, sitting on his hind legs and holding his paws in a prayer position.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

found a little visitor on one of my rogue sunflowers this morning #nature #photography

Close-up of a sunflower in 3/4 view, with a bee walking across the seeds

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

it's my War & Peace year and even though I only have 500 pages left it's the point where I'm not entirely sure I'm going to make it!

Photo of the book War & Peace opened to page 886.

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

as a deadlifting weight I'm kinda bummed, but as my OHP weight?! heck to the yes.

Photo of a moose calf with the text: You are even lifting a Moose Calf. Keep it up and soon you'll be picking up a Clouded Leopard and putting it down with authority.

There are two buttons:
TWITTER-BRAG AT THE BROS
WHAT OTHER ANIMALS DO YOU EVEN LIFT

The website is: What Animal Do You Even Lift? https://share.google/jmKaHuYPaU0vrisdr

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

participating in the time-honored Midwest tradition of never sending a Tupperware back empty.

Photo of five slices of lemon cake in an open Tupperware container

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Jesse Mostipak @kierisi.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

instituted 'movie night' on Fridays, where I watch something to remind myself why I'm in school and Wolfwalkers was exactly what I needed. 12//10 recommend.