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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 06/08/2026

Dottie, my pixel art app for macOS is OUT NOW! After about one year of development (on and off) it's time to set it free. Whilst the price is not quite free it is ON SALE for the launch period…along with most of my other apps! www.gingerbeardman.com/apps/dottie/ #gingerbeardman30th

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Dottie—Native pixel art editor with tons of features

Dottie is a native macOS pixel art editor built from scratch for the Mac. It features a full drawing toolset including pencil, pen, airbrush, smudge, fill, and shape tools, all mapped to single keyboa...

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 05/08/2026

For the past few months I've been tinkering with a PWA/site to help local mountain bikers find places to ride. I'll write a blog post on this later (around my data capture tools). Check out "Erwin Park" and "The Edge Skatepark" to see my captured data (maps, POI's, photos, trail lines). dfwmtb.com

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DFW MTB

The best way to find your next ride in the DFW area. Scout locations from your phone and tap to get directions with your favorite navigation app.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 24/07/2026

Anyone notice 2 of my favorite Mac apps, Tot from @iconfactory.com and Nova from @panic.com ? 😁 I use those apps every single day. Also, curious how many played the Pastebot arcade game long enough to get to the prize page? Original inspiration for the game was based on Tapper.

Screenshot from the video on https://tapbots.com/pastebot/ of a frame where I'm copying items from TOT to Nova.

Screenshot of the Pastebot 3 arcade game at the bottom left corner of the website. Click on it to play a mini game with prizes.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 23/07/2026

So excited to finally be able to release this one. 🥹

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 22/07/2026

Not yet, unfortunately, but getting there!

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 22/07/2026

Where is everyone at? I know I don't follow enough people yet, but when I open my timeline here (and on Mastodon for that matter), 99% of the posts in my feed are just news/blogs/etc that I follow vs people.

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Homer Simpson Upset

ALT: Homer Simpson Upset

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 21/05/2026

Tesla did a pretty good job depicting my wife’s car in the latest software update.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 08/04/2026

4 "recent" sketches on my reMarkable Paper Pro re-colored in Photoshop. markjardine.com/unremarkable/ #art #remarkable #sketches

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 11/03/2026

Not yet. We are still really busy with a million things, but super excited about this year!

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 10/01/2026

Changed up my laptop skin for the new year. Went with a plain matte white dbrand skin so I can add my own stickers.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 30/12/2025

*Tap Tap* Anyone in here? It's been awhile since I posted. The new year is around the corner and we as a company are trying to get back to what feels like normal. I hope 2026 is going to be a great year. I'm going to work/fight hard for it. 👊 PS. I miss the old (pre-algorithm) days of Twitter.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 15/07/2025

I now have an LLC: radiantmars.com

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 03/06/2025

Based on your avatar, I can see you have an exquisite taste in yellows too! 😁

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 03/06/2025

And WIP on my virtual shop icon.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 03/06/2025

I have a new website. markjardine.com (Still a big WIP and there are some issues in some browsers, but it's up!)

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Mark Jardine

Mark Jardine is a designer and artist living in Allen, Texas.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 14/05/2025

Screen printed a new shirt design. Used plastisol and a 3 color design for the first time (2 colors on this white shirt since I didn't have to print the white). I prefer the look and feel of water-based paints, but this stuff is great when I want really bold colors or need to screen multiple colors.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 29/04/2025

Had an idea of turning my logo into a kitsune mask, but just wasn't quite happy with how it was ending up when sticking with too many constraints. I really like the end result (second image) even though I had to stray further from my original concept. Going to use this for some fun things!

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 23/04/2025

Some of my latest hats. I love the details I was able to get in the patches in the 3rd photo, but I made the patches slightly too large for my taste so I didn't end up using them. I'll have to make them again at some point, but slightly smaller.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 01/04/2025

How does video look over here? Me working on my 180s on the 1/4. I think I’ll have the courage to go past the coping sometime this year. 🤔

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 31/03/2025

Feeling pretty good about it at this stage.

Screenshot of the Phoenix app icon in its current state.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 26/03/2025

I try not to share app icons until later, but I wanted to show where I'm at. The bird needs more refining and I plan to do at least one more flatter style icon. There "should" be 3 style icons to choose from at launch with a few color variations. App icons are not a strength of mine. 😅

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 06/03/2025

Many reasons! Bluesky feels like what Twitter was before suits took over (and the main goal became to monetize), birds still belong in the "Blue Sky", and we thought our app returning as a Phoenix would be a great homage to Tweetbot, but this time with some fire. Also, I don't want a butterfly icon.

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Mark Jardine @mark.tapbots.com · 05/03/2025

One of the procreate sketches I did while trying to brainstorm how the "reincarnation" of Tweetbot would look like in the form of a phoenix. Wanted the shape of his head to somewhat resemble the "P" in the Phoenix logo. Not looking forward to doing a proper model/rendering in Cinema4D. 😅

Drawing of Phoenix for Bluesky in Procreate. Red/orange bird with fiery shaped feathers standing on a rock.

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