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J.L.

@orbiting-wombat.bsky.social
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She/her, 50. Voracious reader, sometimes writer, and artist. Doll collector. Science fangirl. Nerdfighter.

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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 10h
NerdfArters October2026 Day 12 - 4x3 Heh heh. #NerdfArters
2026 NerdfArters October, Day 12 - 4x3.  Drawing by JL.  A 4x3 game board with a drawing of Jarrod in the center.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 15h
NerdfArters October 2026 Day 11 - Jimothy #NerdfArters
2026 NerdfArters October Day 11 - Jimothy.  By JL.  Drawing is of Jimothy, a raccoon with dubious physiology.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NerdFarter October 2026 Day 10 - Kai and Juniper And here’s Juniper! #NerdfArters
2026 NerdfArters October Day 10 - Kai and Juniper.  Juniper version.  Cartoon drawing of a girl with brown eyes and a pony tail.  She’s wearing daisy earrings.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NerdfArters October 2026 Day 10 - Kai and Juniper Still working on Juniper, but here’s Kai. #NerdfArters
2026 NerdfArters October Day 10 - Kai and Juniper.  Drawn by JL.  Cartoon line drawing of an impish, green-eyed boy with stylishly messy hair.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 9 - Hollywood Ending I’m cheating a little bit. I drew this when John first went on tour, but I’ve got a deadline on another project I’ve gotta do. Needs must and all that. (Side note: I’ve drawn versions of this cover so many times now, lol!) #NerdfArters
2026 NerdfArters October - Hollywood Ending, by JL.  A cartoon chibi version of John Green stands in the water in front of a sunset.  He is happily throwing pages in the air, and both he and the pages are reflected in the water.  Text: Hollywood, Ending.  Adventure just beginning.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NerdfArter Oct 2026 Day 8 -Pan Pizza I went super simple, because work interfered. Stupid work. #NerdfArters
2026 NerdfArters October - Pan Pizza, by JL.  A simple line drawing of a pan, a plus sign, and a Pizza John.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 7 - Letterpress Sometimes I surprise even myself with the stupid. #NerdfArters
2026 - NerdfArters October, Day 7: Letterpress.  Drawn by JL.  An anthropomorphized letter ‘D’ stands by an elevator and reaches for the down button.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 6 - Mecha John #NerdfArters
NerdfArters Oct 2026 - Mecha John.  Drawn by JL.  Image is of a Mecha John Green holding a pizza and towering over the city buildings below.  A helicopter hovers in the sky.  In the foreground are 2 police cars and a tank.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 5 - Psychedelic Pizzamas #NerdfArters
2026 NerdfArters October.  Day 5: Psychedelic Pizzamas.  Drawn by JL.  Image is a psychedelic Pizza John surrounded by pizza slices, mushrooms, smiley faces and peace signs.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 4 - Mola Cult #NerdfArters
2026, JL.  NerdfArters October, Day 4 - Mola Cult.  Drawing is an abstract-ish Mola Mola.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 3 - Comma #NerdfArters
2026, NerdfArters October Day 3 - Comma.  Drawn by JL.  Image is of a comma standing between an H and an E.  There’s a sunset in the background, and the H, E, and comma are reflected in water.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 2 - Pizza John Western #NerdfArters
2026, NerdfArters Oct.  Day 2 - Pizza John Western.  Image is a cartoon of a stick figure with a mustache looking forlorn as a cowboy hat gets shot with a bullet and flies thru the air.  A text bubble coming from someone unseen says, “Welp.  There goes another hat.”
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NerdfArters Oct 2026 Day 1 - Pizza Friends #NerdfArters
NerdfArters Oct 2026, Day 1 - Pizza Friends.  Drawn by me in Procreate.  Two cartoon pizza slices being chummy.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Can’t wait to see @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in Brooklyn on 9/22! I drew a little something in honor of the occasion. #hollywoodending #johngreen #nerdfighteria
2026, JL.  Drawn in Procreate, no AI used.  Image is a cartoon drawing based on the cover of John Green’s new book, Hollywood, Ending - available for preorder now!  John is standing in the water and throwing pages in the air.  A sun sets behind him.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wishing a very happy birthday to everyone’s favorite Red Dead Redemption 2 streamer, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social !!
2026, JL.  John Green Birthday.  Simple black and white cartoon line drawing of John Green wearing a party hat and surrounded by balloons.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
*harvest harvest* Tomatoes: Beefmaster, sun sugar, dwarf Roma, Roma. Green ones are from a Beefmaster vine that broke. + 1 Eggplant (Eggbert’s progeny)
2026 garden.  2 large bowls of tomatoes (sun sugar, Beefmaster, dwarf Roma, Roma) and an eggplant.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
😈
Smush game board - perfect score of 666.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I couldn’t remember what episode of DH&J had Crabulo.us (333), so I googled. …I’m scared.
A Google response to a search for a specific episode of Dear Hank & John.  Google makes Nerdfighter references, and I am duly disturbed.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Eggbert is with child.
Black beauty eggplant on Eggbert, summer 2026.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Random WIP drop! Still playing with symmetry, and I’ve also been on a plant kick lately. Drawing it in Procreate. (Not AI.)
Untitled WIP.  2026, JL.  Drawing of geometrical shapes with flowers, playing with symmetry.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just a random frog chilling in my tomato plant.
What I have been told is an arboreal green tree frog hanging out in my tomato plant.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
And a couple more for fun.
Baby tomato with yellow blossoms.Young Beefmaster tomatoes on the vine.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Just in the garden growing stuff.
Baby (Sun Sugar, I think) tomatoes with yellow blossoms.White blossom on bell pepper plant.Purple flower on Black Beauty eggplant.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Woohoo! Didn’t get the purple first, but I got it second, so that’s gotta count for something.
Screenshot of my final 4x3 score - 101 points.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Just a picture of Eggbert’s first blossom. … (Yes, I named my eggplant.)
Image is of the first blossom from the eggplant in my garden.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Heads up, @nerdfighternichole.dftba.social and @beanedictc.dftba.social - this is for you. (What it is, I’m not sure, but it’s definitely something. 😁)
2026, JL.  Not AI.  Drawn in Procreate.  Image is a cartoon of Brennan Lee Mulligan dressed in armor, bearing a glowing loca sword and bucket of baked beans while challenging a banana monster.  Yeah, I dunno either.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hank Green’s face on a Chunky’s chocolate.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
So. Yeah. If you’ve ever dreamed of having a life-sized John Green cutout to scare the crap outta you when you get up to use the bathroom at night, now’s your chance. 🤣🤣
eBay listing for a life size John Green cutout.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Just keeping’ the #moonjoy going with my interpretation of astronaut Christina Koch’s iconic photo. Drawn in Procreate. #ArtermisII #spaceart #ChristinaKoch #art
Moonjoy, by JL.  2026.  Drawn in Procreate with no AI used.  Drawing references an Artemis II photo, in which astronaut Christina Koch floats in front of a spacecraft window looking at Earth.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Welp, it’s that time again. In the increasingly ridiculous series of pun drawings based on Hank’s name, I present to you… Hank Mean. #NerdfArters #Nerdfighteria #HankGreen #whatamidoingwithmylife
2026, JL.  Hank Mean.  One in a series of pun-based drawings revolving around Hank Green’s name.  Don’t ask me why, bc I don’t know.

Image is a simple line cartoon of Hank looking mildly threatening, with text bubbles saying, “Butt is legs.  Fight me!” and “Yeah, I said it!”
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I mean, where to start?! This is my current fave:
2026 Artemis II mission.  Image is of the earth as seen through the window of the ship.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Now it’s this one:
2026 Artemis II.  Image taken at a window with the moon looming large in the foreground and a small earth behind/to the left.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
So. Many. Good ones!!! Although it’s subject to change in five minutes, at the mo I’m kinda partial to this one:
2026 Artemis II Mission.  View of the moon, with ship also in foreground.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Random snippet of something I wrote that’s not going anywhere, but I like it. #Snippet #Randomness
2026, JL.  Random piece of writing about what’s grand about the Grand Canyon.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Just got back from seeing Project Hail Mary again. This time I got the collector’s bucket and nifty patch. 😁
Project Hail Mary patch, free with collector’s bucket (which was definitely NOT free).
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Random art drop. I’m playing with symmetry some more, and I’m really enjoying it. Untitled, 2026.
2026, JL.  Untitled.  Image is of a tiled symmetrical pattern of stylized flowers and shapes.  Mostly reds and blues.  Vaguely meat-ish.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Eep! I got my P4A2026 Nerdfighter art perk in the mail today! It’s a dishcloth, and it’s beautiful. 😍 #P4A2026 #Nerdfighters
P4A26 Nerdfighter art perk.  Knitted dishcloth in black, with P4A logo in red.  So cute!!
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Things could be better. (This one’s for Hank.)
2026, JL.  I’m ok.  Mola Mola with a bite taken out of it.  Text: ‘I’m ok.’
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
One last P4A2026(7) drawing - mwahaha! It’s PretzlTube! #p4a2026 #Nerdfighters #NerdfArters
2026, JL.  PretzlTube, drawn for Project For Awesome 2026.  The drawing consists of a tv set with a pretzel onscreen.  ‘PretzlTube’ is written below the image.  There are also fake quotes from Jarrod, Hank, and Ol’ Trashwater.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It’s everybody’s favorite reformed crypto bro! And yes, this is an actual quote from his livestream. #p4a2026 #Nerdfighters #Jarrod
p4a2026, JL.  “I’m really into dry stuff.”  It’s cartoon Jarrod in the desert.  I regret nothing.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
#p4a2026 #DoggoClock
Pepper, the black lab.  She is insane.  I love her a lot.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It’s Kitty Time! #p4a2026 #KittyTime
Boo, the tortoise shell kitty.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
May I present John Green, pacifist. #p4a2026
2026, JL.  Drawn in Procreate (badly).  Image is of a bush with eyes, aka John Green going the pacifist route in Fortnite.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Is it time for another Hank Green pun? I think it is. So please allow me to present for your viewing pleasure: Hank Spleen. @nerdfarters.bsky.social #HankGreen #Nerdfighteria #Nerdfighters #HankPuns #HankSpleen #sorrynotsorry
2026, JL.  ‘Hank Spleen’ - drawn in Procreate.  (Not AI.  I am completely responsible for this disaster.)  Image is done in an anatomical textbook style.  On the left is a simplified line drawing of a man (Hank), and on the right is an internal view of a cartoon spleen with Hank’s face on it.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
For reference, here is a picture of how they normally come. (That is to say, sans freaky tiny head.)
75cm resin male bjd neck with s-hook (in box).
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
So, I’m one of those weirdos who collects ball-jointed dolls. I say I use them for reference for drawing, but mainly I just love em. Well. I just got a new 75cm body in the mail, and y’all, I was not prepared for how they kept the S-hook in place. 🤣
Male doll resin body with ridiculous head.Make resin doll devil head
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Sausage Everywhere All at Once
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It’s that time again… It’s Blank Green. @nerdfarters.bsky.social #HankGreen #Nerdfighters #Nerdfighteria #sobad #terriblepuns
2026, by JL.  ‘Blank Green’ 

One in a series of drawings based on terrible puns of Hank Green’s name.  Drawn in Procreate - no AI was used.  Image is a simple outline of Hank’s face with glasses.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Title: False Prophet This is what happens when I’m angry and decide to play with symmetry.
2026, JL.  False Prophet.  Drawn in Procreate - no AI was used.  Image is of a wasp-like creature whose wings bear the likeness of a being who demands worship.
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J.L. @orbiting-wombat.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Just random silliness.
2026, JL.  Beaver.  A cartoon beaver.
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