iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm going to have to spend some time this weekend playing catch up. But here is 666-7... #Stinktober #Stinktober26 #Stinktober2026

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Last year's Grim Weeper was pretty popular, so I decided to go in a completely different direction this year. #Stinktober #Stinktober26 #Stinktober2026

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This Mickey feels like he's lacking in the Icky. I deserve the shame. #Stinktober #Stinktober2026

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you have not watched Hundreds of Beavers, you should. It is hilarious. Even sober.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How do I explain to someone in their 20s that a large part of my sense of humor came from a pair of sock puppets doing sketch comedy?

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cunt dracula @yeti-detective.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

one day MTV animation will be studied like Renaissance art

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∀ Moth @bisexualmothman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

what if instead of scaremongering about URL parameters always being there to track you, we all learned some of the basics of how URLs are structured so we could detect when URLs have tracking in them??

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Experimenting with something different in my art.

Digital illustration of a stylized, bright-green monster staring directly forward with a furrowed, menacing scowl. The skull-like face features piercing red eyes with black pupils, heavy wrinkled eyelids, a small round nose, and a jagged lower jaw. The artwork uses a bold neon and dark green palette set against a black background. Original art by M.A. Brotherton.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sometimes, you're just sitting around minding your own business and then you suddenly remember that Godsmack was a thing that existed.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My love of retrowave has hooked up with my adolescent soundtrack. Gotta love The Midnight... And Smashing Pumpkins... on.soundcloud.com/plWU2us5AD1C...

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Tonight, Tonight

Listen to Tonight, Tonight by 逃跑計劃 #np on #SoundCloud

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is the first drawing I've done in a few weeks. I am feeling extra rusty.

A digital illustration featuring a cow wearing kiss makeup with a long tongue hanging out

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 11/08/2026

Fantastic blog by Cory Doctorow today Amongst other things is this quote that perfectly sums up the grift of "AI" & why it's so fucking infuriating & dangerous "Al can't do your job, but an Al salesman can reliably convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an Al that *can't* do your job"

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I posted one image of my face to Instagram, which was automatically posted to threads, and now I'm being followed by 150 brand new bot accounts pretending to be women. Just in case you were curious about the other twitters

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol

A picture of a box styled like a little free library but with blockbuster movies

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just keep doodlin'. Just keep doodlin'. Just keep doodlin'. #Doodle #Art #Illustration #Drawing #NoAI

Digital character illustration of a sad cartoon lion sitting down against a solid white background. The character has a light brown body, a cream-colored belly, and a fluffy, bright orange-red mane, rendered with clean vector linework and simple cell shading. The lion has a weary expression with heavy lidded, downcast eyes, a large pink nose, and a pink tongue lazily sticking straight down from its mouth. To the right of the character, bold dark grey stylized text reads: "I'd be lion if I said I wasn't feeling pretty moopy."

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Maybe I'll collect on the IOU. Probably not. Who needs their brain. That's crazy.

Digital comic illustration of a character facing forward against a solid white background. The character is a pale mint-green zombie with a large bald head featuring a few lumpy skin textures. Its mismatched oval eyes roll drastically upward and inward, complemented by a dark triangular nose cavity and an open mouth that reveals two upper teeth and a long, bright green drool stream. Slit into the top of its skull is a small white note card with hand-drawn text that reads "I.O.U. 1 BRAIN". To the bottom right of the head, loose black handwritten text reads: "Some day, I might collect...". The image utilizes clean vector linework and zero shading.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

In honor of #NationalZineMonth, I have put my "Squawk and Defend" zine's contents up on my Substack. I know, I understand the irony. open.substack.com/pub/tacoviki... I did this #zine to go with my November 2025 Patreon theme, hence the turkeys. But, the message is still good.

open.substack.com

Squawk and Defend

The Complete Zine

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Gilbret the Half-Elf. That's pronounced "Gil-BRAY." And yes, he is that pretentious. #Drawing #Illustration #Art #NoAI

Digital character illustration of a cheerful fantasy adventurer standing against a solid white background. The character features fair skin, short blonde hair, a thin blonde chinstrap beard, a long pointed nose, and a visible pointed elf ear, rendered with clean vector linework and simple cell shading. He wears a long, flowing dark green hooded cloak draped over a mustard-yellow tunic, a dark brown belt, deep red pants, and brown boots. Facing slightly to the left with a wide, open smile, he rests one hand on the hilt of a broad brown sword strapped to his hip.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hmmm... apparently I didn't take my meds last night or this morning. No wonder my heart is running at double speed.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Slugs and snails feel like what I've got in me right now and you can make of that what you will. I know I'm not going to self-evaluate too much right now. #Drawing #Art #Illustration #AdobeFresco #NoAI

Digital comic illustration of a quirky cartoon snail standing against a solid white background. The snail features a bright blue body and a large green shell with a black spiral pattern and two small swirl peaks along the top, rendered with clean vector linework. The character has an eccentric face with an open grin showing blocky upper teeth, a pink tongue sticking out, and two highly mismatched eye stalks—one curling downward in front of its face and the other extending straight up. Bold, black stylized text is split across the top and bottom of the image, reading: "Drawing snails..." at the top and "Because I can!"

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I miss the days when politics ended for a bit and we could go a couple of months without the dumbest commercials selling the dumbest ideas.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just be cool, man. Be cooooooool. Like a late September day... but not cold like November. #Drawing #Illustration #Art #NoAI

Digital character illustration of a stylized man standing against a solid white background. The artwork is strictly black and white with zero shading, utilizing clean vector linework. The character features a large, solid black perm, round black sunglasses, and a neutral, straight-line expression on his face. He is wearing a black vest over a white t-shirt, white trousers with rolled cuffs, and white shoes. He stands with one hand resting on his hip and the other dangling loosely at his side. To his right, bold, hand-drawn black text stacked vertically reads: "BE COOL, MAN".

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Wedding Singer was on last night and if you remade it today, it would be set in 2013. LET THAT SINK IN.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

There's a pretty bad heat wave out and about where I live, so let this be the reminder I can't give you in person right now. #Drawing #Illustration #Art #NoAI #AdobeFresco

Digital comic illustration of a bright green cyclops character standing against a solid, vibrant blue background. The character has an oversized oval head with a single large eye featuring a prominent black pupil looking to the left, framed by thick eyelids. Its mouth is open wide in an expressive shout, revealing a row of small, blocky white upper teeth and a pink tongue. It has a tiny body with one hand resting on its hip and the other hand raised, pointing an index finger upward. The artwork features bold, grungy linework and minimal cell shading, with the character standing on a small black shadow. A round white speech bubble to the left contains bold, black, stylized text that reads: "Drink MORE Water".

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Did Hank Green's 4x3. Fun little game. hankgreen.com/fourbythree

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"U should do ur own disco snails" OKAY! I WILL! For those not in the know: youtu.be/Srrs1GjQUBo #Drawing #Illustration #DiscoSnails #AdobeFresco #NoAI

Digital character illustration of a stylized cartoon snail with a retro 1970s aesthetic set against a solid purple background. The snail features a long, bright green neck and head adorned with a voluminous brown afro hairstyle and a thick horseshoe mustache. Two eyes on short stalks peek out from the top of its hair, looking to the right with a calm, neutral expression. A large, dark green spiral shell forms its body, casting a simple dark purple shadow on the ground below. Around its neck, the snail wears a gold chain with a prominent peace sign pendant. The artwork is rendered with clean black vector linework and simple cell shading.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Heat drains me but the sun charges me. This is a weird time of year.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We don't use scarecrows in our garden. We feed the birds. It seems to be just as effective. #Drawing #Illustration #Cartoon #Art #NoAI

Digital comic illustration of a cartoon scarecrow standing in a field against a solid blue sky. The character is drawn with clean vector linework and simple cell shading. It has a round, off-white stitched burlap head with mismatched button eyes—one light blue and one green—sewn on with black thread. The scarecrow wears a yellow straw hat with a red band and features a wide, open mouth with blocky white upper teeth and a large pink tongue sticking out. Its body consists of a purple t-shirt draped over a wooden post, with simple yellow glove hands extending from the sleeves.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I haven't played Pokemon since Red/Blue on the GameBoy and now I feel like I'm missing out on an entire dialect of references.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Sometimes, you're feeling just a little burned out. #DigitalIllustration #Art #Drawing #NoAI

Digital comic illustration of a man's head facing forward against a solid white background. The character is drawn with clean, flat vector linework and zero shading. He has a pale yellow complexion, a full brown beard and hair, wide, frantic white eyes with tiny black pupils, and heavy dark purple bags under his eyes. His mouth is open in a shocked or strained gasp, showing his upper teeth and tongue. The top of his skull is completely flat and open like a bowl, exposing a pink, wrinkled brain that has a stylized red flame rising from the right side.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sometimes you go back to basics and you draw a Smeech. Then because Perremin is playing Dragon Quest, you give him a blue helmet. #Drawing #Illustration #Art #Smeech

Digital character illustration of the mascot character Smeech against a split background of solid light blue on top and muted brown on the bottom. The creature is a tall, pill-shaped dark green monster drawn with bold vector linework and simple cell shading. It has two large, solid black oval eyes with white centers, a small fin on its left side, and a massive, wide-open mouth displaying a large pink tongue and two small rounded bottom teeth. The character is wearing a bright blue warrior helmet reminiscent of Dragon Quest, featuring a gold-trimmed visor and two sharp, curved red horns protruding from the sides.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I needed to stretch my drawing muscles and decided to do some more little dudes, but I'm also lazy so I went with some things I've got down and made a smattering of Rejected Smeeches. #Drawing #DigitalIllustration #Art #Smeech #LittleGuys

Digital character illustration featuring a collection of nine quirky cartoon monsters clustered together on a plain white background. The creatures are drawn with clean, flat vector linework and zero shading, showcasing a variety of expressive, eccentric designs. Among the creatures are a bright green figure sticking out a massive pink tongue topped with a dollop of light blue spit; a melting yellow blob with wide eyes and a wavy mouth; a lime-green head with an enormous curled pink tongue; a tall pink cyclops with a toothy grin; a round blue monster with purple spinal ridges; a goofy orange creature head with mismatched eyes; a pale blue-grey blob with droopy, heavy-lidded eyes and two buck teeth; a dark green head sticking out a long tongue toward two green-spotted eggs; and a long, low orange creature with eyes lined up along its back and head and a curved nose.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Sometimes, I just want to draw a little crab monster and you can't stop me because I'm hidden in a bunker, deep in the Ozarks. True Story. #Drawing #DigitalIllustration #Art

A digital illustration featuring a stylized, bright red crab creature standing against a solid, light peach background. The creature possesses a massive, rounded head dominated by a single, large, half-closed eye looking forward with a flat expression, two small pincers held aloft, and six thin, spider-like legs extending from its small body. Hovering above the creature, the bold text "FEELING CRABBY" is written in a blocky, slightly chaotic yellow font with thick black outlines, curving across the top of the frame.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A friend suggested I try gratitude journaling and I thought it was a good idea. But, journaling has been even harder than daily drawing lately, so I thought I might merge the two. #Drawing #Journal #Gratitude #ArtTherapy

Digital comic illustration of a cartoon creature floating against a solid white background. The creature is a flat, bright mint-green alien or monster with clean vector linework and no shading. It features a wide, rounded body with four long tentacles dangling down, a wide grin showing small blocky teeth, and a long, bright pink tongue lolling out of its mouth. Two large, mismatched eyes with prominent black pupils extend upward from its head on stalks. To the right of the character, bold black text reads: "There are a lot of things that suck in the world right now... But, I can still draw silly little guys. So, that's a win. #Gratitude". Social media handles are printed along the bottom margin: "@tacoviking.bsky.social" on the left and "@TacoVikingStudios" on the right. Original art by M.A. Brotherton.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I'm having some anxiety around art and broken habits and life in general. #Drawing #Art #Illustration #OC #DailyZombie

A digital comic illustration of the Daily Zombie standing against a solid, vibrant dark green background. The character is a mint-green zombie with a large, rounded bald head, big oval white eyes looking anxiously upward, and an open mouth revealing a single upper tooth and two lower teeth, rendered with clean vector-based linework. Wearing a plain red t-shirt and slate-blue pants, the character stands beside four stacked, black hand-drawn text bubbles featuring a vulnerable white narrative that reads: "I stopped my daily art practice because I felt burned out. Now, I am having a hard time starting again and I'm afraid... WHAT IF IT NEVER COMES BACK?" with the word "NEVER" heavily emphasized in large, bold capital letters.

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Taco Viking @tacoviking.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Now that I've been off Abilify for a couple of weeks, I'm starting to feel clear again.

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