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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Memphis mayor Paul Young had the nerve to post this on his social today?? The guy who sold out our city to Elon multiple times for data centers, where the people who live there can't even breathe? Who worked alongside ICE and the National Guard occupation? Like??? You're the definition of a sellout.

An Instagram post by Memphis mayor Paul Young with the song "Preach" by Young Dolph. The post reads: "I have seen a nunber of misinformed, silly a** posts trying to paint me as a sellout the past few days. PY from Oakhaven wants to respond (because I have plenty to clapback with), but the God in me says to stay focused and keep doing the work. I'm gone listen to the Lord...Let's keep working people!"

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm so ready to see the Memphis Grizzlies play this upcoming season. People count us out, but I know we got something really special brewing. 🥲🐻🩵✨ #art

An illustration of a 2D character, a blue Grizzly bear facing left, wearing a Memphis Grizzlies jersey, black shorts, and teal/black shoes. The background is a light blue gradient with white clouds of varying opacities.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

THOG DRAG COMING SOON hahahahah (via Salina’s Instagram story) #bb28

A screenshot of a FaceTime between Frankie Grande and Salina Estitties dressed up in drag as Thog (Haley) from Big Brother 28.

The text reads “Just had the hottest FaceTime with Haley in the BB house.” And “ThogDrag coming soon”

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My moon could be a little bluer, but the rest is definitely part of my regular color palette. 🥰

Header reads: My Pantone Birth Chart Palette

Gemini Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Leo Rising, Aries Venus. Colors: #F6C945 #5E5AA8 #F6B43D #F07B63

The graphic below is a square divided into 4 equal pieces that represent each of the colors above. Gemini Sun (Lemon Signal), Sagittarius Moon (Twilight Indigo), Leo Rising (Marigold Flash), Aries Venus (Spiced Coral).

The bottom reads: pantonecolors.net/pantone-birth-chart
Independent Pantone-inspired palette tool. Not affiliated with Pantone LLC.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Tennessee needs to wake up or we will all burn. Here’s a very realistic portrait I drew of Marsha Blackburn. She’s the worst. #art

A very realistic red and yellow portrait of TN senator Marsha Blackburn, looking directly at the viewer with piercing blue Night King eyes, staring at you from hell.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I made these wooden floppy discs for my market last weekend! I’m really happy with how they came out (and they ready to hang on the wall!). I still have the black & red ones, but the others went to good homes. I’m excited to make more silly graphic stuff out of all my scrap wood. 💾✨

A blue geometric fabric is laid over a table on a floor of concrete. On top are 5 wood sculptures styled as larger floppy discs. They vary in color: black, green, blue, red, yellow. They all have a dimensional label with lines across it.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

omfg FINALLY got my gold trophy in Cellblock. I didn't realize that tournament 11 would be a different board 😭 I'm so glad this is over with lmao.

A white box outlined with a thin red stroke. The image reads: "You Win!!! You have already earned your daily limit of Neopoints. You are allowed to continue playing, though. And, you've earned a Trophy!" Below is a glowing golden trophy of a monkey-type animal head. Text underneath reads "Congratulations! You have advanced to the next Tournament."

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

omg I did it, I finally beat NeoQuest on INSANE mode! 😮‍💨

The text reads "CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE BEATEN NEOQUEST! You receive a Gold NeoQuest Trophy!" and it shows a golden Lupe (a wolf-looking creature on Neopets) in the middle.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My Neopets account is 23 years old today! 😍

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I wish a very good day to whoever has my nephew's old phone number. Thank you for passing the vibe check ✨

A initial text sent by the poster at 8:39am, reading "Happy birthday! Hope you have a great one. Love you! 🎂✨" with a reply reading "Thanks but it's not my birthday wrong number....love u too"

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy Lunar New Year!! 2026 is year of the fire horse.🧧🔥🐎 #art

An illustration of a red fire-filled horse with a fire mane & style tail rearing up & jumping. The illustration has a fiery red & yellow background. "2026" is in red text in the upper left corner. "BURN" in yellow text is in the bottom right corner, with "Year of the Fire Horse" above it.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

“cheese (from a) board” // woodcut painting 🧀🪵✨ #art

A bird’s eye view of a circular light wood cutting board sits on top of a bigger circular dark wood table. Two cheese cutting knives sit on either side of the board. A square piece of wood cut and painted to look like cheese sits on top in the center of the composition.

A side view of a circular light wood cutting board sits on top of a bigger circular dark wood table. Two cheese cutting knives sit on either side of the board. A square piece of wood cut and painted to look like cheese sits on top in the center of the composition.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

only YOU can prevent Memphis Grizzlies slander #art

A vector illustration styled like Smokey the Bear's "ONLY YOU can prevent Wildfires" poster. The illustration shows a blue grizzly bear pointing at the viewer; he is wearing a snapback that says "GRIZZ" on the front. He wears a Memphis Grizzlies black/turquoise/red jersey & shorts, and he's holding a basketball. The text "ONLY YOU" is bold at the bottom.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Anyone play Pokemon Go? I need 3 new friends for a quest thing. Always like new friends too. :)

Pokemon Go Screenshot, features user Vandyink, user ID 6094 7518 0072 and a QR code to scan.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Illustrated a lil portrait of my amazing wife; she's the best. 💖 #art

The background is a gritty gradient from pink (top) to lavender (bottom). There is a portrait of a girl with pink & purple shoulder-length hair; she has purple circular glasses and a big smile. She has heart-shaped earrings, and 2 magenta hearts are on either side of the portrait.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I read & watched both of these earlier this month.

A book cover of a prison hallway; the text reads: "THE #1 NEW YEAR TIMES BESTSELLER – STEPHEN KING – THE GREEN MILE".

A book cover of a highway with different silhouettes of people's shadows at the bottom; the text reads: "THE #1 NEW YEAR TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR – STEPHEN KING, WRITING AS RICHARD BACHMAN – THE LONG WALK".

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

We had to say goodbye to Riley yesterday. She was 14.5 and the sweetest girl. I miss her so much, my heart is broken. 💔

A beautiful long hair black & brown dashing lays on her side in a grey dog bed, looking at the viewer.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I got this email from a client today and it's cracking me up

A screenshot of an email to me. There is (no subject) and the message reads: "I will pay you to end this and shut it down."

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Found a little rough sketch that I did when I was inspired to do this. I was also playing Bear & Breakfast at the time (2022), and there's an item called a "Possum Clock", which prompted my little silly brain to think about it like Kit-Cat Klocks and the cute little possum Jeffrey from OTGW.

An image of a black Kit-Cat Klock, a rough sketch of a possum clock that reads "Potatoes & Molasses", and a screenshot of Jeffrey the Possum from episode 3 of Over the Garden Wall.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Only 4 left of my 9x14 Potatoes & Molasses prints that I made, inspired by my favorite episode (3) of Over the Garden Wall. These were also inspired by Kit-Cat Klocks! The 11/3 on the clock also represents when OTGW premiered! I'm shipping some orders out first thing tomorrow if you want 1! :) #art

An illustration of a possum hanging from it's tail; it has a clock face on it's belly and is similar to the Kit-Cat Klocks, but this possum swings from it's tail VS the tail swinging. On the left side reads "POTATOES", an ampersand sits in the tail, and on the right side reads "MOLASSES". The print is inspired by episode 3 of the show "Over the Garden Wall".

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

eye-see.jpg 📄👁️ #art 8” x 5.75” acrylic painting on recycled cedar

A physical version of a jpg icon hanging on a green wall. The icon is a piece of paper with the top right corner “folded over”. There is a “photograph” painting of a white barn with a red house in the middle of green garden rows. The sky is a bright blue. The barn is also slightly dimensional and rests on top of the rest of the jpg piece.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

west.jpg 📄🏜️ #art 8” x 5.75” acrylic painting on recycled cedar

A physical version of a jpg icon hanging on a yellow wall. The icon is a piece of paper with the top right corner “folded over”. There is a “photograph” painting of red western canyons, yellow sand, and a moon between them.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

sauron.jpg 📄👁️🔥 #art 8” x 5.75” acrylic painting on recycled cedar

A physical version of a jpg icon laying on a rocky surface. The icon is a piece of paper with the top right corner “folded over”. There is a “photograph” painting of the eye of Sauron.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

red-moon-desert-XP.jpg 📄🌌 #art 8” x 5.75” acrylic painting on recycled cedar

A physical version of a jpg icon hanging on a blue wall. The icon is a piece of paper with the top right corner “folded over”. There is a “photograph” painting of the Windows XP wallpaper, Red Moon Desert, which features a red planet and a lone moon in the corner.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I made a real.jpg 📄🏞️ #art 8” x 5.75” acrylic painting on recycled cedar

A physical version of a jpg icon hanging on a pink wall. The icon is a piece of paper with the top right corner “folded over”. There is a “photograph” painting of two triangular green mountains with a bright yellow sun between them. Lego flowers are next to the icon in the picture.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We’re now a family of 8! (Omg wut) My wife FaceTimed me on Saturday, and this baby found her in a shopping mall parking lot, & she laid right at H’s feet. 🥺 Her name is Penny, & she’s SO sweet. About 10 month old Pittie, and is super submissive to our cats & lil Riley. She loves to cuddle. 😭💕

A brown pitbull sleeping against a person’s legs. The pup’s tongue is sticking out.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Just finished Blindness and wow; what a read. I borrowed Seeing, so I'll start that soon. DELIGHTED to learn there's a movie (watching now); love to watch a movie after finishing a book!

A book cover featuring a grid of geometric shapes/patterns in blue, black, red, and white. The text reads "Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature; SARAMAGO; Blindness."

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I finished Doctor Sleep on our trip! I was enjoying it so much that I was reading it at the club on Dyke Night. I'm so excited to watch the movie now!

A red-tinted photo of a woman with a hat looking at the viewer. The text reads "Stephen King - Doctor Sleep - A Novel" in a text that resembles smoke.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

what they asked for vs what they got 🚲☠️💎✨ #art #design #logo

A screenshot of a text that reads "I like the idea of something involving the pyramid and the crystal skull we made a lame flyer with Canva for reference" and below is a flyer that reads "MEMPHIS BIKE POLO PRESENTS MONSTER MASH SHUFFLE" over a photo of a crystal-eyed skull shining imposed over a giant pyramid.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Grizz, Smokey’s cousin, ain’t ducking no smoke. 🐻💨 #art 4 DAYS UNTIL GRIZZLIES BASKETBALL! 😍

An illustration of a "Smokey Bear" style blue grizzly bear wearing a GRIZZ snapback hat.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Maybe if we all do this, something good will happen!!

A screenshot from Dragonball Z, featuring the people of Earth putting all their energy towards a Spirit bomb.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

but how am I supposed to do anything when this sweet boy is asleep on me 🥺

An orange cat peacefully asleep on a brown and orange blanket over legs. The background shows a living room.

Close up is part of a computer with stickers that read “ICE MELTS - TURN UP THE HEAT” and “I’m not you and that’s cool too!”

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Stayed up late last night finishing & crying to Kid Cudi's memoir. I listened to him a LOT in high school & early college, and his music got me through a lot of really dark times. I'm so happy and grateful that both of us made it through and kept going. 🥲

The bookcover the memoir "CUDI; THE MEMOIR" by Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi). The background is light blue with yellow, red, green, and dark blue triangles around the edge. A simple brown oval with a big smile in the center represents Cudi.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

3. You are a Badass (which I really loved the idea of getting out of your own way) 4. Mickey7 (read it after watching Mickey17; I enjoyed!)

A cover of the book "You are a Badass – How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life" by Jen Sincero. The cover is bright yellow, with the title & author type taking up the whole cover.

A cover of the book "Mickey7" by Edward Ashton. The cover features Robert Pattinson as Mickey in snow gear, from the major motion picture Mickey17 (directed by Bong Joon Ho).

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

2025 Reading List so far: 1. Remarkably Bright Creatures 2. Parable of the Sower (so glad I got my own copy because I loved it)

A cover of the book "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt. The cover features a watercolor cut-paper style illustration of a woman looking at an orange octopus that is surrounded by coral.

A cover of the book "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia E. Butler. It features a white background with a woman in a red & orange dress & headpiece.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I’m making this Magikarp out of cardboard & other recycled materials + joint compound and honestly I’m having such a blast.

A “paper mache” type of sculpture of the Pokemon Magikarp.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I got my drains out yesterday (praise BE kitty girl) but my chest/skin still feels so tight, but that's okay; recovering more each day!

Bilbo Baggins from Fellowship of the Ring; the quote reads "I feel tight, sort of stretched, like skin pulled over too much bone"

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Yesterday marked a whole DECADE of me working for myself full-time! It’s wild that it’s been that long; I am so grateful for those that have passed my name along. I am open to new opportunities to work together; I do design, illustration & animation. You can check out my work at vandyink.com 💕✨ #art

A yellow badge with an illustrated sun and flowers in the center. It reads “10 years of freelancing”. The background is light blue, with rainbows in two opposite corners, with sparkles in the other two.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

These two are giving the same energy

Screenshot of Aaron from Bring it On, smiling.

Screenshot of the Mask Salesman from Majora's Mask, smiling similarly.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

oh my god, I finally got the Snowager avatar today!!!! I've absolutely peaked!!!!

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Here’s the original video my bestie Emma took that inspired this piece!

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Is that the f*cking early bird?! 🪱 🪱🪱🪱🐦‍⬛✨ #art #procreate #birds

A distressed illustration of a blue tinted bird with 12+ worms in it's mouth. The background is a creased piece of plain white paper.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This started as a sketch for a new more designy selfie like I usually do, but I really liked my initial sketch, so I just kept going with it instead. 🥰✌️✨ #art #procreate

An illustrated selfie of a person with spiky messy brown hair, black and brown glasses, and a black bandana. The background is yellow, and 4 hearts are around the portrait.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

My illustration inspired by the 1936 cat portrait by A. Weidhaas, but with our Leia instead. 🐱 ✨ #art #cats

Illustration based on the 1936 cat portrait "Brünnhilde" of a brown cat wearing gold armor, a red cloak, and a viking style hat.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Paid off my 2nd to last student loan today! YAY!!! And the last one is under $1k! 🥰 I'm so close! 😭

A screenshot from Animal Crossing on Gamecube of a villager cheering outside the post office. The text bubble reads "I've paid off one of my loans! I'm almost debt-free!"

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I did it! I still need to seal it with some poly and paint some ketchup & mustard, but the prototype is done! I want to make a couple for when I am a vendor in a month at Crafts & Drafts!

A giant corndog made out of a piece of cedar wood, held in front of a background of a backyard.

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Jess Vandenberg @vandyink.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Today would have been my Dad's 60th birthday; the 3rd without him. Been getting old rolls of film developed & got this recently of one of his birthdays. I tried counting the candles, & I think this was his 26th birthday, 3 years before I was even a thought. I miss him a lot. HBD Dad, love you!

A blue-tinted photo side-view of a man with a moustache sitting on a chair holding a present with ribbons.

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