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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

This is my most recent piece, Bat Boy! I drew, carved and printed it in a mad dash to make it in time for an art market. I'm pretty happy with this goober's face. #printmaking #linocut #art #bats

Linocut of a bats face with a knife in its teeth.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Just a reminder for everyone that Ted Cruz sucks. #Linocut #atx #printmaking

Linocut of a cowboy hat shaped suspiciously like a dick with decorative elements around it. The cowboy hat has "Ted Cruz is a Dick" written across it. Fuck Ted Cruz is the vibe

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Who the hell greenlit a duet of Father and Son with Fiona Apple and Johnny Cash? Seriously

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

There were so many incredible artists participating at this year's Print Austin Expo. I am still buzzing about some of the fantastic relief prints I saw and I felt inspired to make this little linocut. #printmaking #linocut #art #ATX

Linocut print of an armadillo riding an escooter withe the letters ATX spelled out in bones beside him. Black ink on a warm paper.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A couple days ago, I saw a friend who is an elderly Vietnam combat veteran. He is recently out of the hospital after spending roughly a month after a pulmonary embolism. He also requires the use of a wheelchair from a spinal injury many decades ago. He is still recovering and has numerous Dr... 1/

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

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𝕵𝖎𝖒𝖒𝖞 𝕸𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊 @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hello #portfolioday I'm Jimmy Makepeace, I am an illustrator and sometimes an animator.

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

hello :) looking for posters, covers, detailed work in 2025 🌱 Debleeart.com 🐳 Instagram.com/jdebbiel #portfolioday

illustration of makima from chainsaw man looking at the viewer away from a painting of a wolf being attacked by dogs

Illustration of a girl holding onto a heron with a snake curled around its beak

An illustration of a first person view of tea with Medusa, whose eyes are covered by the silver platters

Illustration of a dune poster where Paul is staring into the two moons as an altar like structure surrounds him

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Etching WIP. Trying to get this one across the finish line in time for #printaustin in February. #printmaking #art #wip #etching

Close-up off a copper plate covered in hard ground. A hyper cat creature can be seen scratched through the ground.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Season's Greetings for all who celebrate! Here is this year's Christmas Card, "Santa Devouring his Son" based on Goya's black painting. This one's for all you art history nerds out there. 🎅 #Christmas #MerryChristmas #Santa #Goya #darkart #arthistory

A dark ghoulish painting based on Goya's "Saturn Devouring his Son". Santa is a giant monster chewing apart an elf against a black background.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you are bad or good. He is making a list. Christmas is Judgement Day #art #christmas #xmas #santa #drawing

Black and white illustration of Santa staring you down on his icy throne of judgement. A present sits between his jackboots.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

With Christmas season in full swing now, I wanted to share some of my past years Christmas cards. I used to make a handful of hand drawn ones but then I realized I was spending like 7-8 hours on a single one. So, I made the actual rational decision and have tried to make a new design every year.

Illustration of a smiling happy Santa face wearing sunglasses. In his beard are multiple smiling orange cats. Set against a green background.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Meowsh Pit Intaglio, 7"x5" I make a lot of work that I never necessarily expect would appeal to many, so it's really gratifying to see peoples excitement at the print events I've been to. It's honestly surprising it took me this long to come up with it. #etching #art #printmaking #cats #metal

Copper etching of cats in a frenzied mosh pit, printed with black ink on Hahnemühle

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

College did not prepare me for fucking Canva

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Last year I was reading some classic spooky fiction for Halloween and I felt inspired to make this linocut bookmark to go with. #linocut #witch #reading #printmaking

Linocut art of a witch reading a book with ivy flowing around her. A black cat peeks out at the bottom.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/10/2024

I have also noticed this happening for drawing references and it is maddening.

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artphobos @artphobos.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

Via Vincent Proce on Twitter (@vproceart) some hope vs the Ai glut (repost to add alt text)

Text: Artists Against Generative Al.

Posting this on behalf of a member who would like to remain anonymous:

I'm an art director and supervisor for a large studio. The studio heads had the bright idea before I started to hire prompters. Several bros were brought onto the film project. I absolutely hated myself for not quitting on the spot but stuck with it because it's mercenary out there. Have a family to feed etc. I decided to use this time wisely. Treat them as I would any artist I had hired. First round of pictures of a sweeping Ariel forest landscape comes through and it's not bad. They submit a ton of work and one or two of the 40 are ok. Nearly on brief. So first round feedback goes through and I tell them about the perspective mistakes, colour changes I want, layers that any matte painting would be split into. Within a day I get 5 variants. Not changes to the ones I wanted but variations. Again. Benefit of the doubt I give them another round of

Text: the doubt I give them another round of feedback making it clear. Next day it's worse. I sit there and patiently paint over, even explaining the steps I would take as a painter. They don't do it, anomalies start appearing when I say I want to keep the exact image but with changes. They can't. They simply don't have the eye to see the basic mistakes so the Ai starts to over compensate. We get people starting to appear in the images. These are obviously holiday snaps.

"Remove the people"

"What would you like them changed to?" "... grass. I just don't want them there" They can't do it. The one that can actually use photoshop hasn't developed the eye to see his mistakes, ends up getting angry at me for not understanding he can't make specific changes. The girl whose background was a little photography has given me 40 progressively worse images with wilder mistakes every time. This is 4 days into the project.

Text: I'm both pissed about the waste, but elated seeing ai fall at the first hurdle. It's not even that the images are unusable, the people making them have no eye for what's wrong, no thicker skin for constructive criticism and feedback, no basic artistic training in perspective and functionality in what they're making.

Yes the hype is going to pump more money into this. They won't go anywhere for a while. But this has been such a glowing perfect moment of watching the fundamental part fail in the face of the most simple tasks. All were fired and the company no longer accepts Ai prompters as applicants. Your training as an artist will always be the most important part of this process and it is invaluable. I hope this post gives you a boost in a dark time.

(A pic of text reads 'this machine kills Al' above an arrow pointing to a pencil)

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Here's a little something I printed just in time for a recent print-based art pop-up. Dead Heart 8"x10" on Stonehenge, craft-paper brown #printmaking #linocut #heart #bones

Linocut print of a heart above crossed bones on a craftpaper brown paper.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

Here is a print I made a couple years back reflecting on the collective burnout many of us have been feeling with the state of the world. Don't submit to the doom though, people! We'll get through this together 🔥 #linocut #printmaking #art #darkart #burnout #skeleton

Linocut print of a female skeleton consumed by flames and billowing smoke. Black ink on a slightly warm kitakata Japanese paper

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

I don't need warning alerts every day telling me it's a heat advisory. I know where I live

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

if their terrible political op-eds weren't enough of a reason to un-sub from the nyt, this should put the nail in the coffin. fuck this.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

New bat stamp freshly carved. I like his goofy smile. I'm still a bit the dog that caught the car with these. I don't know what purpose these necessarily will serve but I can't stop making them. #art #printmaking

Close up photo of a hand carved stamp of a bat. The pink stamp material is mounted on an acrylic block.

Close-up photo of a small print of a bat head with cross business underneath. The words "Hell Yeah" are printed above in a fiery font. Blank ink

Picture of print sitting next to the stamp, sitting on a black gridded cutting mat

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

My theory is that Long Furby is a manifestation of the Gnostic god of material reality the Demiurge (Yaldabaoth) appearing in the collective unconscious as proposed by Carl Jung. In this essay I will-

Long furby and yaldaboarh the bad lion headed serpent god of material reality. They are brothers.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

I'm on the fence about what work I should put on this account. I am an illustrator and graphic designer, but I also do "fine art". Should I just make separate accounts? 🤔 I worry about the fine art/printmaking will scare away design clients.

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 05/06/2024

Ok, I guess it's time to divulge that I have a new craft I'm hooked on. For the past 3 weeks or so, I have been carving custom stamps and making bookmarks. It's been a fun way to blend my love of printmaking with graphic design. Let me know what y'all think.

Cigar box full of hand carved stamps. Feature cats and lightning bolts

Photo of a hand holding a bookmark printed with a sad cat face above a nuclear explosion. Lightning bolts shoot out. Black ink on craft paper brown paper.

Photo of a hand holding a bookmark printed with a heart and crossbones in denim blue ink, surrounded by red lightning bolts and flames.

Photo of a hand holding a bookmark printed with multiple images stamped on it. A mad cat face with its mouth open us in the he middle and smaller images of skulls, mouse heads and crossbines surround it. Black ink on craft paper brown paper

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 12/04/2024

This is real. This is what the House GOP is doing next week.

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On the House floor next week:
H.R. 6192 - Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
H.R. 7673 - Liberty in Laundry Act
H.R. 7645 - Clothes Dryers Reliability Act
H.R. 7637 - Refrigerator Freedom Act
H.R. 7626 - Affordable Air Conditioning Act
H.R. 7700 - Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

It's important, especially for young people concerned about the climate, to know is that the main plan for a second Trump administration advises abolishing the offices within the federal government tasked specifically with climate policy and forbidding others, like DOD, from even thinking about it

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

My latest etching done just in time for this year's PrintEXPO in Austin. I was unusually happy with how this came out. If only they all were that way. Brothers Soft ground etching 7"x7", 2024 #art #printmaking #etching #intaglio #softground #drawing #cats #catart

Softground etching showing 2 cats. One is up high on a shelf, avoiding the smaller one below looking up at him.

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