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Warehole

@warehole.bsky.social
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Art person doing art things. My name is Mike and I'm an illustrator and designer working in Austin, TX. www.warehole.com = commercial art Wareholepress.com = "fine" art

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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Surely, eels was a popular Christmas gift.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
You absolutely hit it out of the park. I'm particularly impressed with the work on the sky.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This looks so fucking interesting!
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
That's some damn good cover design too! Winners everywhere 🤌
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Yesiree. Mostly line etch and some drypoint/roulette work.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thanks!
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This is a copper etching print I made recently. Stupid and Insane Etching, 2025 6" x 6"
Surrealistic black and white print of a cat with cats coming out of its mouth with assorted objects like a grackle, tall ship and the moon surrounding it.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
What a gut-punch. I have so many great memories of listening to Black Sabbath growing up. He was one of the greats. *sad bat squeaks*
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Well done on the atmospheric perspective parts. That must have been tricky
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Thanks!
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Also, I demand you like my bat picture 🦇 bsky.app/profile/ware...
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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 · 21/04/2025
I don't even want to know anything about musicians I like. Too afraid of finding out something terrible that will ruin the music.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
In that case, a decent graphic designer will be your best bet for help laying out the design and then you can take the file to a regular print shop which will be much more affordable. 🙂
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Also quantity of course matters in the production method you will want to go with.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
It depends on how authentic you want it to look. A graphic designer can mimic the look and print it digitally. For the most authentic, a letterpress studio could do the printing where they use photo-polymer plates and a printing press. They will also be knowledgeable about paper types.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
AI art 😞
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I see so many substacks linked I want read and then feel crushed seeing AI in the masthead. I'm not reading your legal essay if you throw some desecration of studio Ghibli on there to help make your point.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Sad to see what it has become. They want to tear it down of course but I think it would be best as ruins. We need more ruins in this country
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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 · 20/03/2025
Did Ginsburg write that?
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I just completed the drawing for a new lithograph, something I haven't done in about 10 years. I'm excited to print it up soon.
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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 · 14/03/2025
Pathetic
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A lot of gold ink is pretty terrible, partly because the grind isn't great. If you try either Cranfield's or Charbonnel, you will probably have the better results.
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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 · 02/03/2025
I see this in links to substacks which I may want to read and just refuse to follow them. It's pretty depressing to see how common it has become
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
It may be in related to the American Physical Society and the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of quantum mechanics. There are some international events/conferences going on about it. quantum2025.org
quantum2025.org
IYQ 2025
The 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) recognizes 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
How many people will die until enough people snap out of it and realize what the current bloodbath in the Federal sector is doing? Will there ever be wake-up call? Will the evidence be hidden from the public? Will they even be allowed to know our friends and families are dying in silence?
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
because the VA was understaffed and numerous nurses, technicians and support staff have either been laid off or accepted the "Fork in the road" letter and resigned. His scheduled treatment dates are al TBD now. This is what Trump and Elon and the republican party are doing to our people. 3/
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
visits he needs to attend for scans, bloodwork and who knows what. After returning from the VA in San Antonio, he needs to wear a specialized monitor for a bit. I asked when he would need to have it removed and he told me it should be 2 weeks but that the Dr didn't know if that was possible... 2/
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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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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I've recently seen Waymo cars driving around by themselves here in Austin and it's creepy as hell to see one of those accelerating on our busted ass roads.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
They last a lot longer if used on a smoother paper like either bristol board or any other hot press paper. I like them more for sketching than inking though.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
That sucks balls, dude. Are you able to draw at least?
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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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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Thanks for sharing this. This thread is so cool that I thought it had to be bullshit. So I looked you up and realized I'd already read some of your books!
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
As much as I appreciate making digital art, calibrating color for monitors never seems right and despite my best efforts, I always find it challenging when colors become more or less saturated on other monitors. Sometimes, it even seems the browsers are innacurate.
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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 dogsIllustration of a girl holding onto a heron with a snake curled around its beakAn illustration of a first person view of tea with Medusa, whose eyes are covered by the silver plattersIllustration 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 · 14/01/2025
The foreshortening on her right arm is 🤌
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Wow! I used to work for a bookstore and one year my comic obsessed boss made an enormous order from Diamond. From sorting that order, I rediscovered the medium, something I only had a weak interest in as a kid. Until then, I didn't know comic were allowed to be well written.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
You've chosen some really wonderful colors to bring these to life. Very subtle 🎨
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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 · 12/01/2025
It's a great piece!
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I wish there were a map that showed the surrounding polities as well. I have only a vague notion of what was in the European north during this time span
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Love those woodcuts
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Tons of bots unfortunately. For a brief shiny moment, I thought people actually liked my art.
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Dope. I always told myself not to get any band tattoos unless they were dead lol
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Warehole @warehole.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I live in fear of finding out one of my favorite metal bands turns out to be composed of right wing assholes.
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