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The end of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. I wandered into the living room one night, saw the big door open and the aliens silhouetted against the light, and then all I saw was the couch cushions, because I'd buried my face in terror. Had a space alien phobia for yeeeeears afterward.

when I was little I was mystified by a sign at the McDonald's that I was pretty sure asked "apple-y today?" and it was only years later that I could look back and really interrogate that memory and realize it said "apply today!"

they're good boyes ;3;<3

i got home from an errand and both cats immediately converged from different areas of the house to flop in front of me and do this:

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

this interest serves me well as a graphic designer, haha, I'm good at being handed a brand (or even just a few already-existing pieces with no formal brand guide) and told to Make Something That Matches That Please

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i don't even play card games much but i loooove playing cards. i think i have a fascination for variations on a theme, i really like a well-matched set with a good continuity of design that's doing something Interesting with the basic motifs!

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

last year the local theater poster I did had a lot of heraldry, and I thought the next one couldn't possibly match my interests as much as that... until I found out this year's play has a playing card motif (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I actually finished gluing Mon Mothma's brooch the same day I cut it, but didn't get around to posting until now. I think I'll need to back the chain pieces with something thicker so I can more easily slide the figure pieces behind the chain, hmm.

A papercrafted illustration in progress. Mon Mothma from Star Wars Andor in three eras: the beleaguered senator surrounded by an uncaring senate; Mon dancing with an anguished expression at her daughter's wedding bisecting the composition; and Mon as hopeful Rebel leader in front of a star chart. Her golden badge and chain forms a frame along the bottom of the illustration. Still to be added are some background panels up top and her name in a flowy art-nouveau-inspired Aurebesh script, which I might redraw because it's been over a year since I finalized this sketch and I'm not satisfied with that anymore, hmm.

The sketch for the badge, heavily taped-over because I used it to cut out the final, and the glued-together badge flipped over to show how everything fits together.

Mon Mothma's gold badge thingy, rendered in a thick gold paper that haaaated being glued to itself or anything else, honestly if it wasn't so perfect in color and thickness I should never have used it. The paper came from a box of fancy soaps and it has a slightly waxy coating, just terrible stuff to work with.

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I hope it all turns out benign! good boy boo!!!

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cut out Mon Mothma's brooch thing today! I'm getting so close to finishing this monster....

A sketch on tracing paper of Mon Mothma from Star Wars dancing despondently, arms thrown wide. Placed over the sketch is another one of her golden brooch thing. In a round dish to the side are all the pieces of her brooch, cut out of thick paper.

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My office does the virtual adobe conference each year, and I made a game of counting the amount of references to NFTs and AI in presentations. It's depressing how I increasingly lose count of AI mentions, but ohhh was it sweet to see the NFT column dry up to nothing these past couple years...

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Seriously!! And the whole "in our style" thing is so annoying, as if ai dreck doesn't all trend toward the same look anyway...

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

i got some big stompy doc martens for my next main pair of shoes and they're the heaviest things i've ever worn, i'm gonna be like rock lee once i'm used to these, dang

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A wise graphic designer once said: Hell Is Other People's Files

pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 17/09/2026

Reposted by Zee

'tis the season of art prompt lists. i made my own list for OC-tober this year! 🎨 have fun with it. feel free to do as much or as little as you want, repeat the same prompts multiple times, combine with other lists, whatever is fun for you! #OC-tober #OC-tober2026 #OCsky

TITLE: OC-Tober Art Prompts
Description: it's OC-tober, the perfect excuse to spend the whole month drawing your
original characters. you can approach these prompts with whatever degree
of seriousness and effort you want. this isn't a legally binding list of obligations,
it's just ideas to get the gears turning!
the list: • finish an unfinished piece (maybe even more than one)
• design a new character, or finish an unfinished design
• rework a character design that needs some polish
• design a movie poster or a magazine cover
• draw a single-page comic or short storyboard
• draw your OCs in an alternate universe
• draw your OCs in another art style
• find a blank art meme/challenge to do
• draw something you find difficult, using your OC
• draw an OC at a different age than you usually do
• redraw a scene from a movie or TV show with OCs
• draw an OC cosplaying one of the characters that
inspired their design
• redraw a childhood drawing of an OC
• draw two OCs interacting who you haven't before
• play with alternate color palettes
Footnote: re-interpret however you want or combine with other lists! the only
rules are have fun, take care of your wrists, and don't use AI.

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

yoooo!!! what an honor!!

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

wouldn't put that kinda thing past him! but nah unless like there's a plaque on the case claiming some wild event the flag's from, it's simply the somewhat more respectable (and space saving) way to display a flag versus hanging it like a banner.

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pretty normal way to display one, actually! Minus the fancy case that's how they're folded to be stored, as well, I used to be an odd kid who took it upon myself to help the janitor take down and fold the flag in the afternoon after school.

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

aaaaugh no!!! oh hon! D:

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It would be playing into their ragebait to yell about how algebra is the only math that truly makes sense to me, so I'll just say man the split screen in the first frames makes it look like they're leaning in close while tenderly holding each other by the forearms

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Good ol size1 pigma micron is my fav, especially when it's new so the tip is sharp and you can get a lot of variance. I also love a pentel pocket brush pen, and have experimented w putting india ink in a portable water brush. (works ok but the ink can get bubbles that make it flow uncontrollably...)

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

mine had me bang to rights as a Mainer, which is funny because I actually turned down a few options that I know are classic Mainerisms. Farther north the accent becomes more French, though I wonder if this test captures that nuance...

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

An exciting pakige arrived today! I've used these plant pot saucers to hold my papercrafts in progress for yeeears because they stack just right and don't get staticky. I realized I needed more... and discovered the company still exists, and makes the same line of saucers! hooray hooray!

A craft table with two stacks of round plates. The new ones on the left are bright blue and red with sharp edges. The old ones on the right are a little faded and scuffed, and a papercrafted fanart of Mon Mothma from star wars dancing with an anguished expression is sitting in the top dish, just baaarely longer in diameter than it.

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

eyyy I called it that in my group! specifically I called it "one must imagine sisyphus happy" which I don't think was particularly helpful to any of my friends, who called it "The One That's Kinda Like A Y"

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Saw The End Of Oak Street yesterday, v fun dino flick. Fair warning: Couple not-fun things relating to cats. Think maybe the director is a dog person.

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

it got me actually playing video games for the first time in ages! it's a great time!

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

i've managed to master walking up stairs in a long skirt 1) without holding the hem up and 2) without spilling a full mug of hot tea, i feel very powerful

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Oh Tavie... I'm so, so sorry.

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Make a band bigger: Gustest

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A+ punchline, got me good

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm glad you made it through!! <3

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Finally FINALLY got time to sit down and finish gluing Anguished Wedding Dance Mon Mothma together. I'm getting sooo close to the end of this project!!

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

seriously looking into getting a pc-compatible n64 controller to support my new hashtag gamer lyfe

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When I said so all my friends were like WHAT WHY?? can't a gal have grown up with just the one console? can't a gal have preferences?? I'm just not used to keyboard-based gaming... :'D

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

played the big walk with friends this evening! it's the first pc game I've played in yeeeears and aside from how charming it was my biggest takeaway is that i am forever pining for the N64 controller...

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

playing around with some old OCs trying to give them a Story and not just a bunch of Premises but goldarnit these guys just keep rackin up new premises every time

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

WHAT that is such bs!! god, I'm sorry, hon! D:

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Wellp, InDesign decided to do a fun thing where every button you press does something wildly different than it's supposed to, guess that's as good a sign as any to pack it in for the day

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm afraid the only adaptation of the Odyssey for me is the times in elementary school where they took us to the library to sit in a circle while an old lady recounted the story to us. I still remember her miming Odysseus exhaustedly heaving himself up the beach on Phaeacia.

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

!!!🤝!!! Doing my best to keep an even keel, the cat's stable for now at least, orz. Hope you're ok, too, hon ;o;

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's hard to keep up! I started a few sketches at the beginning of the month all excited and then had the most stressful July on record, I'm only just coming back to them here at the end of the month. So I feel ya, bud. :(

Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

searching for a wedding guest dress and my biggest takeaway is that some benevolent dictator must force these companies to agree on definitions for "midi" and "maxi," this is getting out of hand

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Zee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

waugh, I'm sorry D: that's so rough, man! )':