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Julie Castro-Grohowski
@artofjulie.bsky.social
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Making art & writing stories fueled by coffee & chaos • NYC 🖤 juliecastro.com
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“Needing to stay on social to promote your illustration business, while also needing to stay off social to preserve your mental sanity, is one of the great paradoxes of being a modern artist 🫠” - Meagan Morrison
#art #artists #writers #artquote #creators
February 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I tried with the TikTok but I just can’t. It feels like I’m visiting the wasteland of dancing conspiracy theorists. Sticking w/Insta, FB, & Bluesky @ artofjulie across platforms ✍🏼🖤 #artist #writer #tiktok
February 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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All I wanted for Valentine’s weekend was to binge the final episodes of Cobra Kai and it was ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. #cobrakaineverdies #karatekid
February 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Beware the sirens of Valentine's Day... Where vintage meets vamp, and romance drips like perfectly applied crimson lipstick. Let your dark heart celebrate this Valentine's Day. 🖤💋
#beautifullyhaunted #valentinesday #art #procreate
February 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Tea stained. In every worn edge & tarnished pattern lies a story of moments lived. Digital art meets aged china, sketched out first (& always) w/ Artsnacks supplies then finessed in Procreate - where eve pixels can hold the weight of time & the marks of a life well-worn. #art #procreate #illustrator
February 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Chrysalis Dreams ✨ When you stare into the void, sometimes it stares back with butterfly wings. Created in Procreate with sketching brushes. What do you see in the patterns? 🖤
#art #illustration #digitalart #procreate #blackandwhiteart
February 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Slithering into the Lunar New Year like... 🐍✨ May the Year of the Snake bring you wisdom, transformation, and just the right amount of mystique. Here’s to shedding the old and embracing new beginnings! Happy New Year! #artofjulie #yearofthesnake #lunarnewyear
January 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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All but 2 🧠 The ones that don’t fit: Taking meds (I choose natural coping strategies) & sitting still (my vivid inner world keeps me content in one spot for hours). Which ones resonate with you? #ADHD #ADHDinWomen #NeurodiversityAwareness #ADHDLife #ADHDawareness #ADHDcommunity #WomenwithADHD
January 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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From Paper to Pixel ✏️✨ I start w/ Art Snacks supplies & traditional sketches before letting them evolve in the digital space. Anyone else sketch traditionally before going digital? Love seeing how an idea transforms across mediums! #digitalart #artistsofbluesky #artprocess #illustration #sketch #art
January 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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I wish I could use my Cintiq to draw with the same flow as I do on the iPad with Procreate. I'd love to use Adobe Fresco but it's not compatible with desktop computers. Anyone know of anything similar? #adobe #cintiq #ipad #procreate #arttools #art #digitalart #artquestion
January 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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My new apron to match my necklace. 💥
#wonderwoman #dccomics #comics
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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“No, really, I’m fine.”
A Monday story. #artofjulie

#truegrittexturesupply #artsnacks #inktoberallyearlong #svslearn #truestories #mondaying #imfine #inkedart #comicartwork #cartoonart #suchislife
January 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Been feeling off all day since reading that Vulture article. I’ll forget for a moment & then it’ll hit me. I’m the kind of person who makes no idols of celebrities. I know that I don’t really KNOW any of those I admire. But then that article, the details…makes me sick to my stomach. #neilgaiman
January 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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I don’t care how many movies are made about Superman, I want to see them ALL. Although, Christopher Reeve & Margot Kidder will always be my Superman & Lois Lane. #superman #dccomics #loislane
December 20, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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Winter Woman Era fully activated ❄️ Rocking my favorite mystical charms & absolutely LIVING for this pre-solstice weather! 🌙✨ Sorry summer lovers, December is MY time - bring on the longest night, the Saturnalia vibes, & all the ancient Yule festivities! #WinterWitch #Saturnalia #WinterSolstice
December 1, 2024 at 5:21 AM
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Digital self-portrait of my ADHD 🧠 in motion while several projects orbit my consciousness. Art becomes therapy when wandering between neither here nor there, like lost thoughts on a midnight stroll... #ADHDart #LateDiscoveryADHD #DigitalArt #Neurodivergent #MyArt
A black and white digital illustration of a woman's face with wavy hair, drawn in a minimalist style. The left side of the image deliberately dissolves into a blur, creating a dreamy, ethereal effect that suggests movement or fading thoughts.
November 30, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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All-time favorite Catwoman, the incomparable Julie Newmar 💫 Do you think The Penguin will get a second season? I love that Selina Kyle is Sophia’s half sister! She must’ve been on Ancestry, everyone’s finding all their long lost halfsies these days🤭 #catwoman #julienewmar #dccomics #ancestry #comics
November 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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From gentle morning coffee convos to unleashing absolute fire behind the kit for Imperial Triumphant - watching the husband bring 'Hotel Sphinx' to life in this Modern Drummer feature never ceases to amaze me. Makes my heart swell every single time. 🖤 #ImperialTriumphant #HotelSphinx #ModernDrummer
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT HOTEL SPHINX PLAYTHROUGH
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November 27, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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If you don’t want to read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein together by the fireplace whilst sharing a vintage bottle of Sauvignon Blanc in an abandoned château in the French countryside during a raging snowstorm, then please don’t tell me you’re “down for a good time”.
November 26, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Another take on #inktober2024 Day 17: Journal. A glimpse into my 1997 move to NYC, where excitement and fear collided. The beginning of a whole new chapter. 27 years later, my mom still asks me, “I thought you wanted to come home. So, when are you coming back?” #artofjulie #art
November 27, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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I’m not a comedian but I’m a quirky little weirdo nerd who loves other quirky little weirdo nerds so, yeah, this! ⤵️🥳
pattonoswalt.bsky.social Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Nov 26
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November 26, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Are you fully utilizing a raging thunderstorm if you're not sitting in a musty library discovering dark secrets by the light of a green-shaded lamp?
November 25, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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I don’t want to talk about politics ever again. I want to exist in my delusional escape from reality. Cheers 🥂
Close-up photo of a dark red bubbly beverage in a stemless wine glass with condensation droplets, showing a Wonder Woman logo. In the background, a pink Cherry Vanilla flavored can of soda is partially visible. The image has a moody, atmospheric quality with water droplets catching the light
November 26, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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Watched #thepenguin season finale for the 2nd time & applauded again when it was over. Perfect show from start to finish, brilliant cast, incredible all around. I’m so proud of you #warnerbrothers for doing right by #dccomics 🐧♥️ #gotham
a man with a cigarette in his mouth says " take back gotham "
ALT: a man with a cigarette in his mouth says " take back gotham "
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November 26, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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A few artworks journaling my experience for a graphic novel about moving from a small town in Indiana to NYC on October 17th, 1997. #graphicnovelart #workinprogressart
Digital art of a mystical fortune teller with flowing black hair and a third eye. Her face floats above a crystal ball containing the silhouette of a city skyline. The background features a purple cosmic sky with stars. On either side are tarot-like cards showing suns and moons. Crystal formations frame the corners. The artwork has a dark, magical aesthetic with a signature visible in the bottom right. Digital illustration of a night scene in a city. A spotlight illuminates a circular window where a distressed woman is speaking on a blue rotary phone while holding her face in her hand. Below, dark garbage bags are piled against a grungy green apartment building with fire escapes. The scene has a noir feel with rain streaks and a moody atmosphere. Signature visible in bottom right. Dark, gothic illustration of an ornate Victorian-style apartment building with elaborate balconies and architecture, rising dramatically against a stormy sky. In the foreground, stalks of corn with scary laughing clown faces grow eerily in the darkness. A shadowy silhouette appears in a window to the left. The moody piece has touches of teal and yellow amid the darkness, with a signature in the bottom right corner. Gothic digital artwork featuring a black raven silhouetted against a full moon, framed by ornate scrollwork. The text above reads 'YOU MUST DO THE THINGS YOU THINK YOU CANNOT DO'. The piece is decorated with crystal illustrations at the top, compass roses on the sides, and mystical symbols including a moon, an all-seeing eye, and celestial imagery at the bottom. The background is a deep purple-burgundy color, with the signature in the bottom right.
November 25, 2024 at 11:14 PM