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Dina Noto
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Drawing things & making stuff
Owner & Head Fuzzpatchtrix of @fuzzpatchstudio.bsky.social
Comics, zines & plush things on Etsy
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If you missed the Pop Up at Little Button Craft last Saturday, don't fret! Some friends, like the alluring Leopard Floppylegs, decided to stay behind after the pop up, and are available on the shelves of Little Button for you to behold and befriend! Flop on down to South Wedge today!
#rochesterny
April 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Come by Little Button Craft next Saturday for the Fuzzpatch Pop up Shop! I’ll have some new friends with me and they can’t wait to meet you!
658 South Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14620
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April 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m pretty pleased with how my custom stencil t-shirt came out! I now have a “uniform” shirt for Fuzzpatch happenings– however I did discover at RICE that my table display hides my shirt when I’m standing, and all of me when I’m sitting. Apologies to anyone I surprised by standing suddenly!
April 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Dina Noto/Fuzzpatch Studio publishing empire’s catalog will be at the ready tomorrow for your perusement and bemusement! Find us at RICE, 11a to 4p in Sibley Square!

Ready your eyes to marvel at zines, pins, and plush!
#rochesterny
April 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Fuzzpatch Coloring Book is complete, printed, and ready in time for RICE this Saturday! Find them–and me! Plus more zines, plushies, and prints!--at my table in Sibley Square 11a to 4p!
#rochesterny
April 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fuzzpatch Coloring Book is coming along and looking likely to be ready in time for RICE (Rochester Independent Comics Expo) next Saturday! In the mean time, enjoy the latest installment of Awkward Looking Reference Photos.
#rochesterny
April 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Check out my table display for RIT Zinefest last week!
I love setting up displays but I can get so lost in color design I forget to make it clear these things are for sale!

RIT Zinefest was a joy! If you missed it, you’ll have another chance to experience my display in person at RICE on April 12!
April 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Announcing the brand new release from the Fuzzpatch Studio by Dina Noto imprint–Fuzzpatch Portrait Gallery!

Freshly folded, securely stapled, and ready to DEBUT at RIT Zine Fest this Friday! A catalog of expertly curated selection of portraiture from the Fuzzpatch Family’s private collection.
March 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Tripod, uuuuuhshmipod. All you need is a steady hand and a dirty mirror and you’ve got yourself a library of reference photos!

The Fuzzpatch Coloring Book is coming to life with the help of some very silly and unflattering pics!
March 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve completed the first page of Fuzzpatch Coloring Book!
Inspired by Magical Realist and Surrealist artist Leonor Fini’s “Ideal Life”. Living in a world of my own creation surrounded by unusually large domestic animals is the ideal life I envision for myself.
#artprocess #rochesterny
March 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
First page of Fuzzpatch Coloring Book underway! I’m hoping to have it ready for RIT Zine Fest on Mar 28, but I’m not sure how long it’ll take. Stay tuned as the process unfolds and learn about realistic expectations with me!
#artprocess #illustration #rochesterny
March 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hold on tight, we’re heading for a droste mirror!

I’m working on the third panel of the cat-face self portrait, a piece inspired by the mirror-and-phone method of looking at the back of your head after a haircut.

#rochesterny #processart
March 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Dream. Believe. Hello Kitty.
Dream. Believe. Hello Kitty.
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February 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Keep your eye on the catface painting in progress!

And watch closely, there might be a Three Men and a Baby ghost lurking in the background!

#rochesterny #catlady #processart
February 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I wrote today’s Substack post in early January, before the coup began. The idea of having a “fun” life seems even more elusive now, and probably less important than having a life with health insurance, personal safety, and fundamental human rights.
dinanoto.substack.com/p/yet-are-we...

#diarycomics
February 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Take a look at some TransJoy Bears valentines up close!

The Transjoy bears are happy. They love each other, they love themselves, they love balloons! They live in a world that is cheerful and peaceful, a world all Transjoy Bears deserve.

#transjoy #valentines #rochesterny
February 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’ve started a Substack!

I’m using it as a sketchbook where I’ll post rough diary comics and drawings twice a week. I’m sharing them before I realize how personal they are, and that I should be embarrassed to be sharing them. dinanoto.substack.com/p/maybe-some...
February 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
TransJoy Bear valentines design process, using the old school 1980s Care Bears as inspiration.
I have mini valentines in Mini Mystery Art Machine, popping up tonight at Behind the Glass Studio from 6p-8p!
Proceeds from machine split between Trillium Health and In This Moment project.
#rochesterny
February 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Which deus ex machina would you choose to eject yourself from the disintegration of democracy?

#diarycomic #comics
February 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Saturday is your last chance to see Fuzzpatch paintings in the Yards Members Exhibition!
There's many things to look at sitting on the city... and many things in the city looking back at you!
10a-2pm at The Yards Collective, 50-52 Public Market, Rochester, NY
#artprocess #rochesterny
January 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Slicin’ and dicin’ TransJoy Bear mini valentines! If you’re in the Rochester NY area, these tiny little prints will be in February’s Mini Mystery Art Machine.
#transjoy #artprocess #rochesterny
January 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A peek into my process as I lay down the very first markerings of my current work-in-progress! 👀

Is it fun to work on? Yes, very.🤓 Does having this face staring at me from across the room kind of creep me out a little? Yes, of course it does.😬

Stay tuned as the weirdness unfolds!
January 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM