astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
@ellejohara.com
i make comics
everybody knows i'm sad
🧜🏻♀️ 🤖 🧙🏻♀️ • PNW • 51
🏳️⚧️ queer • trans (they/them) • ♠️ ace
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everybody knows i'm sad
🧜🏻♀️ 🤖 🧙🏻♀️ • PNW • 51
🏳️⚧️ queer • trans (they/them) • ♠️ ace
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Episode one of The Mighty Nein was magnificent! Looking forward to more!
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Episode one of The Mighty Nein was magnificent! Looking forward to more!
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
#CriticalRole #TheMightyNein
Just thinking about how it was Gollum who actually destroyed the One Ring by accident.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Just thinking about how it was Gollum who actually destroyed the One Ring by accident.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Anyway, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
🐋💥 - 55 Years!
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🐋💥 - 55 Years!
Yesterday I remembered Pixelmator exists and apparently it can do vector now. Excuse me, Pixelmator *Pro*.
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Yesterday I remembered Pixelmator exists and apparently it can do vector now. Excuse me, Pixelmator *Pro*.
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
It's the first art app since Adobe Illustrator that can easily (and nondestructively) replicate the wobbly lines I use for my comics panels. And it was only $50. Once.
[Rosa Diaz Arlo meme]
My Digital Art Journey
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
Digital art program journey:
paintbrush (win 3.1)
Oekaki boards
Photoshop... I wanna say 5 or 6? (Bootleg)
Paint Tool Sai
Clip Studio Paint Pro
I definitely played with other software along the way, these are just the major milestones xD
paintbrush (win 3.1)
Oekaki boards
Photoshop... I wanna say 5 or 6? (Bootleg)
Paint Tool Sai
Clip Studio Paint Pro
I definitely played with other software along the way, these are just the major milestones xD
Digital Art Program Journey… 😂 Buckle Up:
KidPix on a Apple II
Corel Draw with a mouse
Scanned drawings into borrowed Photoshop and a mouse
College… Photoshop and a small Wacom in the lab
Adobe Suite, Maya, ToonBoom in college labs with large Wacom tablet
KidPix on a Apple II
Corel Draw with a mouse
Scanned drawings into borrowed Photoshop and a mouse
College… Photoshop and a small Wacom in the lab
Adobe Suite, Maya, ToonBoom in college labs with large Wacom tablet
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My Digital Art Journey
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
1984 - Atari 800XL, BASIC
1986 - Apple IIgs, LOGO
1992 - Macintosh Quadra, Photoshop 2.5, mouse
2002 - iMac G3, PS7, Illustrator 10, scanner, Intuos2
2008 - Powerbook G4, CS4, Intuos3
2012 - iMac 2009, First Cintiq - 24HD
2013 - Second Cintiq - 13HD
2025 - iMac 2013, CS4, 13HD
Are you a ... [ahem] "cis" webcomics artist guy whose main character is a queer woman?
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Are you a ... [ahem] "cis" webcomics artist guy whose main character is a queer woman?
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]
Yeah, it's very probable you're not actually cis.
[It happened to meeeeeee!]
"Why is there a watermelon there?"
Favorite movie line that only the real ones will know out of context:
“I would like to have seen Montana.”
“I would like to have seen Montana.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Why is there a watermelon there?"
I should try making new character art in Adobe Illustrator like this one here I made of Tetra ... EIGHT YEARS AGO?!?!
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I should try making new character art in Adobe Illustrator like this one here I made of Tetra ... EIGHT YEARS AGO?!?!
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
Mr & Mrs Addams
Art by Yuliya Sunliwx
Art by Yuliya Sunliwx
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Mr & Mrs Addams
Art by Yuliya Sunliwx
Art by Yuliya Sunliwx
Well ... yeah. But this side character turned out to be kind of a therapy character for me to work through some personal issues.
Oh who am I kidding? *All* my characters are therapy characters.
Oh who am I kidding? *All* my characters are therapy characters.
CAUTION: There's a chance that small side character you just created becomes way more important to the story than you had originally planned because you keep daydreaming cool things about them, and you end up liking them too much
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Well ... yeah. But this side character turned out to be kind of a therapy character for me to work through some personal issues.
Oh who am I kidding? *All* my characters are therapy characters.
Oh who am I kidding? *All* my characters are therapy characters.
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
In addition: Ariel as a Water Pokémon
(Thanks to amewzing on pfort for the idea)
#art #mochiart #thelittlemermaid
(Thanks to amewzing on pfort for the idea)
#art #mochiart #thelittlemermaid
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In addition: Ariel as a Water Pokémon
(Thanks to amewzing on pfort for the idea)
#art #mochiart #thelittlemermaid
(Thanks to amewzing on pfort for the idea)
#art #mochiart #thelittlemermaid
More left-handed drawing practice. It's feeling less weird now to draw with my left hand.
Tendonitis in right hand is healing. Very. Slowly.
Tendonitis in right hand is healing. Very. Slowly.
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
More left-handed drawing practice. It's feeling less weird now to draw with my left hand.
Tendonitis in right hand is healing. Very. Slowly.
Tendonitis in right hand is healing. Very. Slowly.
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
The study, conducted by researchers who had reportedly “run out of ideas”, showed that while going through life feeling invisible is painful, it’s nowhere near as bad as someone making a comment on a minor change to your appearance.
Study finds only thing worse than being ignored is being perceived
The only thing worse than nobody noticing you is somebody acknowledging your stupid, embarrassing existence, a study has revealed. The study, conducted by researchers who had reportedly “run out of…
thedailytism.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The study, conducted by researchers who had reportedly “run out of ideas”, showed that while going through life feeling invisible is painful, it’s nowhere near as bad as someone making a comment on a minor change to your appearance.
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
Another autobiographical comic for Pride Month 2024! This one is titled "Anastasia Transarovna".
If you are a queer G.I. Joe nerd, you will probably see what I did there.
If you are a queer G.I. Joe nerd, you will probably see what I did there.
June 3, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Another autobiographical comic for Pride Month 2024! This one is titled "Anastasia Transarovna".
If you are a queer G.I. Joe nerd, you will probably see what I did there.
If you are a queer G.I. Joe nerd, you will probably see what I did there.
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
I love the smell of the fetish fuel on the "kids" cartoons in the morning 🤣
(And only four because I can't add more images 😅)
(And only four because I can't add more images 😅)
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I love the smell of the fetish fuel on the "kids" cartoons in the morning 🤣
(And only four because I can't add more images 😅)
(And only four because I can't add more images 😅)
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
It's Portfolio Day and I'm technically an artist, but not a pro. I long ago gave up the idea that my art would earn me a living.
So now I just say, "I draw indie comics. You've probably never heard of me." I really lean into that, actually. Which is one reason why my avi is Hipster Ariel.
So now I just say, "I draw indie comics. You've probably never heard of me." I really lean into that, actually. Which is one reason why my avi is Hipster Ariel.
![Kitab - Not Really Anything
1.
[I lean on the sink and look at my reflection.]
In my youth, people often told me I had so much potential to become somebody.
Like a famous artist or something.
But I have never been able to live up to this potential.
Now, decades later, I understand why.
For a while I thought it was Borderline Personality Disorder.
But I found out what it actually is.
2.
[I hold my fists up. Above each is a figure: the ADHD Creature and the Autism Creature.]
It turns out one can be ADHD and autistic at the same time.
That's a hard-hitting one-two punch that makes everything I try to do much more difficult and frustrating.
3.
[Behind me are some folks. Two are chatting. Another two are flirting. I cannot tell the difference.]
It's why I don't understand how people work.
For example, I always misinterpret social cues.
4.
[Around me are examples of hobbies and projects I've abandoned or left unfinished. I look very sad/frustrated.]
Vintage computers; making videos for my YouTube channel; belly dance (and dance in general); my graphic novel; my homebuilt electronic wind instrument (and music-making in general); volleyball (specifically sand court)
It's why I abandon hobbies and never finish what few projects my executive dysfunction actually allows me to start.
5.
[I cry out in anguish as the tag on my tee shirt drives me insane.]
It's why I sometimes lose my shit over something completely trivial.
Like an itchy tag irritating the back of my neck.
6.
[Finger guns to my reflection.]
I am AuDHD. It's not a bug. It's a feature.
Which is fine, I guess. I'd definitely rather be autistic than borderline.
7.
[I glare over my shoulder into the camera.]
I'm 50 years old now. I've always been like this. It's not going to change.
I'm fundamentally dysfunctional.
8.
On the bright side, I guess I don't need to feel pressured to try and become someone anymore.
Because now I know that's probably not even possible.
[Text on each side of my face: Certified Nobody]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:smfbrzsfsmjotl42ibwscqua/bafkreiasmgx2oxkd6wqpe2r5pmnuz3yeqo3bcy6kwu2mwncbzxyduqiy3m@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's Portfolio Day and I'm technically an artist, but not a pro. I long ago gave up the idea that my art would earn me a living.
So now I just say, "I draw indie comics. You've probably never heard of me." I really lean into that, actually. Which is one reason why my avi is Hipster Ariel.
So now I just say, "I draw indie comics. You've probably never heard of me." I really lean into that, actually. Which is one reason why my avi is Hipster Ariel.
Left-handed scribble of bartender Golnaz, from my webcomic.
Though it takes longer to draw, and my arm gets fatigued quickly, I'm super glad I'm able to draw with my left hand.
Digitally. I tried drawing with pencil and paper and ... oof. It's bad, y'all.
Though it takes longer to draw, and my arm gets fatigued quickly, I'm super glad I'm able to draw with my left hand.
Digitally. I tried drawing with pencil and paper and ... oof. It's bad, y'all.
October 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Left-handed scribble of bartender Golnaz, from my webcomic.
Though it takes longer to draw, and my arm gets fatigued quickly, I'm super glad I'm able to draw with my left hand.
Digitally. I tried drawing with pencil and paper and ... oof. It's bad, y'all.
Though it takes longer to draw, and my arm gets fatigued quickly, I'm super glad I'm able to draw with my left hand.
Digitally. I tried drawing with pencil and paper and ... oof. It's bad, y'all.
Oh cool! Benn Jordan has a video on infrasound! This is the stuff I've been researching for the last nine months because of the vestibular fuckery I now experience.
I can't hear the jet stream, but hoo boy I can sure *feel* it. Headache, nausea, tinnitus, brain fog. Yeah. Oof.
I can't hear the jet stream, but hoo boy I can sure *feel* it. Headache, nausea, tinnitus, brain fog. Yeah. Oof.
Infrasound: What You Can't Hear CAN Hurt You
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Oh cool! Benn Jordan has a video on infrasound! This is the stuff I've been researching for the last nine months because of the vestibular fuckery I now experience.
I can't hear the jet stream, but hoo boy I can sure *feel* it. Headache, nausea, tinnitus, brain fog. Yeah. Oof.
I can't hear the jet stream, but hoo boy I can sure *feel* it. Headache, nausea, tinnitus, brain fog. Yeah. Oof.
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Social media doesn't work for self-promotion. It may have done once, but it doesn't anymore. Invest in a newsletter and a functional website. No one on social media is interested in our bullshit.
October 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Social media doesn't work for self-promotion. It may have done once, but it doesn't anymore. Invest in a newsletter and a functional website. No one on social media is interested in our bullshit.
The hot new (old) thing in internet is 'your own website'!
It's been twenty years since social media started infecting our lives. But, you know, wait for the wheel. Personal sites will be popular again soon because social media is shitting the bed.
Get your RSS feeds and webrings ready!
It's been twenty years since social media started infecting our lives. But, you know, wait for the wheel. Personal sites will be popular again soon because social media is shitting the bed.
Get your RSS feeds and webrings ready!
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The hot new (old) thing in internet is 'your own website'!
It's been twenty years since social media started infecting our lives. But, you know, wait for the wheel. Personal sites will be popular again soon because social media is shitting the bed.
Get your RSS feeds and webrings ready!
It's been twenty years since social media started infecting our lives. But, you know, wait for the wheel. Personal sites will be popular again soon because social media is shitting the bed.
Get your RSS feeds and webrings ready!
Another "I have to learn to draw with my left hand" practice scribble. This one's with Shadowheart.
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Another "I have to learn to draw with my left hand" practice scribble. This one's with Shadowheart.
Reposted by astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil)
#03
Comic Oh My Gag
Drawing: @srasomeone.bsky.social
Script: @rlinky.bsky.social
#latex #kinky #comic #cute #Shibari
Comic Oh My Gag
Drawing: @srasomeone.bsky.social
Script: @rlinky.bsky.social
#latex #kinky #comic #cute #Shibari
January 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#03
Comic Oh My Gag
Drawing: @srasomeone.bsky.social
Script: @rlinky.bsky.social
#latex #kinky #comic #cute #Shibari
Comic Oh My Gag
Drawing: @srasomeone.bsky.social
Script: @rlinky.bsky.social
#latex #kinky #comic #cute #Shibari