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Joaquín Baldwin
@joabaldwin.com
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Author of the Noss Saga (LGBTQ+ epic fantasy series). Layout Artist & Director of Cinematography at Disney (Zootopia, Encanto, Frozen, Moana, etc). Photographer, animator, designer, he/him 🏳️‍🌈
Married to @dahlumii.bsky.social
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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · Oct 20
🧵 1/8 - Hi! I'm a queer epic fantasy author, writer of the Noss Saga. Other than writing and illustrating my novels, I do a lot of other art, including cinematography at Disney animation (Zootopia, Frozen, Moana, etc). Follow this pinned thread to see the kinds of work I do.
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A square layout showing examples of my work: The first two books of the Noss Saga with a text that says “As epic as it is queer,” the doll from the Sebastian’s Voodoo animated short, a 3D printed mobius strip, an illustration of a black sphinx cat made of quartz, and screenshots of my Disney layout work in Zootopia, Frozen, Moana, and Encanto.
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I've got so much reading to do.
Top Christmas gift from the wife!

#nosssaga
4 books from the Noss Saga spread out after unwrapping.
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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For all the new artists joining Bluesky:

🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.

🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.

🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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@joabaldwin.com got the 3rd installment for Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Did you know I painted the #MFF badges? If you were at the con, you were wearing one of my illustrations of either Helium Hyena or Lichenthrope.
Painting of a punkish, pink-mohawked hyena doing the Shaka with one hand (pinky and thumb extended, other fingers curled). They are holding a furry sticker-covered surfboard, standing on a beach with pretty sunset colors, but the sunset is actually a nuclear explosion. Painting of a werewolf-looking green creature with red eyes submerged to his chest in a hot spring pool in a snowy forest, tongue lolling. He has lichens and moss growing all over his green-furred body, and the hot water has green bubbles and steam coming out.
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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birf happy <3
#Doodles
Red-ink doodle of Bravado the coyote, just standing there being cute with his hands by his waist. Gay fountain pen sits in the corner of the paper.
December 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋
It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!
Tips: moving from Xitter to Bsky Before you start following people, fill out your profile! Bio, PFP, banner, and post at least 5 to 10 things. Just reuse your top 10 banger tweets—recycling is encouraged! This way, people will know you aren’t a bot, will see what you are about, and might follow back. Turn off NSFW filters in Settings > Moderation > Enable Adult Contentand at the bottom on Settings > Moderation > Bluesky Mod Service Find your friends from the hellsite using Sky-Follower-Bridge.devNot perfect, but it will find the majority of the people you were following.Beware of fake tools that ask for money! Follow a few feeds related to your interests. In bsky you choose what kind of content you want to see. You can pin feeds (into tabs) to the top of your timeline, and you always have access to the Following feed which shows nothing but who you choose to follow. Block often. Don’t interact with trolls. Don’t quote dunk, comment, nothing. Let them rot in silence, take away their oxygen and they’ll asphixiate. This is the Bsky way. Turn off language filters in Settings > Languages > Content Languages Or you won’t see posts from anyone in Japan, Germany, etc, in your feeds, even if they only post a cool image with no text. Weird, but trust me on this one. Uncheck all to see all posts. Fuck content scrapers. Do not let that trash overwhelm this site, do not share their stolen content. You can block them all with two clicks by going to joabaldwin.com/scrapers and on the top-right clicking on Subscribe > Block Accounts (I know, “Subscribe” is an odd thing to name it, but that’s how block lists work). Use alt text to make images accessible. Helps for translations, readability, findability, and users with slow internet. Turn on Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting It takes time to rebuild, but the best time to do it is right now. Use your last tweets to tell everyone to move, then stop posting. Twitter is a Nazi/AI/bot/crypto cesspit.
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Bus stop ❄️
December 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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If you are into epic queer fantasy, do yourself a favor and start reading The Noss Saga by @joabaldwin.com

It took a while for me to buy and start reading the first book after hearing about it so much, but now I can't put it down and I'm already ordering the rest of the series in hardcover.
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Making progress editing Book 5 this morning! Up to chapter 12 already. This one has around 60 chapters I think.
Screenshot from my Scrivener folders showing the chapter list for Wings of the Wayfarers and my current progress. Chapter names are all pixelated.
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Finally had a chance to read Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social. Loved it—it's so weird and heartfelt and grotesquely funny and queer. Did a fanart ink doodle because bears.
#Doodles
Red-ink doodle of a scarfed woman holding on to a blue bear, trapped in a shape reminiscent of a bear trap, with a creepy witch-like monster with glowy eyes rising behind them. The book itself is sitting right next to it, which has a red cover with the same tentacly monster on it in a more graphic style.
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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It arrived @foxamoore.bsky.social @joabaldwin.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Excited to have this in my paws. Support furry music! And check out @joabaldwin.com's books if you haven't already
Photo of myself holding a shrink wrapped CD case of the album Noss: Prelude by Fox Amoore
December 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Spending a few hours with the onions and a good book. This would be an opportunity for the audio book! @joabaldwin.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Woke up with an urge to doodle.
Happy Crimus @kibaru.bsky.social
It's Chrismun @october-tiger.bsky.social
Merry Crisis @pucktoothed.bsky.social
Merry Chrysler @burrbles.com
#Doodles
Digital watercolor doodle of a bear, tiger, sabertooth, and dog in a cuddle pile. The dog is at the center getting belly rubs. The saber stretches sharp claws to play with the dog's waggling tail.
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Friendly reminder that the best gift you can give an indie author is a review of their book!
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Leif’s scabbard is finished! How does it look?
This video uses 100% natural, realistic sound effects.
#NossSaga #3D-Printing
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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So. Much. Leggy.
Wilford The Bear Makes A Bed And Takes A Nap In The Angeles National Forest
YouTube video by Parliament Of Owls
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December 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Woke up with an urge to doodle.
Happy Crimus @kibaru.bsky.social
It's Chrismun @october-tiger.bsky.social
Merry Crisis @pucktoothed.bsky.social
Merry Chrysler @burrbles.com
#Doodles
Digital watercolor doodle of a bear, tiger, sabertooth, and dog in a cuddle pile. The dog is at the center getting belly rubs. The saber stretches sharp claws to play with the dog's waggling tail.
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Ok, which one of you sent me this @tommysiegel.bsky.social extremely accurate birds calendar?
It's very inappropriate and you should be ashamed. It will hang in my office.
My hand holding the Extremely Accurate Birds 2026 calendar by Tommy Siegel, showing a drawing of a spoonbill posing with their very human legs and buttocks drawn with absolute anatomical precision.
December 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Wishing you a peaceful, beautiful winter solstice from #MonoLake. 📷 Sherry Taylor, Santiago M. Escruceria, Joaquín Baldwin.
December 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Hey. Make that story weirder.
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Well just in time of me getting the books yesterday, I got my CD by @foxamoore.bsky.social today :3
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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PSA to avoid Uline like the plague for your packaging needs.
Clearbags has every specific bag and board you could want and there’s also good old BCW for comic & art sleeves on Amazon.
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Readers of the Noss Saga say that Sterjall gets injured too often, so I cone of shamed him sevenfold.
An anthropomorphic black-furred wolf walking awkwardly with arms and legs outstretched while wearing seven cones of shame: around his neck, arms, legs, tail, and sheath (censored).
August 26, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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My TBR is a bit long but I'll get something for you as soon as I can.
Narrator: she never heard from him again
kellylink.bsky.social Procrustean Bed Elizabeth Bathory & Beyond @kellylink.bsky.social · 7d
Wondering if anyone would be willing to blurb this post. It isn't a long read!
December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM