Joaquín Baldwin
@joabaldwin.com
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
www.joaquinbaldwin.com
Married to @dahlumii.bsky.social
www.joaquinbaldwin.com
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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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If you have a clean shot, you are doing it wrong. Get shit between you and the subject. My husband and I like to call this "d'Oultremonting" since we like how this guy frames his shots by dirtying the foreground. I didn't d'Outremont enough though, I need to do better.
Michel d'Oultremont - Brame - Deer pictures - Belgium
The stags' roars tear through the half-light, their cries of love echoing in the old valleys of the Ardennes.
www.micheldoultremont.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
If you have a clean shot, you are doing it wrong. Get shit between you and the subject. My husband and I like to call this "d'Oultremonting" since we like how this guy frames his shots by dirtying the foreground. I didn't d'Outremont enough though, I need to do better.
Got some bird pics at the LA Arboretum yesterday. Aloes are still blooming! Go see them before they are gone. Here are some of my favs: a house finch, yellow-rumped warbler, angery bushtit, and lesser goldfinch.
#Photography #Birding 🪶
#Photography #Birding 🪶
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Got some bird pics at the LA Arboretum yesterday. Aloes are still blooming! Go see them before they are gone. Here are some of my favs: a house finch, yellow-rumped warbler, angery bushtit, and lesser goldfinch.
#Photography #Birding 🪶
#Photography #Birding 🪶
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@prindustries.bsky.social drew this bsky.app/profile/prin... and I saw colors so... I did this
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
@prindustries.bsky.social drew this bsky.app/profile/prin... and I saw colors so... I did this
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There are two vowels inside you
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
There are two vowels inside you
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
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who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
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@joabaldwin.com the king county library system is slightly more queer and furry now 🫡
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
@joabaldwin.com the king county library system is slightly more queer and furry now 🫡
Go buy some music! Support Fox's amazing work!
It’s Bandcamp Friday! Which means it’s a really good day to support your fave musicians. I have two new albums - Noss feat. @joabaldwin.com and The First Mage feat. @pawpetshow.bsky.social Go grab em 🧡 #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #music
foxamoore.bandcamp.com
foxamoore.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Go buy some music! Support Fox's amazing work!
I love how this builds up to a "This video is about James Somerton" level twist. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, just watch it (or listen to it in the background while working).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dc...
Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future
YouTube video by Adam Neely
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I love how this builds up to a "This video is about James Somerton" level twist. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, just watch it (or listen to it in the background while working).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dc...
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Royal Illusion 👑🐯
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Royal Illusion 👑🐯
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Reposted by Joaquín Baldwin
February 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
There are two vowels inside you
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
There are two vowels inside you
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
(or 2.5 if you ask a linguist)
Any Australian friends looking for hardcovers or paperbacks? Get some from TF Publishing, they just got a batch.
It's the start of restock season for or distribution titles! First up are the Noss Saga novels by @joabaldwin.com, in both hardback and paperback formats.
Feral Flame is in for the first time!
Feral Flame is in for the first time!
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Any Australian friends looking for hardcovers or paperbacks? Get some from TF Publishing, they just got a batch.
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Do better. This aint enough. ABOLISH ICE. It has no home here. Fucking spineless dems. Stop with this middle of the road shit.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Do better. This aint enough. ABOLISH ICE. It has no home here. Fucking spineless dems. Stop with this middle of the road shit.
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I finished up book 4 of #NossSaga this evening. Truly enjoying this story and as I turned that last page, I was already wanting book 5 in my hands!
If you haven't started reading (or listening to) it yet, you really should!
If you haven't started reading (or listening to) it yet, you really should!
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I finished up book 4 of #NossSaga this evening. Truly enjoying this story and as I turned that last page, I was already wanting book 5 in my hands!
If you haven't started reading (or listening to) it yet, you really should!
If you haven't started reading (or listening to) it yet, you really should!
An awesome poem by Nicky Case who is a human: blog.ncase.me/poem/
a human poem on humans liking AI poems over human poems
(⏱️ read time: 4 min)
blog.ncase.me
February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
An awesome poem by Nicky Case who is a human: blog.ncase.me/poem/
Someone explain to me what this is. Found at the LA Arboretum.
February 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Someone explain to me what this is. Found at the LA Arboretum.
Hot damn. Extremely cathartic to hear all this. You gotta watch till the end. This is the kind of message anyone with even the smallest audience should be shouting.
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Hot damn. Extremely cathartic to hear all this. You gotta watch till the end. This is the kind of message anyone with even the smallest audience should be shouting.
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Follow the path of your predecessors and take solace, for once they stood in your place. 🧭
🌊"Ever Onward", my first finished piece of 2026!
Thank you all for 1700 follows: your support is deeply appreciated, and I look forward to sharing more art with you throughout the year!
🌊"Ever Onward", my first finished piece of 2026!
Thank you all for 1700 follows: your support is deeply appreciated, and I look forward to sharing more art with you throughout the year!
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Follow the path of your predecessors and take solace, for once they stood in your place. 🧭
🌊"Ever Onward", my first finished piece of 2026!
Thank you all for 1700 follows: your support is deeply appreciated, and I look forward to sharing more art with you throughout the year!
🌊"Ever Onward", my first finished piece of 2026!
Thank you all for 1700 follows: your support is deeply appreciated, and I look forward to sharing more art with you throughout the year!
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I've been bad and haven't updated @joabaldwin.com on receiving Feral Flame. I'm going to have to decipher those glyphs soon!
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I've been bad and haven't updated @joabaldwin.com on receiving Feral Flame. I'm going to have to decipher those glyphs soon!
I'm working on naming places in this map, so I'm taking recs once more if you wanna include something meaningful to you. No popular culture or Earthly places/gods/etc (Pikachu, Paris, Zeus). Ideas: fantasy re-spellings of your name/sona, your DND chars/locations, pet names, your password.
Working on a city map for Book 5 of the Noss Saga. I just drew about 9,000 streets. Still on the planning stage before I make it pretty.
#Cartography #FantasyMaps
#Cartography #FantasyMaps
January 29, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I'm working on naming places in this map, so I'm taking recs once more if you wanna include something meaningful to you. No popular culture or Earthly places/gods/etc (Pikachu, Paris, Zeus). Ideas: fantasy re-spellings of your name/sona, your DND chars/locations, pet names, your password.
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Even the AI scam bots can't spell my name :(
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even the AI scam bots can't spell my name :(