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Studium Joy
@studiumjoy.bsky.social
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writer, artist, video person
handcrafter of low-fi sci-fi quarter-hours & cartoons

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In a Jar 🫙 / Sometimes Sherlock / Illegal After Hours Game Show

COMING SOON:
Coffee Cats ☕️🐈😹😸

COMING LATER:
Cosmic Core 🍎
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Happy Pride!

#CoffeeCats #Pride2025 #PuppetShow #transartist #genderqueersitcom
June 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
Pardon the clutter! BTS partial sets from Coffee Cats. Shot it all in a 10x20x7' room. Mix of painted backdrops; PVC, styrofoam, and cardboard; dressed with only the most luxurious fake ivy.

#CoffeeCatsShow #DIYSetDesign #BehindTheScenes #PuppetMaking #IndieCreators #WeirdTV #MicroBudgetCinema
Small production studio with a DIY built set for the audience of a comedy theatre. A Sony A7 III with 24-70mm lens points at set. A couple of monitors. Same studio space, but now we see painted backdrops for a coffee shop. Nothing indicates that this is explicitly a coffee shop. Same space, but just just black drops for a set that's meant to represent a few different locations. Apple boxes litter the floor. A blue plastic container sits on the far left. "What could be inside it?" you wonder. The answer is moving blankets repurposed as sound blankets now sitting fallow because we pre-recorded the audio for this series.
June 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
Early Coffee Cats test from last year featuring an in-progress puppet build. #CoffeeCats #BehindTheScenes
#IndiePuppets #HandmadeShow #PuppetMakers #InProgress #WeirdTV #AnalogFeels #PaintedBackdrops #Craftcore #LowBudgetHighHeart #QueerCreators #DIYFilmmaking #PuppetsOnScreen #transart
Medium shot of an in-progress build of a puppet reveal foam and visible seams. We see ears and a mouth on a head with a separated body. The background is a handpainted window view of a cartoon city. Wider shot of puppet reveals puppeteer, a foreground podium, and a TV next to the painted background.
May 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
THAT’S A WRAP ON COFFEE CATS!

14 production days from December 7 to today yields 1.23TB of footage and 6eps of a genderqueer sitcom. Please enjoy this screen shot of the folders containing said footage plus a BTS photo of the original UK version of the show: Coffee Hands. #coffeecats #indiepuppets
Split photo. Top half is a screen shot of the folders containing: CofCats_Day01 through CofCats_Day14. Dates are listed as Dec 7 2024, Dec 15 2024, Jan 4 2025, Jan 18 2025, Feb 1 2025, Mar 15 2025, Mar 22 2025, Mar 29 2025, Apr 12 2025, Apr 26 2025, May 3 2025, and Today which is is May 10 2025. Bottom half is a split shot: Left side is a slightly blurry set with a hand popped up behind a table; Right side is a view of that shot on an ikan view finder. This is a reference frame from set, but I make a joke in the post about this being from an original UK version of Coffee Cats called Coffee Hands. In retrospect, Tea Hands would make more sense, but what'cha gonna do? Go back and edit the original post? Nah, that's not for me. Hey, thanks for reading this alt text and I hope it gave you a better understanding of the photo. P.S. The monitor also lists camera is set at a 1/50 shutter speed, F2.8 aperture, and 1250 ISO.
May 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
#PuppetSitcom #CatPuppets #IndieTV
#BehindTheScenes #HandmadeComedy
#FelineFunny #WeirdTV
#DIYMedia #StuffedStars
#QueerCreators #AltSitcom
#CatsInCharge #LowBudgetHighCharm
#BTSPhotoDump #ClawsAndComedy #coffeecats
Cast & crew self-photo of Coffee cats. 10 humans smiling at the camera. Six of them are holding cat puppets. On the make-shift basement studio set of a puppet show. Hard to tell what the set is with all the folks standing in frame.
May 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
Last year, I needed a sturdy for drawing so I built one from scrap wood left over from old sets.

#DIYBuild #RepurposedWood #ArtSetup #BehindTheScenes #BuiltNotBought #SetLife #ArtistTools #WorkshopToStudio #SustainableCreative #CraftedSpaces
Low angle photo of a small desk hand made from mismatched scrap wood. It sits on top of a drop cloth. Plastic sheeting hang in the background, as this temporary woodshop was partitioned off from the rest of the studio. A couple saw horses lean against the wall in the background.
April 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
I am autistic.
I’ve worked since I was a kid.
I’ve paid taxes since I was a kid.
I’ve written poems and much more.
I’ve gone on dates and married the love of my life.
I’ve even played baseball a couple times.

Happy Autism Awesomeness Month.

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismPride
#AutisticJoy
April 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
Makin' Cold Fusion Comedy fan art. #fanart #handmadeart #coldfusioncomedy #craftcore #DIYJoy #mixedmediamagic #foamcorefantasy #whimsicalweirdness
A recreation of Cold Fusion Comedy's ice cube mascot logo. Built out of styrofoam, paper mache, construction paper, glue, and top coat. A blue cube with two eyes cartoon looking in the upper right corner and a smile. It rests on top of a wooden apple box in front of a green screen.
April 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
#IndieAnimation
#LiveActionHybrid
#SoapOperaSurrealism
#WeirdDrama
#AltCartoons
#TimepieceTales
April 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
#ArtistAtWork #BehindTheScenesArt #StudioVibes #WIPwednesday #MakersGonnaMake #IndieArtist #ProcessShot
Line art of a window & doorway entrance to a coffee shop. Hand drawn with paint on a sheet and hung up on stands in a small black-box studio. Line art has been filled in with bold color. Cardboard sits on the floor in front of the backdrop. A vague reflection of the painted background shows in the cardboard.
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
studiumjoy.bsky.social
Day 11 of 14 on Coffee Cats, a puppet sitcom.
A behind-the-scenes look at a puppet shoot in front of a green screen. A puppeteer in a red cap holds up a cat puppet wearing a witch hat, while another polka-dotted puppet watches from the foreground. A camera monitor displays the puppet image against a green screen.
April 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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April 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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asafeliashalev.bsky.social
If you want to know what many families with trans children are dealing with right now, you can read my latest story, which focuses on the Jewish community. They fear the government will take their kid away or worse. www.jta.org/2025/01/31/u...
'I'm not waiting until they come to round us up': Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
One transgender Jew described the situation as "like 1930s Germany all over again."
www.jta.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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samtlevin.bsky.social
I've collected accounts from trans folks inside US prisons facing Trump's brutal crackdown: trans women rounded up + placed in solitary before transfer to men's prisons; canceled medical appointments + loss of vital healthcare; vicious taunting

"You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women
Trans people in US federal prisons face brutal crackdown under Trump order
Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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aridrennen.bsky.social
1/ Right-wing media are waging a full-scale attack on Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde after she used her inaugural prayer service to call on Trump to “have mercy” on LGBTQ kids and undocumented migrants. Let’s unpack their outrage. 🧵
January 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM