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atropius.bsky.social
Jessie 🦇
@atropius.bsky.social
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queer artist in Iowa. I paint stuff

https://jpeugh.carrd.co/
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It was this guy
Happy orange cat on the litter packaging
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Got the chiitan seal of approval. I've made it
Screenshot of a notification showing Chiitan liked my pumpkin post
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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never underestimate the power of a cute idea
A plastic white pumpkin with its top cut off. It's full of yarn and a pair of chopsticks to resemble Ramen noodles. The maruchan instant lunch logo is on the front
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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forgot to post my annual pumpkin
#art
A plastic pumpkin painted with a scene inspired by Over the Garden Wall. Greg and Wirt are walking down a spooky forest path and are surrounded by references to the series. There's a tree with creepy faces on the left, a big black dog with glowing eyes on the right, and a silhouette of the Beast in the distant foggy background. There are pumpkins with faces like those in Pottsfield on the path
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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hornet and the knight at the snack party
Two people at a Halloween party standing in front of a wall covered in various snack packaging. I'm wearing a hornet costume consisting of a big red cloak, a large silver needle, and a small hornet mask on the side of my head. My partner is dressed as the knight from hollow knight. Hes wearing a dark blue cloak, a big mask in front of his face, and has a large silver nail
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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happy florence + the machine day
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Digital illustration of a woman (rendered in red tones) lit by a pale blue light from above. She is looking up and has sharp highlights carved across her face. Her hair is long and wavy, painted in a flat red, flowing out on either side of her. Behind her is a white circle and pale blue glow. In the circle is the text "AT LEAST YOU'LL SANCTIFY ME" and across her throat is another line of text, "WHEN I'M DEAD" Inspired by Dream Girl Evil by Florence and the machine
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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released
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A sketchbook page depicting a single eye lit dramatically from below. It is painted in many soft layers of color, from deep reds and purple to peach and blue-greens. The brown iris is being dragged vertically up the page, starting from the highlight. It's meant to mimick and morph into the direction of the light below but is only kind of successful Painted in watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache
October 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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I'm always making fucked up eyes
Small sketchbook painting of a brown eye looking upward with a light source coming from our left. Her iris is being pulled up and flows past her lid to turn into black smoke trailing to the top of the page. The skin is painted in cloudy layers of a pinky peach tone, with some greens around the edges Painted in watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache Small sketchbook painting of a very tired brown eye being smudged across the page. The skin is very warm and pink around the center, with pops of green and blue around the edges. The lower eyelid is being dragged down to show the fleshy interior, but the brown iris is smudged over it. The eyebrow is also lightly distorted. The smudges are directed in sharp, straight lines to the bottom right of the page Painted in watercolor and colored pencil, with some gouache
October 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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it's jello ghost season
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My hand holding a wooden panel shaped like a ghost with its arms sticking out. I've painted it to look like a lime green gelatin mold. There is a ghost face peeking through the jello
September 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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this labubu requires a sacrifice
A plastic container with a donut and a labubu shaped jelly pudding. Its fur is pink and the eyes are black voids
September 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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a local cafe is getting in on the labubu trend and its not at all horrifying
Two plastic containers each containing a donut and a labubu shaped Vietnamese jelly cake. One is yellow and the other is pink and they both have unsettling black voids for eyes
September 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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what's mistaken for closeness is just a case of mitosis
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A painting in a sketchbook showing a woman's eyes and nose lit dramatically from below, casting dark shadows across the skin. Her irises are connected together in a syrup-like line in an infinity shape. The colors are saturated and painted in many loose layers with some blues and greens around the edge Painted in watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil
September 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Costco hot dogs really are the best
August 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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lychee snooze
Lychee, a calico cat, is asleep on a blue cushion. Shes wrapped in a ball and snoring Lychee seen from another angle looking knocked the fuck out
August 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Jules looking like he was dropped out of the sky
Jules, a white and brown tabby cat, is sleeping in his crocheted cat bed with all his legs sticking out at various angles. His head is resting on the record player next to him
August 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I'll make you sing for me, I'll make you scream
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Black ballpoint pen drawing of Florence Welch looking at the viewer. Her long hair is slightly curled and her bangs nearly reach her eyes
August 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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in honor of silksong news, here's a hollow knight embroidery from 2021
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Fan art of nightmare grimm from hollow knight. He's a spindly character with a billowing red cloak wrapped around his body and swirling around. His mask has two long points at the top The background is painted to look like his arena. Set into a round hot pink embroidery hoop
August 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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hey has anyone seen my cat
A messy bed with a blanket crumpled on top. There may or may not be a pair of calico cat legs and a tail sticking out from underneath the blanket. You can see her pink toe beans
August 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Oh I just found its father
Facebook marketplace listing for "vintage radio shack refrigerator pig" for $15. It's a small orange pig with a big smile that oinks when exposed to light apparently
August 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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smokey eye tutorial (gone wrong)
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Small sketchbook painting of a brown eye looking upward with a light source coming from our left. Her iris is being pulled up and flows past her lid to turn into black smoke trailing to the top of the page. The skin is painted in cloudy layers of a pinky peach tone, with some greens around the edges Painted in watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache
August 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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shame
Lychee, an old calico cat, is sitting on top of an armchair next to a knock-off purple blahaj. She is curled up and has her face smashed into the shark. She is facing away from the camera in shame
August 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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QRP with your current WIP

nearly done with this one
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A small sketchbook painting of a woman's brown eye looking up to our right and the light source is coming from our left. She is painting in many layers of soft color with some green blended into the edges of the skin. There is a faint sketch of what will be smoke billowing out from the pupil Watercolor and colored pencil
August 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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if you see this post a sword 🗡
Embroidery in an oval shaped frame of a light brown eye rendered in full color. There are three 3D swords that puncture through the fabric around the eye and cross over each other. Roman numeral 3 completes the tarot card look
August 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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A shrimp offering
A shrimp themed clown hat. It's a pointy cone with a pink pompom on top, covered in lace and beads. There's a shrimp embroidered in beads in the middle and pink lace at the rim All hand sewn and painted because I am a mad man
August 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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this time I might just disappear
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Small sketchbook painting of a very tired brown eye being smudged across the page. The skin is very warm and pink around the center, with pops of green and blue around the edges. The lower eyelid is being dragged down to show the fleshy interior, but the brown iris is smudged over it. The eyebrow is also lightly distorted. The smudges are directed in sharp, straight lines to the bottom right of the page Painted in watercolor and colored pencil, with some gouache
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM