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Blue Bandana Jake
@bluebandanajake.bsky.social
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Animator and Illustrator, enjoyer of Video Games and Card Games! My other socials and stuff are here: https://bluebandanajake.carrd.co/
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Time again for another short art stream! Working on more NES Classics art, so come by and hang for a bit before I go to work!
www.twitch.tv/bluebandanaj...
#twitch #stream #art #nintendo #fanart
A promo image featuring an illustration of myself drawing Pepe from the Muppets on a tablet and a link to my twitch page.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Take me back to the summer~
Even though the colder seasons are upon us, may this Psyduck sticker keep you warm at heart :)

This sticker coming to Patreons who are signed up this month!
Go here to support my work and get cool stickers and cards!
www.patreon.com/BlueBandanaJake
#pokemon #art #fanart
An illustration of the Pokemon Psyduck, belly down on an inflatable pool ring, wearing aviator shades, shorts and water wing floaties and holding a fancy tropical drink in a glass with a straw and tiny paper umbrella. All this sitting atop the frame of a Pokemon card, as a sticker design, drawn by me.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I forgot this game came out! Unexpected late stream, playing this cute platformer called Windswept! Come by and hang!
www.twitch.tv/bluebandanaj...
#stream #twitch #gaming #indie
A promo illustration of myself holding a controller. To the right is text reading "Game Stream is Live!" with a link to my twitch channel and the logo for Windswept, as well as a duck and turtle, who are the two main characters from the game
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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A little sneak peek WIP + motivational quote by @wolfshearart.bsky.social
A partial drawing of a racer from Nintendo's ExciteBike, in a blocky drawing style with pixel style shading. They are flashing the peace sign and to the right is a quote that reads "Everything is cringe to someone" by @wolfshearart
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Been super busy, but really want to atleast sneak in a small art stream this week! Working on a new piece in my NES art series, so come by and hang!
www.twitch.tv/bluebandanaj...
#art #fanart #illustration #twitch #stream #nintendo
A promo image featuring an illustration of myself drawing Pepe from the Muppets on a tablet and a link to my twitch page.
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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It's time to duel? Hold on, I need my coffee first...
My online shop is now open for the season!! Featuring this beautiful coffee mug, as well as prints, stickers and more! Supplies are super duper limited, so act fast!
BlueBandanaJake.Bigcartel.com
#yugioh #fanart
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Nothing in this life is certain except that Millennials will talk about the 90s, in this essay I-

Catch more bits like this, plus the occasional decent gameplay on my twitch!
www.twitch.tv/bluebandanaj...
#smw #kaizo #retro #supermario #snes #twitch
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Alright, another tough day of work means some more Mario World Kaizo, continuing with "Chicanery" come by and hang!
www.twitch.tv/bluebandanaj...
#stream #twitch #nintendo #snes #retro #supermarioworld #smw #kaizo
A promo illustration of myself holding a controller. To the right is text reading "Game Stream is Live!" with a link to my twitch channel and the logo for Super Mario World. Also a Mario and Luigi sprite are there.
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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This piece, plus many others, will be available as a print (this one 11"x17") on my shop opening very soon (Early November!)

bluebandanajake.bigcartel.com

This, along with stickers, mugs and other goodies will be up soon, so please check it out!
#smallbusiness #artprint #shop #stickers
A photo of the Thriller Bark One Piece illustration from the previous post as a large 11"17" print. Text on the image reads "Shop Opening November! Stickers, Prints, Coffee Mugs & More! BlueBandanaJake.Bigcartel.com"
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Happy Halloweeeeeeen!!
Been dying to make more One Piece art! Big fights where the whole crew work together are some of my favorite moments in the series, I had to draw the Oars fight in Thriller Bark! Hoping to do more story arc illustrations soon!
A large illustration of the Straw Hat crew of One Piece working together to bring down the Giant Oars in Thriller Bark. A close up on Luffy, Zoro and Sanji all around Oars's head with the main sail of the ship in the background with the words "Thriller Bark" written on them. A close up of Robin and Nami on the ground near Oars's right foot. A close up of Chopper, Franky and Usopp near Oars's left foot.
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Gotten one year older again! This is how I'm trying to spend my birthday lol
A drawing of me looking like Grunkle Stan from Gravity falls, sitting behind a table with my Exodia game mat and a few Yugioh cards and deck on the game mat. I've got a little birthday hat on and I'm holding a card up to read it, squinting and with a word bubble that says "Gettin too old for all this tiny text..."
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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A small funny from yesterday's SMW Kaizo shenanigans that I wanted to share here. (I did beat the level though!)
Catch the rest of the VOD and more over at www.twitch.tv/bluebandanaj...
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Noh P.U.N.K. Ze Amin!
I love the Punk archetype yall, the art is soooo good! I wasn't sure I could even do it justice, but I tried and honestly I think I did a nice art here!

Also I'm building a Punk deck for Genesys format, so I want my own sticker lol
#yugioh #art #illustration #fanart #tcg
A sticker designed by me of the Yugioh monster "Noh P.U.N.K. Ze Amin" where she's coming out of the card, her arms outstretched with one hand coming towards the viewer and the other facing away as if she's mid dance. An illustration by me of the Yugioh monster "Noh P.U.N.K. Ze Amin" where she has her arms outstretched with one hand coming towards the viewer and the other facing away as if she's mid dance. The background is a misty cloudy effect. There are also golden holographic textured kasumi mist pattern shapes and the vague shape of an orange gold fish directly behind her.
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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NES Classics Collection #012 - Final Fantasy!
I was so excited about drawing this one! Even though it's a tough game I enjoy the occasional playthrough.

Originall was gonna draw the Warrior, but really name something more iconic from this game than the Black Mage!
#art #illustration #retro #vivi
An Illustration card of a Black Mage from Final Fantasy 1 on NES. They are facing forward, with a wooden staff in one hand, their other hand is cupped around the end of the staff, forming a pixellated fire ball. The background is a recreated pixel art of the overworld map from the game, specifically the area around Cornelia castle. The entire illustration is framed with a border in the vague shape of an NES cartridge with the number of the card and the game title at the top.
October 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Hey everybody, time for another chill art stream :) Continuing work on that Noh P.U.N.K. Ze Amin illustration from before, so come by and hang!
www.twitch.tv/bluebandanaj...
#yugioh #art #illustration #fanart #twitch #stream
A promo image featuring an illustration of myself drawing Pepe from the Muppets on a tablet and a link to my twitch page. In the bottom right is a small doodle of me pointing at a drawing of Exodia the Forbidden One from Yugioh.
October 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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P.U.N.K. sticker design wip!
#yugioh #tcg #fanart #punk #zeamin
A sketchy rough draft of the Yugioh monster P.U.N.K. Ze Amin, drawn by me. They are mid dance, with their left hand sticking out towards the viewer, and a fan in their right hand facing away.
October 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Been a while since I got to draw up a new Yugioh sticker but I'm super excited about this one: Yummy★Snatchy!

I love this archetype, especially the art and designs! So I got this made as soon as I could and it came out so cool, the foil effects are fantastic!

#yugioh #fanart #illustration #yummy
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This past weekend I tabled at a local con. It marks the one year anniversary of my con table, here's a side by side comparison of one year of growth.

I'm seriously proud of the amount of work I've done this year, and I'm so excited for the future! Thanks to all the new friends I made this year! 💙
A photo of my first convention table, one year ago. It featured a handful of prints of various sizes of whatever art I had that made sense to be prints, as well as a bunch of Pokemon and Yugioh stickers and some bookmarks and home made trading cards and magnets on metal sheet I bought from Home Depot. There's no decoration or customization to the wire racks, I'd only just learned how to build them that day. There are some prices printed out on full sheets, and a price list that I hand wrote there that morning. A photo of my convention table from this past weekend, in the same place and con, one year later. The display is taller than it was previously and also moved back to make room for more things. There are way more products now, with way more prints ordered neatly and interestingly with a cohesive theme. There's better signage all over the table for the various items for sale, and the whole thing has my branding and colors throughout, as well as my name and logo at the top. The table also has lighting to better show the foil on the prints at the top. There are also way more stickers and trading cards, as well as some coffee mugs. Lastly my hand made Bulbasaur TV sits near the middle, showing off many of my animations.
September 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Also, time to plug the Patreon because it's been a while!
Only like a week left to sign up to get these goodies for this month! Get the Snorlax sticker and the SMB 2 card for just $5!

#pokemon #supermariobros #snorlax #peach #nintendo
Promo image showing my Patreon rewards for July including a Snorlax Pokemon Card holographic sticker and a Super Mario Bros. 2 illustrated NES trading card featuring Princess Peach
July 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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NES Classics Collection #011 - Super Mario Bros. 2!
I struggled with choosing which character would rep this game. I really wanted Luigi, but let's face it: we all used Peach to get through this game as kids lol

Plus, when else would I get to draw her?
#art #nintendo #princesspeach #illustration
An illustration card of Princess Peach from Super Mario Bros. 2 on the NES. She mid jump, in her floating pose from the game, holding a large turnip over her head. She's drawn in a blocky style with pixel pattern styled lighting effects. The background is a recreated pixel art of the first level of the game, featuring the green hilly landscape the game is known for; and the whole illustration is framed with a boarder in the vague shape of an NES cartridge with the number of the card and the title at the top.
July 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Been trying to catch @gamesdonequick.com during whatever downtime I can get this week and just finished the SMB3 run, which was INCREDIBLE!

Enjoy this SMB3 NES Classics piece I also just finished (though not as quick)
#sgdq2025 #nintendo #supermario #smb3
An illustration by me, of Mario in the 3 special suits he can get in Super Mario Bros 3: the Hammer suit, Frog suit and Tanooki suit, all drawn in a blocky squarish style featuring pixel styled highlights and shading. The background is a recreation of the title screen from the same game and the illustration has a boarder in the shape of an NES cartridge.
July 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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NES Classics Collection #010 - Donkey Kong!
Had fun with this one, especially the expression lol. Wanted to draw DK in his OLD old style!

This card is going out to Patrons this month, so better not let him get away!
patreon.com/bluebandanajake
#art #fanart #dk #donkeykong #nintendo #pauline
An illustration card of Donkey Kong from the original arcade port on the NES. He's climbing a ladder while carrying Pauline, the damsel in distress from that game and he's looking back down the ladder with a sneering grin. He's drawn in a blocky style with pixel pattern styled lighting effects. He's design is sort of a blend of his old old style from the arcade and his more modern looks. The background is a recreated pixel art of the first level 25M, with an oil drum, rolling barrel and a fireball barely visible; and the whole illustration is framed with a boarder in the vague shape of an NES cartridge with the number of the card and the title at the top.
June 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Hey everyone! Sorry for the radio silence, been crunching hard for a big con that happened this past weekend called Otakufest in Miami! I had an amazing time, it was our biggest and best show yet and made so many new art friends!

Thanks to everyone who came by and talked Pokemon and Yugioh with me!
A photo of my Artist Alley table at Otakufest this past weekend. The display showcases many of my art prints and other good like stickers and bookmarks with my art on them, primarily focused on Yugioh, Pokemon and Nintendo. Also there's a small handmade TV by me thats designed to look like a Bulbasaur which plays my own animations. A small collage of photos taken by myself on a Gameboy Camera and colorized in Photoshop. From top left to bottom right they are: The Green Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, Admiral Kizaru from One Piece, Skull Kid from Zelda: Majora's Mask and a person with a TV head with a digital face. A small collage of photos taken by myself on a Gameboy Camera and colorized in Photoshop. From top left to bottom right they are: A crewmate from Among Us, the Baseball Card Joker from Balatro, the knight from Hollow Knight and a human Cubone.
June 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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NES Classics Collection #009 - Metal Gear!
Took alot of inspiration from the original MSX box art and kind of blended it with Snake's modern look.

This card is going out to Patrons this month, dont let it sneak by!
patreon.com/bluebandanajake
#art #fanart #metalgear #solidsnake #konami #nintendo
An illustration card of Snake from Metal Gear, sneaking around a corner holding a blocky gun. He's draw in a blocky style with pixel pattern styled lighting effects. He's designed as something of a combination of his modern style and the original box art for the NES game (which itself was modelled after Kyle Reese from the Terminator). The background is a recreated pixel art from the NES game of the military base level and the whole illustration is framed with a boarder in the vague shape of an NES cartridge with the number of the card and the title at the top.
May 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Snorlax sticker design coming to my Patreon this year! Really love how this one turned out, poor big guy is a little too tubby to get all the way out of the card lol

Go here to support my work and get cool stickers and cards!
www.patreon.com/BlueBandanaJake
#pokemon #snorlax #fanart #illustration
An illustration of Snorlax partially coming out of a Pokemon card. It's sitting upright, the border of the card stuck around its waist as if it's too tight for it to come all the way out of the card. Its reaching for a Razz Berry on the ground to the left of the card.
May 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM