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al johnson 🍂☕️🏳️‍⚧️
@hiddendriveway.bsky.social
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i'm a designer, illustrator, and tea enthusiast!
i mostly forget that i can post on here
(or anywhere else)

always messy, never ai!
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al johnson 🍂☕️🏳️‍⚧️ @hiddendriveway.bsky.social · Nov 13
hi! i'm al and i'm new here! i'm a designer and illustrator. recently i've been drawing fabric and wallpaper patterns!

those designs are for sale here: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/al_...

and you can find me elsewhere here: linktr.ee/hidden_driveway

#supportartists #art #bsnm #artshop #cuteart
a 6 x 3 grid of 18 squares. each square has a different pattern or illustration. starting from the top left and moving left to right: grid 1 is a swirling red and purple pattern on a dark background. grid 2 is a leaflike pattern of green swirls with abstract yellow blossoms on a dark background. grid 3 is a pattern of tiny simple green leaves and orange flowers on a cream colored background. grid 4 is a eye-spy type pattern of small toy objects including playing cards, bouncy balls, jacks, pipe cleaners and a tiny dinosaur figurine. grid 5 is a pattern of yellow abstract lines over a swirling purple background. on top of this pattern is an orange cloud shape containing the words "Al Johnson" in blocky white hand lettering. grid 6 is a layered pattern of clovers and wood sorrel leaves and blossoms. grid 7 is a pattern of simplified foods including basil, tomato, cucumbers, olives, peas and beans. grid 8 is a pattern of red mushrooms with white stems on an orange red background. grid 9 is a pattern of leaves, mushrooms, and sticks on a cream background. grid 10 is a cartoon white character on a red background with light red hands reaching out around them. grid 11 is an illustration of a hand holding a wilting flower. grid 12 is a character sitting on the floor in front of a strange machine surrounded by clutter. grid 13 is a character in muted tones looking downward on a bed. grid 14 is a drawing of a pale person smiling with their eyes closed on a background of light purple clover. this is an illustration of me and it is the same as my profile picture but with a different facial expression. grid 15 is a character sitting on a windows edge. behind her the walls and windows behind her swirl together into the distance. grid 16 is a drawing of a blonde character in armor laying in the grass with their eyes closed. grid 17 is a drawing of a bed with orange headless figures sneaking around it. grid 18 is three floating hands holding a knife, all joined with a red string.
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thinginthedirt.bsky.social
fairy cottage

#pixelart #winterart #animation
December 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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kren.bsky.social
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
BEST HAM in the airport sign @ BCN
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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blazemalefica.bsky.social
angel
#chainsawman
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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hiddendriveway.bsky.social
collaborative illustration project between my friend kel (who isn't on bluesky) and myself

#hiddendrivewayart
#discoelysium
"should the stars also go out????" in handlettered block text. three star headed figures dance in the black sky under the moon, surrounded by swirls and stars. "should the stars also go out????" in handlettered block text. three star headed figures dance against a bright white background under the moon, surrounded by swirls and stars.
February 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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hiddendriveway.bsky.social
"the first hero. the cage, with human soul and parts"

#deltarune #deltarunekris #deltaruneart
an illustration of kris from Deltarune holding their glowing heart while suspended from puppet strings. they are surrounded by black dark fountain smoke. there is text along the border that reads, "you acknowledge the possibility of pain and seizure."
June 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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sighsra.bsky.social
revolution
February 21, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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littlestpersimmon.bsky.social
The Iconoclasm
Illustration of Venus of Willendorf as a trans man
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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akatsukink.bsky.social
💭 #akiangel #csm
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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julesetc.meangirls.online
with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry.

come over.
We Have Enough Dead Friends by LENA OLEANDERSON Come over. The doors are open, my flat's a mess and so is my heart but the doors are always open. Come over. I will make soup, probably from frozen but the important thing is we will both eat. You don't have to be dying, but if you are, or you feel like you are, or if living's been hard, call me, and I will show up. It doesn't have to be that bad, it doesn't have to be bad at all, but if it is, please call. Do you want me to do the groceries? Do you want me to mop the floors? Do you need to be held; you don't have to be dying to be held. If you want me to be there, I want to. I'm on the bathroom floor again, and breathing is hard, and eating's been hard, and sleeping, the world is a laden thing rolling around on my chest lately. Just being alive is heavy tonight, but we have enough dead friends. Come over.
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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helioscopepdx.bsky.social
Let's reshare an old thread from Jesse Hamm's "Hamm Tips" account. Jesse wrote:
"There's a tragic urge, lately, to add subtle shading to every shape; a temptation to over-explain forms whose contours already explain them."
September 6, 2023 at 6:59 PM
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jdebbiel.bsky.social
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
illustration of nausicaa standing by an ohmu
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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martyfive.bsky.social
The Awakening
painting based on the “final” boss fight of the game Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hornet vs. Grand Mother Silk. there’s a lot of silk, GMS is very big and bright, and Hornet is very small but brave and her cloak is the only bright spot of the painting.
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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angusmain.bsky.social
In particular Aneesh Bhoopathy, from the design coop Forge, who designed the identity. A brilliant reminder to *employ human creatives!*

www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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boocanan.bsky.social
"you're canadian this doesn't concern you at all" you forget that zohran also had the better fonts. a win for Graphic Design the world over
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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thesunxix.bsky.social
I love being trans and my trans friends and my trans art!!!
This is the top surgery congratulations card that I illustrated ✂️ snip snip!
Thanks to my sweet friend Pelle for modeling for me ❤️

You can find the link to it in the next post :)
#art #transgender #illustration #topsurgery #humanart
Close up of a hand holding a card to a chest with visible bilateral mastectomy scars. The card features an illustration of ornate floral scissors cutting a white, round flower.
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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treelet.bsky.social
River of Light 🍃🌕
A digital illustration of the character Ginko from the anime series Mushishi. He is pictured from behind walking barefoot through a river of light in the darkness, surrounded by mushi and large green lotus leaves.
November 4, 2023 at 3:27 PM
hiddendriveway.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay , it's me again!
If you're interested in any kind of pattern designs feel free to reach out, I'd love to work with you!
hiddendriveway.bsky.social al johnson 🍂☕️🏳️‍⚧️ @hiddendriveway.bsky.social · Jul 8
#PortfolioDay
i'm an illustrator and surface pattern designer! If you're looking for fun and playful pattern designs i'd love to work with you!
grid of eight illustrated patterns with a photo of me, a person with glasses, in the center. pattern one is leaves, sticks, acorns and mushrooms. pattern two is swirling leaves and vines. pattern three is ghostly girls playing with leaves and having picnics. pattern four is a fried eggs. pattern five is all kinds of foods, mostly vegetables and herbs. pattern six is purple clovers and woodsorell flowers. seven an eye spy type pattern of little knickknacks including pipe cleaners, marbles buttons and thread. eight is a pattern of branching red capped mushrooms interspersed with bunches of leaves.
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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golg0tha.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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yasharali.bsky.social
Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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bapaf.bsky.social
a bumper sticker which reads "Proud Parent of the Omelas Child"
October 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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vivtanner.bsky.social
Buckrams.
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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alextomlinson.com
Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!
Flat, graphic poster of a Whooping Crane standing in the negative space of many Sandhill Cranes. The poster reads "The Great Midwest Crane Fest - Nov. 15-16, 2025 Baraboo, Wisconsin.
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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discoelysiumbot.bsky.social
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN
September 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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evenlyevi.bsky.social
"I still think of you on your birthday." #art #illustration
A three panel digital illustration of outdoor scenery drawn in detail. The center features flowers left on the floor, the top panel is of white jasmine flowers, and the bottom panel is of leaves from the branches of trees. The image is rendered in a pale cool colors.
September 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM