Johnny O.
@johnoconnorart.bsky.social
Artist/Software Engineer/Reluctant Protagonist
He/him
Older art stuff here https://www.instagram.com/johnoconnorart?igsh=MTF0ZDhzNTkya2dkOA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr but trying to move out of Meta.
He/him
Older art stuff here https://www.instagram.com/johnoconnorart?igsh=MTF0ZDhzNTkya2dkOA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr but trying to move out of Meta.
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Johnny O.
@johnoconnorart.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Hey! Here’s a little about myself. I’m a middle aged software engineer/artist/husband/dad. I draw for fun. I also like books, video games, technology and lots of nerd stuff. Here’s a self portrait of myself at age 14:
So I haven’t drawn in months.
Forced myself to. Drew from a “Draw Dinosaurs” book by a Doug DuBosque, with a 15 minute timer.
Procreate, just the hb pencil brush.
Trying to get kickstart some creativity.
#drawing
#art
#dinosaur
#camarasaurus
#howtodraw
#draweveryday
Forced myself to. Drew from a “Draw Dinosaurs” book by a Doug DuBosque, with a 15 minute timer.
Procreate, just the hb pencil brush.
Trying to get kickstart some creativity.
#drawing
#art
#dinosaur
#camarasaurus
#howtodraw
#draweveryday
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
So I haven’t drawn in months.
Forced myself to. Drew from a “Draw Dinosaurs” book by a Doug DuBosque, with a 15 minute timer.
Procreate, just the hb pencil brush.
Trying to get kickstart some creativity.
#drawing
#art
#dinosaur
#camarasaurus
#howtodraw
#draweveryday
Forced myself to. Drew from a “Draw Dinosaurs” book by a Doug DuBosque, with a 15 minute timer.
Procreate, just the hb pencil brush.
Trying to get kickstart some creativity.
#drawing
#art
#dinosaur
#camarasaurus
#howtodraw
#draweveryday
So I unintentionally listened to this album on repeat a couple of times today.
It’s the only album i have on iTunes because they gave it away a decade ago.
This occasionally starts playing when I plug into the car.
It’s weird. I think U2 forgot how to write hooks or something.
#u2
#music
It’s the only album i have on iTunes because they gave it away a decade ago.
This occasionally starts playing when I plug into the car.
It’s weird. I think U2 forgot how to write hooks or something.
#u2
#music
October 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Here’s my reading for September 2025.
Lot of graphic novels and audiobooks.
How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley is my top read of the month. Highly recommended.
Paper Girls was a fun comics series.
#booksky
#reading
#books
#graphicnovels
#comics
#bookstack
Lot of graphic novels and audiobooks.
How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley is my top read of the month. Highly recommended.
Paper Girls was a fun comics series.
#booksky
#reading
#books
#graphicnovels
#comics
#bookstack
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Here’s my reading for September 2025.
Lot of graphic novels and audiobooks.
How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley is my top read of the month. Highly recommended.
Paper Girls was a fun comics series.
#booksky
#reading
#books
#graphicnovels
#comics
#bookstack
Lot of graphic novels and audiobooks.
How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley is my top read of the month. Highly recommended.
Paper Girls was a fun comics series.
#booksky
#reading
#books
#graphicnovels
#comics
#bookstack
I’ve got an old laptop that won’t update to Windows 11 for a dumb reason.
It’s old but still has some life in it.
I was just going to go Ubuntu, but I am curious what people using for Windows replacement in 2025.
I’d like nvidia support (it got a 1060) with a minimal of hassle.
#linux
It’s old but still has some life in it.
I was just going to go Ubuntu, but I am curious what people using for Windows replacement in 2025.
I’d like nvidia support (it got a 1060) with a minimal of hassle.
#linux
September 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’ve got an old laptop that won’t update to Windows 11 for a dumb reason.
It’s old but still has some life in it.
I was just going to go Ubuntu, but I am curious what people using for Windows replacement in 2025.
I’d like nvidia support (it got a 1060) with a minimal of hassle.
#linux
It’s old but still has some life in it.
I was just going to go Ubuntu, but I am curious what people using for Windows replacement in 2025.
I’d like nvidia support (it got a 1060) with a minimal of hassle.
#linux
Just finished reading “How Fascism Works” by Jason Stanley.
Well, it is here in America now. Step by step like they were following this as a guide.
I am so disappointed in my fellow Americans that they’ve been suckered into playing along with this.
Dark days ahead.
Now what?
#resist
#democracy
Well, it is here in America now. Step by step like they were following this as a guide.
I am so disappointed in my fellow Americans that they’ve been suckered into playing along with this.
Dark days ahead.
Now what?
#resist
#democracy
September 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just finished reading “How Fascism Works” by Jason Stanley.
Well, it is here in America now. Step by step like they were following this as a guide.
I am so disappointed in my fellow Americans that they’ve been suckered into playing along with this.
Dark days ahead.
Now what?
#resist
#democracy
Well, it is here in America now. Step by step like they were following this as a guide.
I am so disappointed in my fellow Americans that they’ve been suckered into playing along with this.
Dark days ahead.
Now what?
#resist
#democracy
I am awake early on a Sunday. It’s quiet in the house. I had bad dreams. Like I was living in an authoritarian nightmare. And now that I am awake it still seems like the nightmare is still becoming real - day by day drip by drip.
It is exhausting. We can’t give up. Resist. Do not comply in advance.
It is exhausting. We can’t give up. Resist. Do not comply in advance.
September 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I am awake early on a Sunday. It’s quiet in the house. I had bad dreams. Like I was living in an authoritarian nightmare. And now that I am awake it still seems like the nightmare is still becoming real - day by day drip by drip.
It is exhausting. We can’t give up. Resist. Do not comply in advance.
It is exhausting. We can’t give up. Resist. Do not comply in advance.
Apparently I have a dumb superpower. I listen to audiobooks at very high speed.
I stumbled across this option by accident and I’ve cranked the speed up as high as I can.
Depending on the narrator, I listen at min 2x max 3.5x. Headphones only.
Anyone else crank it up?
#audiobooks
#booksky
#books
I stumbled across this option by accident and I’ve cranked the speed up as high as I can.
Depending on the narrator, I listen at min 2x max 3.5x. Headphones only.
Anyone else crank it up?
#audiobooks
#booksky
#books
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Apparently I have a dumb superpower. I listen to audiobooks at very high speed.
I stumbled across this option by accident and I’ve cranked the speed up as high as I can.
Depending on the narrator, I listen at min 2x max 3.5x. Headphones only.
Anyone else crank it up?
#audiobooks
#booksky
#books
I stumbled across this option by accident and I’ve cranked the speed up as high as I can.
Depending on the narrator, I listen at min 2x max 3.5x. Headphones only.
Anyone else crank it up?
#audiobooks
#booksky
#books
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here’s a drawing from a couple of years ago. A couple of kids with spears facing off against a #smilodon
There’s a spot in the trees that is smooth right above the cat that I didn’t add branch detail and it annoys me. Maybe I will fix it.
Still stuck in a creative rut and can’t seem to draw.
#art
There’s a spot in the trees that is smooth right above the cat that I didn’t add branch detail and it annoys me. Maybe I will fix it.
Still stuck in a creative rut and can’t seem to draw.
#art
September 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So somehow I missed the whole Hollow Knight thing and I am just trying it now.
Seems kind of my bag, I do like #metroidvanias but none have held my interest lately. We’ll see. 30 minutes in, I dig it so far.
Need a little break from serious books.
#gaming
#booksky
#hollowknight
#nintendo
#reading
Seems kind of my bag, I do like #metroidvanias but none have held my interest lately. We’ll see. 30 minutes in, I dig it so far.
Need a little break from serious books.
#gaming
#booksky
#hollowknight
#nintendo
#reading
September 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
So somehow I missed the whole Hollow Knight thing and I am just trying it now.
Seems kind of my bag, I do like #metroidvanias but none have held my interest lately. We’ll see. 30 minutes in, I dig it so far.
Need a little break from serious books.
#gaming
#booksky
#hollowknight
#nintendo
#reading
Seems kind of my bag, I do like #metroidvanias but none have held my interest lately. We’ll see. 30 minutes in, I dig it so far.
Need a little break from serious books.
#gaming
#booksky
#hollowknight
#nintendo
#reading
Soccer is starting back up. Where do the summer go?
Here’s a #tyrannosaur holding a soccer ball I drew a few years ago.
I haven’t drawn in over a month. It’s definitely a real problem now.
#drawing
#motivation
#soccer
#fallsports
#dinosaurs
#cartoons
Here’s a #tyrannosaur holding a soccer ball I drew a few years ago.
I haven’t drawn in over a month. It’s definitely a real problem now.
#drawing
#motivation
#soccer
#fallsports
#dinosaurs
#cartoons
September 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Soccer is starting back up. Where do the summer go?
Here’s a #tyrannosaur holding a soccer ball I drew a few years ago.
I haven’t drawn in over a month. It’s definitely a real problem now.
#drawing
#motivation
#soccer
#fallsports
#dinosaurs
#cartoons
Here’s a #tyrannosaur holding a soccer ball I drew a few years ago.
I haven’t drawn in over a month. It’s definitely a real problem now.
#drawing
#motivation
#soccer
#fallsports
#dinosaurs
#cartoons
Here’s my books read for August 2025.
Lots of audiobooks and graphic novels. Some rereads.
Working through two serious non-fiction books that are probably going to take a while.
Fav fiction: Monkeywrench Gang
Fav non-fiction: Desert Solitaire
Both by Edward Abbey.
#booksky
#books
#graphicnovels
Lots of audiobooks and graphic novels. Some rereads.
Working through two serious non-fiction books that are probably going to take a while.
Fav fiction: Monkeywrench Gang
Fav non-fiction: Desert Solitaire
Both by Edward Abbey.
#booksky
#books
#graphicnovels
September 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Here’s my books read for August 2025.
Lots of audiobooks and graphic novels. Some rereads.
Working through two serious non-fiction books that are probably going to take a while.
Fav fiction: Monkeywrench Gang
Fav non-fiction: Desert Solitaire
Both by Edward Abbey.
#booksky
#books
#graphicnovels
Lots of audiobooks and graphic novels. Some rereads.
Working through two serious non-fiction books that are probably going to take a while.
Fav fiction: Monkeywrench Gang
Fav non-fiction: Desert Solitaire
Both by Edward Abbey.
#booksky
#books
#graphicnovels
I’m sure this was an innocent mistake.
This timeline is stressing me out.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
This timeline is stressing me out.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful dete...
techcrunch.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m sure this was an innocent mistake.
This timeline is stressing me out.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
This timeline is stressing me out.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
More beach reading, Underground Empire by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman.
An interesting overview of America’s recent uses of economic power as a policy tool/weapon.
For a 2023 book, it’s delusionally optimistic about the future. Needs a 2025 chapter on why arbitrary tariffs are bad.
#booksky
An interesting overview of America’s recent uses of economic power as a policy tool/weapon.
For a 2023 book, it’s delusionally optimistic about the future. Needs a 2025 chapter on why arbitrary tariffs are bad.
#booksky
August 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
More beach reading, Underground Empire by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman.
An interesting overview of America’s recent uses of economic power as a policy tool/weapon.
For a 2023 book, it’s delusionally optimistic about the future. Needs a 2025 chapter on why arbitrary tariffs are bad.
#booksky
An interesting overview of America’s recent uses of economic power as a policy tool/weapon.
For a 2023 book, it’s delusionally optimistic about the future. Needs a 2025 chapter on why arbitrary tariffs are bad.
#booksky
Here’s a bumpy little motivational #dinosaur I drew a few years ago. I am still in some kind of creative rut and can’t seem to pick up a pen to draw. It’s pretty bad.
August 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here’s a bumpy little motivational #dinosaur I drew a few years ago. I am still in some kind of creative rut and can’t seem to pick up a pen to draw. It’s pretty bad.
Here’s my reading for July:
Lots of audio and graphic novels.
Fav. Fiction: Saga: Compendium One
Fav. Non-fic: tie Careless People and Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
50/50 fiction/non-fic ratio.
Being on vacation at beginning and end of month helps with reading time.
#booksky
#reading
#books
Lots of audio and graphic novels.
Fav. Fiction: Saga: Compendium One
Fav. Non-fic: tie Careless People and Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
50/50 fiction/non-fic ratio.
Being on vacation at beginning and end of month helps with reading time.
#booksky
#reading
#books
August 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Here’s a random Indiana Joes dinosaur I drew a while ago. Still haven’t been drawing. Just burnt out I guess.
#art
#artist
#comics
#drawing
#draweverydamnday
#art
#artist
#comics
#drawing
#draweverydamnday
July 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here’s a random Indiana Joes dinosaur I drew a while ago. Still haven’t been drawing. Just burnt out I guess.
#art
#artist
#comics
#drawing
#draweverydamnday
#art
#artist
#comics
#drawing
#draweverydamnday
I read this over the weekend. It’s a re-read, I read it originally like 20 years ago.
It’s a nice graphic novel comic memoir of a little girl growing up in Tehran during and after the Islamic revolution.
It has a really nice clean cartooning style.
#booksky
#graphicnovels
#cartoon
#iran
It’s a nice graphic novel comic memoir of a little girl growing up in Tehran during and after the Islamic revolution.
It has a really nice clean cartooning style.
#booksky
#graphicnovels
#cartoon
#iran
July 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I read this over the weekend. It’s a re-read, I read it originally like 20 years ago.
It’s a nice graphic novel comic memoir of a little girl growing up in Tehran during and after the Islamic revolution.
It has a really nice clean cartooning style.
#booksky
#graphicnovels
#cartoon
#iran
It’s a nice graphic novel comic memoir of a little girl growing up in Tehran during and after the Islamic revolution.
It has a really nice clean cartooning style.
#booksky
#graphicnovels
#cartoon
#iran
Here was some of my weekend reading.
This is the 3rd in the middle grade Star Wars High Republic books.
I have enjoyed this series, it’s light and fun.
I am still kind of lost in the whole High Republic setting. I’ve read some comics but only the first adult novel.
#booksky
#starwars
This is the 3rd in the middle grade Star Wars High Republic books.
I have enjoyed this series, it’s light and fun.
I am still kind of lost in the whole High Republic setting. I’ve read some comics but only the first adult novel.
#booksky
#starwars
July 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy #caturday. Here’s a panther about to ruin some poor Neanderthal’s day. Drawn in #procreate a few years ago.
July 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Happy #caturday. Here’s a panther about to ruin some poor Neanderthal’s day. Drawn in #procreate a few years ago.
It’s Friday. Let’s kick something, again.
July 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It’s Friday. Let’s kick something, again.
It’s Thursday. Let’s kick something!
July 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It’s Thursday. Let’s kick something!
Apparently it’s #PortfolioDay or something, at least judging by all the art posts I’m seeing.
I draw mostly for fun. Monsters, dinosaurs, cartoons and caricatures. Have been in a bit of a creative rut.
Here’s some monsters chasing someone who looks suspiciously like me!
#art
#fantasyart
#monsters
I draw mostly for fun. Monsters, dinosaurs, cartoons and caricatures. Have been in a bit of a creative rut.
Here’s some monsters chasing someone who looks suspiciously like me!
#art
#fantasyart
#monsters
July 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Apparently it’s #PortfolioDay or something, at least judging by all the art posts I’m seeing.
I draw mostly for fun. Monsters, dinosaurs, cartoons and caricatures. Have been in a bit of a creative rut.
Here’s some monsters chasing someone who looks suspiciously like me!
#art
#fantasyart
#monsters
I draw mostly for fun. Monsters, dinosaurs, cartoons and caricatures. Have been in a bit of a creative rut.
Here’s some monsters chasing someone who looks suspiciously like me!
#art
#fantasyart
#monsters
There’s a Maya Angelou quote: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
This isn’t the first time, but do we believe them now? They are bigoted, racist, xenophobic fascists.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
This isn’t the first time, but do we believe them now? They are bigoted, racist, xenophobic fascists.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Chris Hayes: Idaho bans ‘Everyone Is Welcome Here’ classroom signs, calling them ideological
After an Idaho teacher refused to take down a motivational poster, the state banned some signs from being displayed in public K-12 classrooms.
www.msnbc.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
There’s a Maya Angelou quote: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
This isn’t the first time, but do we believe them now? They are bigoted, racist, xenophobic fascists.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
This isn’t the first time, but do we believe them now? They are bigoted, racist, xenophobic fascists.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Here’s a painting of a #sinosauropteryx I did a few years ago.
I’ve been having a creativity crisis recently. I’m usually bursting with ideas for drawings, but I have nothing lately.
My usual cure is to start drawing from observation or doodling, but I can’t seem to get out of this funk. Blah.
I’ve been having a creativity crisis recently. I’m usually bursting with ideas for drawings, but I have nothing lately.
My usual cure is to start drawing from observation or doodling, but I can’t seem to get out of this funk. Blah.
July 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Here’s a painting of a #sinosauropteryx I did a few years ago.
I’ve been having a creativity crisis recently. I’m usually bursting with ideas for drawings, but I have nothing lately.
My usual cure is to start drawing from observation or doodling, but I can’t seem to get out of this funk. Blah.
I’ve been having a creativity crisis recently. I’m usually bursting with ideas for drawings, but I have nothing lately.
My usual cure is to start drawing from observation or doodling, but I can’t seem to get out of this funk. Blah.