Noel
@skya.bsky.social
Artist, illustrator, mini painter, steampunk enthusiast
I started putting together some dioramas made from flats. Unfortunately because of how shiny they are and the lack of depth it's very hard to get decent pictures of them at this stage.
(Yes I am also working on the Wyrd cats in the foreground which have taken way longer than I intended.)
(Yes I am also working on the Wyrd cats in the foreground which have taken way longer than I intended.)
October 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I started putting together some dioramas made from flats. Unfortunately because of how shiny they are and the lack of depth it's very hard to get decent pictures of them at this stage.
(Yes I am also working on the Wyrd cats in the foreground which have taken way longer than I intended.)
(Yes I am also working on the Wyrd cats in the foreground which have taken way longer than I intended.)
There are several really long massively angry rants inside me about the current shit show pretending to be our government, but the one I'm most viscerally livid about is food stamps.
42 million people in fucking NOVEMBER are about to lose access to the only thing they have keeping them fed.
42 million people in fucking NOVEMBER are about to lose access to the only thing they have keeping them fed.
October 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
There are several really long massively angry rants inside me about the current shit show pretending to be our government, but the one I'm most viscerally livid about is food stamps.
42 million people in fucking NOVEMBER are about to lose access to the only thing they have keeping them fed.
42 million people in fucking NOVEMBER are about to lose access to the only thing they have keeping them fed.
I had been looking for a way to actively support the removal of Citizens United's treatment of corporations and people. I hadn't realized it was predicated on state laws. That seems an excellent place to start chipping away at it.
Reminder: look deeper into how to help with this in illinois 📌
Reminder: look deeper into how to help with this in illinois 📌
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had been looking for a way to actively support the removal of Citizens United's treatment of corporations and people. I hadn't realized it was predicated on state laws. That seems an excellent place to start chipping away at it.
Reminder: look deeper into how to help with this in illinois 📌
Reminder: look deeper into how to help with this in illinois 📌
Skywise is finished, which means I'll have at least two pieces for the MMSI show next weekend. Don't think I'm gonna get the still life done in time at this rate.
October 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Skywise is finished, which means I'll have at least two pieces for the MMSI show next weekend. Don't think I'm gonna get the still life done in time at this rate.
One more thing added to my list of reasons I detest the Salvation Army.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
October 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
One more thing added to my list of reasons I detest the Salvation Army.
Today's harvest before I even touch the cherry tomatoes or the parsley.
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today's harvest before I even touch the cherry tomatoes or the parsley.
The rodents started digging up the daffodils so I decided to have at a bit earlier in the season than I had originally intended.. this is only the two spots closest to the stoop and with me leaving the biggest deepest clump in. It was definitely past time to divide these out.
September 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The rodents started digging up the daffodils so I decided to have at a bit earlier in the season than I had originally intended.. this is only the two spots closest to the stoop and with me leaving the biggest deepest clump in. It was definitely past time to divide these out.
Finished it. Based on Alphonse Mucha's Evening Star.
Approximately 3 x 6", cast resin sculpt, brass trim, acrylic paint.
Approximately 3 x 6", cast resin sculpt, brass trim, acrylic paint.
September 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Finished it. Based on Alphonse Mucha's Evening Star.
Approximately 3 x 6", cast resin sculpt, brass trim, acrylic paint.
Approximately 3 x 6", cast resin sculpt, brass trim, acrylic paint.
I love broccoli harvest season.
September 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I love broccoli harvest season.
I can feel fall coming in my bones at this point. If I'm lucky and I take decent care of the beds I'll have two more months of garden veggies even as the insane quantities of squash die back.
August 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I can feel fall coming in my bones at this point. If I'm lucky and I take decent care of the beds I'll have two more months of garden veggies even as the insane quantities of squash die back.
Finished with Skywise. Time to repaint his tree.
August 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Finished with Skywise. Time to repaint his tree.
The garden and the CSA this year has been amazing, and sharing back and forth with my nextdoor neighbor has just made it better.
Two nights of lovely food:
Garlic lemon "butter" (Myoko's plant butter) chard, salt potatoes, and mushroom hamburger quinoa. That chard was incredible.
Two nights of lovely food:
Garlic lemon "butter" (Myoko's plant butter) chard, salt potatoes, and mushroom hamburger quinoa. That chard was incredible.
August 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The garden and the CSA this year has been amazing, and sharing back and forth with my nextdoor neighbor has just made it better.
Two nights of lovely food:
Garlic lemon "butter" (Myoko's plant butter) chard, salt potatoes, and mushroom hamburger quinoa. That chard was incredible.
Two nights of lovely food:
Garlic lemon "butter" (Myoko's plant butter) chard, salt potatoes, and mushroom hamburger quinoa. That chard was incredible.
I have cancelled my Substack account. I have no desire to hang out in a Nazi bar. There are many other good options for hosting that aren't promoting Nazis. If I can't find your newsletter elsewhere I no longer care.
The Substack app apparently push alert promoted a Nazi newsletter to several users. Users have complained about it on Substack Notes but the company hasn’t responded. Generally push alert promos are for content a user is likely to interact with
July 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I have cancelled my Substack account. I have no desire to hang out in a Nazi bar. There are many other good options for hosting that aren't promoting Nazis. If I can't find your newsletter elsewhere I no longer care.
Working on the harvest still life flat. An original sculpt based on a photo from when my garden was keeping me sane during year two of Covid. I dove kinda heavily into my art at the same time.
June 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Working on the harvest still life flat. An original sculpt based on a photo from when my garden was keeping me sane during year two of Covid. I dove kinda heavily into my art at the same time.
Haven't had nearly enough time to work on this lately. Gotta fix that.
I now know exactly what the trim design will be, though I might shift the color of the lines to a dark blue tone. The reddish brown doesn't harmonize with the rest of the piece as well as I hoped.
I now know exactly what the trim design will be, though I might shift the color of the lines to a dark blue tone. The reddish brown doesn't harmonize with the rest of the piece as well as I hoped.
June 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Haven't had nearly enough time to work on this lately. Gotta fix that.
I now know exactly what the trim design will be, though I might shift the color of the lines to a dark blue tone. The reddish brown doesn't harmonize with the rest of the piece as well as I hoped.
I now know exactly what the trim design will be, though I might shift the color of the lines to a dark blue tone. The reddish brown doesn't harmonize with the rest of the piece as well as I hoped.
This. Please. So much this.
I really like this philosophical framing
America is run like a bad failing business, Singapore run like an effective business
But it’s sure worth pursuing the indigenous values of “society as a household” … to scale
America is run like a bad failing business, Singapore run like an effective business
But it’s sure worth pursuing the indigenous values of “society as a household” … to scale
May 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This. Please. So much this.
I need people to understand that Americans are literally being killed by this administration's dismantling of the government.
🧵If anyone tells you Medicare isn't being affected by cuts, tell them they're dead wrong.
I have both severe asthma & COPD. My lung function was 33% in 2023, while *on* all my meds.
Only one type of steroid inhaler works for me; I've tried the others. All of them.
But this year, the Aetna...
1/6
I have both severe asthma & COPD. My lung function was 33% in 2023, while *on* all my meds.
Only one type of steroid inhaler works for me; I've tried the others. All of them.
But this year, the Aetna...
1/6
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I need people to understand that Americans are literally being killed by this administration's dismantling of the government.
Reposted by Noel
April 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Every time I see one of those No Kings protest signs my brain hears Fievel singing "There are no Kings in America and the streets are paved with cheese.." Then it tries to sub cheese with Cheetos and the mental image of DJT paving blocks brings all further musical thoughts to screeching standstill.
April 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Every time I see one of those No Kings protest signs my brain hears Fievel singing "There are no Kings in America and the streets are paved with cheese.." Then it tries to sub cheese with Cheetos and the mental image of DJT paving blocks brings all further musical thoughts to screeching standstill.
This is the kind of shit I'm actively worried about right now. What happens when you combine US farms only being incentivized to grow grain at the same time we are dealing with tariffs, losing farm workers, and massive cuts to SNAP, food banks and quite probably Social Security?
So that $10B bailout for farmers.
Is it a payout for political support? Yeah. Bold move for an industry that talks so much about hard work & independence!
But it's also worse than that. This is a US food crisis in the making.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
Let's talk about the payoff part first?
Is it a payout for political support? Yeah. Bold move for an industry that talks so much about hard work & independence!
But it's also worse than that. This is a US food crisis in the making.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
Let's talk about the payoff part first?
a man wearing glasses and a black shirt is sitting in front of a window .
Alt: gif of Dwight Schrute shaking his head in disappointment
media.tenor.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is the kind of shit I'm actively worried about right now. What happens when you combine US farms only being incentivized to grow grain at the same time we are dealing with tariffs, losing farm workers, and massive cuts to SNAP, food banks and quite probably Social Security?
Getting there. Light is laid out the way I want it. Starting to do some refining.
March 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Getting there. Light is laid out the way I want it. Starting to do some refining.
Reposted by Noel
"Transcribing the Wind"
March 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Transcribing the Wind"
I spent an entire afternoon figuring out how our household weathers the year if Social Security checks stop coming. It will be very rough, but as long as everyone else's income stays stable (not a guarantee in this environment to say the least) we will make it. Barely.
This is insane.
This is insane.
March 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I spent an entire afternoon figuring out how our household weathers the year if Social Security checks stop coming. It will be very rough, but as long as everyone else's income stays stable (not a guarantee in this environment to say the least) we will make it. Barely.
This is insane.
This is insane.
Undercoat of paint down. With the colors laid out on it I've decided I need to add a bit more brass edging on the left hand side and the bottom to give it enough weight. That's gonna be annoying at this stage, but worth it.
February 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Undercoat of paint down. With the colors laid out on it I've decided I need to add a bit more brass edging on the left hand side and the bottom to give it enough weight. That's gonna be annoying at this stage, but worth it.
Final sculpt of the Evening Star, with a display backing added.
February 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Final sculpt of the Evening Star, with a display backing added.