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John Hinderliter, Illustrator/Artist
@johnboy56.bsky.social
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I'm an illustrator/artist based in Pittsburgh. You can see my work at http://www.johnhinderliter.com When not drawing and painting, I'm outside riding one of my bikes. My pronouns are FUBAR and SNAFU.
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Bracing for Snowmageddon, so here are some snow paintings. Enjoy!
#painting #oilpainting #winter #snow #illustration
January 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Happy Friday! Here is a painting of my wife waiting for Snowmageddon to arrive.
#painting #oilpainting #portrait #illustration
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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WIP. Making haste slowly.
#painting #oilpainting #petportrait
January 22, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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WIP. Even more progress.
#painting #oilpainting #petportrait
January 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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WIP. Progress. Of a sort.
#painting #oilpainting #petportrait
January 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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My niece pointing at the butterfly in the portrait of her.
#painting #oilpainting #portrait #illustration
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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A bunch of years ago I had an assignment for Cobblestone magazine to illustrate a series of articles on the Civil Rights movement of the 60s. I asked if I could do each illustration in a different style. The art director said, "You can do that?"
#illustration #mlkday #civilrights
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Celebrate #MLKday by doing some good for someone.
#illustration
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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howdy yall! i’m just about at 1500 followers, so I wanted to do a lil art share to celebrate!

feel free to share your works, commissions, and plans!

tags/shares/likes are appreciated (:

#artshare #art #commission #horror #horrorart #nsfw #nsfwart #arttrain #vgen
January 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Happy Friday! Here's those Chucks you were asking for.
#painting #oilpainting #chucktaylors #illustration
January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Get your fresh hot historical illustration here!
#illustration #publishing #kidlitart #bookillustration @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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WIP. Made some progress yesterday.
#painting #oilpainting #petportrait #illustration
January 14, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm a very experienced Pittsburgh-based illustrator with a WIDE variety of styles and would love to work with you.
johnhinderliter.com
#illustration #art
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm a very experienced Pittsburgh-based illustrator with a WIDE variety of styles and would love to work with you.
johnhinderliter.com
#illustration #art
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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WIP. Everything keeps getting between me and the easel.
#painting #oilpainting #portrait #petportrait #illustration
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Happy Monday! Just a reminder that I am available for kids' portrait commissions.
#painting #oilpainting #portrait #illustration
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Happy Friday, I got you this tractor!
#painting #oilpainting #illustration #farmlife
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Happy Birthday to the Thin White Duke.
#illustration #drawing #scratchboard #portrait #bowie
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Wednesday? Ok, if you say so.
In retrospect, it was clear why there were no super-tall Robots of Doom.
#illustration #kidlitart #mgnovel #robots #scifi
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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WIP. Next up on the easel, a new pet portrait commission.
#painting #oilpainting #pets #petportrait
January 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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Happy Tuesday! Here are some Chucks, so you can relax now.
#illustration #painting #oilpainting #chucktaylors
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Holidays are over, everyone back to work!
#illustration #painting #oilpainting #portrait
January 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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WIP. Spent some time at the easel today on this little 8x10" portrait.
#painting #oilpainting #portrait #fineart #illustration
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Gonna be starting on a new pet portrait next week. This is from 2025.
#painting #oilpainting #petportrait #pets #illustration
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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WIP. Spent some time at the easel today.
Oils on panel, 8x10".
#painting #oilpainting #portrait #illustration
December 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM