Ripley LaCross
@ripleylacross.bsky.social
(they/he) Cartoonist, Illustrator, gender rebel, and cryptid. Oh Joy Sex Toy, the Hiker Trash Dictionary, It's Always Something, and other TTRPG nonsense.
PDX - @Helioscope
Links: https://ripleylacross.carrd.co/
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PDX - @Helioscope
Links: https://ripleylacross.carrd.co/
| #art | #comic | #originalcharacter |
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Hey hey, I'm Ripley! Cartoonist and illustrator drawing all sorts of ttrpg nonsense, sex-ed comics, and the occasional smut.
Links: ripleylacross.carrd.co
Links: ripleylacross.carrd.co
Change nothing about it except for cleaning up the graphics, this game is otherwise perfect.
(I will accept voiced cut scenes, but DON'T *ADD* SCENES)
(I will accept voiced cut scenes, but DON'T *ADD* SCENES)
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Change nothing about it except for cleaning up the graphics, this game is otherwise perfect.
(I will accept voiced cut scenes, but DON'T *ADD* SCENES)
(I will accept voiced cut scenes, but DON'T *ADD* SCENES)
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(chainsaw man spoilers)
YOU THINK IM JOKING
YOU THINK IM JOKING
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
(chainsaw man spoilers)
YOU THINK IM JOKING
YOU THINK IM JOKING
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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Apologies for so much etsy posting, but it’s a big part of how we operate. Anyhow, there is a TON of original art on sale rn for pre-Black Friday. Go take a look! helioscopepdx.etsy.com?section_id=6...
helioscopepdx.etsy.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Apologies for so much etsy posting, but it’s a big part of how we operate. Anyhow, there is a TON of original art on sale rn for pre-Black Friday. Go take a look! helioscopepdx.etsy.com?section_id=6...
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also need people to not act like the only way you get to be a real writer is writing full time. it’s almost impossible to survive in a freelance arts career right now. should you be able to? sure. but we can’t sneer at the idea of prioritizing survival over embodying the ”art is suffering” fantasy
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
also need people to not act like the only way you get to be a real writer is writing full time. it’s almost impossible to survive in a freelance arts career right now. should you be able to? sure. but we can’t sneer at the idea of prioritizing survival over embodying the ”art is suffering” fantasy
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
You will be visited by three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
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A friend's oc is like an oc-in-law to me
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A friend's oc is like an oc-in-law to me
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It's my birthday 🫠 37 trips around the sun in this rock tumbler of a body. Oy vey. Why is pain so painful.
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
Support Ripley LaCross
Support Ripley LaCross
ko-fi.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's my birthday 🫠 37 trips around the sun in this rock tumbler of a body. Oy vey. Why is pain so painful.
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
Planted some 30 garlics in my garden today for next summers harvest.
Realized I planted them upside-down 🙃 🤦
Realized I planted them upside-down 🙃 🤦
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Planted some 30 garlics in my garden today for next summers harvest.
Realized I planted them upside-down 🙃 🤦
Realized I planted them upside-down 🙃 🤦
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Here's the new painting, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Here's the new painting, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
Y'all are too kind 😊 ✨ 💕
Happy birthday to my wonderful colleague Ripley LaCross! @ripleylacross.bsky.social Give them a follow for some great cartooning, illustration, and informational hiking comics, and stunning personal comics like this one.
www.ohjoysextoy.com/hello-me-rip...
www.ohjoysextoy.com/hello-me-rip...
Hello Me by Ripley LaCross
Ripley here to get all sappy and poetic about my personal journey with HRT! It's been one hell of a trip, full of ups, downs, snags, traverses, switchbacks, and leaps of faith. All the research in the...
www.ohjoysextoy.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Y'all are too kind 😊 ✨ 💕
Love sharing my birthday with this legend.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Love sharing my birthday with this legend.
If your goal is to have options please don't just have multiple flavors of seltzer water, lots of folks find the stuff awful. Ginger beer is in that category too.
I'm a big fan of showing up with a tray of citrus slices, cranberry juice, and lemon-lime soda.
I'm a big fan of showing up with a tray of citrus slices, cranberry juice, and lemon-lime soda.
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If your goal is to have options please don't just have multiple flavors of seltzer water, lots of folks find the stuff awful. Ginger beer is in that category too.
I'm a big fan of showing up with a tray of citrus slices, cranberry juice, and lemon-lime soda.
I'm a big fan of showing up with a tray of citrus slices, cranberry juice, and lemon-lime soda.
It's my birthday 🫠 37 trips around the sun in this rock tumbler of a body. Oy vey. Why is pain so painful.
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
Support Ripley LaCross
Support Ripley LaCross
ko-fi.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's my birthday 🫠 37 trips around the sun in this rock tumbler of a body. Oy vey. Why is pain so painful.
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
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Wherever I’m With You (Putnam 2027), a co-created graphic novel by Suzanne Samin and me, follows two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen, grappling with his mother’s death,
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Wherever I’m With You (Putnam 2027), a co-created graphic novel by Suzanne Samin and me, follows two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen, grappling with his mother’s death,
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
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✨ My January commission queue is OPEN! ✨
If you are interested, please check out my TOS for pricing and info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposts and Shares = 💚
[ #art #commsopen #commissions #supportartists #blueskynightmarket ]
If you are interested, please check out my TOS for pricing and info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposts and Shares = 💚
[ #art #commsopen #commissions #supportartists #blueskynightmarket ]
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
✨ My January commission queue is OPEN! ✨
If you are interested, please check out my TOS for pricing and info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposts and Shares = 💚
[ #art #commsopen #commissions #supportartists #blueskynightmarket ]
If you are interested, please check out my TOS for pricing and info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposts and Shares = 💚
[ #art #commsopen #commissions #supportartists #blueskynightmarket ]
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Rearranging my workspace has helped me *want* to sit down and draw, and the window behind my screen is doing ✨something✨ to how I observe my own process.
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Rearranging my workspace has helped me *want* to sit down and draw, and the window behind my screen is doing ✨something✨ to how I observe my own process.
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
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Hot damn it is soup season
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hot damn it is soup season
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This advice is so great. I've studied languages throughout my life and discovered that I always retained skills best when I would find ways to play in another language. Play is a way to make the unfamiliar more familiar, to experiment and then accept success or failure without stress.
Watching a skateboard video where the answer to "how do I get over the fear aspect?" is answered with "Be playful," and it's so cool to see advice that I've given in art and animation having commonality with this very different skillset
I think we all deserve to be a bit more playful with our life!
I think we all deserve to be a bit more playful with our life!
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This advice is so great. I've studied languages throughout my life and discovered that I always retained skills best when I would find ways to play in another language. Play is a way to make the unfamiliar more familiar, to experiment and then accept success or failure without stress.
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Artist who draws cute silly comics after talking 5 minutes about past job experiences
a man with a patch on his eye is tired
ALT: a man with a patch on his eye is tired
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Artist who draws cute silly comics after talking 5 minutes about past job experiences
Rearranging my workspace has helped me *want* to sit down and draw, and the window behind my screen is doing ✨something✨ to how I observe my own process.
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Rearranging my workspace has helped me *want* to sit down and draw, and the window behind my screen is doing ✨something✨ to how I observe my own process.
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
Here's a #WIP of my boy Cricket, resident black cat scapegoat with a cursed sword.
#art #pathfindercharacters #originalcharacter
Artist and nerd all my life, used to mostly do fanart! But right around when I started hardcore hiking and backpacking in 2015 I also decided to pursue PSU's new Comics Studies program.
I didn't see many people making comics about hiking so I just rolled with it.
I didn't see many people making comics about hiking so I just rolled with it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Artist and nerd all my life, used to mostly do fanart! But right around when I started hardcore hiking and backpacking in 2015 I also decided to pursue PSU's new Comics Studies program.
I didn't see many people making comics about hiking so I just rolled with it.
I didn't see many people making comics about hiking so I just rolled with it.