Jess Soleigh
@soleigh.bsky.social
ADHD art goblin, animator, puppet builder/fabricator, mini things, server dad, craft obsessed. To hell with your "ai". They/she. https://ko-fi.com/jsoleigh
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Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
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Remember, they hate trans joy, they hate gay joy, they hate Black joy, they hate Native joy, etc. they hate when we can laugh and love and live our lives in our own skin. They hate that we can find our way without their rigid rules. To find joy and thrive is a great act of resistance too.
September 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Remember, they hate trans joy, they hate gay joy, they hate Black joy, they hate Native joy, etc. they hate when we can laugh and love and live our lives in our own skin. They hate that we can find our way without their rigid rules. To find joy and thrive is a great act of resistance too.
this movie is unironically a masterpiece and i'm so happy every time someone get's to see it for the first time!
Spoilers for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? which I just watched for the 1st time!
I didn’t realize it was a film about the displacement (and attempted eradication!) of a marginalized group, corporate greed, and the plot to destroy public transit in Los Angeles!
I didn’t realize it was a film about the displacement (and attempted eradication!) of a marginalized group, corporate greed, and the plot to destroy public transit in Los Angeles!
September 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
this movie is unironically a masterpiece and i'm so happy every time someone get's to see it for the first time!
baking a bigass chocolate cake :)
September 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
baking a bigass chocolate cake :)
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I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
September 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
i've felt like this for a while already but still: i'm honestly tired of so many arguments against gen ai imagery using "haha it looks bad"
gen ai is still bad because of it's worst parts: pollution, energy overuse, costs, property theft, and robbing people of livelihoods.
gen ai is still bad because of it's worst parts: pollution, energy overuse, costs, property theft, and robbing people of livelihoods.
August 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
i've felt like this for a while already but still: i'm honestly tired of so many arguments against gen ai imagery using "haha it looks bad"
gen ai is still bad because of it's worst parts: pollution, energy overuse, costs, property theft, and robbing people of livelihoods.
gen ai is still bad because of it's worst parts: pollution, energy overuse, costs, property theft, and robbing people of livelihoods.
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Halloween starts tomorrow and all of you shut the hell up
me the second the clock hits midnight and turns to sept 1st
August 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Halloween starts tomorrow and all of you shut the hell up
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I'm looking for animation work! Here's some of my work, if interested contact me at:
[email protected] 📨
#animation #showreel #portfolio
[email protected] 📨
#animation #showreel #portfolio
August 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I'm looking for animation work! Here's some of my work, if interested contact me at:
[email protected] 📨
#animation #showreel #portfolio
[email protected] 📨
#animation #showreel #portfolio
do i have to draw sexy watto too
August 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
do i have to draw sexy watto too
ah wait ah shit we cant have it happen yet, i still gotta run and go get some champagne to pop for the occation or or doesnt count!
August 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ah wait ah shit we cant have it happen yet, i still gotta run and go get some champagne to pop for the occation or or doesnt count!
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*sobs uncontrollably*
August 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
*sobs uncontrollably*
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rewatched Memories last night, the problem with the arts nowadays is that nobody is throwing loads of money at animation directors to get them to make a gorgeously animated short film about "what if a guy got so stinky that everyone died"
August 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
rewatched Memories last night, the problem with the arts nowadays is that nobody is throwing loads of money at animation directors to get them to make a gorgeously animated short film about "what if a guy got so stinky that everyone died"
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JUDGEMENT DAY is about a masked astronaut sent to a planet of sentient robots to determine if they can join a Galactic Federation. The astronaut rejects their bid after observing they've built a hierarchy solely around which color they're painted. We only see the astronauts face in the final panel.
JUDGEMENT DAY, originally published in 1953. Comic Code Administrator Judge Charles Murphy rejected this story because the astronaut was Black. William Gaines, EC’s publisher, ran the story anyway. Art by Joe Orlando. 👩🏿🚀✨
August 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
JUDGEMENT DAY is about a masked astronaut sent to a planet of sentient robots to determine if they can join a Galactic Federation. The astronaut rejects their bid after observing they've built a hierarchy solely around which color they're painted. We only see the astronauts face in the final panel.
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if you don't know what you fight for--the good things--your soul will inevitably rot.
so yes, post about the joy.
so yes, post about the joy.
A couple years ago, I was talking a lot about board games and comics and my dog and kayaking and now every time I post about anything but the upcoming apocalypse, I feel like I am being an utter doofus.
We still have to post about happy stuff sometimes, right?
We still have to post about happy stuff sometimes, right?
August 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
if you don't know what you fight for--the good things--your soul will inevitably rot.
so yes, post about the joy.
so yes, post about the joy.
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I did this Muppets Take Manhattan piece for a zine a while back and I still think it’s super cute
March 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I did this Muppets Take Manhattan piece for a zine a while back and I still think it’s super cute
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I’m one of the ambassador artists for Armadillo Stock and have seen the project coming along over the last couple years and think it’s an awesome idea! Please check out the Kickstarter!
The Armadillo Kickstarter is LIVE!
Help us launch a community-built, free-to-use platform for licensing human-made art directly from illustrators!
Find out more: kickstarter.com/projects/dialmformichele/armadillo-stock
Help us launch a community-built, free-to-use platform for licensing human-made art directly from illustrators!
Find out more: kickstarter.com/projects/dialmformichele/armadillo-stock
August 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m one of the ambassador artists for Armadillo Stock and have seen the project coming along over the last couple years and think it’s an awesome idea! Please check out the Kickstarter!
ok car tire is FIXED and i came home with a TWO POUND package of figs, we are so back
August 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
ok car tire is FIXED and i came home with a TWO POUND package of figs, we are so back
everything is awful all around and our car has a flat tire suddenly 🫠
August 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
everything is awful all around and our car has a flat tire suddenly 🫠
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I am sick in my soul of these demons.
August 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I am sick in my soul of these demons.
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Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...
english.elpais.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
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Here's my drawing of a xenomorph from memory
August 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Here's my drawing of a xenomorph from memory
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magnum opus lupin meme drawing
August 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
magnum opus lupin meme drawing
shit, i might have to make this one
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
shit, i might have to make this one