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Chris Yates
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Multimedia artist living and working in Butte, Montana. Makes a lot of jigsaw puzzles for some reason or another. www.chrisyates.net
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husky gas sign, butte, montana, 1980
husky gas sign, butte, montana, 1980
January 25, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Tales from Tooty Tooty (1/6)
A hand-drawn comic about three weird aliens I made in 2005
January 24, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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The work of Tom Eckersley. Scanned from Top Graphic Design, ABC Edition, 1983. designreviewed.com/artefacts/to... #TomEckersley #illustration #graphicdesign #posterdesign
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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Gouache
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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"The Pink House", 2016
A colorful hand cut and painted wooden puzzle depicting a pink beach house and a couple boats in a lagoon
January 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Lilo and Stitch in front of a waterfall with native birds
January 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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I think the dolphins may been on to something
a hand cut and painted wooden puzzle depicting various aspects of the Hitchhiker's Guide mythology
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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cleaning up my desktop and found this little gem
1st panel: a man pours red paint into a paint tray 2nd panel: the paint touches the tray. a corner of the lines of the tray is not connected 3rd panel: the entire background of the panel is now red, as though the paint tool in MSPaint had been improperly used credit: Geoffrey Siu
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Ernst Haas, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969
a wet highway with cars , advertising singns everywhere as the road leads into the city. a painterly look to the shot
January 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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Doodling a puzzle template of Durant Canyon, near Butte MT (taking some artistic license here)
A colorful puzzle template of a mountain canyon scene with some wacky color choices
January 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Baffler #5111 "Wormhole Maintenance" This was a really fun 2-layer commission from earlier this year!
A colorful 2-layer hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a crew of robots maintaining a network of wormholes than access planets featuring frogs, bunnies and giraffes A colorful 2-layer hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a crew of robots maintaining a network of wormholes than access planets featuring frogs, bunnies and giraffes A colorful 2-layer hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a crew of robots maintaining a network of wormholes than access planets featuring frogs, bunnies and giraffes A colorful 2-layer hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a crew of robots maintaining a network of wormholes than access planets featuring frogs, bunnies and giraffes
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst with his sculpture, Capricorn. Photographed by John Kasnetsis, Sedona Arizona 1947.

#MaxErnst #DorotheaTanning #Photography
January 11, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Happy birthday, Tintin!
January 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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"Found In Translation" 490 pcs., 15"x15"x1", 2 layers, D: 9.8/10 - this was the trickiest puzzle commission of the year, hands down. I am pretty good at cutting weird tiny shapes but doing 200+ hieroglyph drop-outs and keeping all the surrounding pieces nice and connected was a real challenge.
A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a lot of cut-away hieroglyphs spelling out what is essentially a quarterly turquoise mine status report A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a lot of cut-away hieroglyphs spelling out what is essentially a quarterly turquoise mine status report A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a lot of cut-away hieroglyphs spelling out what is essentially a quarterly turquoise mine status report A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a lot of cut-away hieroglyphs spelling out what is essentially a quarterly turquoise mine status report
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Looking for nature valentines cards? Last year's comic is now available as cards! They start shipping Jan 12. topatoco.com/collections/...
A group of six nature valentines. A picture of a bog with pitcher plants, with text saying "Our love is like a bog. Built up over time, resistant to decay, deeply interesting to just a small number of people." A yellow slime mold stretching out and exploring. "Our love is like a slime mold. Collaborative, complex, at times unnerving to behold." A piece of limestone with a small trilobite in the corner. "Our love is like limestone. Layered, useful for many purposes, shaped by the friends we met along the way." A ring-billed gull with a french fry on a beach. "Our love is like a ring-billed gull. Abundant, found in North America, sometimes sustained by french fries." An Atlantic horseshoe crab walking on the sand. "Our love is like a horseshoe crab. Tough, timeless, unrelated to true crabs." A drawing of the phosphorus cycle, with arrows connecting various parts of a scene, including algae and fish and a farm and a river and a forest. "Our love is like the phosphorus cycle. Important, really hard to draw."
January 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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happy new year?
A simply drawn 3-panel comic about a reindeer expressing theirself
December 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Orange and Yellow
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Orange and Yellow
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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and in other news
A simply drawn 3-panel comic depicting some folks in a flying sombrero talking to some slugs about drugs
December 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I've updated my gallery with the 123 (!) numbered Bafflers I made this year, complete with very exciting work-in-progress pics of some select commissions. Have a happy and/or puzzling new year! www.flickr.com/photos/30135...
A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting the Grand Tetons
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Added a couple more things to my Last Chance print sale! Anything in this collection is Buy 2, Get 2 with code TURKEYS: brandonbird.myshopify.com/collections/...
December 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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One of my favorite works this year was this illustration of a pigeon on a hero's journey, commissioned by my MFA program as this year's student/staff shirt. I later made a risograph print of the image!
a risograph print in lime green, pink and brown, showing a pigeon on a hero's journey
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Here's a few more of this year's puzzle commissions! Thanks to all who have supported my crazy little business during this crazy year! If you're interested in a custom handmade wooden puzzle for 2026, don't hesitate to reach out :)
A colorful 2-layer hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle by Chris Yates depicting a summer scene on a lake in New Hampshire A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle by Chris Yates depicting the cover of DSOTM A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle by Chris Yates depicting Kodakettes and Bibendums for some reason A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle by Chris Yates depicting a lot various interests, including curling, Hadestown, mermaids and cats
December 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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I’m homebound and very sore for the holidays, due to slipping on my icy driveway and giving my ribs a good smack on the concrete. At least I have been able to catch up on some important work in the Lego room. Hope folks have a decent Xmas, despite whatever life throws at you!
A lego model of the Neuschwanstein Castle
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Meanwhile, in Sweden, they are building a huge Christmas goat, out of straw. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4...
December 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM