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Mitch's Art & Design
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Art, design, and memes from Mitch Donaberger

Pacifist, professional artist, bicycle-liker, Syndicalist, Bahá'í. Raised by the Internet.

Website: https://donaberger.xyz.
Mastodon: @[email protected]
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Playing the Earthbound Zero 25th Anniversary Edition for the first time. I suppose some habits are hard to break.
Earthbound Zero text entry screen. What is your favorite food? Car Exhaust
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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every once in a while i like to resketch my old CUT/SEW illustrations to see how my linework and character design has evolved.

to paraphrase ramona flowers, "i change my art style every year and a half, dude, get used to it."
two drawings of a woman in a hooded tunic and boots. the one on the left was drawn in 2017, and the right one was drawn yesterday (in 2026)
January 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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This is the logo I made for the observability team at Akamai. I always liked how this one turned out. It used only two colors when screenprinted, so the design was very cheap to reproduce.

#graphicdesign #tshirt #sre #o11y
An illustration of a coffee mug, filled with coffee to a point that its overflowing. The overflowing coffee has pooled to spell "S.R.E.", and underneath it is "OBSERVABILITY TEAM". The mug itself has some big emoji-style, paranoid eyes.
January 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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I am digging through my old work from Linode and Akamai to build a new portfolio, and I stumbled on this illustration I did to announce that Linode had one-click app deployments.

#art #illustration #opensource #foss
A vibrant, whimsical illustration set against a sky backdrop with clouds and a sun. In the scene 1. A stylized blue whale, representing Docker, floats on the water. 2. On the whale, a butler dressed in a suit and carrying a sommelier's napkin on his forearm, symbolizing the Linux tool 'Jenkins'. 3. A torch with a flame, representing Prometheus, burns on the tip of the Docker whale's nose. 4. A flag with "LEMP" written on it, which stands for Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP, a common web stack for web servers. It is attached to a buoy that bears the NGINX logo. 5. A stylized sun with rays, representing the open-source community's energy and collaboration. 6. The Grafana logo 7. A small dolphin creature, symbolizing MySQL, is playing by balancing the Grafana logo on its nose. 8. Paper airplanes flying in the sky, which represented ShadowSocks, a VPN tool used at the time to bypass the great firewall of China. The overall theme conveys a sense of unity, innovation, and collaboration within the open-source ecosystem.
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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it's like a greeting card, but just for awkward things between people.

#shitpost
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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experimenting with a little word art using this new compositing tool i came across.
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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GOPers four weeks ago: "Nation-building is a waste, America First!"

GOPers, today: "It is our responsibility to rebuild Venezuela! Venezuela first!"
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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surprisingly fun: drawing water sloshing around an orb.
a vector illustration of water sloshing around in an orb shape
December 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
screenshot of tweet saying "who the fuck is playing pokemon in antarctica" with a trade partner in antarctica photo of me in antarctica playing my switch. adelie penguins are in the background photo of me in antarctica playing my switch, with pokemon legends z-a. adelie penguins are in the background.
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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a post by leyawn text: where does the new york times even find these people image: A screenshot of a New York Times update that says: In Grand Central Terminal, Leon Chang, 26, of Brooklyn, said he had not heard of congestion pricing and asked what it was. When explained it was a toll for cars entering Manhattan, he then asked “What do you mean? What is a car?” Walking outside, we showed him a vehicle parked on the street. He gently touched the hood of the car. “You wish to forbid these majestic beasts from entering the city,” he said in a wistful tone. “It is a folly of man. The desire to tame the world around us.” reply by steve merelman, an editor at the new york times text: @chrislhayes.bsky.social, you are spreading misinformation attributed to one of our reporters.
December 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Playing the Earthbound Zero 25th Anniversary Edition for the first time. I suppose some habits are hard to break.
Earthbound Zero text entry screen. What is your favorite food? Car Exhaust
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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@modernvintagegamer.com hey MVG, long time watcher, first time caller.

Have you heard anything on reviving the Sega Channel on real hardware? BillyGamer managed to get a rom together that can run on a Mega Everdrive, but what's missing is the monthly menu updates.
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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prototyping out a logo for a former colleague who is starting his own pressure washing business after 2 years of being laid off.

the challenge? include an American flag without feeling fashy.

my solution? let's get Betsy Ross with this shit.

#graphicdesign #logodesign #artdirection
A logo featuring a stylized American flag with a hose nozzle spraying water over it, symbolizing exterior washing. The text "Freedom Exterior Washing" is prominently displayed beneath the graphic, with "Freedom" in a larger, bold font and "Exterior Washing" in a smaller, complementary font.
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Merry Christmas, Christians!
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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some art of my corner of #philadelphia

a mockup stamp (which went on my Holiday eCards!).

#philly
#roxborough
#nwphilly
A stylized stamp design welcoming visitors to Gorgas Park in Roxborough, Philadelphia, PA. The top section showcases a vintage-style banner with the words "Welcome to Gorgas Park" in a bold, classic font. Below the banner, the name "Gorgas Park" is prominently displayed in a decorative script with an illustration of a small building or pavilion and the establishment year "Est. 1895." The bottom section of the image has the text "Roxborough, Philadelphia, PA" in a bold, serif font, framed by a decorative border resembling a postage stamp. The overall design is reminiscent of a vintage postcard or commemorative stamp, celebrating the historical and cultural significance of Gorgas Park.
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Todd Flanders finally snaps
A comic strip featuring two characters in a conversation. 1. **Todd Flanders:** - The character on the left is depicted with a speech bubble that reads, "I TOLD you, I don't want any motherfucking vegetables!!!!" 2. **Ned Flanders:** - The character on the right is holding a plate of vegetables and has a speech bubble saying, "Todd, I'm so sorry for disrespecting you! Please stop!!!" The drawing style is simple and cartoonish, with exaggerated facial expressions to emphasize the characters' emotions. The humor comes from the exaggerated and comical dialogue, highlighting a common household scenario of a child refusing to eat vegetables.
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Here's a neat little video I made by noodling with dithering.
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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#shitpost
A man is sitting in front of a glowing orb, seemingly deep in thought. The orb emits a blue light that casts reflections on the surrounding furniture and walls. Text overlays appear above and below the orb, reading "Me pondering my orb" and "My orb," respectively. The overall aesthetic has a dreamy, ethereal quality, as if the man is communicating with or receiving guidance from the orb.
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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@jamesforeman.bsky.social you're an asshole and a coward and always will be. May you forever seek reinvention, and may it never find you. Eat shit, loser.
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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More experimentation with modern video compositing. There are some really terrific tools out there now. This was composed with the MacOS app 'Riveo', then looped with FCP.

#vfx
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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more goofing around with making word art.

#wordart #shitpost
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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I remember that video, was really great

also I remember this
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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since covid, my wife and i have become big Garden People because, with social distancing, it was a real outlet. Peppers are the only thing that grow in our dumb clay backfill soil, so, I make hot sauce every year.

Here is this year's label. The Arabic text is the Arabic name for the Burning Bush.
A circular orange label for "The Burning Bush" with bold red text arcing the top. Central design includes a red flame icon containing a white tree-like symbol, surrounded by Arabic script within a brown border. Above the flame: "GROWN & BOTTLED"; below: "IN PHILLY ON NOV 2025"; bottom arc: "1 MILLION SCOVILLES" in white text.
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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In college, my buddy (who makes real movies now) and I made an entirely improvised Earthbound mockumentary.

We won a runner-up prize (still precious), but, I am not sure anybody noticed the many, many Easter eggs and deep lore references we included, namely a cameo by @clydemandelin.bsky.social!
A man dressed in a jazz outfit. caption, "um, and I actually make tomatoes. And, you know, it's not what EVERYBODY does..." The same jazz man holding up a red tomato with a smiley face drawn on it. Caption, "I mean, if you look at this one, we paint it for you, and put a smiley face on it"
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM