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Jesse Cushing
@jessecushing.bsky.social
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Any/All pronouns | Interdisciplinary artist | My work revolves around social engagement, sustainability, and silly little guys

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Jesse Cushing @jessecushing.bsky.social · Oct 14
Apparently it's #PortfolioDay

I am interdisciplinary artist from Ohio! I make a lot of different kinds of art in different mediums. my work revolves around sustainability, social engagement, and silly little guys :)

full portfolio: jessecushing.straw.page
video works: spectra.video/a/jessecushi...
Wesley the Worm: a giant grey worm-like creature with big eyes, stubby arms, and a nervous smile. He sits up at the head of a dining table, where a large painted mug is sitting on saucer in front of him. A collage made of cardboard arranged in a round, spiky shape. The surface is covered with blue painters tape and torn pages of text, some of it blocked out with black scribbles. On top is a collage of magazine letters spelling the phrase "THE PESTS CAN POISON YOU BACK." Next to the words is a pen and markers drawing of a possum-insect hybrid (possum body and face, with six legs, green mandibles, and green claws and tail) wrapping its body around a bottle of purple poison. At the bottom, very small text written in pen reads "and they should" with a smiley face analog emote. A pale-skinned person with short, curly hair sits in a high-backed arm chair. They are wearing a soft red collared shirt, glasses, a silver necklace and a black undershirt. They are holding a mug and staring pensively off to the side. The walls come to a corner behind the chair, one yellow and one deep red. The scene is bathed in soft, golden light. Deep shadows are cast in different directions by the different light sources. A white person with long, wavy brown hair standing in front of a concrete wall. They are wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt, long plant pants, and a purple open vest. The are also wearing a thick belt, a ragged, patchwork skirt, black high heels, and multiple necklaces. They are holding up a snake-headed tail. Their face has dramatic contour on their cheeks, bold blue eye shadow and black eyeliner. Red streaks are coming down from their eyes, and there is a large pair of antlers made of yarn on their head.
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Celebrating +550 of you and this account's 1 year anniversary with an #ArtShare !

Rules:
- No AI/NFTs
- Support each other
- Tag others (optional)
- Repost for more visibility
- Share your best artworks of the year!

Thank you everyone for your support <3
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Worth It | #Screenprinting, #Watercolor, #Embroidery | (2025)

This is one of the #art pieces i made for the Threads of Our Lives fellowship i did at Artworks this past fall.

Part of a larger story about the origins of my #oc Chime
A crooked white rectangle with a stitched black border. A design of two snakes coiling around an old-fashioned surgical scalpel. It is mostly symmetrical, and resembles the snakes-and-staff medical symbol. The scapel blade is coated in blood and the two snakes have bright red stitching holding parts of them together. Blood splatters and black ink streaks are scattered around the background. One snake has a blue button eye and the other has a red button eye.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I'll start! This is a costume I made a few years ago. It started as an expression of my feelings around gender and gender expression, and has remained that but has also grown into an #oc named Chime.
A white person with long, wavy brown hair standing in front of a concrete wall. They are wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt, long plant pants, and a purple open vest. The are also wearing a thick belt, a ragged, patchwork skirt, black high heels, and multiple necklaces. They are holding up a snake-headed tail. Their face has dramatic contour on their cheeks, bold blue eye shadow and black eyeliner. Red streaks are coming down from their eyes, and there is a large pair of antlers made of yarn on their head. Chime, sitting on a concrete bench, petting both of their snake-headed tails. Chime facing away from the camera, reaching up to touch the branches of a tree. Their tails are dangling toward the ground. Chime standing on grass, leaning against a concrete wall, inspecting their fingernails.
June 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Hey, is it still #folktaleweek 2025? No. Sigh. I'm still going to work through the remaining prompts because I'm learning a ton and enjoying the process very much.

This image is for CHARM. (Included the 2nd to show how it repeats on the horizontal.)

1-4 here: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
A charmed snake winds itself around a mystical setting. The charmer is playing a flute/horn.
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Pub Portraits: Steve,Three Horseshoes
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Feral Sister-2024
Digital art, my work. A women with red tattoos, shaved side cut and a single antler, embraces a white wolf with a Cassiopeia sign above their head
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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fortling # i forget: [Jellyfish]
#commission for @nuclearbob.net
#art
a brick submarine surrounded by fish and jellyfish
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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finally started that second layer of collage elements.

theres a reason this has been a #wip since summer 2024 and that reason is procrastination
jessecushing.bsky.social Jesse Cushing @jessecushing.bsky.social · Jun 25
Been spending the last few days chipping away at this video project. I started in last summer during one of my classes, and got it mostly done. Only thing I needed to call it really finished was to add a bunch of collage elements to it. Got the first layer done today!
#art #wip #videoediting
A video editing software (OpenShot) on a computer screen, showing a bank of video settings, visual and audio effects, a timeline, and a video preview. Preview shows me dressed as my character Chime, with some other highly edited, semi-transparent visuals laid over it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Some photos of very interesting signs and flyers people put up around the University of Cincinnati.

Taken for my photo book project, "It's A Strange, Strange, World"

#photography
A lamppost with a sticker and a flyer on it. The sticker has a tiny QR code and says "Balls." The flyer reads, in a big block of text: "DO YOU WANT: FREE SCHOOL TUITION? MEDICARE FOR ALL? THE GREEN NEW DEAL? CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM? GENDER EQUALITY? RACIAL EQUALITY? FREE LAUNDRY AT DORMS? MORE FUNDING TO [Indistinct] HEALTH SERVICES?" Then a link to the a card for UC YDSA and a QR code. A metal door with a printed out digital collage taped to it that says "i do my hair toss, check my snails" in a mishmash of fonts. Below the text is a PNG of Edward Cullen from twilight talking to a PNG of a snail. Edward says "baby how you feeling" and the snail replies "feeling good as shell." The wall outside of an office plastered with three bumper stickers. A green one says "GO VEGETARIAN!" with smaller, unreadable text below. A red and blue one with American flags on either end says "The Bill of Rights: It's Good For Your Constitution." A white one with red text says "Home is where the Safe Birth is!" with a heart drawn around "Safe Birth." A heavy wooden door with a large, prominent keypad lock next to a chalkboard reading "UC Amateur Radio Club." The door and surround wall is plaster with an absurd amount of warning signs like "WARNING: Security Cameras In Use" and "CAUTION: Beyond this point Radio frequency fields at this site may exceed FCC rules for human exposure."
October 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Old project from a self-directed learning program back at DAAP. I wanted to try my hand at product #photography, so set up trifold board, took pictures of knick-knacks from my room, and designed these fake magazine pages.

I used to love those silly toy catalogues as a kid
A 8.5x11 page design layout. The page background is white with pastel rainbow dots. The title "Plushie Pals" is large in the right corner in a squishy-looking bubble font. There are picture of plush toys layered on top of eachother as if they are in a pile. A square duck from Crossy Road (i think i just got it cause i thought it was cute), a lion with big, bugged-out eyes, a sock monkey Beanie Ball, a cow-print Peepy (peanut shaped creature with pointy ears and a beak from the ItemLabel Brand) a chubby Pikachu plush, and Fea Bea (an Ugly Doll with long neck, pink eyes, and big fangs). They all have price labels and descriptions: "$4.99 - Duck"; $9.99 - Bugged-Eyed Lion": "$29.99 - Peepy: Wanted in 43 States"; "$9.99 - Sock Monkey"; "$24.99 - Chubby Pikachu: Really Talks!"; "$19.99 - Fea Bea: Strange Creature." Another page design-layout, divided diagonally. One side is blank white in the background, the other is a pale blue gradient with various colors of worm-on-a-strings slithering around on it. The white side features a mini gumball machine, a plastic toy guitar, two old lego figures (one of a solider in a dress uniform, the other a skeleton in black and red jumpsuit and green-tinted space helmet), and a plastic Spider-man figure. The worm side only features a pink worm, larger and more central than the other. Once again, all the toys are labeled: "$24.99 - Miniature Gumball Machine"; "$7.99 - Micro Jammers Guitar"; "$3.99 - Retro Legos"; "$4.99 - Spider-man"; "$0.99 - Worm-On-A-String: they wiggle." Another page design layout, this time divided horizontally. The bottom shows a desert scene with two Jawa (from Star Wars) figures standing at the bottom, casting fake shadows across the photo. They are posed as if pointing off into the distance. The top is white with bright blue sparkles, and says "Cosmically Fun!" in a futuristic cursive font. The scene at the bottom is topped with a line of lego Daleks (from Doctor Who) most staring forward in their apparent march but the last one looking over to the side of the camera. Above them is a rip-chord BB8 (from Star Wars) toy and a trio of plastic Kirby figurines. All the toys are labeled: "$5.99 - Jawa Action Figure Set"; "$3.99ea - Lego Daleks"; "$14.99 - Rip-Rolling BB-8"; "$8.99ea - Kirby (Variety)."
October 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday November 29, 2025
The theme is #Warmth

Any art, any interpretation
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome

More details in the comments

#photography #drawing #painting #sketching #poetry
Photo of a window in a brick building shining warm light out on the pavement with text over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 29, 2025 The theme is #Warmth Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow

So glad to finally get to join one of these!
The theme is #Warmth so here's a old photo piece with my buddy @spacedpunkstudios.bsky.social as my model
A pale-skinned person with short, curly hair sits in a high-backed arm chair. They are wearing a soft red collared shirt, glasses, a silver necklace and a black undershirt. They are holding a mug and staring pensively off to the side. The walls come to a corner behind the chair, one yellow and one deep red. The scene is bathed in soft, golden light. Deep shadows are cast in different directions by the different light sources.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I’m really excited to share that I won the Frank R. Paul Award for Best Magazine Cover Art! My painting Stasis, a self-portrait about invisible illness, was featured on the cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 🖤

#art #painting #portrait #illustration
“Stasis” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso, and is the first piece in her series about invisible illness. A portrait painting of a girl with skin so pale she’s almost translucent, her lips are tinged blue and she gazes upward through seemingly unseeing eyes. Pale moths and winged insects cover the expanse of her face and body, blending into her skin in places.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I'm not going to get anything for #BlueSkyArtShow outside right now when it comes to #Warmth! So here is a shot from the Panamanian rain forest where it was warm! It was at the top, that my knee gave out and I had to walk back down the mountain backwards!
#Photography #EastCoastKin
looking at a path framed by two massive trees in a misty rain forest
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The land tones as Spring slips into Summer at Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek, #California add warmth to this late afternoon scene from the Ridge Top Trail above. Notice the bare tree near lower right that looks like a red spider in the sun rays.

#BlueskyArtShow #warmth #EastCoastKin #hiking
November 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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#blueskyartshow #warmth #eastcoastkin

Flashy Older Gent, Out Walking After Work
#beingflashycanbeconsistentwithplayingwellwithothers #beadecentandpatienthuman #agebuildsstrengthandsurvivorship
An elder, out walking in the mall, looking good in his fluorescent orange parka. Sketch art by Don Rice.
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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some nice flats can really go a long way with making a piece stand out. and yknow what's crazy?? you can commission an illustration with flat colors for 25% off from now till December 17th as part of my VGen Midwinter sale

🔗🎨 vgen.co/trapnaster/s...

#commissionsopen #bsnm #vgencomms #art
art of a time lord oc, the Artist, wearing layered and patched clothing that doesn't match whatsoever but still looks like a solid fit tbh a zombie gal with black hair and a body made of blue/green pieces of flesh sewn together. the left side of her chest shows signs of a single mastectomy. dark leather jacket, ripped jeans, pink boots, sunset colored background
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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✷ king cheetah ✷
Fullbody black and white illustration of a king cheetah with spots and stripes, a curled tail, and raised front legs facing to the left. There is an eight pointed star to the right of its back.
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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BDS Stickers! Free and ready to print and slap on your water bottles or laptop cases or (legal) places in your neighborhood!

drive.proton.me/urls/C6JC8FY...
Black square with a red tear across it. Has the Disney Plus logo with "Promoting Genocide" under it in white text. White square with a red gradient and darker red "tech lines" flowing down from the top. The Intel logo is in the middle with the words "Powering Genocide" underneath it. The words Re/Max sells STOLEN LAND over a black and white farm landscape. White square with blood dripping down from the top. The words "Promoting Genocide" are written within the blood over the Reebok logo.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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The Gang's All Here! (2025)

I finally finished this thing. It started it's life as a doodle. I decided to turn into a #digitalpainting for an exhibition spring 2024. I missed that deadline for sure 😅

But i'm glad i finished it anyway #art
A digital painting depicting a crowd of weird characters and creatures against the background of a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. From the bottom right to top right, the characters are: 1. The Mysterious He. Next to him are three smaller Hes, one purple, one cyan, and one yellow. The big one has the typical tiny dot eyes and smile, while the other three have slight variations. 2. A figure in a baggy purple cloak with a clock for a face. . 3. The Moon Man, a very vaguely humanoid, pale yellow thing with a crescent shaped face, a round body, and long limbs that end in thick stumps. One eye is is an X. 4. A menacing looking magenta butterfly with yellow diamond eyes and intricately patterned transparent wings. 5. A white cat-like creature comprised of an oval shaped head/body and long thick legs. It's face is upside down and it has large ears. 6. A woman, inspired by Picasso's portraits. She has two open mouths a rosy red nose, and four eyes. Three of the eyes are stacked on top of each other. Her hair is dusty brown and swept behind her head. Her skin a sickly gray. 7. A tall creature with four arms, a heart-print dress, and a golden bird-like face. 8. Little green dude with a long neck. 9. A flower/bird hybrid with a false red head and two eyes on its leaf-mimicking body. 10. An elegant flying serpent with shimmering pink skin and a ridge of yellow and green spines down its back. 11. Paint brush fish. The largest is yellow red, and the three smaller ones orange and blue. They leave flying drops of paint in a trail behind them as they sweep through the air. 12. Four smiling bubbles. 13. Three rusty smiling square heads on crooked bodies. They are cute. 14. A big fluffy storm cloud with large arms, a concerned expression, and sunburst eyes. 15. For Whom the Bell Tolls: A giant eye set atop a dark triangle body. Fleshy arms hold out a set of golden bells.
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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She was a hit of some million views 🤯
Sophia x friend
October 21, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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If you see this, post a vampire 🩸

#art
A colored pencil drawing. You sit at the end of a long, dark wood table. Six empty chairs sit along the it, three on each side. A red table runner leads down to the head of the table, where a vampire sits. He has a long, long, long neck, that stretches and twists across the table toward you. His tear-drop shaped face has closed eyes, wide, silly fangs under a straight mouth, and very long purple hair. "Are you staying for dinner?" he asks. All the plates on the table are empty. In the center is a bottle of red liquid surrounded by candles. Both you and the vampire have tall wine glasses of the red liquid in front of you.
July 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM