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Mal Jones
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Sometimes you have a silly idea and you just have to get it out cause it's blocking up your other work. I present to you: Bubbe Babka.

#dogsky
The face of my dog, a brindle lab pitbull mix with big ol' pointy ears, in a pink headscarf. Her ears point up and out through the scarf. Her nose and snoot are white. She's smiling a little and looking at you as if to say "hi friend I haven't met yet."
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Sorting through old files and came across a whole batch of fan art I did right before Covid. Pulling out ones that I think still look good, like this Constantine piece. #Hellblazer is a top ten comic for me.

#fanartfriday #dccomics #constantine #digitalillustration
John Constantine walking down an entrance to the Tube in London. The lighting is all pinks, purples, and reds. Very 90s spooky. He's got a hand in one pocket and cigarette in another. Shadows are creeping up the stairs, in the shape of tentacles. As always, Constantine is smirking.
October 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 48/72 Crickets chirp around the door. #artsky #digitalart
Four black fish swim in a diamond like pattern, head to tail. The background is a warm, agreeable gray.
October 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 47/72 Chrysanthemums bloom. #artsky #digitalart
The outlines of two orange fish swim in front of a white line drawing of chrysanthemums. The background is a light peach.
October 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 46/72 Wild geese return.
9 orange fish swim towards the left. One orange fish swims up and to the right. Behind them are three light blue circles. The background is a pale yellow.
October 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 45/72 Farmers drain fields. The line technique I started using around here in the series has sparked something I'm going to try to emulate in my paintings. #minimalistart #artsky
Two orange fish swim in front of a winding series of lines that look like a river. The background is a deep, rich green.
October 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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New comic book day: Picked up the DC Compact edition of Far Sector at Old Town Books. Jemisin is one of my favorite authors and the story she told is pretty much everything I want from a sci-fi superhero story. The art by Campbell is *stunning.* Great great great.
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 43/72 Insects hole up underground #minimalistart #artsky
Four orange fish swim along the outside of edge a rectangle with a green gradient. The background is a warm red brown.
September 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 44/72 Thunder ceases #minimalistart #artsky
Two fish swim in front of a purple cloud. The fish are white outlines. In the background of the purple cloud is a shadow of the cloud made up of vertical lines. The background is an orange to yellow gradient.
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 43/72 Swallows leave. #minimalistart #artsky
The orange outline of five fish swim up to the top right of the drawing. The outlines are overlapping each other. The background is a vibrant blue.
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Happy Libra season!

#characterdesign #procreate
A dog-like being wearing a purple judges robe sits on a throne. In one hand is a sword, pointed down. They are holding it by the hilt. Over their other hand are flaming judicial scales. The being is blindfolded. Floating above its head, between its pointed ears, is the symbol for Libra. It is in a green flame.
September 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 42/72 Wagtails sing. @inprnt.com is having a sale right now, so you can these prints for *cheap.* I try to price my prints so every can impulse buy some art on their walls: www.inprnt.com/gallery/malj...

#digitalart #minimialistart #artsky #illustrationsky #supportartists
On an orange background, two yellow orange fish swim together. There is a glow coming out of their heads. It's all low contrast on purpose.... it's meant to feel like waves of late summer, early fall heat.
September 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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HUMAN artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
Meg from A Wrinkle in Time. She is in the foreground, looking at us. She is one color (blue), while her glasses are bright yellow. You can't see her eyes through them, it's a graphic effect. Around her head is a cube, with lines extending to the top left. The background is cut in half diagonally. The left half is space, with earth and a moon. Stars are around it, colored orange. The right side is a close up of a brain. Also orange.
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons: 41/72 Dew glistens white on grass. I'd like this to this one also is heralds spooky season's approach.

#digitalart #minimialistart #artsky #illustrationsky
Three white fish swim in an inverted triangle pattern. They have a mist like feel, where their tails are fading in to the warm light green background.
September 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons 42/72: Rice ripens. Mmm rice. #digitalart #artsky #illustration
A four by six grid of white fish. They have a chromatic glitch effect applied to them, making them feel technologically out of whack. The background is deep purple, almost black.
September 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons 41/72: Heat starts to die down. The weather at the end of August here in the DMV has been exquisite. Just holy smokes beautiful. Bring on fall! #digitalart #artsky #illustration
A red fish swimming on a nearly same colored red background. A vibrant, shimmering blue is creeping up the fish from the bottom.
September 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Koi for All Microseason 40/72: Cotton flowers bloom. This one was an art changing moment. There is a ton of technique in here that I love & I'm carrying it over to other pieces, both Koi and non-Koi. Don't forget about @inprnt.com's sale right now: www.inprnt.com/gallery/malj...

#supportartists
Four orange fish swim in and out of an abstract drawing of cotton flowers. Three large white circles are in the background, behind the fish. Little white dots surround them. The leaves of the cotton flowers are black line drawings. The background color of the piece is a deep, warm blue.
August 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Mucking around with a really simplistic style. Like the fancy lowercase I posted previously, this is me just moving different drawing muscles around.
In progress drawing in Procreate of a cardinal sitting on top of a skull. The skull has a broken crown. The cardinal breathing fire.
August 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Koi for All Microseason 39/72: Thick fog descends #fishart #digitalart
Three orange fish swim to the top of the drawing. The background is a faint blue. They are swimming up into a yellow fog like mist. It's tough to see the fish at the very top.
August 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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38/72: Evening cicadas sing. I tried to capture that feeling of fireflies showing up at dusk. Except, you know, with a fish.
The background is a purple to orange gradient, starting at the top left and going to the bottom right. In the top right is an outline of a fish surrounded by four circles of various sizes. The fish and circles are yellow with a subtle glow.
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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37/72: Cool winds blow. This is a companion pieces to bsky.app/profile/skel....
The background is a left to right gradient of blue to orange. On the right, a dark orange fish swims in front of a medium orange circle.
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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36/72: Great rains sometimes fall. Halfway through!
Two red fish are in the center of the drawing. They look like they are glitching out. A thin blue intersects each of them. The image is tense.
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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35/72: Earth is damp, air is humid. It's August in the DMV so this is very fitting.
A simplistic white fish is swimming from left to right in the middle of the drawing. Behind it is a large yellow circle with some orange in the top right. Wavy lines are in front of the circle. The whole feeling of the drawing is "it's too goddamn hot."
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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34/72: Paulownia trees produce seeds. I want to make this one a shirt, with various color ways.
A drawing of a school of green fish, swimming together in the middle of a warm brown field of color. The fish are making an oblong shape.
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Koi for All Microseasons Catch Up Thread. Let's goooooo.

33/72: Hawks learn to fly
Four maroon fish swim in the upper left corner of the drawing. A thin line winds around the, like a string. The background is light blue.
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM