Atshorlus, the artist 🏳️‍⚧️

"In the Glitch"

Felt frustrated so I made a quick clip of glitching selfies mixed in with footage from CRTs

#glitchart #glitch #selfportrait #crt

I don't often talk about having been a victim of sexual assault in my childhood and adolescence, but I will say now that everything I've been through in trying to rebuild my sense of self and become a functioning adult is burning in my chest with raw fury at seeing the stupid cruelty of these people

"Anxiously Waiting" (2011)

I collection of narrative pieces around the idea of being anxious for a date represented by the glasses I wore at the time. ...Man I lived in such a shit apartment at the time but hey that's college.

#traditionalart #pastel #narrativeart #pastelart #impressionist

penny for your th- (hit by bag of nickels)

cancel culture came for penny

Balduk spicy ramen on a table

Empty container of balduk spicy ramen

Ya know, really spicy for instant ramen. Got me a little sweat actually, but sure didn't slow me down lol

an illustration by Spindle of the character Asimov, a half-elf woman with white hair tied up in a bun. The view is of Asimov's back, as she opens up the curtains to let in the morning light.

morning moment

Artists! Quote with your night art! 🌃

Wake up Tracks '25 - YouTube

Here's this year's which after Static by Flavor Foley I stay kinda stuck in in the wonderful world of vocaloids just like real life! Lol youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Wake up Songs '24 - YouTube

Here's the 2024 one and despite the two versions of carameldansen, it's funnily diverse playlist 😄 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

How 4 Gay Black Women Fought Back Against Sexual Harassment — And Landed In Jail They're called the New Jersey 4, a group of young women who were catcalled and allegedly attacked in New York. Why did they — and not their harasser — end up in jail? A new documentary digs in.

Learning about this shit filled me with rage

www.npr.org/sections/cod...

Lololol when inspiration strikes!

I'm kinda working on a similar project myself making a playlist of tracks that I wake up with playing in my head after a month of the one song being "Carameldansen." If you want I could share it with you, I love music exchanges! 😊

This was one I didn't grow up with, but came to it because Rock Band made it a spotlight song around the same time one of the Trolls movies came out. One of my daughters really took to it and enjoyed hearing me sing it 😊 also I get a laugh dropping my voice for the disturbed cover that sux

Various drawings of Ali trying to emotionally regulate herself, covering mouth with turtleneck sweater, making a hair mustache, wearing a face mask with an expression on it, and the ultimate, the "hair shield" having the hood up and all the long hair covering the face.

Header: when nearing a meltdown and escape isn't feasible. Drawing: Ali staring blankly, hiding under work desk, inside a large cardboard box, and even squeezing between a fridge and the industrial pantry. Footer: the approach becomes more desperate in its appearance.

Header: better believe that when confronted Drawing: Ali squeezed between fridge and industrial pantry, with mask back on and anxiety emoting. Person out of frame "Ali? What are you doing?" "Oh ya know, just "squeezing in" some alone time!" Footer: The mask is back on, no matter how odd the scenario.

Side panel: 30 vacant- Ali OC shrugging with a blushing nervous smile mask on saying "Some people don't really grasp how exhausting "masking" really is. [this comic is based on my personal experience. everyone's different].

Now with a "hmmmm..." Expression but with the mask on still. "Which is kinda intentional, since "not masking" is often a no-go. / The goal too, is to be NOT seen as "masking."

Header: Sometimes you can catch the mask coming off for a breather when I'm tired or something out of the norm happens. Picture of me maskless, with only beady little expressionless eyes, staring at the bark on a tree as a man carrying a bag walks by on the city sidewalk.

Header: Usually, it'll be out of sight sometimes it's aided by scarf or sunnies. Picture: corner of a movie theater with a superhero poster stand in in the coming soon. Ali is wearing a flared peacoat, a pink scarf, beret, and fink lens sunglasses standing rigidly alone.

"Vacant" (Inktober 2025)

Kinda wild that it took so long to realize I was very likely autistic lol but hey! 1 Inktober prompt left and I'm done! 🎉

#inkdrawing #inkdrawing #inktober2025 #inktober2025day30 #traditionalart #autismawareness #autism #neurodiversity #comic #journalcomic

offset static feed image of a lighthouse at a sunsetm letterboxed by a blue that is unclear whether it's water or rock

"Safety III"

Another lofi liminal shot of the north shore :)

#lofi #abstract #photography #bocca #photomanipulation #seascape #mnart

It's alright if I wait til December to do a month of horny art prompts right? I just ain't got the juice when I'm still finishing off Inktober to do a horny November month! 😓

Photo of the top portion of a solo radio tower against a backdrop of grey sky and it's cables that hold it in place amidst the wind

"Bound by the Parameters"
One of the many huge towers on the hills of Duluth, MN

#photography #minimalist #mnartist

Me waking up to 60 new followers this morning

Trump standing a rigid and unamused facing the camera, as everyone else. Is checking on a guy who collapsed in the oval office

[record scratch] "You're probably wondering how I got myself into this wacky situation..."

Close up on Trans egg now cracked open, with girl Ali inside, legs poking out on the other side of the shell. Ali is looking up at boy, "Damn, you sure have a snack for makin' a girl wait!"

Header: day 1 in master's program. A white board with a welcome message and campus resources. The program director says "there are plenty of resources on campus to help you during your time here! Any questions?"

Boy Ali, sitting a desk with question mark over head and hand raised. "Wait. When did it become 'LGBTQIA+?' Doesn't the length and having a '+' defeat the purpose of an acronym?" Director responds "Why don't you look into it?"

Boy Ali reading the "LGBTQIA+ Handbook," in a lot of distress, radiating anxiety.

Boy Ali now really simplistically drawn, wide eyed, book closed in table, sitting in a white void. "Oh... That's what that was? Uh oh..." Looking at egg painted with a trans flag

Lesson (Inktober 2025)

There were plenty of moments before this that certainly alluded to me being trans, but this was the moment where it seemed possible. Spent the next two years trying to

#inktober2025 #comic #comingout #transartist #lgbtqia🏳️‍🌈 #transfeminine #transgender

static covered image of a tag on a chain-link fence in front of lake superior, overlapping a rail from a railroad as well as some other difficult to parse images

"Low-Rez Crosstalk"

The scraps of my 'Liminal Duluth' project all tossed into a single image

#photography #photomanipulation #lofiedits #lowresolution #retro

For being a bit of a shut in today, I thought I looked pretty nice 🙂

a black and white drawing of a girl wearing cat ears . Alt: a black and white drawing of a komi getting excited and sprouting cat ears

Dare I begin to hope?

MAMDANI: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name ...."

rip dick cheney, who farted so hard inside his custom biohazard suit that he choked on his own emissions 😢

ambient light of a pizza sign in a restaurant room full of wood paneling

"Liminal Pizza"

Was pretty haunting when I was standing there, full of pizza.

#liminalphotography #liminal #photography #photo #interiorphotography #blackandwhitephoto #retro #mnartist

25 Inferno: a room with a bed, tv, xbox 360 and a trans flag on the wall, as the sun starts to rise. footer: I started the full HRT regiment and became an "EARLY BIRD!!"

Same room, now looking at early transition Ali OC, sleeping while embracing a pillow. A piece of art is on the wall. Header text: Thought maybe it was the estrogen, but...

Header: It was definitely because if I didn't...| Ali OC shoots awake as the sun lands on her face, already sweating, a gasp of "Oh No!"

Ali OC sits up in bed, with exaggerated bed head with the the tips sprouting small fires, as the room is now completing in flames, with the bedding getting scorched through and the metal headboard and art on the wall melting. Exacerbated, Ali OC says "Woah, that hit REAL fast!"

"Inferno" (Inktober 2025)

Swooping back to finish off the rest of Inktober. This one was pretty fun (I got new pens). 3 more to go!

#inktober #inktober2025 #inkdrawing #journalcomic #transartist #traditionalart #queerart