@jonathanhliu.bsky.social
Stay-at-home dad, reader, board gamer, GeekDad Senior Editor, Etch-a-Sketch artist. https://geekdad.com/author/jonathanhliu/ https://www.instagram.com/jonathanhliu/ (he/him) Portland, Oregon
Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: a seated cat, nose in the air and tail raised, with fumes coming from its rear and floating up to form a skull and crossbones.
#Etchtober Day 11
Today's prompt: "Farting cat," requested by Mirabelle.
I just tested positive for COVID (after just getting my shot on Tuesday!) so I'm in a mood and a farting cat seemed appropriate for today.
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That's how it starts! :)
11.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I had to go look myself. Wow, what a way to write a headline for social media!
10.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Seems like there's a lot more people on Bluesky who like Cow Tools than on Instagram. 😆
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Pocket Etch-a-sketch drawing of an Etch-a-Sketch drawing of a Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing of an Etch-a-Sketch drawing of a just-barely-visible Etch-a-Sketch.
#Etchtober Day 10
Today's prompt: "an infinite progression of smaller etch-a-sketches: you know, a picture of a picture of a picture..." requested by Matt Blum
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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: Lego Spider-Man and Lego Batman stand behind a table with four objects from the Far Side cartoon "Cow Tools"
#Etchtober Day 9
Today's prompt: "Lego Spider-Man and Lego Batman bonding over how great gadgets are," requested by Nick & Jen.
Who's old enough to remember these gadgets?
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Thanks! I have a weird brain. 😁
08.10.2025 22:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I think I may know who you're talking about. I've tried helping a little bit just with info but there's also part of me that feels like this is really not my place to do anything legally.
08.10.2025 21:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: A giant meeple steps over a building, while three cops in riot gear look up in horror at the bottom of its descending foot.
#Etchtober Day 8
Today's prompt: "Meeple Terror Portland," requested by @mikevanderveen.bsky.social. A terrifying image of our war-ravaged city. And you thought the inflatable frog was bad.
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Got a roundup of several tabletop projects currently on Kickstarter, Gamefound, and Backerkit!
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No such thing 😁
08.10.2025 00:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks!
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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: a branching vine spreads across the drawing, with a few normal flowers as well as a pumpkin, Audrey (from Little Shop of Horrors), a poisonous apple, a ghost, a spider, an eyeball, a skull, some Venus flytraps, and the head of a fungus zombie from The Last of Us.
#Etchtober Day 7
Today's prompt: "Spoopy Florals," provided by Clarice @embereye.bsky.social
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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch: Lilith, a character from Shen Comix with messy blonde hair and large eyes, draws on a piece of paper.
#Etchtober Day 6
Today's prompt: "Lilith from Shen Comix"
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Oh, and I forgot to share this on Friday:
Girls vs Ghouls, a Halloween-themed game with hidden roles and lots of tricks and treats!
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This murder mystery from @oinkgames.bsky.social challenges you to leave your Dying Message so the detectives can catch your killer.
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Today's Stack: six comics about ghosts and spirits!
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Etch-a-sketch drawing of Captain America saying: "I understood that reference."
06.10.2025 01:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I know, especially since I'm not posting videos, I feel like I'm just obsolete ... but I mean, it's an Etch-a-Sketch. I kind of did this to myself 😅
05.10.2025 23:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of hand holding a Pocket Etch-a-Sketch with the Grendel drawing on it, showing that it is palm-sized.
Every now and then I like to share a photo that shows the size reference—most of my drawings these days are on a Pocket Etch-a-Sketch, so they're pretty tiny! You can't always tell from the close-up photos.
05.10.2025 20:03 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: the cover of Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem," a tabletop game. A masked figure crouches, one hand outstretched over a small city skyline, holding a forked staff behind his back. A forked bolt of lightning and clouds can be seen in the background, and the title logo appears across the top.
#Etchtober Day 5
Today's prompt was "Off the Page Games logo, or the cover for Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem" requested by Jay Cormier of @offthepagegames.bsky.social.
I said, "why not both?" and did the cover with the logo down in the corner. Kind of.
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Totally self-promoting, but this is the month when I do an Etch-a-Sketch a day! They're here on Bluesky but if you want to see them without all my other posts, my Instagram is art-only.
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I mean, maybe there is no endgame? Like, sometimes games that have a fixed endpoint encourage decisions that will get you across the finish line because you don't care about what would happen afterward.
05.10.2025 17:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cartoon by Asher Perlman: two people walking along a sidewalk, talking. Caption: “I’m a little wiped out because I didn’t get enough sleep last night or the previous thousand.”
It me
05.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: a slouching man with messy hair wearing a T-shirt, baggy sweatpants, and socks stands in front of a full-length mirror, one hand over his chin, contemplating his reflection, which shows a man with neatly combed hair wearing a tie and slacks, standing confidently.
#Etchtober Day 4:
"Model Me & Not Me" from the RCT Toybox, a collection of concepts from Relational-Cultural Theory, requested by the Bloomington Center for Connection.
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Just finished watching season 2 of Silo and though I enjoyed it, I can't help but think that all the layers of lies and secrets ultimately made people more curious to go outside than telling them the truth would have.
03.10.2025 17:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: the Haribo bear mascot holding a balloon and wearing a party hat, wearing a bow around its neck and gesturing with one arm at a row of five pineapples. In the background are rough shapes suggesting a bunch of gummy bears as seen in the packaging.
#Etchtober Day 3
"Haribo Goldbears (Pineapple flavored) are the best," requested by Sean L.
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If you want to get in on the Etchtober fun and give me a prompt to draw, my Kickstarter campaign is taking late pledges and I've still got about 7 slots left!
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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: A T-rex wearing a short-sleeve button-up shirt walks past a desk, grinning and making "finger guns" at a triceratops seated at the desk, wearing a shirt and tie, typing on a computer, and rolling its eyes.
#Etchtober Day 2: "Casual Rex," requested by Gerry Tolbert
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