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JustinSmithArt

@justinsmithart.bsky.social

Painter, cartoonist, illustrator, storyboardist, musician, neurodivergent, vegan, he/him. BLM, TLM, F12, no GenAI, no NFTs, free Palestine https://linktr.ee/justinsmithart

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We need to somehow mass-hypnotize cops so they look at ICE agents, they think they’re seeing black men.

08.10.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Pondering Al for your book cover?
You may want to think again.
β€’ Readers will see an Al cover and think you've also taken Al shortcuts in the writing
β€’ Al images aren't particularly realistic-look at fingers, limbs, shadows, etc.
β€’ There's more to cover design than a picture, a title, and the author's name
β€’ Al has been trained on the artwork of humans, and for the most part, those creatives were not compensated
β€’ The person who would normally get paid for this job is losing out on income
β€’ Al images cannot be copyrighted
β€’ Al requires a tremendous amount of energy and contributes to global warming

Pondering Al for your book cover? You may want to think again. β€’ Readers will see an Al cover and think you've also taken Al shortcuts in the writing β€’ Al images aren't particularly realistic-look at fingers, limbs, shadows, etc. β€’ There's more to cover design than a picture, a title, and the author's name β€’ Al has been trained on the artwork of humans, and for the most part, those creatives were not compensated β€’ The person who would normally get paid for this job is losing out on income β€’ Al images cannot be copyrighted β€’ Al requires a tremendous amount of energy and contributes to global warming

02.10.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People in the US won't believe this, but a society requiring people to own a motor vehicle to get anywhere actually gives you LESS freedom than a society where you can safely walk, bike, or feasibly opt to take mass transit.
If you're a slave to your car, you're also a slave to your job.

01.10.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 709    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 23
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"I just like colors and like to paint different scenes. It gives me inner peace. It gives me the same thing as playing music. It's all the same. It's all beautiful. Life can be beautiful."

Pharoah Sanders
October 13, 1940 - September 24, 2022

24.09.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How much extra does he have to pay/threaten them to do that?

19.09.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Artists, quote this with skull art πŸ’€

17.09.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A friend reposted this by @zellieimani.bsky.social from 2020 and it remains apt:

β€œFor the oppressed, peace is the absence of oppression. But for the oppressor, peace is the absence of resistance."

16.09.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 728    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Nepal's cops: *kills 20 of Nepal's children in 24 hours*

The people of Nepal: *do basically full revolution inside a week*

United States cops: *kills thousands of America's children every single year*

The people of America: Now is not the time to call for defunding the police or voting socialist

13.09.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1023    πŸ” 408    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 20

For me, 3 or 4. 5 if I play guitar somewhere in there.

03.09.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a picture of a ladder that says mnf on the top Alt: A gif of a guillotine dropping

Yeah, their β€œseat!”

14.08.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
14.08.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

The forced mass extinction of anyone who’s not wealthy and white could be a lot of things: a bummer, a boo boo, a fumble, even an oopsie-poopsie-doodle! But don’t dare call it β€œeugenics,” you alarmist freaks!

07.08.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The forced mass extinction of anyone who’s not wealthy and white could be a lot of things: a bummer, a boo boo, a fumble, even an oopsie-poopsie-doodle! But don’t dare call it β€œeugenics,” you alarmist freaks!

07.08.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unfriendly reminder:

06.08.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9887    πŸ” 3266    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 35

Fascism requires a high dependency on corporatized social services with consolidated power structures that have little public accountability.

The interests of capitalists and fascists are aligned in a perfect circle. Complete, parasitic control and monetization of all aspects of our lives.

07.08.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.

It aired in 1990.

06.08.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 28242    πŸ” 10001    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 153

Interesting how the president who got impeached over the consensual sex with a woman was also having non-consensual sex with children, but it was the adult woman that those in power at the time had a problem with.

05.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”

Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

02.08.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12585    πŸ” 3859    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 102
Cartoon with corporate media asking U.S. Government how it would like "Control of Internet Speech" wrapped: Anti-terrorism or protect kids

Cartoon with corporate media asking U.S. Government how it would like "Control of Internet Speech" wrapped: Anti-terrorism or protect kids

t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.

28.07.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 13423    πŸ” 5106    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 60

I once read a comment saying something like "if you choose not to laugh at farts, your life will contain less laughter but still the same amount of farts". I think about that a lot.

27.07.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5768    πŸ” 1297    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 46
Seven frog castle drawings are next to each other. They are all 2.5x 3.5.

The top row are all vertical when the tree below them are all horizontal.
Two have more of a blue green pallet, one has a purple background, and four of them have more of a pink and/or rose with blue pallet. All have white and blueish purple ink
You can get one for 10. Dm for more details.

Seven frog castle drawings are next to each other. They are all 2.5x 3.5. The top row are all vertical when the tree below them are all horizontal. Two have more of a blue green pallet, one has a purple background, and four of them have more of a pink and/or rose with blue pallet. All have white and blueish purple ink You can get one for 10. Dm for more details.

Six of these frog castles are available for 10 each
They fit in 2.5x3.5 frames

I also have one 4x4 green pallet frog castle available for 15 and one green pallet 4x6 frog castle for 20.

26.07.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or Vera!

27.07.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ozzy Osbourne, Rock God Despite Himself (1948–2025) The Prince of Darkness, who gave us heavy metal as we know it, has been laid to rest.

I wrote about John β€œOzzy” Osbourneβ€”a working class lad made good, who rose from a slaughterhouse killing floor to the highest echelons of rock stardom in spite of himself, who gave us heavy metal and left a more complex legacy than many realizeβ€”for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

25.07.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6006    πŸ” 855    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 66
Side by side comparison of the SG style I built and painted with snot-dripping monster faces in regular light and glowing in blacklight

Side by side comparison of the SG style I built and painted with snot-dripping monster faces in regular light and glowing in blacklight

Presenting the Snot Goblin! It still needs a proper setup, but it plays great and looks sick af (literally). Timelapse and demo vids coming soon to YouTube!

18.07.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The people who elected Ronald Reagan, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump know better than to listen to celebrities.

17.07.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget child sex predator!

08.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sign hanging from a tree says rabbit season. But Bugs Bunny is about to tear it down.

Sign hanging from a tree says rabbit season. But Bugs Bunny is about to tear it down.

This reveals a new sign that says duck season and now Daffy duck is about to tear it down

This reveals a new sign that says duck season and now Daffy duck is about to tear it down

But this reveals assign that says Elmer season

But this reveals assign that says Elmer season

Bugs Bunny and Daffy duck look over at Alma Fudd and smile

Bugs Bunny and Daffy duck look over at Alma Fudd and smile

When we finally start to build community and solidarity.

04.07.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6863    πŸ” 2004    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 8

The bill’s ICE funding is tantemount to making the Ku Klux Klan a branch of the military.

02.07.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 685    πŸ” 196    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5

Who illustrated the cover?

26.06.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Most things that people with power tell you are "unrealistic" are in fact not. What they actually are is counter to THEIR INTERESTS. You shouldn't swallow their propaganda. It's silly.

26.06.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 633    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

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