pseudo-ersatz
@pseudo-ersatz.bsky.social
Artist, designer, illustrator, printer, sculptor, activist. Co-owner of Otherworldly Arts Collective, Northstar Printing Studio, and ALTR Gallery. Bicyclist, tinkerer, plant hoarder, cat-person, old-grouch leftist.
US politicians — want internet media to hoard personal info?— WITHOUT MAKING THEM LIABLE FOR DATA THEFT!?!? Here’s a deal: drop online ID laws, and I’ll send you all my private sexual fantasies, kinks, and experiences, IN VIVID DETAIL… …then decide if you REALLY want to know everything about us.
Anything that can go wrong did go wrong. But the results are satisfactory, despite taking twice as long as it should have…
NEW STUFF ALERT! 🫨 Next Tuesday 8/11 at NOON CST we have a handful of new products going LIVE including fish bag preorders! First up, we’ve got new juicy enamel pins featuring 90s, Fruity and Lavender! #fish #fishing #pincollection #enamelpins
Bree Newsome Bass climbed a flagpole at South Carolina’s capitol to rip the confederate flag off after that shooting. The pigs wanted to taser the flagpole to make Bree fall. James Tyson (white man) heard this — then put his hand on the flagpole, halting this. THAT is how you use white privilege.
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · yesterday#OtD 4 Aug 2016 Dwayne Stafford attacked an accused white supremacist church-mass murderer at the Charleston County jail, telling an NBC reporter, “I beat Dylann Roof’s ass.” After the attack, donors helped raise money to pay his bail and get out
Not big online, but successful with irl events and shows. Benefits: No one shows up to an event with another artist’s stolen identity. It’s high-risk to use AI slop or stolen images. Irl threats are just a dumb idea. …any of that is an instant ass-whooping from the NE Minneapolis art community.
Other reprints I might convert to 16x20-inch posters and using different colors…
Sketch intended for SafeWord. Hearing friends in sex work — seems the pay isn’t trade for exhibition, physical effort, or gratification — it’s trade for sanity. It’s pay to cross lines until the clientele go too far … or … Point is, I need to include a LOT more fetishes in this to make a point.
It’s methamphetamines. In Trump’s first term, someone from ‘Apprentice’ anonymously wrote a tell-all about how Trump was a pill-popper to stay awake, and used so much he was constantly shitting himself. Seemed far fetched back then; makes tons of sense now.
Reprint colors / alternate colors. Coming to the Paleo Show next Fri/Sat.
Almost all 35 prints sold in under a year. Should I reprint 35 more? Different colors?
pseudo-ersatz@pseudo-ersatz.bsky.social · 12mo agoFinished the digital design. Now the mental health bullshit kicks in: I’m spending lots of money on film, paper, ink - to print in the studio that I pay rent on. If anything looks remotely like I’m fucking up, my internal thoughts turn real dark, real fast. …also, deadlines are looming…
This year’s Drop-In Deck Show is coming early September. Here’s from last year:
pseudo-ersatz@pseudo-ersatz.bsky.social · 12mo agoImportant thing is, I got to see the skateboard art. And my board sold!
I'm happy to be in this years LALUZAPALOOZA at Luz De Jesus Gallery in LA! My painting: Life Of The Party, 10"x12" oil on panel will be among a big roster. The opening reception is Aug. 7th If you are interested, contact Bernadette at info@laluzdejesus.com #laluzapalooza #popsurreal #johnsauerart
Back at my boiling sauna of a shared studio to print more bullshit for a dino show!
Finished inking. Unfortunately, it’s only half of the inking, and the fun part :/
“But AI will save the planet.” This shit… unless AI is given the ability to kill the wealthy, destroy their corrupt power systems, and establish actual equity in governments — it cannot save the planet. Could it develop the technology to save us? Sure. But that’s not what the wealthy ask it to do.
Art share; pinning this to the top. Find me out in the wild: jlrwork.com oacmn.com northstarprintmakerstudio.com
Experiment time! —> what happens when the print studio is a 98-degree pressure cooker? Well the cool thing is — the amber lamp doesn’t catch fire, the emulsion behaves, and the LED exposure unit doesn’t overheat… BUT THE GUY DOING THE PRINTING FUCKING MELTS IN HIS OWN SWEAT.
I’m not saying BlueSky is a liberal-thought echo-chamber, but … my political comments on news posts here get more attention than my art. If only attention is what I craved; taking swipes at this joke of an administration is a LOT fucking easier.
Promoting an upcoming event at Jackson Flats. Jackson Flats public gallery helped OAC host events for 12 years until we acquired ALTR Gallery, so we have huge respect for their events. Check them out!
Screen printing for Broken Windows Theory event. I’ve been printing back-tone colors too dark in the past, and got cowardly this time; too light. I’ve lost some of the intended color contrast as a result. But I’m satisfied with the final result. Ink mixing is such a bitch of a process…
Debut event for my prints, ‘Walkable Kitties’ and ‘Participating in Reruns’ will be at…
Otherworldly Arts Collective@oacmn.bsky.social · 2w agoBROKEN WINDOWS THEORY — happening this Friday and Saturday. Street art in the gallery. Live painting. Drinks and food at Norseman Distillery. Bring your battle jacket…
After five attempts to design this illustration, I finally decided to go grungy/dirty with it, and now we have a poster: Walkable Kitties. Three color screen poster, 16x20-inch, and ... we'll see if I can match the colors with the inks I got. Too broke to buy more.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR GODS & MONSTERS. Submissions close around midnight today. To apply is free. Fees apply if you are accepted and you wish to be in the show. NO ART GENERATED WITH AI WILL BE ACCEPTED. gandm2026.artcall.org
The Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl... If this is your first time hearing about this comic, I wish I was you -- to be able to read it all for the first time. Me? I'm waiting for any news of an update. No pressuring the artist; we all got things :) karlkerschl.com/abominable/
OAC's policy includes a ban on images generated via AI. After years of research and debate, we've solidified this policy and included it in our artist contract: NO IMAGERY GENERATED BY AI. The new contract language allows OAC to ban artists caught using AI imagery AT ANY TIME.
Jimothy gives me the ick. Not their fault; I just can’t look at the critter without associating them with — shoulder cramping, pinched nerves, broken ribs, or any other related debilitating back pain I’ve experienced. I’m a bad person.
Additionally: OAC will investigate any accusations of artists bad behavior, including use of AI in submissions. But claims MUST be verifiable, and include contact information allowing us to communicate with those making claims. OAC maintains anonymity of accusers, even if claims are not verified.
Lots of plans didn’t go as planned. So I finally got back on this and made some showable progress to end the day well…
