J. L. Barnes

I got interviewed by Canvas Rebel! If you've ever wanted to know a little more about how I got into art as a disabled creator and my (extremely negative) feelings toward generative AI, this is the interview for you! Check it out here: canvasrebel.com/meet-jessica... #noAI #fantasyart #cosplay

Inktober Day Twenty-Seven: Dumb. Questionable prompt word, I felt like, but I went with a mechanical Norway Lemming, as the species is known for challenging MUCH larger animals instead of bravely running away. Total time: ~3 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday27 #Inktober2026 #dumb #art

Inktober Day Twenty-Six: Zip. Turns out the parrot snake is ALSO known as the "belligerent zip tie." Therefore you all get a silly steampunk snake. Total time: ~5.75 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday26 #Inktober2026 #zip #snakes

Inktober Day Twenty-Six: Zip. Turns out the parrot snake is ALSO known as the "belligerent zip tie." Therefore you all get a silly steampunk snake. Total time: ~5.75 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday26 #Inktober2026 #zip #snakes

Inktober Day Eighteen: Flightless. Zoom in to see what our kiwi friend is looking at in the balloon! Total time: ~5.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday18 #Inktober2026 #flightless #kiwi

Inktober Day Twenty-Two: Beacon. I'm predictable in my love of anglerfish. Total time: ~4.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday22 #Inktober2026 #beacon #deepsea

Inktober Day Twenty: Lounge. Do you think she knows he's here? Total time: ~7.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday20 #Inktober2026 #lounge #horrorart

Inktober Day Twenty-One: Hero. Every cat thinks he's the hero. Total time: ~3.25 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday21 #Inktober2026 #hero #cats

Inktober Day Twenty-Five: Fracture. Someone had an extremely unfortunate day. Total time: ~6 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday25 #Inktober2026 #fracture #steampunk

Inktober Day Twenty-Three: Dapper. Mr. Darcy and his pet button, Mr. Pemberley, are pleased to meet your acquaintance. They've donned steampunk attire for this very special occasion. Total time: ~3.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday23 #Inktober2026 #dapper #gentlemenanimals

Inktober Day Twenty-Four: Bake. An animated steampunk stove! I'm not sure it's friendly... Total time: ~2.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday24 #Inktober2026 #bake #ttrpg

Inktober Day Twenty-Four: Bake. An animated steampunk stove! I'm not sure it's friendly... Total time: ~2.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday24 #Inktober2026 #bake #ttrpg

Please help me, I'm 5 days late AGAIN. I can't concentrate on anything. Anything helps ♥️♥️♥️ I also need to give something to storage even if it isn't the full amount 💜💖💜 I update my need in my display name Thank you ♥️

Inktober Day Twenty-Two: Beacon. I'm predictable in my love of anglerfish. Total time: ~4.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday22 #Inktober2026 #beacon #deepsea

Inktober Day Twenty-One: Hero. Every cat thinks he's the hero. Total time: ~3.25 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday21 #Inktober2026 #hero #cats

Bonus: Lucy has some concerns about Silent Hill

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

Inktober Day Nineteen: Confused. I think we're all a little burned out and confused these days... Total time: ~3.75 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday19 #Inktober2026 #confused #burnout

Inktober Day Twenty: Lounge. Do you think she knows he's here? Total time: ~7.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday20 #Inktober2026 #lounge #horrorart

Yall ever wonder how full your health bar is?

Inktober Day Nineteen: Confused. I think we're all a little burned out and confused these days... Total time: ~3.75 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday19 #Inktober2026 #confused #burnout

piggybacking off this: the most powerful sales technique in the world, for pretty much all of human history, has been word of mouth. If you like something someone made, TELL YOUR FRIENDS. Tell everyone. Leave reviews. Repost. Talk about it. Link to it and link to the artist. We depend on YOU.

Inktober Day Eighteen: Flightless. Zoom in to see what our kiwi friend is looking at in the balloon! Total time: ~5.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday18 #Inktober2026 #flightless #kiwi

Inktober Day Fifteen: Hooray. Doesn't he just look thrilled to be here? Total time: ~3.25 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday15 #Inktober2026 #hooray #silly

Inktober Day Fourteen: Lady. The lady vanishes. Total time: ~4.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday14 #Inktober2026 #lady #spookyseason

Inktober Day Sixteen: Gangly. A meld of gears and bone and flesh stalks the forest... and you. Total time: ~5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday16 #Inktober2026 #gangly #horrorart

Inktober Day Seventeen: Contraption. A flying contraption that bites back. Total time: ~4 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday17 #Inktober2026 #contraption #dragons

Why does the county coroner have a political affiliation listed on my ballot?! Death and science should not be political!

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Fantasmicalloween Day 12 The Ghost Whisperer

My job is doing their own version of Inktober again, and I’ve got two prompts to do. One of them being “Hide.” Took this opportunity to make a small piece of Silent Hill 2 art. First time ever drawing any of these characters. #silenthill #silenthill2 #jamessunderland #pyramidhead #ink #drawing

The TOS update at meta. I just set my insta to personal and removed all the links. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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Inktober Day Seventeen: Contraption. A flying contraption that bites back. Total time: ~4 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday17 #Inktober2026 #contraption #dragons

Daily birds 91 - Kākāpō

Inktober Day Sixteen: Gangly. A meld of gears and bone and flesh stalks the forest... and you. Total time: ~5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday16 #Inktober2026 #gangly #horrorart

Inktober Day Three: Miniature. The tiny witch from Day One makes a surprise reappearance! I'd planned to go a different direction on this one, but our friendly witch volunteered to collect botanicals instead! Total time: ~6 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday3 #Inktober2026 #miniature #mushrooms

Inktober Day Eleven: Rescue. Looks like the white rabbit arrived just in time! Total time: ~6.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday11 #Inktober2026 #rescue #fantasyart

Inktober Day Thirteen: Flimsy. Our dragonfly friend is flying free! Total time: ~5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday13 #Inktober2026 #flimsy #art

Inktober Day Fifteen: Hooray. Doesn't he just look thrilled to be here? Total time: ~3.25 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday15 #Inktober2026 #hooray #silly

That this bot, which posts random stills and clips from the thousands of hours of VHS transfers on archive.org, landed on *this specific frame* feels like finding the monkey at the typewriter that managed to write Hamlet.

Inktober Day Fourteen: Lady. The lady vanishes. Total time: ~4.5 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday14 #Inktober2026 #lady #spookyseason

And the void looked back at you

Several of you appeared to enjoy reading my post telling the backstory of our massive orange cat Jim the other day, and his graduation to domestic life, so I thought I'd do a thread here, looking a bit more closely at Jim's career as a cat, and mine as an author, and our contrasting fortunes...

Inktober Day Seven: Panic. The steampunk influence on this one was a little light, alas. Tomorrow! Credit to andriano_cz (Adobe Stock) for the pose reference on the cowering girl. That pose was hard to work out! Total time: ~7 hours #Inktober #Inktoberday7 #Inktober2026 #panic #spooky