Jessi Eoin

@jbeoin.bsky.social

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they/them 🌿 illustrator + cartoonist 🍄 changeling 🌼 jbeoin.com/newsletter 🌿 hellojbeoin@gmail.com 🍄 rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social‬ ✨

A screenshot from an instagram account holder whose handle is @TheCraftyGrrl. It shows a pair of hands laying down an applique patch of Jimothy, the raccoon with a short spine, on a square of denim fabric. He's made extra cute with rosy cheeks and a playful smile. There's text above that reads, "Jimothy. More spine than most."
Interior of a bus with brown seats.
A traditionally pieced quilt block of Jimothy, the raccoon with a short spine. The block is made by a user on instagram whose handle is @FancyLadQuiltCo.
Movie poster for They Will Kill You. A Black woman covered in blood gives a fierce, determined look to the viewer while holding up a bloody blade in front of her face. The blood forms images of other characters' faces.
Movie poster for Hard Candy. A young person wearing a red hood stands in the middle of a bear trap as if they are bait.
A side view of a side table's fabric organizer / cover with ten pockets. In the front, there are four additional mini pockets, and a skein of yarn is held up on a dowel to make for easier crocheting. The fabric is a warm yellow.
A six-panel comic drawn on a square sketchbook. Panel 1: close-up of a person sweating and tugging their lower eyelids down in distress, yelling, "Ugh! I've been so busy and stressed lately!" Panel 2: the person stretches out, thinking, "Maybe I need a hobby to decompress...." Panels 3 to 5: an accumulation of hobbies appear: crochet, hand quilting, and growing plants. Panel 6: the person is surrounded by a massive pile of hobby materials and overgrown plants, and they look squished in by the claustrophobic panel. With a sheepish expression, they say, "...Nope, that wasn't it."
A pair of jack-o-lanterns light up a dark room. One is carved like the character Haro from Gundam with a cute face, and the other has stars cut and etched out all over. Star-shaped lights dance on the wall behind the pumpkins, giving it a magical effect.
A photo from Jessi's perspective as they sit on a couch with their legs up and hidden underneath a hand-quilted quilt. The quilt is a checkerboard pattern of light creams and yellows with dark green squares, many of which have illustrations of deer, wildlife, and plants. The effect is very cozy.
A photo of Jessi with a shaggy mullet. They're a fat, white person with brown, wavy/curly hair. They have a big grin on their face, looking happy with their hair.
A colorful illustration of a fat, disabled, dark-skinned Black dragonfly fairy with Crouzon Syndrome; her purple gradient hair is braided back, and she looks back over her shoulder directly at the viewer with big beautiful eyes. Her wings are iridescent. She wades in a pool of water filled with water lily pads and framed by a variety of luscious plants in various shades of green. A dragonfly perches nearby on a fantastically large leaf of a plant, and tadpoles swim near the fairy in the foreground. The scene is serene and inviting.
A post on the website TrashNothing.com. It reads, "Gnome Hats. Need gnome hats-- as many as can be spared. Also interested in other gnome paraphernalia and spray paint. It's for art/activism, would love to say more in person. Let me know!!!"
Jessi's computer showing that they are transferring 68,225 files from a hard drive to a new drive. The estimated time for transferring says about nine hours.
A scrappy quilt made up of squares of print fabrics surrounded by blocks of white fabric. A threaded needle shows hand quilting in progress around a blue square with a chicken on it.
A promotional image from the canceled series Chambers. An Indigenous teenage girl is awash in green light mixed with red light coming from the figure of a white teenage girl who seems to be merged with her body.
A page with lots of black and white drawings of the same scene using different brushes to illustrate them. The scene is a small house with a chimney puffing smoke in a wintry snowscape with pine trees.
A page showing a comic in progress titled Burden. There are brush tests all over the page with a large variety of brush types, each labeled with the name of the brush.
Graphic announcing that Jessi is tabling at the virtual event Queer Zest Zine Fest 2024 from November 9 to November 17.
A colorful illustration of Jessi Eoin, a fat, white, nonbinary person with wavy brown hair and blue eyes sitting on a purple couch and drawing on a green tablet with an intense look on their face as they focus. They have purple bags under their eyes and furrowed eyebrows. They're wearing a nasal strip across the bridge of their nose, a purple sweater, and a long, blue skirt. Behind them is a yellow pillow, and next to them on the couch is a pair of black and white drawings on papers. One of the drawings shows a queer femme couple walking arm in arm, and the other shows a snake with flowers. Next to the couch is a green peperomia plant. The background is pink and yellow. On the right side, the pink side, is a white balloon showing what Jessi is drawing so intensely: a black and white drawing of a nude fat person with the word butt on it. On the left side, the yellow side, text appears in shades of purple and pink, handwritten font: "Jessi Eoin. Illustrations and Comics. And Butts." At the bottom is the title "Collection #1."
Jessi, a fat, white person with brown hair, smiling happily with a hand to their cheek and their eyes closed as if savoring the sensation of wearing their Fair Isle-style ghost sweater.
A colorful digital illustration of a fat, nude white person with herb tattoos and straight blonde hair standing in front of a wall completely covered with purple leaves and red-orange flowers. They cradle a brown and white ferret to their chest and smile peacefully with their eyes closed. A flower crown full of flowers and leaves and berries rests on their head, and light casts soft shadows all around the piece.
A colorful bingo card with a variety of horror and horror-adjacent comics on it. There are hand drawn illustrations around the card of a jack-o-lantern, spiders, and bats. Text reads, "October Comics Bingo! The further down the card you go, the more goosebumps you get-- how far can you make it? Bats on a tile indicate the comic is by a Cartoonist Cooperative member." The comics listed are Vampire Blood Drive, When Death Comes I Will Follow, Super Boba Cafe, Brooms, After Hours, The Hazards of Love: Bright World, Immortal Souls, Mamo, In the Jaws of St. Camillus, Wolvendaughter, Artie and Wolf Moon, Phobiaphilia, One Million Tiny Fires, Squad, Darlin' and Her Other Names - Part 1: Marta, Circadian, Through the Woods, The Nice House on the Lake, The Neighbors, Shades of Fear, Something Is Killing the Children, The Low Low Woods, Mage and the Endless Unknown, Beneath the Dead Oak Tree, and Blood on the Tracks. The comics Squad, The Low Low Woods, and Blood on the Tracks show a SA warning.
A colorful graphic announcing the Cartoonist Cooperative's art challenge called Cartoonber. The illustration shows the Co-op's mascot Inkling (an inkpot) playing in a corn field as autumn leaves fall around them. The Co-op logo is next to and above text that reads, "Cartoonist Cooperative presents Cartoonber! 2024! Step one: Team up with one to three other creators to make a four-page mini comic or four single page comics! Step two: Assign yourselves roles: script, lines, colors, and letters. Step three: Make a four to six panel, single page comic (standalone or part of a mini comic) every fortnight. Step four: Share it on social media on the dates mentioned and tag the Cartoonist Cooperative!" Underneath this text is the Co-op's website: https://cartoonist.coop.
An anthropomorphic nib holder is sewing a piece of fabric on a sewing machine. Their friend, and anthropomorphic inkwell, brandishes a needle and thread, which loops around the edge of the piece to a sewn banner that reads “Crafty Characters Sewing 101.”
A fat white person with brown wavy hair wearing a dress they made. The dress has a brown top and a patterned skirt with squirrels, mushrooms, hedgehogs, plants, and other fall ephemera on it.
A mockup of a quilt top and backing using blues, teals, corals, reds, and gold to create a sort of knitted sweater look for the top. The backing is all blue. It looks cozy.
Jessi's hand holding up a copy of the book Wires Cross by ONeillJones and Beth Fantaskey.
Page one of the comic the (tiny) friend by Jessi Eoin. The color palette is bright and colorful. The main character is a tiny, fluffy, old, purple fairy whose body looks like a ball of fluff with chubby arms and legs, wrinkles on her face, and pink cheeks. She has a puffy braid that floats behind her, and she floats around in the air. Panel 1: The fairy peeks out from behind a tree, noticing a dandelion ready to bloom in the distance. Panel 2: She flies over to the bud, a speech bubble with a heart coming from her. The bud is green with yellow tips and white fluff at the top. She looks happy to see it. Panel 3: She then notices how many buds there are, without a single flower. A speech bubble reads, "..." to indicate hesitance, and sweat drops appear on her head. Panel 4: She uses her magic to make a dandelion bloom, straining as she does so. Panel 5: She floats from bud to bud, using her magic to flower multiple buds, growing more and more tired from the effort as she does so.
The magazine Gladiolus on a wooden table. The cover is a bright green with an illustration of a Black person dressed in cute purple, pink, and white clothes lying on a blanket with their arms propping up their chin and reading comics enthusiastically. The title is at the top, near text that reads, "Issue 1. Fall 2023."
A white wolf outdoors behind a chain link fence. It's looking cautiously at the humans sitting nearby.
A black and white illustration of an East Asian, fat, nude person with long dark hair lying exhaustedly on a couch in their living room, their arms curled up and around a pillow. They have a tattoo of a succulent plant on their upper left arm, and they have lots of cellulite and stretch marks along their body's rolls and folds. A trail of clothing and a cane lead toward the couch as if left there as the person made their way to the couch. There are two cats nearby; one naps near the person's head in a cat bed attached to the window, and the other sits on the floor looking up at the human. There are cat toys and plants all around the room, and on the table in front of the couch, there are arts and craft supplies next to a vase with a single flower in it. A painting reads, "Sleep deeply (and often)."
A black and white digital illustration of two fat Black people standing close together, holding hands, and eying each other lovingly as they stand next to a lily plant with two flowers atop a long stem. The woman on the left has on a medieval style dress with long, ornamental sleeves and a flowing skirt; she uses a wooden cane, and her hair is worn natural, forming a triangular shape with all her curls. The nonbinary person on the right is wearing a tunic and hose over their chain mail armor, as well as a long, flowing cape and pointy shoes. The hood is up, framing their face and hair in twists as it cascades down to their shoulder. They look bashful while the woman looks at them fondly. In the background, there are fruiting orange trees in the distance, and they're surrounded by heavily textured grass. On the bottom left, there is a parchment-like banner with the title of the piece and Jessi's name on it.
A digital illustration of two fat white people embracing in a passionate kiss inside a cathedral with stone walls and columns and a wood planked floor. The person on the left is wearing a long, golden yellow dress and has long, flowing red hair, pale skin, and a prominent birthmark on her face over her eye and cheek. She has one hand pressed to the chest of the person she's kissing. The person on the right is a wheelchair user with a deep purple, short-backed, athletic chair with a silver sword attached to the back. The sword has a pink flower and green leaves engraved on the hilt. The person themself is wearing silver armor underneath a blue cloak with white fur at the neck, elbow, and calf, adapted for wearing in a chair while fighting. They have long, wavy brown hair, half tied back in a braid & a dusting of freckles all over their skin. They hug the person on the left, gripping the person's shoulder. In the background, there are two Norman style windows with colorful stained glass.
A colorful illustration of Jessi Eoin, a fat, white, nonbinary person with wavy brown hair and blue eyes sitting on a purple couch and drawing on a green tablet with an intense look on their face as they focus. They have purple bags under their eyes and furrowed eyebrows. They're wearing a nasal strip across the bridge of their nose, a purple sweater, and a long, blue skirt. Behind them is a yellow pillow, and next to them on the couch is a pair of black and white drawings on papers. One of the drawings shows a queer femme couple walking arm in arm, and the other shows a snake with flowers. Next to the couch is a green peperomia plant. The background is pink and yellow. On the right side, the pink side, is a white balloon showing what Jessi is drawing so intensely: a black and white drawing of a nude fat person with the word butt on it. On the left side, the yellow side, text appears in shades of purple and pink, handwritten font: "Jessi Eoin. Illustrations and Comics. And Butts."
A square, 60 inch by 60 inch quilt being held up to show the front. It's patchwork pattern of squares made with dark, light, and medium fabrics in mostly green and cream colors with the occasional pop of yellow. The pattern of fabrics alternates in a pleasing checkerboard-like pattern. There's a thin, dark green floral binding around the whole quilt. The fabrics with patterns on them show lots of botanical illustrations of ferns and other leafy plants, as well as woodland animals like deer, skunks, foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels, and rabbits.
Brightly colored one page comic of Jessi and their partner in the same room, experiencing the same sixty-eight degree fahrenheit temperature. Jessi, a fat white person with their hair up in a clip, is on the lift, illustrated in tones of hot pink and neon yellow, wearing short sleeves and a skirt, sweating profusely. They fan themself with one hand, looking distressed as they say, "I'm fucking melting." Their partner, a tall thin Asian man with short hair that spikes up in the front a bit, is on the right, illustrated in tones of blue and cyan as he shivers violently despite being clothed head to toe in warm clothes. He stammers, "S-s-s-so c-c-cold." Behind them, a series of window panels indicates each of the four seasons, showing this happens every season. In the foreground, a fan pushes cool air toward Jessi and a portable heater pushes heated air toward their partner. At the top of the page is a thermometer heated to sixty-eight degrees.
Illustration of a tall, thin man whose head turns into a mushroom cap, resembling a large, broad-rimmed hat. He has pale yellow skin and creepy yellow eyes, and he wears a suit in an eye watering shade of yellow. A shadow casts over his face, giving his tight smile and staring eyes a more sinister look.
A purple sketch of two people playfully interacting. The person on the left is fat and white with short, wavy hair and a gap tooth. They wear a t-shirt and a skirt, and they grin at the man standing next to them as they poke him. The man on the right is a tall, thin Asian man with short hair that sticks up in the front. He wears a hoodie and sweatpants, and he grins playfully at the other person, moving toward them and holding their hand up to their chest.
Brightly colored one page comic of Jessi and their partner in the same room, experiencing the same sixty-eight degree fahrenheit temperature. Jessi, a fat white person with their hair up in a clip, is on the lift, illustrated in tones of hot pink and neon yellow, wearing short sleeves and a skirt, sweating profusely. They fan themself with one hand, looking distressed as they say, "I'm fucking melting." Their partner, a tall thin Asian man with short hair that spikes up in the front a bit, is on the right, illustrated in tones of blue and cyan as he shivers violently despite being clothed head to toe in warm clothes. He stammers, "S-s-s-so c-c-cold." Behind them, a series of window panels indicates each of the four seasons, showing this happens every season. In the foreground, a fan pushes cool air toward Jessi and a portable heater pushes heated air toward their partner. At the top of the page is a thermometer heated to sixty-eight degrees.
A single page comic illustrated in cyans, blues, yellows, and oranges showing two people sitting together in the midst of an explosion of plants of all varieties. The older person is a fat masculine person with brown skin and long black hair with a few streaks of white in it; wrinkles line their face, and they have a smattering of facial hair along their jaw and upper lip. They wear a colorful orange shirt with abstract flowers and leaves on it, and they have a black, geometrical tattoo on their left upper arm of triangles all in a row next to and stacked atop each other. The child has brown skin and black hair cut short like a bowl cut; they wear a baggy yellow t-shirt with blue jeans and a dark blue belt. They close their eyes as a great big tear wells up. The adult, sitting next to them, places a reassuring hand on the kid's back and gently wipes the tear from their cheek. Alt text continues in reply to this post due to character limitations.
Page one of a black and white comic by Joe Sacco. Panel 1: Close up of a man with short cropped hair, wearing glasses and holding his finger up as if lecturing. Narration: "A long time ago, when I was in Gaza, I told my friend what the Palestinians there ought to do." Panel 2: A huge crowd of Palestinians standing outside a hostile barrier of fences topped with barbed wire. Many hold protest banners and the Palestinian flag as Israeli soldiers observe from a distance on the other side. Narration: "They ought to take a page from Gandhi's book. As a great mass, they ought to march peacefully to the Israeli barrier enclosing Gaza so the world would laud their non-violence and shame the Israelis into ending their oppression." Panel 3: Close up of the man again. Narration: "My friend looked at me like I was dipped in shit." Speech from someone off panel: "Joe, they will shoot us."
Screenshot of a text between Jessi and another person. The text is in reply to a quoted message that reads, " ahhh yay! 😃💖🥳 i love books for self-birthday presents 😁 also ahhh, malaka gharib! i've got that..." and the message cuts off. The reply text reads, "you can borrow it from me if you'd like (just let me know), and i actually picked up a graphic novel because you make them sound so nice." Jessi replied to the text with a 🥰
A pink and white illustration in progress showing Kirk and Spock from Star Trek facing opposite directions and looking back at one another. Kirk has playful body language, while Spock looks reluctant as Kirk links his arm around Spock's to tug him the other way.
A green and blue line art illustration of two people sitting together in a garden bursting with a huge variety of plants. The older person is a fat masculine person with long hair who gently wipes a tear from the child sitting next to them and crying. The adult says, "It never goes away, Felix, but it's always okay to feel sad about it. Eventually, new memories and feelings will grow and ease the pain until it turns into an ache instead of a wound. Love grows side by side with the pain." Felix replies, "Like these plants?" The adult says, "Yeah... Like these plants..."
Jessi smiles at the camera. They are white and fat with a slight double chin, long wavy brown hair, and a gap between their top front teeth. They have a nasal strip on the bridge of their nose and a small silver piercing under their lip on the left side.
Illustration of a person crying, their tears forming a river, and their hair forming a sea. The colors of the Palestinian flag are used to color the person's clothes, the background, and an olive branch. White text reads, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
Illustration of Cartoonist Cooperative's mascots, Inkling (an ink bottle) and Nibford (a dip pen) in costumes for Halloween, as drawn by Jessi Eoin. Inkling is dressed as a jack-o-lantern, covered with orange and yellow paint and a leaf on a vine taped to the top of their head. Nibford is dressed as a vampire with a red cloak and fangs. They both dash through a dark wooded area with a full moon in the cloudy sky, and eerie glowing eyes watch as they run past with their trick-or-treat buckets full of candy. An ominous fog creeps toward them from all angles.
Jessi's desk in their studio covered with painting and drawing supplies: metallic watercolor set, ink wells, black ink, black pens, brushes, paint and ink stained hand towels, q-tips, colored pencils, water jars, salt, a mini spray bottle, scrap paper, and 3 inch by 4 inch pieces of art still drying.
Jessi's hand with a pot holder holding up a tray of cranberry orange scones fresh from the oven.
Purple, white, and pink graphic showing three examples of comics from Jessi Eoin. Text on the graphic reads, "Portfolio Day: Comics. jbeoin.com. hellojbeoin@gmail.com. @jbeoin on Instagram and BlueSky. @jbeoin_ on Twitter." Two arrows indicate to scroll to the next graphic.
Jessi's hand holding up a small piece of turtle cheesecake brownie with caramel sauce, pecans, and chocolate chips on top.
Cover for the comic My Father Was a Good Man by Adeline Kon. A violently red background shows a person standing and holding a gun in the open maw of a giant wolf-like creature.
Slice of a two layered chocolate Irish stout cake with ganache on a plate with a fork
Jessi Eoin’s comic "Fairy Tales for Adults." There are roses around the yellow title banner with a fancy script font. The color palette is in blues & purple with pops of other colors. There are nine panels, each showing a different fairy tale. Panel 1: "Owning a Home" shows a home, trees, & a white picket fence. Panel 2: "Pinterest" shows Pinterest open with lots of pins in beauty, diy, & home categories. Panel 3: "Retirement" shows an old white woman relaxing on a beach chair & a colorful umbrella. Panel 4: "Inbox at Zero" shows an email app with zero messages. Panel 5: "We're a Family" shows three ominous figures smiling, saying, "You don't need a union." Panel 6: "Protect & Serve" shows a white cop in uniform, grinning with his face half in shadow. Panel 7: "Health 'care'" shows a doctor wearing a surgical mask with the words "We care" on it. Panel 8: "Justice for All" shows justice scales cast in prison bar-like shadows. Panel 9: "This Shit" shows a USA flag flying on a flag pole.
A black and white image of a white Victorian era person in a dress fainting dramatically into a chair
Cover for the comic This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America. The top half of the cover is yellow and shows the creator Navied with his dog outside a cabin in a rural area with mountains in the background. The bottom half of the cover is an upside down city skyline in shades of blue.
Crab holding a knife on a tile floor.
A still from the movie Alien (1979) showing the main character Ripley (a white woman with dark brown, short curly hair) operating space equipment in a fight against an alien xenomorph.
A digital illustration of two fat white people embracing in a passionate kiss inside a cathedral with stone walls and columns and a wood planked floor. The person on the left is wearing a long, golden yellow dress and has long, flowing red hair, pale skin, and a prominent birthmark on her face over her eye and cheek. She has one hand pressed to the chest of the person she's kissing. The person on the right is a wheelchair user with a deep purple, short-backed, athletic chair with a silver sword attached to the back. The sword has a pink flower and green leaves engraved on the hilt. The person themself is wearing silver armor underneath a blue cloak with white fur at the neck, elbow, and calf, adapted for wearing in a chair while fighting. They have long, wavy brown hair, half tied back in a braid & a dusting of freckles all over their skin. They hug the person on the left, gripping the person's shoulder. In the background, there are two Norman style windows with colorful stained glass.