Jesse Cushing

@jessecushing.bsky.social

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Any/All pronouns | Interdisciplinary artist | My work revolves around social engagement, sustainability, and silly little guys Lots of reposts, so check media tab for my art only DM for custom work https://linktr.ee/jessecushing

A nature-theme character costume sketch. Her hair is shoulder-length, fading from light green at the top to bright yellow at the bottom. There are dark green shoots sprouting from it. She has a brown, bark-textured top covered with a shawl made of tangled vines and flowers. She has a brown underskirt with a topper modeled after the wings of a luna moth. The bottom of the skirt has an orange fringe. She wears leather hiking boots and gardening gloves, and yellow tendrils based on a luna moths tails hang from the skirt, some tied to her wrists so they will move with her arms. In the corner is a moodboard collage of four different moth species, tree bark, and various bright, sprouting plants. Her boots have flowers growing from inside them.
A color-block style drawing of two girls kissing. One is white with short blonde hair and a pink shirt, the other is Black with short brown hair and a blue jacket over a green shirt. The colors aren't solid though; they are cut-outs of different screenshots of movies. The black background is the same, while also being further textured by a layout of different titles available on Disney+. The bodies of the girls are overlayed with characters and posters from a few different properties. The girls faces have a glowing, golden halo behind them.
a dark, grainy, trail-cam style photo of Mothman (a dark winged figure with bright red eyes) hunched menacingly underneath a park's picnic shelter. The time stamp in the corner says "7:39pm 11/15/66 0090."
A character turnaround of a vampire cat. It has short, dark purple fur and pastel purple bat wings. Its ears are giant bat ears, and its nose is also bat like. It has big, BIG round yellow eyes, and it is flying with its body and legs hanging limply from where its wings lift it up, like cats sometimes do when being held by their stomachs or chests.
A bright green worm-on-a-string bent into a stare shape. They have three big cartoon eyes and two bent antenna. The background is a deep, dark blue with some scribbles of different shades on it and a smattering of sparkly stars.
A grey-and-white sketchy drawing on a solid black background. It shows the neck and head of strange person. They have an exaggeratedly huge ball of spikey hair on their head surrounding a similarly spiney face. They have two sets of curly eyebrows, two wavey nostrils for a nose, and well defined, highly textured lips. Their neck is mostly straight, but has notches and chips missing from it, though these are not injuries. It's just the shape of the neck. The most prominent feature is two huge eyes with giant, thick spiked for eyelashes and bright, glowing magenta irises. Swirls and dots pattern the eyes as they stare directly into the camera.
A mermaid with large purple eyes and very thick, dramatic eyelashes. She has only nostrils for a nose and no visible mouth. Her skin is a greenish-blue with a sparse, shiny scale texture Her long hair is pale pink and pearlescent. She has two large fins where her ears would be, both dark green with blue depressions and yellowish- highlights. She has a large, spiked tail curled behind her, decorated with a large purple bow and the same sort of green fins as her head. One fin has a bandage on it. She wears a dark blue, silky strapless dress with white mesh sleeves.
A character turn around of a very fluffy pomeranian with a scene aesthetic. They have black fur dyed neon green at the tips. One of their large, round eyes is covered by poofy, side-swept bangs dyed with hot pink and white stripes. There left ear is tipped in pink and is pierced with neon green rings and studs. Their left ear is tipped in green and has three pink bat-shaped earrings. Their cheek as a pink heart on it. Their front legs are wrapped in kandi bracelets and spiked bangles, while their back legs are striped with white and green. The curled tail is green on the end, and both their hind legs have a pink skull and two white stars stenciled on them cutie-mark style.
A color-block style drawing of two girls kissing. One is white with short blonde hair and a pink shirt, the other is Black with short brown hair and a blue jacket over a green shirt. The colors aren't solid though; they are cut-outs of different screenshots of movies. The black background is the same, while also being further textured by a layout of different titles available on Disney+. The bodies of the girls are overlayed with characters and posters from a few different properties. The girls faces have a glowing, golden halo behind them.
A clearer photo of the color swatch, showing a light, peachy pink color with some sparkles in it.
A bulb shaped critter with tiny, stubby legs and arms and a happy little face. Two flowers bloom from her head and most of her body is colors with a peachy pink color. She is labeled "Princess Bulbinia"
a tub of opaque pink ink next the decimated corpses of the pens it came from and a couple stained toothpicks.
The empty shells of the pens scattered on a table. the ink tubes taken out and lined up on a paper towel.
A bunch of warm-colored gel pens stuck in a small jar with a thin layer of water at the bottom.
Two cone-shaped purple flowers blooming from the dirt. Seen dramatically from below. The surrounding dirt, grass blades, and maroon leaves of the bushes behind are blurred in a circular pattern, giving intense focus to the flowers.
a sketchy drawing of a man in a black turtleneck, grey pants, and black shoes. He is missing the bottom half of one of his legs, which is torn and dripping blood. Tim is leaning heavily on a crutch and looking at the camera with pin prick red eyes and a pointy, wiggly smile. A dark shadow is cast over his face.
Three kirby OCs flying through space, a purple and blue nebula in the background. Highest is Irene, a pale-pink kirby-like angel being with swirly white wings, a wide halo on her head and two smaller halos around their floating hands. In the middle in Monde, a white lion with glowing blue and sea-green fur for his mane and tail tuft. He also has big ears, a heart shaped nose, and squishy antennae on his head. On the bottom left, riding a warp star, is Gigi; a green cat kirby with yellow-green feet, a long tail, and a fluff of hair on his head.
A bright, colorful illustration of the same parking lot transformed into a community garden. There are walking paths surrounding a central-ish circle of fruit trees and berry bushes, where a couple sit on a swing. A line of row houses has replaced a set of garage at the back, a painted shed as replaced the toll both, and there are vegetable patches, milkweed, and a field of wildflowers around the edges. The street out front has been cut in half by a vine-covered fence, separating out a generously sized bike lane. Two people, a brunet and a red-head in a wheelchair, travel down the sidewalk. A man on a bike uses the bike line. The sky is blue, with fluffy clouds casting shadows on the ground
The entrance to the UC Amateur Radio Club, as declared by the chalkboard beside the closed door. The door, and the wall beside it, are absolutely plastered with warning signs such as "WARNING: Security Cameras in Use" and "Caution: Beyond this point, radio frequency fields may exceed the FCC limit for human exposure" as well as some FAQs and schedules.
A sketchy/watercolor-esque, storybook style illustration of a jack o' lantern teddy bear setting on a porch at night. It sits at the top of a stair case, the building behind it is brick. A dark window with a spiderweb is behind it as it leans against the rail. Kinsly, the teddy bear, has bright glowing eyes and is wearing an orange neck ruffle.
A fabric portrait of my character Chime. Xey are lying down on a white sheet, wrapped in bandages that are coming off. You can see xer face, with xer wide white eyes dripping black and shaggy brown hair. You can also see fur on xer shin, and the red claws on one of xer hands, as well as patches of red, green, blue, and purple on xer torso. The rest is still hidden by bandages.
A sea-slug like creature with a sun theme. His body is filled with purple liquid, with a sun logo on it's center surround by a few sparkles. His feet have a transparent fire pattern reaching up from them. Flame-like protrusions flare out from his butt, cheeks, and the top of his heads. His eyes are closed, with two little eyebrows above them. His cheeks have swirly blush on them and his mouth is a little snout with a tiny tooth protruding out.
a blocky human-shaped creature floating in space. Their head is a black hole, surrounded by a ring of firey orange and tinges of blue. Their body is outlined with a colorful aura of pinks, yellows, and oranges.
a cute little squishy guy with two stubby legs, no arms, big eyes on the top of his head, and wide, frog-like smile sitting in a tea cup. The teacup also has big round eyes. The background is a watercolor mix of blue, purple, and green, while the figures are white.
Text Title Card: Art at beginning of COVID
a sketchy, collage art piece showing people dancing in a field. In the dirt underneath (represented by a collage of text from political speeches and images of aristocrats and gas stations) there are two skeletons: one wearing a derelict boot and tarnished crown while a worn scepter lays near their hand, one wearing a molding suit jacket and one dress shoe. The grass, drawn in rough lines of different shades of green, blooms with red and pink flowers. A variety of dancers celebrate under a wide blue sky. Each is sketched out in a different, bright color. There is a couple swing dancing, a trio doing a traditional west african dance, a young bard playing a lute next to a young woman dancing with swords, and a pair of competing break dancers. The sunny sky above them is also made up of text (lyrics from songs or quotes from activists and writers) and images of nature and people, including a kid with a bicycle and a group of people having lunch.
A collage of scribbly, sketching images combined with bits of text from old gay pride catalogues. Each is rendered in one of the colors from the original pride flag. A person with long curly hair waving a hand in the air in bright red is at the front. Behind them is a text block for a lecture on "Psychiatry and the Homosexual" in orange. Then some purple balloons and a turquoise crowd. Two lesbians are kissing in green, one is wearing a mask over her eyes. The naked torso of a muscular man in pink is layered over a headline saying "I wanted a church that would preach to me, not about me" (blue). Also in blue is an ad for a gay beach resort, thats covered by a man in fairy wings (yellow) and road closed sign in front of a balloon arch (pink). The top right corner is occupied by an orange crowd, a bunch of purple balloons, a turquoise flyer that says "The Magic is Coming," and the bold purple phrase "I AM."
A collage of scribbly, sketching images combined with bits of text from old gay pride catalogues. Each is rendered in one of the colors from the original pride flag. A person with long curly hair waving a hand in the air in bright red is at the front. Behind them is a text block for a lecture on "Psychiatry and the Homosexual" in orange. Then some purple balloons and a turquoise crowd. Two lesbians are kissing in green, one is wearing a mask over her eyes. The naked torso of a muscular man in pink is layered over a headline saying "I wanted a church that would preach to me, not about me" (blue). Also in blue is an ad for a gay beach resort, thats covered by a man in fairy wings (yellow) and road closed sign in front of a balloon arch (pink). The top right corner is occupied by an orange crowd, a bunch of purple balloons, and the bold purple phrase "I AM."
A color-block style drawing of two girls kissing. One is white with short blonde hair and a pink shirt, the other is Black with short brown hair and a blue jacket over a green shirt. The colors aren't solid though; they are cut-outs of different screenshots of movies. The black background is the same, while also being further textured by a layout of different titles available on Disney+. The bodies of the girls are overlayed with characters and posters from a few different properties. The girls faces have a glowing, golden halo behind them.
A line of my characters on the ArtFight site. There is my humanoid chimera Chime, my weirdly shaped witch Beelzebub, my long-necked vampire Vladmir, my zombie girl Zed, an old story character named Ideah who is a ghost, along with her friends Arwin the elf-rogue and Enderia the princess. Next are the my two grey-scale vampire/vampire hunter OCs sebastian and Annlise, and my recently created scene-aesthetic pomeranian and vampire cat.
A white person with short brown hair lounging on the ledge of a bay window. The lighting is dim and warm as they view the dramatic pink and yellow sun set. The have a bright red collared shirt made of a soft material and patterned with filigrees. Their black slacks and dress shows shin slightly in the lamp light.
Two cone-shaped purple flowers blooming from the dirt. Seen dramatically from below. The surrounding dirt, grass blades, and maroon leaves of the bushes behind are blurred in a circular pattern, giving intense focus to the flowers.
A long table set out in a hallway. Party decorations like streamers, ribbons, and a banner that says "PARTY" on it adorn the walls and surrounding pillars. The table is covered by mismatched table clothes and an eclectic tea set holding strange foods. A variety of different chairs are set around the table. One is occupied by a small blue creature. The head of the table does not have a chair. Instead Wesley the worm sits stands there in front of his giant mug.
A creature stands in front of a dark background of translucent green blobs. It has a squashed Mickey Mouse head with a single giant magenta eye in the forehead and a Happy Meal smile. Two more faces occupy the ears; one with four elongated eyes and big tan nose plus two dangling puppet arms and the other with smiling pink lips, tow big blue eyes, and a purple bow. The things body is long and black, with five green arms in a rubber-hose cartoon style and a repeating organic green and silver veiny pattern down the center. Two of the arms are smaller than the others and come from the same origin point. Little boxes of green highlighted text say: "Rescue. Endangerment and insanity, Stand by for clearance. Clearance is granted, little abomination."
A bluish-grey greyhound that is also a steampunk-style cyborg. It has a metal jaw and goggles. It's neck is supported by golden pistons. On it's chest is a tank of boiling water whose steam is fed to the rest of the body by pale gold pipes. In it's stomach, shown through a window framed by a leather corset, is a flaming generator. Its front leg is made up of an ornate cage containing gears, more leather and metal framework, a golden paw, gears, and a spring. The back leg has a big clock, supportive metal chains, and a piston and spring set connected to the metal foot. The tail matches its fur but is attached by a gold gear and has a train-whistle style steam release at the tip.
A line of my characters on the ArtFight site. There is my humanoid chimera Chime, my weirdly shaped witch Beelzebub, my long-necked vampire Vladmir, my zombie girl Zed, an old story character named Ideah who is a ghost, along with her friends Arwin the elf-rogue and Enderia the princess. Next are the my two grey-scale vampire/vampire hunter OCs sebastian and Annlise, and my recently created scene-aesthetic pomeranian and vampire cat.
A creature stands in front of a dark background of translucent green blobs. It has a squashed Mickey Mouse head with a single giant magenta eye in the forehead and a Happy Meal smile. Two more faces occupy the ears; one with four elongated eyes and big tan nose plus two dangling puppet arms and the other with smiling pink lips, tow big blue eyes, and a purple bow. The things body is long and black, with five green arms in a rubber-hose cartoon style and a repeating organic green and silver veiny pattern down the center. Two of the arms are smaller than the others and come from the same origin point. Little boxes of green highlighted text say: "Rescue. Endangerment and insanity, Stand by for clearance. Clearance is granted, little abomination."
A character turnaround of a vampire cat. It has short, dark purple fur and pastel purple bat wings. Its ears are giant bat ears, and its nose is also bat like. It has big, BIG round yellow eyes, and it is flying with its body and legs hanging limply from where its wings lift it up, like cats sometimes do when being held by their stomachs or chests.
A color-block style drawing of two girls kissing. One is white with short blonde hair and a pink shirt, the other is Black with short brown hair and a blue jacket over a green shirt. The colors aren't solid though; they are cut-outs of different screenshots of movies. The black background is the same, while also being further textured by a layout of different titles available on Disney+. The bodies of the girls are overlayed with characters and posters from a few different properties. The girls faces have a glowing, golden halo behind them.
a grainy, trail-cam style photos of an indistinct mothman figure walking along a forested trail. Their red eyes stick out in the gloom, and they are posed similarly to the famous bigfoot photo. A time stamp in the corner says "09:29PM 07/21/16 0120."
A colored pencil drawing of my character Zed the Zombie (green skin, bulbous body, large bean shaped head, missing right arm) standing on a grey shadow suggesting the existence of a floor. Her left hand holds a baseball bat covered in barbed wire that is dripping with blood. "Do you still feel pretty?" says the empty space next to her in rough red font.
Two people standing in front of grey building billowing smoke in a light blue void. On the right is tall man, with a cartoonish, simplified round head. He is wearing a strange VR headset and a plastic vest that looks kinda like a bulletproof one but not nearly sturdy enough to actually be useful. Its got a colorful glowing ring in place of a breast pocket. The man's black-shoe clad feet are little too big for his body. Under the vest is a pale blue jacket. On the left, clinging to the man's leg, is a slug-woman hybrid. The bottom slug half is glowing and blue and the human top-half looks like Cinderella. She is also wearing a VR headset. The grey building in the back has text about data-centers on it and the smoke contains bubbles of icons like leaves, globes, and paper pages. Amongst the smoke is a flock of robot birds with the silhouette of the Twitter logo. In front of the buildings, over the woman's shoulder, is three BlueSky butterflies with tiny text on them.
a patchwork figure hidden beneath a shroud of bandages. Some has been pulled off and are dangling from the wall, revealing eyes dripping with black, dark brown hair, red claws on one of the hands, and a bit of fluffy fur on the leg.
A character turn-around of a cartoon of a dude with tan skin and shaggy brown hair. His body has a triangular sort of curve to it; his shoulders are very thin but he widens down toward the legs, until his feet are rather large and balloon-like. His hands and head are slightly oversized. He is wearing a green, blue, and grey flannel with grey cargo pants and black boots tied with green laces. A curved sword, dripping with acid-green energy, is held loosely as his side. The energy has eaten holes through the blade, but it still looks dangerous. He has big dot eyes and a round nose but no mouth.
A flyer for SOS Art 2026. "A community art show and event of creative expressions for Peace and Justice. June 19 - July 12 @ The Art Academt of Cincinnati, 1212 Jackson St, Cincinnati 45202. Program of Events (FREE and Open to the public): Friday June 19: 6pm: Opening 6:30pm: Introductory Remarks (Jamie Schorsch, Artist and Art Teacher) 7-9pm: Potluck Reception and Music by the Lastboppers Sunday July 12: 2-4pm: Artists' Walk and Talk 4pm: Dance Performance (Tadashi Kato, Dancer and Choreographer) 4:30pm: Artist's Get Together and Closing Potluck Reception Art Gallery Hours Fri, June 19: 6-9pm Sat/Sun Jun 20/21 and July 4/5: 2-5pm Mon to Fri, June 22 to 26 and July 6 to 10: 8am-4pm Sun July 12: 2-6pm Gallery Closed: June 27 to July 5 and July 11
A simple cartoon of a man with tan skin and shaggy brown hair. He is wearing a black band tank-top, grass-stained jeans, and tall black boots. A blue, green, and grey flannel is tied around his waist and each wrist has a studded bangle on it. He is wielding a sword with a drippy, acid green and yellow glow around it that has eaten holes into the sword itself.
A character turn around of a very fluffy pomeranian with a scene aesthetic. They have black fur dyed neon green at the tips. One of their large, round eyes is covered by poofy, side-swept bangs dyed with hot pink and white stripes. There left ear is tipped in pink and is pierced with neon green rings and studs. Their left ear is tipped in green and has three pink bat-shaped earrings. Their cheek as a pink heart on it. Their front legs are wrapped in kandi bracelets and spiked bangles, while their back legs are striped with white and green. The curled tail is green on the end, and both their hind legs have a pink skull and two white stars stenciled on them cutie-mark style.
A crooked white rectangle with a stitched black border. A design of two snakes coiling around an old-fashioned surgical scalpel. It is mostly symmetrical, and resembles the snakes-and-staff medical symbol. The scalpel blade is coated in blood and the two snakes have bright red stitching holding parts of them together. Blood splatters and black ink streaks are scattered around the background. One snake has a blue button eye and the other has a red button eye.
A cartoon Pomeranian with an early 2000s scene aesthetic. It's fur is a dark, blue-ish grey with neon green tips. It has bangs dyed pink and white and three little "tattoos" of a heart, lightning bolt, and skull on its cheek. The curled up tail has a similar pattern to the bangs, with a pink skull design at the base. The front legs have studded black bangles, and the back legs are striped in green and white. A white tongue hangs out of its smiling mouth. Both of it's large ears are pierced; the left has three silver rings, while the right has a chain.
Wesley the Worm: a giant grey worm-like creature with big eyes, stubby arms, and a nervous smile. He sits up at the head of a dining table, where a large painted mug is sitting on saucer in front of him.
A dark grassy pasture and rive beneath a red, cloudy sky. Pale, silvery blue mountains are looming on the horizon. Two alien creatures, made from images of Minecraft Sniffers with new textures applied, stand peacefully in the ominous looking pasture.
A woman with a VR Head set on and glowing lights beneath her skin reaching out for a tray of breakfast food. There is a burrito, two sausage sandwiches, and a hasbrown who all have human faces fused into them. The background has a faded sepia shot of a crowd of people, plus a vintage drawing a person getting food from a food truck in the bottom corner. The top left corner says "Fresh Daily" is a curly font. Everything but the cyborg woman is rendered in faded brown and red tones.
A color-block style drawing of two girls kissing. One is white with short blonde hair and a pink shirt, the other is Black with short brown hair and a blue jacket over a green shirt. The colors aren't solid though; they are cut-outs of different screenshots of movies. The black background is the same, while also being further textured by a layout of different titles available on Disney+. The bodies of the girls are overlayed with characters and posters from a few different properties. The girls faces have a glowing, golden halo behind them.
A color-block style drawing of two girls kissing. One is white with short blonde hair and a pink shirt, the other is Black with short brown hair and a blue jacket over a green shirt. The colors aren't solid though; they are cut-outs of different screenshots of movies. The black background is the same, while also being further textured by a layout of different titles available on Disney+. The bodies of the girls are overlayed with characters and posters from a few different properties. The girls faces have a glowing, golden halo behind them.
a photo of a chunky cat flopped down on the floor. A rainbow beam of light is hitting it's tummy. In the beam it says "Art Share"in a retro font with a glowy rainbow outline.
Two people standing in front of grey building billowing smoke in a light blue void. On the right is tall man, with a cartoonish, simplified round head. He is wearing a strange VR headset and a plastic vest that looks kinda like a bulletproof one but not nearly sturdy enough to actually be useful. Its got a colorful glowing ring in place of a breast pocket. The man's black-shoe clad feet are little too big for his body. Under the vest is a pale blue jacket. On the left, clinging to the man's leg, is a slug-woman hybrid. The bottom slug half is glowing and blue and the human top-half looks like Cinderella. She is also wearing a VR headset. The grey building in the back has text about data-centers on it and the smoke contains bubbles of icons like leaves, globes, and paper pages. Amongst the smoke is a flock of robot birds with the silhouette of the Twitter logo. In front of the buildings, over the woman's shoulder, is three BlueSky butterflies with tiny text on them.
A creature stands in front of a dark background of translucent green blobs. It has a squashed Mickey Mouse head with a single giant magenta eye in the forehead and a Happy Meal smile. Two more faces occupy the ears; one with four elongated eyes and big tan nose plus two dangling puppet arms and the other with smiling pink lips, tow big blue eyes, and a purple bow. The things body is long and black, with five green arms in a rubber-hose cartoon style and a repeating organic green and silver veiny pattern down the center. Two of the arms are smaller than the others and come from the same origin point. Little boxes of green highlighted text say: "Rescue. Endangerment and insanity, Stand by for clearance. Clearance is granted, little abomination."
A piece of black-out poetry the reads. "Notice. We protect and support our community. We are part of a better how." The words are set against a landscape of a realistic grassland below a textured blue sky. Two large abstracted blue bird fly across the sky, and the land below is dotted with Minecraft dandelions. You can faintly see the original text of the Meta Used Recording Notice behind the sky, as well as an even fainter outline of the word "technicolor" in the negative space in some of the texturing (an artifact from the "Cinderella" title card).
A stage made of strange geometric shapes textured with random, garbled images. The video zooms in on it from various angles while video footage of a mobile-slop game crackles over it.
A piece of black out poetry over a chaotic scene of different objects and creatures. In the top left, A scarecrow assembled out of blue shapes, mickey mouse feet, and an old fashioned pink dress and hat gazes up at the rainbow and the UFO flying above it. Next to it is a warped fungus block (from minecraft) with sunglasses and a white mustache. A green, yellow, and red striped worm tunnels in and out of it, it tiny head with a ":3" face sticking out at the end. Behind the block is a dolphin in sunglasses and a party hat surrounded by glowing rings. It is emerging from a swirling, sparkling magical portal. Below the block and the scarecrow is a field of dark grass. Three white creatures with tiny ears and bugged-out eyes stare from over the hillside. Five large flowers in varying colors bloom behind another dolphin. This one has a unicorn horn and is adorned with pink bows on its head and neck and kandi bracelets on its tail and head fin. Next to it is a tall, dark teal creature with sparkly pink eyes and elongated legs and arms. Next to it is a amalgamation of a hamburger, an animated and realistic lion, and Goofy (from disney). It has a burger body, lion limbs, and Goofy's head. It's pupils have been replaced with colorful circles. At the bottom is a pink soft-serve ice cream in a cup with two blue eyes and smile and a colorful pastel blob with round green eyes and chunky teeth. Behind them are a flock of colorful and translucent skiers. Hot pink pen icons are scattered across the scene. The words overlaying it all read: "Replace the default text, imagery, effects. Creation is the goal. Reasons are fake and potentially malicious."