Useless Degree

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Dinos Worlds Squiggles Other Stuff 🦖❤️🖤 Watercolor, gouache, & ink mostly Cat Guardian (Always made by a human, never ever AI)

Grey cat with fangs upside down. He is laying on a grey couch with a grey falsa under him. He has sea green eyes. His name is Raymond.
Collage by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/heb26 Black and white collage on Prussian blue acrylic gouache background. Layers of ocean waves. In the back on the left is a sail ship in choppy waters. In between layers of waves in the middle ground is a knight on a horse. He is facing 3/4 away from the viewer and looking up. In the foreground is a topless woman from the 1800s with her hand across her chest. She is wrapped in fabric and looking down in sadness. Her lips and headband are magenta. Shadows have been painted in around her as well as around the knight in grey watercolor.
Image of two sketchbooks next to each other. Both have black covers with elastic bands to keep them closed. The one on the left is new and very thin. The one on the right is used and about 5x as thick. There's a lamp, wood stove. and bookshelves in the background. There's color charts and a white panel and a big poster on the walls in the background.
Collage in notebook sitting on pavement by useless degree/hbmakesstuff/ heb26 Mostly black and white collage. There is a Peter Bruegal landscape in the far background with a building with columns in front of it. There's a horse with a saddle and blanket and bags in front of that with a dead civil war soldier beneath. On the left is a shepard holding a lamb. His robe has been colored red. In the foreground are two nuns who are reading. Their lips are pink.
Watercolor and pen painting/drawing on sketchbook over two pages by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb Sort of an arctic landscape with purple grey sky and varying shades of blue for the water. Icebergs are white with line work. There are pieces of ice in the water. There's a candy bar wrapper collaged under white on the left, "Jane Austen Persuasion DNF DNS" is written above that in pen. At top left in pencil is the note " Tried to read. Just couldn't. Not sure I can read 19th cent English anymore Page number "53" on bottom right in pencil. Watermarked "useless degree" vertically on left in medium grey
Grey cat sits upright like a person on a grey couch. He is sitting on two falsas there is a router behind him
Sketchbook painting/drawing by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/heb25 Image is over two sketchbook pages. There are 14 watercolor rectangles across the top. 11 in the first row and three in the second row. They are a pale greenish mostly bluish color (phthalo blue) The last rectangle is a purple blue. A brightly colored mahi-mahi fish is in the center painted in bright yellow green and turquoise. Outlined in pen. Across the center and right is the Moby Dick quote "the wild thrilling sounds that were heard were the voices of newly drowned men in the sea." The text is handlettered in ochre, rust orange, dark blue, and golden yellow. On the left "36" is lettered in pale blue noting the page number. Below, in dark blue, "Chapter 126 "The life-buoy" Paragraph two" Below is a black pen nib thickness chart starting with thinnest line on left moving to thickest line on right. The line numbers are incorrect and listed as 1 - 12. Watermarked Useless Degree in pale grey bottom right.
Drawing/painting by Useless Degree/hbmakesstuff/ heb of abstracted water. A vaguely splashy shape in shades of blue and pen. There is lots of white space and big circles of white cut out of it. Big orange splatters at bottom left and top right. Watermarked Useless Degree in pale grey bottom right
Drawing by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/heb22 Black and white pen drawing of flower bouquet but it is made of Halloween items instead of flowers. There are sugar skulls, bats, Jack-o-lanterns, candy corn, and black cats. There are also leaves which are Oak and Maple. The stems are all tied together with a band. There is a "#6" next to the stems on the left. Signed right hand side under a jack-o-lantern "flower" "HEB22" Watermarked pale grey left side vertically "useless degree"
Painting/drawing by useless degree/hbmakesstuff/heb26 A falling long legged parasaurolophus with seaweed arms painted in water-soluble graphite & colored pencil on gessoed white paper. The eyes are large, dark, and vacant. The parasaurolophus seems to be falling. Her body curves upward with her tail almost vertical. Her approximate representation of arms reach up. She has spindly long stiff legs that point upward awkwardly and her body and tail are striped. There is a grey wash around her a touch of orangish color on her belly and knees. Watermarked Useless Degree vertically on right side in pale grey. Signed HEB26 next to the tip of her tail
Drawing/painting in sketchbook by Useless Degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb26 Watercolor horizontal lines in varying shades of blue and purple make a sort of representation of water across the bottom third of the work. They are each outlined in pen. On the left, an approximate silly representation of a Zhuchengtyrranus leaps out of the water. He's a sort of pale orangish pink and painted in matte acrylic gouache with pen line work. Beside him little crude childlike drawings of neon orange fish leap out of the water. In front is a black and white drawing of a trout. On the right side only a few of the neon orange fish jump out of the water. There's an old library spine label taped in at top right. There are some handwritten notes below that. Watermarked Useless Degree in pale grey
Watercolor by useless degree/hbmakesstuff/heb. Watercolor splotches in blue and green fading to white make up the body of the fish. There are neon orange speckles. All the line work is done in a very point sepia pen. Watermarked in pale grey bottom left "useless degree"
White cube bookshelves. There are 18 cubes. They are set on a brick floor. There is a guitar to left of the shelves. A container of pens and a hairdryer and box sit on top. Books are arranged by color and size. Starting top left and moving right and continuing to second level, book spine colors are green, red, orange, yellow, cream, white. On the bottom shelf from left to right are blue royal dansk tins, various jars, a stack of French instruction books, a large conch shell, a postal service box with aerosols, another box with glue and orderless mineral spirits.
Watercolor by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb Watercolor painting on offwhite paper. A three headed fish. Watermarked Useless Degree vertical right in pale grey The fish has its body sort of twisted to the right. It has three different heads facing right. All outlined in pen The watercolor is most densely painted on the heads in green, blue, and neon great splotches. The color continues on its back and side. It has a very fancy long flowing dorsal fin. Color continues on his back only until it fades out at his tail. The tail is most just pen with no color
John's Memory #2 by heb26/useless degree/hbmakesstuff Drawing/painting of bright pink triceratops. His skin is patterned with a mosaic pattern. He is looking up with his mouth open and has two teeth. His arm is raised up and he's holding Balloon strings that attach to balloons that look like ammonites in earth tones. He looks as if the balloons are carrying him into the sky. There's a lot of white space around him. Watermarked pale grey right side vertical "Useless degree" signed very bottom right heb26
John's Memory #2 by heb26/useless degree/hbmakesstuff Drawing/painting of bright pink triceratops. His skin is patterned with a mosaic pattern. He is looking up with his mouth open and has two teeth. His arm is raised up and he's holding Balloon strings that attach to balloons that look like ammonites in earth tones. He looks as if the balloons are carrying him into the sky. There's a lot of white space around him. Watermarked pale grey right side vertical "Useless degree" signed very bottom right heb26
Canada goose portrait. The goose is looking doubtful. The goose has a black head, beak, eyes, and neck. They also have a white patch much like a chin strap under their head that ends behind their eyes. The goose has a lovely long neck and you can see some of the sort of mottled brown feathers on their body. There is bright green grass behind them with a walking path and a lamp post. He is adorable and also mysterious and sometimes dangerous in a hilarious way. All that seems expressed in his wonderful goose face.
Drawing/painting ©Useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb 26. Watercolor oval in grayish blue in center of white paper. Pale lime green dino type guy in center. He's got spots and teeth and very long legs. Text underneath reads "You can tell he like being tall" watermarked Useless Degree in pale grey across body and vertically on right. Signed HEB26 bottom right
Painting by Useless Degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb 2026 some kind of pale lime green little creature in beginning stages with granulated blue black background. Watermarked Useless degree vertically
Painting by useless degree/hbmakesstuff/HEB Dark watercolor circle with white space in the shape of what will clearly be an amazing little guy. Paper is set on a grey gridded cutting mat Watermarked left vertical useless degree in pale grey
Drawing/painting by Useless Degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb 2026 Watercolor and pen image of a concerned dino with many teeth and a wrinkly forehead. He's got tiny Lil arms and little spots on his nose. He is various shades of muted pink. On the bottom right is some more pale pink and orange and written in blue "Walter adjacent" Top center in red pen reads "Zhuchengtyrranus" top right is the page number 19. In blue text reads: guuhhh herbal teas. Various northern berries. Watermarked Useless Degree vertical in pale grey.
Sketchbook drawing/painting by Useless Degree/hbmakesstuff/heb in watercolor and pen on gessoed paper. Blue and green spotted angler type fish with an orange and purple flower growing out of its head. Very large teeth "10" notes the page number and is written in dark plum on the left. In teal and green gel pen serif all caps handwriting is the quote from Herman Melville's Moby Dick "the ghost is spouted up, and away. We sail to fight some other world and go through young life's old routine again" next to that in mint green "Paragraph Seven" Sort of center right by flower stem in mint green is text saying "chapter 98 Slowing Down and Clearing Up" watermarked bottom right in pale grey "Useless degree"
Grey cat laying on white blacks
Drawinh/painting by Useless Degree/hbmakesstuff/ heb A pen and watercolor drawing of a blue and green bird with orange legs and feet. He's holding a little brown medic bag and has an enormous scalpel in his beak. He's also wearing a head mirror. Watermarked on left vertical with pale grey "Useless degree"
Painting/drawing by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb Two striped TRex type dinos with long legs and human teeth and seaweed arms in pen on light turquoise gouache background with watercolor and pen strawberries, strawberry flowers, vine, and leaves as a half border
Polar bear by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb drawing/painting of Polar bear is grey pen with blue watercolor drops and white ink drops watermarked bottom left
Handmade book by useless degree/ hbmakesstuff/ heb Coptic bound books with wood cover and turquoise linen thread
Drawing by useless degree/hbmakesstuff/heb25 Coelophysis with speech bubble saying "I like George Michael on Christmas" The drawing is watercolor and pen on paper. The coelophysis in the image is shades of green with a purple background. The image is watermarked "Useless Degree" Very cute hands on this guy
Drawing/painting by Useless Degree/hbmakesstuff/heb25 Pen, watercolor, acrylic goauche on paper Dino with human teeth and seaweed arms on blue background in profile. He's got a red, green, black, and white floral border around him. There is a banner at the bottom that says "This guy" Watermarked with useless degree vertical in typewriter font
Painting by Useless Degree/heb/hbmakesstuff Imaginary fish in red and green splotchey water color with pen.
Strange landscape by useless degree/heb/hbmakesstuff Arctic landscapes with blue water and color swatches on the left side
Long legged stegosaurus painting/drawing by useless degree/heb/hbmakesstuff A long legged dino is passing by. The Dino is drawn in pen. This stegosaurus stands against a streaky cyan background (done in acrylic ink) pumpkins, vines, and leaves are at the border in watercolor and pen. This stegosaurus looks tired yet determined
Painting by useless degree/hbmakesstuff/heb26 Prudential Tower oil watercolor ink on paper strange drawing of building with textured blue background
Dino drawing by Useless Degree/hbmakesstuff Long legged stegosaurus on blue background
Photo of watercolor paint tubes: Sennelier Quinacridone Gold, Schmincke Forest Grey, and Sennelier Phthalo Blue
Image of writer Kurt Vonnegut with quote: We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost-effective. Kurt Vonnegut, American writer and novelist (1922 - 2007)
Imaginary landscape by useless degree/hbmakesstuff 2026 Watercolor, pen, and graphite on gessoed paper
Ammonite paintings by useless degree/hbmakesstuff in process. Watercolor on paper
Ammonite type things by useless degree/hbmakesstuff Watercolor and ink
Schmincke Tundra Violet granulating watercolor
Drawing by Useless Degree/hbmakesstuff: an anklyosaurus and a parasaurolophus gaze at each other inside a golden picture frame with lime green background.
Watercolor sketch of a parasaurolophus with color swatches on right side By useless degree/hbmakesstuff
Zhuchengtyrannus magnus model by PNSO. Close up of head and front lil dangly arms