Jake Giddens - Illustrator

10 New Poems on my substack

RELIGION IS RE-LEISON

Redirecting wounds of shame Till everyone’s maimed all the same

PACT

This world is flat I’m uneven You’re odd

Let’s make a pact We’ll be pointy prods

SAVING FACE

A curious little man his big image disgraced Jumps on a grenade to save his fair face

THE FRIEND

the one crazy friend gives you something the matter fizzes up your life keeps from going the flatter

TRANSHUMAN ASPIRATIONS

Aspire to be presentable Aspire to no flaws Aspire to be plastic Be no human at’all

Aspire to be seen Aspire to be herd Aspire to be “real” In the the dig-it-all world

Aspire to be magic Aspire to be more Aspire to be you With a purchase from the store

Aspire to be a-lie-ve Aspire to never die Aspire to the heavens Through the needle’s eye

Aspire to a cloud Aspire to a chip Aspire, never leave virtue-all citizenship

JESUS 2022

Jesus Christ without a disciple King of Kindness without a kind They diagnosed him schizotypal putting down his uncrowned mind

Born unto a piloted kingdom butterflies flew to suicide His fiery spirit tore Judas undone mocked and jeered and crucified

TO MY RED TABBY CAT

Sweetie I love you so much Please don’t bite my face

NEW DAY

Gone are the days of the May Sun These are the days of the June

Pray shall we take their old ways, son and burn them ’neath the twinning moon

HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS

Spinning off into the stars won’t take you to the Higher View Remember, you, to look back down At who is looking down on you

Just a dumb shirt design. Shout Terrence McKenna. Over at my Threadless. 

Art for The Financialization of Art 

I’ve neglected Tumblr for quite a while. Here are some new personal art pieces from one the years.  _ Art portfolio site My substack

Art for my lofi cover of The Weeknd’s I Feel It Coming, on Spotify.

Life and Death

What is love?

For whatever the reason - can’t draw well, can’t focus, uninspired - some days it just doesn’t work. But the magic always comes back when it’s ready. Don’t beat yourself up for these days. You’re not a machine.

Character design for a video game

Cheese Illuminati

New print on INPRNT

He’s enlightened. But not, like, that enlightened.

Did I mention I make music?

Don’t feel pressured to make art in this chaotic and scary time. But this has been a moment for me to stop and reflect, not looking at art making in terms of productivity but in terms of a mental health exercise. .

Just creating with no goal. Only for the sake of processing emotions. It does good for the soul. .

Here’s hoping you’re all safe during the pandemic.

The Debt Collector

I don't know about you, but this virus has been waking me up to a lot of the problems in the world and our society lately. Problems I've always known were there but never quite got gut-punched by them in this way. In a way I'm grateful for awakening to it. But it has certainly been depressing to witness it all. .

Just know if you're experiencing the sluggish, tasteless void of depression you're not alone. In my experience depression is my body's way of resting. I'm starting to bounce back. And I don't feel at all guilty for taking some down time. I think by not trying to force myself out of depression, and just going with it, the healing process was faster, and the experience of being down was itself not unbearable. .

It’s the little things. More Hairy Handed Monk comics on the way.

I call him The Hairy Handed Monk

Reminder to get of think mode and get into do mode. Things get easier for me when I just put pen to paper even if I don’t know what to draw. It isn’t always obvious but over-thinking itself saps physical energy.

I was so hung up on originality for the longest time. Not realizing originality is just something that exists naturally within all of us. Now I just focus on making what I like.

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The shark piece is real. 🦈 If you’d like to support me it’s available on INPRNT.