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TeeJay

@justteejay

just a female human who likes to make pretty things, mostly on other peoples skin.... but not always

 Rochester, NY
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Joined December 2010
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What is my obligation? justteejay.blog/2022/11/17/w…

What is my obligation?

As a human that works with the public in my tattooing there are often judgement calls that I need to make in regards to priority. Is it more important that I honor an appointment? Or stay home and …

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The complete set of Inktober drawings justteejay.blog/2022/10/31/w…
Was Drawlloween Now Inktober – Daily Drawings for the month of October 2022

Was Drawlloween Now Inktober – Daily Drawings for the month of October 2022

A few years ago my sibling told me about a daily drawing project for the month of October. I looked into it and it looked like an inspirational and fun challenge for myself. I have participated eve…

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I never was very good at following directions. justteejay.blog/2022/10/25/i…
I never was very good at following directions.

I never was very good at following directions.

I was watching a YouTube video yesterday with art advice on it. One of the things that came up has come up lots of other places. That when presenting your work you need to be specific and focused i…

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I also just have stupid forearms.
Yard Flamingo Project justteejay.blog/2022/03/15/y…
Yard Flamingo Project

Yard Flamingo Project

I have plastic flamingos in my yard. I mean because why wouldn’t you? I noticed they were getting a little shabby looking and brought them in for a rework. Trey is always willing to help out.…

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Hands justteejay.blog/2022/03/08/h…
Hands

Hands

When anyone in our lives experiences a loss or a tragedy we always ask ”what can I do?” or ”is there anything that you need?”. Usually the answer is that there isn’t. No matter how much we may want…

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Figure Drawing March 7th 2022 justteejay.blog/2022/03/08/f…
Figure Drawing March 7th 2022

Figure Drawing March 7th 2022

It occurred to me yesterday that I may not be able to keep going to figure drawing regularly once the weather breaks. I have lots of things to take care of and do out at the land and only a little …

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Figure Drawing February 28th, 2022 justteejay.blog/2022/03/01/f…
Figure Drawing February 28th, 2022

Figure Drawing February 28th, 2022

It’s been a week! Just got back from a week in the Carolinas visiting my family. Today is a really big day for me for reasons that I will get into in another post… but last night it was nice just t…

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Everything is Different justteejay.blog/2022/02/15/e…
Everything is Different

Everything is Different

This post was in my draft folder from last year. I have no idea why I never posted it. So here it is anyhow. wildly out of context and season – but whatever. you can’t fire me. Here is the or…

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Figure Drawing February 14th, 2022 justteejay.blog/2022/02/15/f…
Figure Drawing February 14th, 2022

Figure Drawing February 14th, 2022

Valentine’s Day is a mixed bag. I have some happy thoughts about it but it is definitely an overly commercial date. There are things I would like to have been able to do. I would like to have some …

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Hazy Days justteejay.blog/2022/02/08/h…

Hazy Days

I would like to be posting my drawings from Figure Drawing last night here today. I can’t because I didn’t go. I haven’t been feeling well. Mostly physically but some mentally. Could very well be t…

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Figure Drawing January 31st, 2022 justteejay.blog/2022/02/01/f…

Figure Drawing January 31st, 2022

I was asked recently why I go to Figure Drawing. I don’t know if I have a really good answer. I think that initially I started going because it seemed like one of those art school things that peopl…

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Money Marks (Chop Marks) Still Finding Them. Still collecting them. justteejay.blog/2022/01/27/m…
Money Marks (Chop Marks) Still Finding Them. Still collecting them.

Money Marks (Chop Marks) Still Finding Them. Still collecting them.

The singular most popular thing on my blog is the money stamps. It doesn’t lead to any traffic to the rest of my art/life but there are still tons of other humans out there trying to figure out wha…

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Figure Drawing January 24th 2022 justteejay.blog/2022/01/25/f…
Figure Drawing January 24th 2022

Figure Drawing January 24th 2022

I used to publish here much more regularly. I have gotten out of the habit. Would like to get back into it, but can’t make any promises. I have never really adjusted to the new publishing platform …

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Some Faith Restored justteejay.blog/2021/01/14/s…

Some Faith Restored

The past year has been hard on almost everyone in some way or another. I actually think that I fared pretty well through the actual lockdown (well, the first one…. personally I’m not co…

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Figure Drawing (via Zoom) January 10th & 11th 2021 justteejay.blog/2021/01/12/f…

Figure Drawing (via Zoom) January 10th & 11th 2021

I’ve been away from here. There is no way I can summarize. I would like to say that I will be back here regularly again… but honestly only time will tell. I’ve been participating …

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Quarantine Continues justteejay.blog/2020/05/18/q…
Quarantine Continues

Quarantine Continues

The chalk drawing that I did (at the end of the last entry) was very popular on the interwebs and a few people asked me to put it on a shirt. I re-drew it to have a cleaner version to put online an…

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Prompt Drawings and other things that happened my First Month in Quarantine. justteejay.blog/2020/04/15/p…
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Driveway Chalk Fairy justteejay.blog/2020/04/14/d…
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Jubie’s Basement Door justteejay.blog/2020/04/13/j…
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