About

Hi, friends. My name is Stephen Bobbett. I’m a brand and marketing director working in the footwear and apparel industry. On nights and weekends, I’m an illustrator, writer, and animator. I also like geeking out about media, culture, art, and communications. I’m currently based in New England.

Recent Posts

A Defense—or an Elegy—for the Em Dash
My favorite punctuation mark is now a harbinger of generative AI. That won't stop me from using it—or writing anything in general.
Creature Feature: Snowmen
Behold the forsaken frosty beasts from the latest episode of the Fancy Schmancy Creature Feature.
Bluesky Isn’t What You Think It Is
The new social media platform could be more than just a Twitter escape hatch, but only if the dream of a decentralized protocol is fully realized and accessible.
Does the Jaguar Rebrand Matter?
Why was the internet so angry about a luxury car brand that so few of us will ever own?
Redoing My Website
I edited HTML.For some people, this would be hell.I'm the wrong tree to bark upFor anything but markup,But in markup I'm HTM-swell.
Creature Feature: Turkeys
Drawings of turkeys based on Twitch chat suggestions during the FancySchmancy Creature Feature.
Chthonic The Horror
Your sanity is a chili dog. And Chthulu's worked up an appetite. This was a merch design my Twitch chat and I imagined months ago, and I finally got around …
Inktober 2024
Inktober has come and gone, and I’m not going to lie: this year’s prompts were bad. I’ve had a dubious relationship with Inktober for the past few years. For one …
Artist Trading Cards – August 2024
Greetings, citizens. August was a busy month, so I only got out a handful of art card videos. But there are some fun stories attached to these, even got to …

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