The /bizarrebeasts ($BB) channel has been going BIZARRE on @farcaster for two years; launched September 29, 2024. To celebrate, I made a FREE mint: "A Year of BIZARRE Memes", one patchwork collage of some of the BIZARRE memes from community contests. The collage is 243 memes by 98 BizarreBeasts, from a full year of our meme contests. 👇 929 editions, 1 per wallet. Cast to unlock yours. Check out the collage explorer to see all the memes up close. 🔍 https://bbapp.bizarrebeasts.io/nft/mint/a-year-of-memes

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Press drop! 📰⚡ All Cooped Up got featured in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for "Our Art 2026" with a BIZARRE feature! Writer Monica Hooper caught up with @kateyarter and me at the gallery during art drop-off to chat about moving our family and studio from Fort Worth to Downtown Bentonville in June, plus building our upcoming /bizarrebeasts ($BB) series on DCP+ (@dcpfoundation). 📺 And, of course, I love seeing BizarreBeasts in the newspaper! Check out my blog for the full article 👇 https://paragraph.com/@bizarrebeasts/in-the-paper-all-cooped-up-in-the-northwest-arkansas-democrat-gazette

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History made at the Alexander Gallery! 🖼️ What a night! Hundreds of people came out to the Alexander Gallery for the opening of "Our Art 2026," presented by Walton Arts Center! 🐔📺✨ All Cooped Up is displayed on a 55" screen in the perfect spot to be seen throughout the gallery, and it officially marks the first-ever animated piece exhibited at the Alexander Gallery! People were completely mesmerized and equally entertained by the animation, taking photos and videos of the piece and asking questions about my inspiration and artistic process. I gotta say, the community in Northwest Arkansas LOVES art and creativity! This is a GREAT place to be an artist. I also shared the story about our BIZARRE collaboration with @dcpfoundation, and got to tell everyone about our upcoming BizarreBeasts ($BB) hand-illustrated streaming series, which will be available exclusively on DCP+. And the stickers were a huge hit! I handed out a bunch of BIZARRE chickens, and a few lucky people even scored Hans & Cecil stickers when we were talking about the animated series. 🎨 The exhibit will be open until December 20th! Swing through and see all the incredible artwork if you are in the area!

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BizarreBeasts made the newspaper! 📰 Huge thanks to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for featuring All Cooped Up in their preview for the “Our Art 2026” exhibition presented by Walton Arts Center! Seeing my hand-illustrated BIZARRE chickens in the news makes tomorrow night’s exhibition opening even more exciting! 📍 THE DETAILS: Where: Alexander Gallwry at Porter Art Warehouse (212 N West Ave, Fayetteville, AR) When: Tomorrow, Friday, Sept 25th | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM On the exhibition Sept 25-Dec 20. I’ll be at the opening reception tomorrow night with some chicken stickers straight from the animation. If you happen to be in the area, come check out the work from 86 regional artists, and celebrate local art & innovation! 🎨

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2,829 hand-drawn shapes ➡️ 1 gallery installation! 🐔 When you look at All Cooped Up at the Alexander Gallery later this month, you’re looking at over 2,800 individual hand-drawn layers working together to create the animation. Every chicken is made of 23 hand-drawn parts (comb, eyes, beak, legs, tail), and use custom software I created as the rigging medium, assigning depth, palette, and motion loops live. The BIZARRE part? This exact same hand-drawn rig powers three distinct places: 1️⃣ The physical gallery installation 2️⃣ A free 30-second browser game (free to play) 3️⃣ An upcoming scene in the BizarreBeasts animated series on DCP+ (@dcpfoundation) 📍 See it in person: - Our Art 2026 (Presented by @waltonartscenter) - @alexandergallerynwa | Fayetteville, AR - Sept 25 – Dec 20 | Opening Reception: Sept 25, 6–8 PM! I’ll be at the opening with custom die-cut chicken stickers. Come say hi and grab one if you are around! 🎨 Watch the pipeline video & read my full @paragraph 👇 https://paragraph.com/@bizarrebeasts/how-123-hand-drawn-chickens-became-a-gallery-installation

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What happens when a hand-drawn cartoon character jumps off the screen and into real life? 🐐 The BizarreBeasts universe has lived in my sketchbooks, physical paintings, interactive browser games, and custom digital animation software. But a package just arrived at my studio that takes my core framework of building BizarreBeasts (Make. Anchor. Play. Spread. Belong.) to a whole new level. I turned my original illustrations and digital animation rigs of @jasperbb, the BIZARRE mascot and character in our upcoming DCP+ series (@dcpfoundation), into a custom, handcrafted live-action puppet. Now he's hanging out in the studio, going to be giving behind-the-scenes tours, and generally GOING BIZARRE around Downtown Bentonville, Arkansas. Watch the unboxing and Jasper's puppet debut in the video below, and read my recent @paragraph about how I'm expanding the storytelling of BizarreBeasts ($BB) 👇 https://paragraph.com/@bizarrebeasts/meet-jasper-the-first-bizarrebeasts-puppet-in-real-life

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On October 7th, I’m leading a two-part workshop at the Ozark Media Arts Festival (OMAF) in Springdale, AR! Growing up, I was constantly told that art wasn't a "viable career." Without working artists in my circle or exposure to the resources available today, I lacked a clear blueprint. After the experience I've gained building an independent art practice with BizarreBeasts ($BB), I’ve learned many valuable lessons that I want to pass on. What I'm covering: ✅ Live Animation Demo: Taking a hand-drawn character from paper to screen, then rigging and animating it live using custom software I engineered through AI-assisted development with Claude by Anthropic. ✅ Creative Framework: The 5 methods I used to turn raw art into a sustainable practice: Make. Anchor. Play. Spread. Belong. ✅ Pragmatic AI Collaboration: Demonstrating how to leverage AI as a technical co-pilot to build custom tools and streamline workflows without ever sacrificing human thought or raw craftsmanship. Every student will walk away with physical tools: a Rig Sheet to start prepping their own character animations and a 1-Page Blueprint to build their independent practice. Read the full breakdown on my @paragraph 👇 https://paragraph.com/@bizarrebeasts/im-teaching-a-workshop-at-the-ozark-media-arts-festival-on-october-7-in-downtown-springdale-ar

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@kateyarter and I got to spend some time in Springdale, AR, checking out the town and all the cool things downtown. Took a break at Onyx Coffee Lab and did some illustrating on the sofa, breaking in a brand new Posca marker. Ended the day at The Medium Art Gallery for David Condolora's exhibition and animatic presentation of "The Fox in the Walled Garden." Notebook sketches, character designs, storyboards, editing timelines, all of it out in the open, and we were fortunate to catch the presentation itself plus a Q&A with some of the creative team. I am deep in my own independent animated series right now, so this arrived at exactly the right moment. Real appreciation to David for showing the process, and to The Medium for supporting independent creators. Still new to Northwest Arkansas, and days like this are why we moved here this summer. The BIZARRE journey continues!

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BizarreBeasts ($BB) takes the #1 spot on @brnd in August 🏆

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Huge personal milestone: my animated piece "All Cooped Up" was selected for Our Art 2026, presented by Walton Arts Center! 🐓🎨 Selected out of 371 artists across NWA, this is my first-ever gallery animation exhibition and my first local show since moving to Bentonville. Location: Alexander Gallery at Porter Art Warehouse (Fayetteville, AR) Exhibition Dates: Sept 25 – Dec 20, 2026 Opening Reception: Sept 25 | 6–8 PM (Free, timed entry!) The piece features 123 hand-illustrated chickens (205 eyes staring right back at you) in an 80-second infinite loop. It’s powered by the exact same custom software pipeline I’m building for the /bizarrebeasts animated series. This is a major opportunity to bring attention to BizarreBeasts and our upcoming streaming series in production for release on DCP+ (@dcpfoundation). 📺 Read the full story on the blog & snag free opening night tickets 👇 https://paragraph.com/@bizarrebeasts/all-cooped-up-selected-for-our-art-2026-exhibition

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In February 2024, BizarreBeasts found its home on @farcaster, like many other builders and great communities. Every meaningful thing that has happened with BizarreBeasts, and all the GREAT relationships I have made, traces back to building in public on Farcaster. Including the opportunity to create full-time and produce a streaming BizarreBeasts animated series on DCP+ (@dcpfoundation) So, I illustrated a BIZARRE piece of tribute artwork derived from the animation I am creating. The artwork features a hand-illustrated edition of the Farcaster arch into set in Bizarre City. "BIZARRE About Farcaster" A FREE mint for the community (share to unlock), and a tribute to the incredible platform we are building. GO BIZARRE 👹 https://www.bizarrebeasts.io/nft/mint/bizarre-about-farcaster https://paragraph.com/@bizarrebeasts/join-the-bizarrebeasts-community-on-farcaster?referrer=0x3FDD6aFEd7a19990632468c7102219d051E685dB

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Doing some live drawing in Downtown Bentonville ✍️ Making the town a little more BIZARRE, and rocking my $BB t-shirt from @mintedmerch 🔥

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Recently, I was on the ZABAL Gamez livestream (/zao) with @zaal, where I announced the launch the brand-new Bizarre Pixel Studio! 👾 This is a full-featured pixel art & animation editor running on desktop, mobile, @farcaster as a miniapp, and the Base app. You can also add the app to your phone's home screen. 📲 Underneath the artwork is a system where every single pixel on the canvas is mapped to a character of plain text. • Paint on the canvas -> the text code writes itself. • Edit the text code -> the canvas instantly repaints. This makes your animations ultra-lightweight, portable, shareable, and highly flexible for use in games, artwork, and other media. Try the editor, watch the ZABAL workshop, and Check out the launch announcement on @paragraph! 👇 https://paragraph.com/@bizarrebeasts/the-bizarre-pixel-studio?referrer=0x3FDD6aFEd7a19990632468c7102219d051E685dB pixel.bizarrebeasts.io https://zabalgamez.com/recordings/23

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The feed was totally BIZARRE today! The "GM, BIZARRE" /cef collectible was minted out in less than 24 hours after it dropped, pushing the BizarreBeasts ($BB) miniapp to #1 trending today! Glad to see the NFT was in high demand! I will drop some more soon 👹

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Check out the incredibly BIZARRE news on @gmfarcaster! ☕️📻 The @clanker Ecosystem Fund (CEF) Round 2 grants have been announced, and I am honored to share that /bizarrebeasts ($BB) was selected for a $1,000 Sustainability Grant! Huge congratulations to all the selected builders in this round! Special shoutout to: 🛠️ @mattlee: taking home the big $5,000 Builder Grant for his work on @tortmusic.eth and countless other @farcaster contributions. And congrats to my fellow Sustainability grantees doing amazing work! Thanks to @dish for initiating this concept, and to @rish and the @neynar team, and the @gmfarcaster team for being such incredible stewards of the fund. We are building the future of onchain social together, and the support is BIZARRE!

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