Jean Cocteau and his lover Jean Marais, Photo by Cecil Beaton, 1938β39
@markaddisonsmith
Queer designer, SAIC Prof, paper enthusiast, collector, cat dad, husband, and eavesdropper behind You Look Like The Right Type, a 17-year archive of daily, overheard-conversation drawings. linktr.ee/markaddisonsmith
Jean Cocteau and his lover Jean Marais, Photo by Cecil Beaton, 1938β39
He's one of those. (round 11, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / January 15, 2026 / My whole thing is that queer relationships are elastic. / So I don't like stapling. / It just makes it too formal. / Zoom call to New York, New York from Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (round 10, 1 speaker / PG-13 + R) / You Look Like The Right Type / January 10, 2026 / It's illegal in some states. / I think you should. / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (round 9, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / December 27, 2025 / I need to be double-strained for clarity. / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (round 8, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / December 17, 2025 / You look a little naked / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
Morning Ritual
#terryhowardart #rebelle8pro
Last painting of 2025.
I find reflections to be particularly challenging.
For 2026, I'm going to focus on composition.
#gayart #gaymaleart #terryhowardart
Opening day of PRETTY IN PINK, 2/28/86 (Happy 40th)
After - by Γgnes MezΕsi (1977), Hungarian
paul bunyan and babe, route 2, bemidji, minnesota, 1980
paul bunyan and babe, route 2, bemidji, minnesota, 1980
He's one of those. (pink round 7, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / December 11, 2025 / I definitely got the sense. / Downtown Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (round 6, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / November 30, 2025 / Anything you got a hankering to pickle? / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
Revisiting some old favourite images. New work on the easel today. βKyle with fabulous eyes.β Acrylic on panel 2026 30cm x 30cm #queerculture #queerart #maleform #fineart #maleportrait
Finished this today. βThe Colossus, after Goyaβ Acrylic on panel 2026 40cm x 40cm #queerculture #queerart #maleform #fineart #maleportrait
Edward Gorey / π€π€ / G is for Genius, Goth, Gay, Glamorousβ&, whew, that Gorgeous coat / xx @brucelabruce.bsky.social
Saturday Evening Post (February 21, 1959)
SOMETIMES THINGS SEEM TO HAPPEN OF THEIR OWN ACCORD
People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities.
We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.
In Chilling Color
HARD PASS.
work in process
βBlah,β said a voice from inside the house.
HUMOR IS A RELEASE
Portrait in Graphite on Paper
Rose Nolan - Help Me To Do Things Differently, 2001
art by Tom of Finland
#gay #gayart
Vintage cartoon showing a redhead on the phone tellng the other person on the line to hang up first....which they do.
Morning.
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