About me

Hey! My name is Jacob. I'm typically found online as offthecob, Jacob Norman Chainsaw-Arm, or gaveon.

As a starting point, here is one of my favorite albums I've written. It mixes twee, chiptune, and folkpunk:

And here is some art I've made:

Have fun clicking around!

Website details

Changelog:

03/05/2026: Added two new sketches of Evie! (Pic 1 / Pic 2)

03/03/2026: Added sketches of a snowy street, a newspaper vending box, and my omnichord, to the misc art page.

03/02/2026: Update images on homepage and make images into links

02/17/2026: Added a bunch more videos

02/17/2026: Updated other page to split it up into more sections

02/15/2026: Sketch of lamp (pair) added to other

02/07/2026: New sketch of eviecat added

02/04/2026: 2026 Hourly Autobio Comic added

01/31/2026: New honorary cat added to Pet sketches page. (Maeve pic 1 and Maeve pic 2)

01/29/2026: New zine about Alex Pretti added

01/26/2026: New water color added to gallery

01/17/2026: Added self portrait zine and add self protraits to the Other page.

01/11/2026: Published my 2026 media log in my blog.

01/10/2026: Shrek flyer added.

01/10/2026: Bloodbath & beyond zine added

01/08/2026: New honorary cat added to Pet sketches page

01/02/2026: Game page added. All basic pages are now complete!

12/31/2025: Initial Archive page added

12/28/2025: New cat sketch added

12/27/2025: Blog page published with my first post.

12/27/2025: Update guestbook header.

12/25/2025: Zine page published.

12/24/2025: Cat sketches page published.

12/23/2025: Music and watercolor pages published. Placeholder pages included for other pages not yet completed.

12/22/2025: Index page published. Did you notice the header image slowly changes color?

Wishlist / to dos:

Make a button for my site and add buttons for other cool sites

Find a safe way for people to send me cat pics to sketch

Setup RSS feed

Make embedded youtube videos change width dynamically

Revamp look of blog page

Make blog page tags functional

Blog post about Emperor X's song "Allahu Akbar"

Blog posts for my fav 3 MtG decks

Upload MtG altered cards

Add scrapbook of cool stuff found online

Embed instagram and/or bluesky feed

Add section for (vegan) baking

Make images display in a larger view when you click them

Consider ways to embed site/art n real world

Random button for a pic / song