My wife watches with tears in her eyes as I finally stop eating Halloween brack only to start eating mince pies

That’s it, I don’t care, bring on Christmas!

#illustration #housing

The jig is up.

We watch Mrs Doubtfire maybe once a year and I always think she should have given that old bus driver a chance. Seems a decent aul skin.

We have a builder in today and might be the greatest singer you’ve ever heard. His chosen genre? Pop princess.

Have Your Say on the Basic Income for the Arts Today's the deadline to have your say on the Basic Income for the Arts. It takes about 30 seconds to complete this important survey. "The benefit to the cultural standing of Ireland in the world where artists have had space to create will be immense.…

I used to work in cinemas and heard Bertie Ahern once asked for a discount on cinema tickets to see a movie based on his daughter’s book.

Basic Income for the Arts Year 2 report just came out. Fingers crossed this gets continued and expanded to more artists (and artforms). www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

My prediction for The Traitors #TraitorsIRL

'Tis the season 🍁 Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

ReTurn machines should accept bottles or cans that don’t have the logo on them… I don’t mean give 15c for them, I mean just take the fucking things. Have it for free, what am I going to do with it? Your business is recycling and you don’t want free product… that’s baffling to me.

If you're in Ireland, please fill out this public consultation about the future of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, the best thing that's happened to Irish artists in a very long time. We need it to continue. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

apparently it's a problem for a man my age's "t levels" to drop, so i've made another pot

is the jeremy renner app down for anyone else?

The votes have been counted and the results are in

Okay, this is one for any writers or illustrators in Ireland doing children's events. In case you haven't already heard, it looks like Garda Vetting rules are changing, so that you will have to appear in person to show your ID documents for any organization that looks for vetting. 1/5 #SpeirGorm

Saying this with as much love as possible, but please stop using AI generated graphics for activism. Plenty of artists willingly donate their time and work designing for activists, and always have. It's not necessary to step on an increasingly struggling group in order to promote worthy causes.

Help a disabled family clear their rent arrears by ordering a Silly Little Guy drawing! ⭐️ £25 each ⭐️ No portraits ⭐️ Just simple, silly guys. PayPal only. My DMs are open for orders!

Just saw Superman and it’s a romp. Also there’s more thinly veiled commentary on the state of the world today than I’d expect from a super hero movie.

Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already

Old ladies in the summer #PortfolioDay

Where do we all stand on cutting your nails on the train? Because the guy next to me loves doing it 🤢

Gull Dukat. Another one of those mental images I had to exorcise by drawing it. #art #StarTrek #DS9

A hard-working canine friend warms themself by a familiar range in this watercolour and pencil illustration of a cosy rural Irish kitchen. Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Just an example of the sick "comedy" we fathers have to tolerate on Father's Day. If you see a father tomorrow, be sure to put an arm around him and tell him his farts aren't smelly. Even if they are, that's nothing to do with being a father, probably an intestinal thing.

It's 30° in London and I hate this heat and I hate everyone who likes it. But dear God the amount of washing I'm getting out. Four loads already, lads. Washed and dried. The last one *bone dry* after 20mins on the line. My ancestors crying joyful tears in heaven. This must be what heroin feels like.

Skipping into the weekend

Work, rest, repeat

this has not impacted my day-to-day life

The Leaving Cert, for my non-irish followers, is an ancient, annual ritual where our nation sacrifices its 18 year olds on the altar of carpal tunnel and a lifetime of anxiety dreams to ensure two weeks of sunshine. It is our shameful pact with the Old Ones.

Hey pals! Right now there’s a sale on in my Redbubble store (which I don’t push nearly enough) where FINE DESIGNS such as these are available UP TO 40% OFF! It won’t last long so get them while you can! (All shares gratefully received) #art #merch www.redbubble.com/people/docha...

The times when you have seen a gap in my CV is when I carried you.

Probably the one website that doesn't want you to accept cookies though

Dealing with your demons

This is far too relatable 😭

Brilliant 👇 Now, every time I experience a Sleep Paralysis event, this cartoon will help dispel my sense of fear.

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES I DREW THE ANGRY HOG #art #statue #pig

I'm in this picture and I don't like it!!🙈

Here’s how it should have looked!

Never skip Twix day robstears.etsy.com/listing/7256...

It took the fruit flies ONE sunny day to show up!

Dealing with your demons

If you've had to take a chill pill for more than 3 or 4 days, you should consult your doctor. Overuse of chill pills can lead to mellownoma.

I’m watching Mission Impossible 2 and Tom Cruise can’t stop doing tumbles and somersaults. I don’t think he walks a straight line the whole movie.

A quick time lapse of me drawing Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey fighting mushroom monsters in The Last Of Us. Thanks to the new Popes brother for my intro.