LoZ Art Challenge 8 complete! Thanks again @swordscomic.bsky.social for creating such a cute lil fella. #legendofzelda #questsprout #korok #fanart #art #LoZ #baobab #ToTK #BoTW #swordscomic #crossover

JRR Tolkien - A Walking Song Dr Ph Martin's Bombay India Ink on Rhodia Touch calligraphy paper New ink today! Taking it out for a spin. #calligraphy #lordoftherings

Shakespeare - Sonnet 22 Dr Ph Martins Bombay Sepia India Ink on Rhodia Touch paper For no reason other than that I fancied a bit of Shakespeare tonight!

Ghost - Square Hammer Dr Ph Martin's Irridiscent Copperplate Gold on mixed media card Little personal project for me :)

One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

In the past hour or two signatures on this have nearly doubled. It’s almost as if nobody wants a compulsory for all form of ID which will erode civil liberty and solve nothing. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Without further ado, here is the trailer for Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile. Against all odds, it will air in select theatres on October 2nd, along with the theatrical debut of Sex House. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. And, yes, this is real.

The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this. I don’t view it as a Me problem.

VNV Nation - Chrome Tom's Studio acrylic inks, Brause Bandzug nib, Clairefontaine paper A stream piece with a few difficulties with both nib and ink, but we overcame the issues!

Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru two pack, $55.94 at Walmart

Autism is ok, actually.

www.twitch.tv/tharrick Back from a couple of weeks away, we return to our regular stream schedule with a little VNV Nation! Come and join me from 7.30pm UK time for a relaxed start to the week!

There are 4.24m people with Indefinite Leave to Remain (or equivalent). 82% are in work, compared with 74% of Britons 3.8m are in relationships with Britons They have about 2.4m British-born children. This bullshit is never going to happen. Again. But... www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Patty Gurdy - Brighter Days Come Tom's Studio acrylic inks, Speedball C-3 nib, on Rhodia Touch paper Working on getting the hang of the Speedball nibs - I seem to have got them flowing properly now, so I'm calling this one a success.

Yogscast/Wind Rose - Diggy Diggy Hole Acrylic inks on mixed media paper Been a little while since I used the dip pens, I need to do more of this or I'll get rusty...

GRR Martin - The Rains of Castamere Diamine Aurora Borealis in Pilot Parallel fountain pen Did this on stream tonight! It was good to go live again, it's been far too long. I need to get back into the habit of it... planning on trying to do every Monday at least now!

@stephenking.bsky.social - The Gunslinger's Creed Dr Ph Martin's India ink & irridiscent copper plate gold ink on mixed media card I had a few problems with this one - mostly due to the texture of the paper, I think. Still, quite happy with the end result!

"Once you use ChatGPT, you don't want to think for yourself anymore" THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

My take on something like a 60's American car ad or 80's Italian sportscar poster, but for Kimitoshi Yamane's PERFECT Swordfish II design from Cowboy Bebop.

“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!” -ashamed -fragile -unreliable “A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.” -powerful -commanding -honest

Congratulations, you've just lived through the three hottest summers on record 🫠 But with greenhouse gas emissions still piling up in the atmosphere, those records probably won't stand for terribly long. 🧪 (graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social)

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times. (1/3)

Message from a Dr at St Thomas’ hospital:

Governments should not wait for international bodies to state the blindingly obvious before acting but now the UN has Labour must use every means at its disposal to stop the wicked genocide.

Michigan lawmakers have introduced a bill prohibiting the any "depiction or description" of trans people or trans existence online, including it in a bill banning "pornographic" material The bill would completely erase trans people online, equating them with porn.

Reading about the gov signing deals with companies to deliver a new kind of nuclear reactor that doesn't exist yet, for which the fuel comes from Russia & China, to provide energy for AI data centres that aren't solving a clear problem, and feel like I'm losing it. news.sky.com/story/uk-and...

Hat tip @clownf1st.bsky.social

Clip Studio Paint is on sale! www.clipstudio.net/en/purchase/...

0/ I'm reminded that 9 whole years ago, I did an absolutely stupid project for Gollancz, "describe your writing day to your readers." I could have picked the easy road, but noooo.... :) 🧵

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

I am not exaggerating that these people are intentionally putting trans lives in danger for clout and clicks and they should be held accountable 1000% for their actions. Email them and tell them what you think and make sure you don't mince your words.

Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.

Just a periodic reminder that it's a good idea to bookmark your favorite artists' sites, sign up for their newsletters, and follow them everywhere you can. (My links are in my profile & pinned post!). Because of the current climate of censorship you never know where we'll get kicked off of next.

charlie kirk died for what he believed in. in a very literal sense: he believed in a world where gun deaths are inevitable and the solution to problems is violence. he excused his own death years before it happened. and if anyone else had been killed he'd already be weaponizing and relativizing it.

He hated Black people, he said women should be subjugated and forced to have children, he said gay and trans people should be murdered, he said Jews control the government, he said schoolchildren should die to gun violence. He said these things GLEEFULLY. He made RICHES off saying these things

*ducks back in* I'm fucked up at this time every year, as the world insists we never forget, when I can't and will never, but would prefer to. It got much worse this past afternoon than usual and I just figured out why. These assholes are telling us how to feel in order to further their own ends.

hi, cis folks! if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now. the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. we need you to call senators: reps.fyi more info & script downthread.🧵

Jesus christ. I am so tired and so disappointed. All these people went "yeah, I'll take an audio book paycheck over solidarity with trans lives, that's cool." Every single one should be ashamed.

They tried to erase it and made it even more powerful.

Apparently, people still need to be reminded of this.

"but we can't support trans rights, it's unpopular!" just a reminder that US approval for marriage between black and white people at the start of the civil rights movement was 4%, reaching a whopping 20% by the end of the movement it's 95% now you don't wait for popularity for a rights movement

The lead boat in the Sumud Flotilla appears to have been struck from above while in Tunis. Not alone that but the claim that "the fire originated on the ship" is propagating across the media. This is an international civilian aid flotilla. The levels of mistruth and abuse are staggering.

Nightwish - Elan Dr Ph Martin's Bombay Sepia India ink on Rhodia Touch paper Last week's stream piece, which I have only just got around to scanning to post! ...a week-long migraine ruins all sorts of plans :(

Of Stone, stated to be an autobiography of an old mining construct that, after being abandoned in a mine after a collapse, attained awareness and sapience and began to learn about the world from first principles. It eventually dug out into the world and learned to communicate. #WhisperingInfinities

I'd intended to be streaming this evening, but I can feel a migraine creeping in around the edges of my eyes, so I'm going to be sensible and take the meds and lie down instead. Sorry, folks :(