Eh, seen it. 🦆🐖👽🫧

I've been sharing my work on Patreon too lately. Consider it like my tip jar, with bonus access to my discord server if you do. If you like my work enough, consider dropping a few bucks my way so I can still do this stuff on the reg. www.patreon.com/posts/bard-b...

Adding to the Medieval menagerie I seemingly stuck with as the subject of my warmups this week, here's a Bard Bird belting one out.

Man, what a speaker, what a speech.

Zagreb Film's YouTube channel is a goldmine of restored classics from the '50s onward

And it ends good.

Holding out and manifesting for CA to bring us home tonight. Please let today end good!

So proud of New York tonight. Wishing all the best to Mamdani n Co. for a better, more affordable future for the city I miss so much.

Me watching the NY mayoral race tally slowly come in

Drew up a feline foe to go with yesterday's sword-swinging mouse.

Also NYers, go vote for Mamdani! And CA voters, vote yes on Prop 50! Let’s start tearing down the world Dick Cheney left us 20 years ago.

Waking up to the news that Dick Cheney died is a nice test run to how I want to feel when I wake up the day Trump kicks it too. May the devil eternally shoot him in the face while the quails of hell rejoice.

Doodle for a friend who requested it: Yzma Kitty cooking

No pun today, just a mouse with a sword.

Got a lovely card in the mail from @stephendestefano.bsky.social, of the Witch Hazel n spider designs from the LTC cartoon we both worked on a few years back. Can’t wait to frame it!

Mech Battle Sequence - 2D Animation #2danimation #mech #mecha #animation #robot Youtube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFJ8...

This particular drawing blew up yesterday. Thanks for sharing and enjoying it. I hope everyone had a great Halloween! ‘Til next year!

Every year we get seemingly less n less trick or treaters coming around. We had less than 10 kids last night. Sad as it is, the silver lining is there’s more Wild Berry Skittles for me.

Disney's Sleepy Hollow is an underrated banger.

Happy Haul-oween! I hope everyone has a fun and safe time today!

Boo Hoo! (thanks for those who came n watched me scribble this out in stream tonight. Lemme know if you're interested in seeing more)

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Boo Hoo! (thanks for those who came n watched me scribble this out in stream tonight. Lemme know if you're interested in seeing more)

Goin on now, it'll be a relatively short stream, so pop on in and say hi!

Was busy buying bathroom tile this morning so I didn’t get to do my daily drawing warm up today. Who wants to watch me stream at 6pmPST over on Twitch while I make that warm-up drawing a cool down? www.twitch.tv/michaelruocco

Reads subject of email that says “Thank you for your interest…” and knows I don’t even need to open it.

Gary Larson said he had a friend whose father once met a boyfriend of hers, and told him, “You know what your problem is, Edgar? You don’t have a purpose!” That led him to making this comic.

Congrats to my Hazbin colleagues for the new season premiere. I sadly can’t watch the show since I don’t have prime anymore but I hope everyone’s hard work gets the attention it deserves.

Carving Critter

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Cob Gobblin' Crow

I currently have a Cintiq 24HDT, had it for roughly a decade, and eventually I want to get something new. It's massive, heavy, cumbersome, takes up too much space and the drivers keep needing to be reset, at least thrice a week. What's everyone's thoughts on the other brands (XPPen, etc.) lately?

Dropped off my CA ballot! Make sure to vote folks!

Spooky Snake!

Looney Tunes remained popular for decades precisely because it was airing in widespread syndication on TV all the time. Old cartoons should be FREE to find new audiences, ESPECIALLY when their rights holders don't even care enough to platform them anymore.

What a great haul from Lightbox! So great seeing folks n supporting their art! If you see your stuff, tag yourself!

Got to lightbox bright n early to get a start on the day, but didn’t realize it doesn’t open til NOON on Friday. WHELP!

Can’t wait to support some friends n colleagues tomorrow at Lightbox. In these trying times, it’s good to support n encourage your favorite artists however possible.

R.E.P.O. looks like such a fun game, but god I wish I was better at scary games. I hate jumpscares n such. Maybe if it was with friends? Maybe when I get a new computer I’ll give it a go, and play more games in general.

Looking through my old files n found these: Back when I thought our union was gonna vote for a strike, I thumbnailed a bunch of potential picket signs that I, admittedly, was excited to make. Here’s just a few of them.

I will repost this forever.

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In lighter news, I'll be walking to floor at Lightbox most of Friday. If you see me and I'm not busy soliciting/supporting folks at their tables or chatting with friends, come say hi! I might even draw a little something if it's not too crazy!

This Wednesday, 22nd at 7PM PST Get ready, we have ANOTHER Guess That Man game show happening with contestants @crowpen.bsky.social @michaeljruocco.bsky.social and @calisdraws.bsky.social twitch.tv/CodysGC

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I carved a very spooky pumpkin.

🐺 ⋆｡‧˚ 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐯𝐬 𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐁! ˚‧｡⋆ 🐦 Let's have some 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗕 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗡 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝟮 (𝟭𝟮.𝟭𝟮.𝟮𝟱)! What could possibly go wrong, eh, Hank?! 🐦

Did a mini animation talk today n realized the best example to explain the difference between timing and spacing is the tumbleweed bouncing through the desert to the “Rawhide” theme in Fievel Goes West.

Raisin'ets