The thing that terrifies me the most about our current times is the rapid extinction of the concept of truth. “Truth”—especially “photographic truth”— has always been a tricky term but we’ve generally been able to come to some sort of consensus about what is real and what isn’t. 1/4

I’ve been largely out of commission for a while between travel and illness and then a nasty open tib-fib break but I’m finally finally getting back to it.

Today's work!

Sorry, that Super-Like was for your dog :-(

Ziggy says good morning!

Dinosaurs Eating CEO - John Brosio, 2013 oil on canvas 55 x 60 johnbrosio.com/figures/

I’m having trouble finishing anything that’s not explicitly for a client these days but here are a couple of things that are quasi-finished.

This 15-year-old piece never got finished to the client’s satisfaction so she came to me to give it some life.

Undiagnosed autism is spending your whole life doing things that make you uncomfortable or that are just not "you" (conforming) to avoid being mistreated (bullied) until you're so good at it that when you finally do get diagnosed, people around you don't believe you.

Hi #portfolioday! I'm a tattoo artist in Portland Ore. by day and a colored pencil/watercolor artist the rest of the time. Although truthfully I'll work with just about any medium.

I made a starter pack of incredible artists who's work I love! 🥰 bsky.app/starter-pack...

I’ve designed a new anti AI sticker based on my piece “Kalopsia,” which was created to illustrate the grave concerns around the environmental impact of unregulated generative AI. These stickers are 100% made by me, so you know you’re supporting a human artist with your advocacy too. 💜

An exercise in backlighting. The figure reference is from @howardlyonart.bsky.social and the horse is an Icelandic pony i met on the drive from Reykjavik to Akureyri a few years back.

Hullooo new followers, and old alike! This is me! I make art happen, sometimes on paper, sometimes on people.

If you see this, post a bird!

One of my favorite pieces

Welcome new peeps to my weird grey world! 新しいフォロワーへ 私の狂ってグレー🩶の世界へようこそ Curiosity in the Trees Sumi and liquid acrylics 2020

We made pelmeni! @atomb.bsky.social got me a pelmenitsa for my birthday so we tried it out!

Current work in progress

Still here! Did this the other day!

Aww the kids actually love each other sometimes.

Today’s tattoo

Figlet inquires: have you had enough water today?

HELLO ARTISTS! ✨ It's challenging to find all of you on here. Let's start a little thread! If you're an artist, reply to this post, tell us about what you do, and share some of your art. Then re-post it so we can find each other and reconnect! (thanks @ramiismail.com for the idea)

I walked into the kitchen and almost passed out.

Good night.

The canary is a bit of a mess because it’s over a mass of scar tissue and old ink but I’m pleased with the roses.

I want time to do more of this.

I'm gonna be in the next issue of Tattoo Industry magazine! The fact that I have never heard of it means nothing about its importance so we'll see what happens when it comes out.