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Dan O'Brien

@danobrien.bsky.social

Writer and artist creating Call of Cthulhu content for the Miskatonic Repository. In a past life I was a lighting artist for Blue Sky Studios (RIP)

197 Followers  |  69 Following  |  29 Posts  |  Joined: 15.06.2023  |  1.9414

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an in-progress drawing for my upcoming Call of Cthulhu scenario, "Terminus."

17.11.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The last good time I had on Twitter was the day I pretended to be Stephen King, and everyone bought it, despite it being April 1.

24.06.2023 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 530    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I'd explore the wastelands with @jadegriffinauthor.bsky.social. Over on the MP discord server I've been impressed with how productive she is, and I need someone like that on my team or I'm not going to survive the first day โ˜ ๏ธโ˜ข๏ธ

12.02.2025 04:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A red card with the word โ€œ$25 for certificateโ€ written on it. 
Underneath it says โ€œRedeemable at Drivethruโ€

A red card with the word โ€œ$25 for certificateโ€ written on it. Underneath it says โ€œRedeemable at Drivethruโ€

๐ŸŽ‰ COMPETITION TIME ๐ŸŽ‰

Win a $25 Drivethru certificate and a PDF of the new TTRPG Embers of Humanity

To enter:
1) Like our page
2) Repost this post
3) Post a comment, tagging a friend who youโ€™d explore the Wastelands with.

Competition runs until 12:00 GMT Wednesday 12th February.

09.02.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
A picture of old men in suits from the Closer video by Nine Inch Nails.

A picture of old men in suits from the Closer video by Nine Inch Nails.

You're in your boiler room minding your own business. You got the pig head spinning, the chimp is on the cross, the naked lady with the blindfold is lounging near a side of beef. Then these fuckers show up

14.03.2024 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 572    ๐Ÿ” 116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

I'm gonna write those as my ethnicity the next time I need to fill out a form.

*Cut to a hiring manager feeding my application into a paper shredder*

28.12.2024 04:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Google is really knocking it out of the park with these AI-generated answers

25.12.2024 05:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

80's KID: I love The Cure.

RFK JR: Get fucked, buddy.

15.12.2024 03:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 142    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

meanwhile, just a few blocks away, Samantha had her sights set on a rich CEO as well

05.12.2024 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10677    ๐Ÿ” 1951    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

ben shapiro sounds like something a wizard says when he wants somewhere to sit down at the park

29.11.2024 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3765    ๐Ÿ” 552    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Everyone got SO MAD when I started singing Gravity during the movie! Like Iโ€™m sorry but I PAID to be here. Itโ€™s not my fault Wicked was sold out and I had to see Gladiator II.

26.11.2024 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1143    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

[toothfairy dumping a bucket of teeth into Coinstar machine]

24.11.2024 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 674    ๐Ÿ” 156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I was in the mosh pit for Rage Against the Machine's set at Lollapalooza '93, I explain to the cashier as I scroll my phone for a coupon for my preferred brand of heartburn medication

03.05.2024 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 586    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Americaโ€™s Richest Men Ask the Courts to Make Unions Illegal Today on TAP: Lawyers for Elon Muskโ€™s SpaceX and Jeff Bezosโ€™s Amazon say the Court erred in 1937 by letting workers have rights on the job.

I'm torn. Having unions become illegal would be a huge step backwards. But watching the teamsters and cops who supported Trump get exactly what they voted for would be hilarious.

prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

25.11.2024 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with youโ€ฆย (turns to mirror and starts crying) I'm locked in here with me

22.11.2024 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

[hanging out the passenger side of my best friends ride] ok well if you change your mind let me know

15.09.2023 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You can stop making these now. We all have one

21.11.2024 04:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 923    ๐Ÿ” 142    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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If you google Seinfeld, the More Results section is a wild ride

22.11.2024 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An enraged, screaming man with a blood-spattered face

An enraged, screaming man with a blood-spattered face

A character portrait I painted for my Call of Cthulhu game. Later I did a major rewrite and the character got cut. If anyone needs advice on how to create a game in the most inefficient way possible, I'm your guy

21.11.2024 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

[Two guy friends hug]
"Shit, we forgot to do the 'just friends' back pat."
[later]
PRIEST: Do you Doug take Carl

21.11.2024 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, Mark!

19.11.2024 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These are the photos I used as reference, in case you are curious about my process. This is a digital painting done in Photoshop.

19.11.2024 03:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A sepia-toned painting of an Asian woman with a 1940s hairstyle and a satin dress with big shoulder pads

A sepia-toned painting of an Asian woman with a 1940s hairstyle and a satin dress with big shoulder pads

A portrait of one of the pre-gen characters from the Call of Cthulhu scenario I'm writing.

19.11.2024 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber

18.11.2024 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26316    ๐Ÿ” 4043    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 143    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

This time around, the Kennedys are assassinating us.

14.11.2024 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13665    ๐Ÿ” 2620    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 273    ๐Ÿ“Œ 176

I bet Matt Gaetz can identify different brands of pepper spray by taste

29.10.2023 05:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2124    ๐Ÿ” 365    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

A murderer tries to stab me but with each thrust of his knife I block it with a sweet potato and after six stabs or so I gently place it in the oven at 400 degrees for 45 minutes

06.09.2023 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1767    ๐Ÿ” 382    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

If you're an artist doing a google search for reference imagery, try adding this at the end of your search query:

before:2020

This will remove all AI- generated imagery from your results.

25.10.2024 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My issue has been going on for 8 months also! I think it may be resolved now, but time will tell

22.02.2024 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately they are the only option where I live. I've spent about 5 hours (spread across multiple days) trying to get my issue resolved. I've had to explain it from the beginning about 10 times to 10 different people. It's maddening.

22.02.2024 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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