Russell Dickerson

How I enter a room

How I enter a room

Photo of a mixed media art doll with humanoid limbs and horse skull/bony neck in polyclay; the body is stuffed cloth, wrapped in bandages, cord, and covered in a tea-stained silk shroud. Some silver accents and jewelry are hung around his neck.

Photo of a mixed media art doll with humanoid limbs and horse skull/bony neck in polyclay; the body is stuffed cloth, wrapped in bandages, cord, and covered in a tea-stained silk shroud. Some silver accents and jewelry are hung around his neck.

Photo of a mixed media art doll with humanoid limbs and horse skull/bony neck in polyclay; the body is stuffed cloth, wrapped in bandages, cord, and covered in a tea-stained silk shroud. Some silver accents and jewelry are hung around his neck.

Photo of a mixed media art doll with humanoid limbs and horse skull/bony neck in polyclay; the body is stuffed cloth, wrapped in bandages, cord, and covered in a tea-stained silk shroud. Some silver accents and jewelry are hung around his neck.

Art doll is finished (I think)!! Giving him eyes made him feel so AWARE. He’s dead but chill with it

Panel 1 An author in their agent's office says: "This book will be my magnum opus, the book that I was put on the planet too write, and the pinnacle my writing and your publishing careers." Panel two The agent looks over a manuscript with a neutral expression. The author continues: "Unless you don’t like it. In which case it’s just one of a number of ideas I’m playing around with."

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

I bet Zoomers haven't even done TWO of these things

Photo of a previous version of my Poe book display sculpture, with book inside.

The original idea was to create a book display for an edition of Poe's tales that I own. Over time, it occurred to me that in the highly unlikely event I'd sell the sculpture, the book would probably go with it. That's a nonstarter.

Despite not being an illustrator any longer, I find these kinds of things very helpful for sculpting as well. I still look lots at drawing, inking, and painting, even video and photos, to make sure I'm doing well.

I keep getting radically different ideas for my Poe sculpture/diorama. Up to and including an attempt to break the big quote wall/floor in half. It's Apoxie Sculpt though, so I have my doubts I can physically make that happen cleanly. Also, sometimes a sound idea looks stupid at first so

Photo of sculpting tools and a random sculpted tentacle on a desk.

Some tools of the trade (and some tentacles).

Photo of messy art desk with a tablet, tools, and multiple unfinished sculptures.

I gathered together the three sculptures that have been in progress for at least the last year. I love the journey, but it fails when all the internal voices have strong doubt.

What really happened between Franklin, Watson and Crick in the discovery of the DNA double helix? — Genetics Unzipped Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...

A Place Where Dread Lives”: The Weird Fiction of S.P. Miskowski The Return of the Quiet Horror “My stories are about things that fester.” —S.P. Miskowski There is a terror that creeps, like mildew in the corner of an unused room. It does not shriek, but settles…

Thanks to Steven Craig Hickman!

Onward!
#digitalart

Original Art Raising funds for my new Cal Book, which includes paying artists and printing. I've chosen some special art from my collection.

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I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.

I share many important safety tips in my new How To Draw book, all designed to spare you the frustration of making mistakes that will drive you mad, ruin your art and your sex life and send you right back to the funny farm. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...

An illustration showing a person with their head back with the lower part of their face and neck dissected to show the anatomical structures. Below the neck they are stripped to the bone, with the left side of the chest opened to show the heart. The nerves are visible. To the left of the person is an illustration of the brain and spine with the spinal nerves emerging, and of the dpibs’ cord itself. Against a turquoise background

A plate from Anatomie générale des viscères by Jacques-Fabien Gautier D’Agoty (1752). It is an early example of colour printing, using engraved metal plates to make four separate impressions in black, red, yellow, and blue inks to produce the final image

Super Sculpey. An 20+ year old piece that we pulled off the shelf and refurbished. This shot is somewhere mid-way in that process 😊

Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'

"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"

(via Variety)

Screenshot from the film Pan's Labyrinth showing Ofelia picking food from a table while the pale man wakes up in the background.

As a professional diabetic, anytime someone at work tells me that the workshop will have have snacks and lunch, I think about

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

There is nothing "adult" about this content FYI.... it's literally a Renoir.

I've used my Moleskine for years to blow off steam, first when I was an illustrator and now as a writer. I've tried here and there to do the same idea with clay sketching, but I haven't made it stick yet.

An owl pendant in blue and cream with a ceramic focal.

A holly necklace with stainless chainmail scales

A Dark rose polymer pendant

A domed pendant with real mushrooms inside

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Satirical news headline reads: White House clarifies Trump ignored fainting guest for sociopath reasons, not dementia reasons

News Inn Photo:

I learned back when I was an illustrator, and have since carried it into writing, that I treat my Moleskine as the open sprint with little editing. Just get it out of my head, no matter what it is, and come back later if it speaks to me.

Going through and editing some of these short ideas, I've found quite a few worth expanding on. It's also interesting to follow the gaps in entry dates, and how that corresponds with the darker times of the last few months.

A vintage thanksgiving postcard

Umbrella? Good idea. They spit like camels.