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Aussie/He/him/Cis/Het โ™‹ Single dad ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ ally I draw, I write. AuDHD, PTSD survivor. Anti-capitalist. I like sci-fi and fantasy and comics. I used to draw every day, but that was decades ago. Trying to rediscover that. ๐ŸšซAI ๐ŸšซNFT ๐Ÿšซ crypto

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Drawing of characters from Incredible Hulk grouped around a central image of Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk.  Characters copyright Marvel comics.  Photograph of A1 size paper on floor.

Drawing of characters from Incredible Hulk grouped around a central image of Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk. Characters copyright Marvel comics. Photograph of A1 size paper on floor.

Did no writing today. No work on my huge, magnum opus comic book story. Did manage a few hours work on a Hulk illustration,which was cut short when sweat started dripping on to the page.

Have noticed the paper on which I was drawing has spider poop and other stains. Will need to be traced again.

10.02.2026 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Antisemitism Envoy admits she 'wasn't focused on' unequal protections in 'hate laws' seeking to protect only one religion. The bias isn't a bug it's a feature.

10.02.2026 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 432    ๐Ÿ” 185    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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I wish our Australian politicians would recognise the obscene horrors of #Zionism. #auspol #IsraelTerroristState #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

07.02.2026 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Step 1. Invite a genocidal war criminal to lecture us on why terrorism is bad

Step 2. Send cops to beat up and arrest peaceful protestors

Step 3. Results?????

I wonder where the lack of cohesion is coming from? The call is coming from inside the house.

10.02.2026 03:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Labour parties around Australia were formed because colonial governments kept shooting striking workers who were protesting. Chris Minns and his draconian anti-protest laws are a disgrace to the history of his own party. #auspol

10.02.2026 03:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sanctioning state violence against civilians who vote, to protect an official whoโ€™s country is committing a genocide.
#Auspol

10.02.2026 04:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Question

09.02.2026 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 326    ๐Ÿ” 109    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Sketch of a Vulture made with pastel and acrylic on toned paper.

Sketch of a Vulture made with pastel and acrylic on toned paper.

Sketch of a Vulture

Pastel and acrylic on toned paper 5x7

#art #birds #nature #sciart

09.02.2026 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 180    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Butlerian Jihad now pls

10.02.2026 04:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Al Williamson, so good that even his scribbles are genius level drawing.

One day Marc, one dayโ€ฆ

10.02.2026 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the problems with starting a huge ensemble illustration (trying to include every character who appeared in Peter David's 12 year run on Incredible Hulk) & then leaving it for years is trying to work out who the roughs are supposed to be when it's just an oval and you've completely forgotten.

10.02.2026 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Impressive!

10.02.2026 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Whodle Name that Doctor Who episode!

Dammit. Should have gotten that in 2.

I got Tuesday's Whodle in 3 guesses! โœ… Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2026-02...

10.02.2026 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was up at 5am, went cycling (16.3 kms, 45 minutes), meditated for half an hour once I'd stopped sweating, then went through my Bluesky feeds.

Waiting for today's Whodle to go up (10am here) and then I'm off to work on my Peter David tribute Hulk illustration.

Have a great day everyone!

10.02.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a picture of two sketchbook pages. on the left page there is a full painted drawing of the thirteenth doctor at the top, with two small drawings below in aqua, yellow-orange and red. the right page has a pink background with a full body sketch of the doctor in dark blue.

a picture of two sketchbook pages. on the left page there is a full painted drawing of the thirteenth doctor at the top, with two small drawings below in aqua, yellow-orange and red. the right page has a pink background with a full body sketch of the doctor in dark blue.

lucky number 13

#doctorwho #13thdoctor #thirteenthdoctor #jodiewhittaker #art #fanart #acrylicmarkers

09.02.2026 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heaven help me if I ever meet someone in person who claims to be an AI author. I have a glass face. I cannot pretend. I will do my trademark cackle and then just snicker uncontrollably for a while. Do you let the plagiarism robot kiss your lover? Look at sunsets for you? Why are you even alive?

09.02.2026 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 280    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Bit of a case of "quitting is easy, I've done it heaps of times" there.

Best of luck with staying away from the awful things.

"Just one more time can't hurt" can actually be deadly.

But onwards and upwards. Gets easier the longer you stay off them I've found.

09.02.2026 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

nothing is more charming to me than the old Doctor Who serials about far-off years like 1985 where people wear tinfoil and have colonised the moon. I don't care that none of that happened it's goofy and fun

09.02.2026 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats on quitting! I did that about 15 years ago and it was such a good decision. Stick with it!

09.02.2026 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It really does come close to being an utterly perfect story.

I was watching Tom n Lis before I can really remember, and they were formative. There used to be this old address book of my mum's at home which had dalek battles I'd scribbled in pen when I was 2 or 3, and it had Davros there too.

09.02.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's my second fave Dalek story, only topped by Genesis. And Genesis features Tom and Lis, and the original and definitive Davros, so Remembrance actually getting close to knocking that off as my fave dalek story is really something.

It's just brilliant, and 7 and Ace are always amazing.

09.02.2026 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope that didn't last too long. Cheers for the reply, btw.

09.02.2026 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cheers! I appreciate the reply, helps me know things are improving.

09.02.2026 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bluesky is really buggy for me this morning. Often can't fetch notifications, can't write my own posts although I can share others posts.

Bit annoying.

This is kinda a test.

09.02.2026 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks and
Remembrance of the Daleks

ok, seriously:

Remembrance of the Daleks
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Survival
Curse of Fenric
Paradise Towers

I hide it well, but I do quite like Remembrance.

09.02.2026 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Someone walking in the desert past Uluru and a big sign saying "Here is an No-Effort Zero-Risk Opportunity to be on the Right side of History"
person says "no"

Someone walking in the desert past Uluru and a big sign saying "Here is an No-Effort Zero-Risk Opportunity to be on the Right side of History" person says "no"

Here's a threat of Kudelka Gold

09.02.2026 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 547    ๐Ÿ” 130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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An early oil painting from the Earth & Sea series, before I realized I was making a series!
Created for a gallery exhibit in 2009 and a take on tragic empathetic narrative moments.
Shaman's Loss
36" x 48" Oil on Panel 2009

09.02.2026 05:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 307    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Advice I need to take heed of.

09.02.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shame indeed.

09.02.2026 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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some more traditional in real life drawing. Lead character from my comic book on 11x17 canson comic paper. this one done with my trusty Pilot drafting wood mechanical pencil and is sitting on my light table ready , acme animation plexiglass drawing board.

09.02.2026 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1413    ๐Ÿ” 88    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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