David Erik Nelson

Less is more and more is everything (Sketch of the Week for Week 4 of 2026) #art #drawing #hubbahubba #nudies #pinups #sketch #sketching www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p...

Reactor is proud to have 3 works of short fiction on the Bram Stoker Awards' preliminary ballot!

- "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon" by @acwise.bsky.social
- "The Nölmyna" by @dave0com.bsky.social
- "Squid Teeth" by Sarah Langan!

Congratulations!!

Opinion | What destroyed ‘the right to be let alone’ Millions of Americans began eagerly erasing the public and private dividing line long before the internet.

This is absolutely fascinating and worth your time. Read the whole thing. wapo.st/3N7iDmV 🎁🔗

“I had a little dreidel …” ♬♫♪ (Sketch of the Week for Week 51 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... #art #drawing #dreidels #Jews #mazeldon #music #newsD #newsF #NittelNacht #sketch #sketching #xmas

This is not a dreidel

Gut Shabbos and chag Chanukah semeach, brothers and sisters!

Download Reactor Original Short Fiction Highlights 2025! - Reactor Our new bundle gathers a selection of this year's stories in one easy-to-read place.

"The Nölmyna" made it into the @reactorsff.bsky.social 2025 highlights ebook. I always love these, because I'm much more of a Kindle/paper reader than a phone/tablet reader. Hyped to share a ToC with @acwise.bsky.social and @r-emrys.bsky.social. Free download here: reactormag.com/download-sho...

A charcoal sketch of a deciduous tree in Michigan in the winter snow pile the top of the limbs for snow flurrying around it

Tree, Snow, Charcoal (Sketch of the Week for Week 50 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... #art #charcoal #drawing #sketch #sketching #snow #trees

Back in the 1990s in an airport bar in Venezuela I ordered "ron y coke." The waiter asked "¿cubalibre?" Being American, I didn't know that this was what the rest of the world called "rum and coke." I emphatically repeated myself. He brought me a pint glass of rum and a warm bottle of coke.

A charcoal sketch of a snow-laden pine tree in northern Michigan

Prudenville, MI, Thanksgiving, Snow (Sketch of the Week for Week 49 of 2025)

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#art #charcoal #drawing #glue #michigan #sketch #sketching #snow #trees #michigan

Non biedt kat vis aan in ruil voor penis Non loopt met vis in de hand een kat achterna, zij wil de vis ruilen met een penis die de kat in de bek heeft. Een nar kijkt toe door een raamkozijn.

source: www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...

From the museum website: "Flaisch macht Flaisch." German print, 1555: "Nun walks with fish in hand chasing a cat, she wants to exchange the fish with a penis that the cat has in the mouth. A jester is watching through a window frame."

Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise ® myNoise sets the standard for online background noise machines and interactive soundscapes.

So here is something potentially silly that I use most days, either on their mobile app on their site (or both): mynoise.net

I think it's maybe entirely free to use on the site, but I pay anyway, because I sorta love everything about it.

Der Schnozz (Sketch of the Week for Week 47 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... #art #drawing #newsD #newsF #nose #sketch #sketching

Charcoal #2 (Sketch of the Week for Week 45 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... #art #charcoal #Chiaroscuro #drawing #newsD #newsF #sketch #sketching

Offers without commentary

The Second Horseman of the Apocalypse has rolled up in person, because the revelations will not be televised, brother. Revelations will be LIVE. #puremichigan

Sketching glitches (Sketch of the Week for Week 42 of 2025)
#Art #SketchOfTheWeek #BorisKarloff #drawing #glitches #sketching

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Tiny Dancers (Sketches of the Week for Week 38 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... #AI #art #artists #dancers #drawing #hope #newsD #newsF #photography #sketch #sketching #tools

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies Russ Tamblyn’s Unforgettable “Shovel Dance” from THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE | Mad About Musicals | TCM

Oy gevalt! Will ya look at this deranged mutherfucker‽

youtu.be/EsimdPNbifc

Just finished “Issues with Authority.” Loved it!

Russ Tamblyn’s Unforgettable “Shovel Dance” from THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE | Mad About Musicals | TCM

Oy gevalt! Will ya look at this deranged mutherfucker‽

youtu.be/EsimdPNbifc

Russ Tamblyn’s Unforgettable “Shovel Dance” from THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE | Mad About Musicals | TCM

Oy gevalt! Will ya look at this deranged mutherfucker‽

youtu.be/EsimdPNbifc

This book is hella fun!

L’Shana Tova, mofos! (Sketches of the Week for Week 37 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... #art #drawing #Jews #mazeldon #newsD #newsF #RoshHashanah #sketch #sketching

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Oh cool! My first DIY book is in this humble bundle! A good deal that supports independent publishing, authors, and a good cause: www.humblebundle.com/books/electr...

A watercolor sketch of an apple.

A fresh attempt at color sketching with water color pencils.

He discarded a work glove, clearly labeled, “watch your hands.“ Probably contains a monkeys paw.

My first thought was “well that’s forbidding!“, but then I looked inside, and all there was was this cute lil monkey’s paw, so I brought it home…

A pencil sketch of pines growing along the stone shores of Moskey Basin in Isle Royale National Park, MI

“So those two trees are the protagonists?” (Sketch of the Week for Week 34 of 2025)

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To the Pine Tree Zhingwaak! Zhingwaak! Ingii-ikid, – Pine! Pine! I said,

This is really cool: the audio includes a reading of both the English translation and the original Anishinaabemowin. It's by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, a prominent early Native American writer from Michigan. I've lived here my entire life, & never heard of her before this: poets.org/poem/pine-tree

Hey! The sun is a normal color this morning! #aqi 🌞