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Posts by Dave Stokes
Dani Moonstar/Mirage pencils in #procreate based very loosely on Sway’s redesign and used some ref from the trailer of the upcoming Blades of the Guardians movie. Haven’t drawn a horse in a while, looks derpy 🤷♂️
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Portrait practice, from ref #procreate PSDelux photoshop brush pack ‘Soft Square’ brush
New single, available everywhere
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Splinter v Shredder, drawn at Galaxycon Richmond.
“By protecting others, you save yourself.” -Kambei/Seven Samurai (1954). Should have stopped about 15 minutes earlier, likeness veered away from me #procreate from ref, Brooks Kim pencil brushes
Remember, folks, there’s an easy answer that is always correct to any headline with a question mark in it.
Finished up Ser Dunc inks
“Get up!” Quick sketch done in #procreate
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If you're a Webtoon user, Solver has now been running there for a couple of months in a phone-friendly format. Please tell your phone-friendly format friends.
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downthetubes has been alerted to comments by Frazer Brown of Red Cabin Comics that may lead some to consider we gave his never published Tales from the Quarantine project support, and, by implication, support for the company’s dubious…
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Portrait practice from ref (paused YouTube vid) in #procreate Lane Brown General brush from his Charcoal Master set
I've put out 6-7 of these sketchbooks over the years and I'm sure it's kind of a redundant thing to say, but this most recent one is absolutely my favourite and a lot of my best work. But mainly because of the short story I got to work on with my friend. Reach out if you want a copy
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Discord has quietly added AI scraping bots to all servers. They’re invisible, so they won’t show up on your member list, but they can be removed. See these instructions for how to ban them by ID:
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Time lapse of the process
Portrait practice, from ref. #procreate with Brooks Kim’s sketch brushes, mainly the 6b
It’s that time of year again apparently #artvsartist2025 🤷♂️
The head of a teachers union gleefully posting AI slop should be grounds for immediate removal from their position.
#76 Artorias - Ink and gouache on 13 x 19 bristol, possibly the last one of 2025 #artorias #darksouls
PIRATE FUN: THE THIRD TRIAL, available now!
PIRATE FUN: THE COLLECTED EDITION, seeking a publisher next year!
SUPERMAN
Agreed. Best advice I ever got was from @pauljholden.com at a BICS in 2008 and I think? I still pass on the same advice/story about his brutally honest, but very fair, critique of my stuff from that show if people ever ask me to look at their portfolio
New sketchbooks ready to start shipping now. 48 pages of sketches from the last couple of years including a 10 page short written by @monomythism.bsky.social and lettered by @colinbell.bsky.social £10 + shipping (generally £5 unless you want tracking etc) drop me a message or email (link in bio)
Guardian by @davestokes.bsky.social
A black and white torso sketch of Judge Dredd from The Dead Man by Tom Foster
A black and white ink sketch on buff (is that right?) paper of Conan the Barbarian by Dave Stokes
A Knight On A Bald Mountain painting by Simon Jacob
A print of Jonathan Edwards Coedydd Maentwrog watercolour painting
First up, art!
Living in a tenement flat is the big high walls I can put loads of art up on
The Dead Man (spoilers, it's Judge Dredd) by @tomfosterart.bsky.social
Conan the Barbarian by @davestokes.bsky.social
A Knight On A Bald Mountain by Simon Jacob
Coedydd Maentwrog by @jontofski.bsky.social
New sketchbooks debuting at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 48 pages of art from the last couple of years and a new short story comic written by @monomythism.bsky.social art by me and we coaxed @colinbell.bsky.social back into the fray with letters. Available online at the end of November
Hi pals I’ll be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in Harrogate this weekend! Swing by and see me at K19 in the Kids’ Zone. I’ll have my new calendar, stickers and my prints and books ✨