Why don't the tusk man have tusks?

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

The Jessica Fletcher hole is almost as deep and alluring as the Collumbo trap. Proceed with caution, Odo.

a lot of people don't know this, but your library card actually gives you access to a underground tunnel network of strange architecture and unclear purpose

I think if I worry about it a little bit more it'll solve everything

I can dream for free?

This is just one of the many social group taxes. You're not being asked to play lottery. You're being offered a social ritual that defines if you're a trbe member or not.

I wouldn't. The word stands on its own.

If you were asked to translate Beowulf into modern English, how would you translate ‘Hwæt’?

Listen here you little shit

I typically spend my weekends making video games that literally nobody but me would play.

It is literally because we all just use the same pre-made sign in/up thing because account security is way above our pay grade.

"You have to learn the rule before you can break it," is itself a rule that should always be broken. There are no rules.

Vanessa Stockard (Australian, b.1975)
"Satan Taking a Break from Hate Crimes," 2022
Oil on dibond

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #catlover

Inside you are two Lt. Commander Datas.

I remember trying to copy panels from the old black and white Savage Sword of Conan magazines with mine when I was a kid!

- Speedball Crowquill I've had since I was like 10 or something.
- Micron
- Wacom

The Speedball is my favorite, but I haven't had the space for "messy" art in a while.

Dearest phone: Never have I ever cared that you put those apps in deep sleep. Please stop telling me.

An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

I made a zoomie friend!
#papercraft #spacecar

New video review is up on the Youtube channel, featuring this set of paints and sketchbook from Arrtx! It had been a while since my last page featuring a character and their equipment and this was a lot of fun to draw and paint 😊

Sculpture of a woman who is partially covered in ash, holding a burnt bridge with both hands.

‘Ashley’ 11H x 8.5W x 6D inches.
Mixed media: polymer clay, wire, foam, fabric, and wood. Available if interested —> www.rednosestudio.com/puppets/ashley

GOBLIN MODE 💀💀💀

+1 for the Jethro Tull album title reference.

I painted my first Magic the Gathering cards 30 years ago this year! Here’s to all the friends and family who posed as wizards, warriors and fairy folk that helped me realize the art for your favorite cards.✨

Tiny bat

Three panel comic. Panel 1: a man in a tie looks miserable, head in hands, while sitting at a bus stop in the city. He’s thinking, “can’t believe I have work today…” Panel 2: he looks up at the city to find it ablaze, actively being destroyed by the Cloverfield monster/kaiju. Panel 3: the man looks off to the side and makes a mildly surprised expression with a cute subtle smile.

"Artists who practice one medium struggle in another medium they did not practice."