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@captainpurple.bsky.social

Sculptor | Illustrator | Curmudgeon Not a nefarious villain

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Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 2d ago

Reception Committee 11x14 pen and paper #surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Pen drawing centered on a large stylized face with black eyes embedded with ghostly lines with the face being roughly textured and broken with circular symbols around it with the forehead dominated by a damaged circular shield. The face appears to be damaged or disintegrating and is underlit in blue. It is suspended over a number of columns that have gaps that are filled with ghostly symbols and circular paths creating the illusion of charts and equations. The structures are highly detailed and circuit-like and two large angled walls converging under the skull. Robed figures with black masks that only show eyes are arrayed under the ceremonial face and on either side of the scene are two stylized humanoid statues with feminine proportions with only the one on the right side of the page fully visible, and the one on the left partially visible.

Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 2d ago

#art #sculpture #wip #rhino Normally I don’t share skeet many work in progress images, but this view is amusing me 🤪

A white polymer clay sculpture is flipped on its back, legs sticking up in the air. It appears to have just fallen over.

Jill🌻@jillsunflower.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ultra marbled and nonchalant 🐌 #art #illustration #natureArt

A mixed digital / traditional media illustration of a colorful marbled silhouette snail moving over pebbles, with a friendly-faced flower hanging downward toward them.

Topics: invertebrates, mixed media, human made art, modern folk art

Maddie Machine @theuglymachine.bsky.social · 2d ago

A set of wasteland surgical tools for @nuclearmu5hroom.bsky.social

A scalpel, bonesaw, brainhook, and uh.. ????

Jill🌻@jillsunflower.bsky.social · 3d ago

Snail & friend 🐌🌻

An illustration of a snail with a friendly flower arching down toward them, colored in marbled blending colors.

Topics: hybrid media, traditional media art, digital art, drawing, painting, nature art

Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 3d ago

Here are some pics from yesterday's Emerge! 2026 show at the Hannan Center in Detroit. A couple of pieces by @captainpurple.bsky.social and a couple by moi.

A colored pencil piece by Dug Rusin depicting a woman, scissors, a rhino and pencils.

A colored pencil piece by Dug Rusin depicting a woman in a toy tug boat, a blender, a birdhouse, razor blades, a shark, all adrift at sea.

My soapstone sculpture of a man emerging from the stone.

My woodblock print of a hammerhead shark.

イシコ(石井みつこ)@ishiko.bsky.social · 4d ago

1日1枚(わぁ〜軽ーい)

ValeMB @valpmb.bsky.social · 4d ago

Good morning!

Abstract watercolor landscape with a field and pink flowers. The sky is dark blue, pink and yellow.

Jill🌻@jillsunflower.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hello out there! I’m seeking art thoughts. Are the snake’s markings complete as-is? (First photo) OR - would it benefit from some additional marking enhancement (second / third photos)?? My brain’s moving slowly again, time to crowd source some thinking 😆 #wip

An in-progress painted drawing of a lavender snake in a flowering tree. The snake has basic pink markings.

The same snake with digitally mocked up additional markings

The snake with digitally mocked up additional markings

Bru.ib⭐@bruib.bsky.social · 5d ago

Pagor Junction. #Art

a warped mass of pipework, presented in a distorted, glowing perspective. cyan/blue tones.

Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 5d ago

#art It’s been a while since I had anything in a gallery. Now I have a pair of drawings in the Emerge! 2026 exhibit at the Hannan Center Kayrod Gallery in Detroit. It opens tomorrow and runs through mid-September Many, many thanks to @brucegerlach.bsky.social (also in the show) for tipping me off!

A pen and color pencil drawing of young brunette woman in dark red dress with a dark rainbow colored scissor-beaked bird upon her shoulder calmly looks to the viewer while pieces of paper, pens and pencils swirl around her.

A pen and color pencil drawing of a young woman with an oversized head, her red hair gently moved by the wind stands in a black-hulled small ship (based on a Little Tikes tugboat shaped sandbox), holds onto the white cabin with her left hand. There is nobody at the wheel of the ship. In her right is a white bird house that has a brown leather suitcase handle attached to the blue roof. Above her head is a blender, the black electric cord curving around like a halo. And around the blender is a swirling cloud of razor blades. The grey sky is overcast, and there are gentle but pronounced swells in the vibrant blue green water. At the bottom right, just below the green blue waterline a circling shark can be seen.

Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 5d ago

Starting tomorrow, I will have two pieces in the Emerge! 2026 exhibit at the Hannan center in Detroit. I will be exhibiting alongside a few friends, as well. @captainpurple.bsky.social, Mary Stebbins Taitt, and Laura Reed. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/07/emer...

A soapstone sculpture of a figure emerging from the stone.

A woodblock print of a hammerhead shark.

David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 2w ago

Currently available small bird drawings. Prices, descriptions in alt-text. DM me if you're interested in one. Or two. #art #birds #sciart

"House Finch", pencil crayon/graphite on paper, 5 1/2 x 6", 2026- $150(Cdn). A small realistic colour drawing of red headed male house finch.

"swift", pencil crayon/graphite on paper, 5x7", 2026- $150(Cdn). A colour drawing of a swift perched on a stump. Still filling in the feathers across its shoulder & head.

Bru.ib⭐@bruib.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ten Ten Ten. #Art

an abstract 'cityscape' of striped cubes and blue line, presented in a distorting 360 degree panoramic view.

イシコ(石井みつこ)@ishiko.bsky.social · 2w ago

1日1枚(え？まだ臭う？)

Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 2w ago

💛 Artist! Quote with your yellow art

A large (19x24 inch) pen and color pencil drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house is purple, yellow and green with the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has an orange pumpkin dangling from it, the background is a kind of smokey, ethereal cloudscape in shades of golden brown.

Verati@verati404.bsky.social · 2w ago

Artist! Quote with your yellow art.

Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Awkward silence” is my love language 🤫♥️

𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎 @donrice.art · 2w ago

SILENT ART SHARE - Show ‘em if you got ‘em. #artshare Post your work quietly, without a word. You know the drill! Share your work, tag your friends, and support other folks! Only human-made works. SFW encouraged. Label if NSFW. Alt-text also encouraged. Thank you all for being amazing! Cheers!

Bru.ib⭐@bruib.bsky.social · 2w ago

Artist! Quote with your blood art!🩸 #ArtTrain #Art

black background. a stream of red blood splashed onto the black.

Freddie@stringerseven.bsky.social · 2w ago

Artist! Quote with your blood art! #darkart #horrorart #skulls

Manuel Fallmann-Kerrutt @mindistortion.tv · 2w ago

Guidance #digitalpainting #art #darkart #surrealism #abstractart

Digital painting of two abstract figures, one small and one tall. The tall one is showing the small one a light, which is illuminating the largely dark surroundings.

Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?

Repo Man: Getting into Tense Situations

Alt: Repo Man: Getting into Tense Situations

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Russell Dickerson@rdickerson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?

Bru.ib⭐@bruib.bsky.social · 2w ago

Photonic filings in a magnetized light field. #Art

abstract light forms, blurred with motion on a black background, rendered in a stippled style.

Defiant Debi Does Drawing @debidoesdrawing.bsky.social · 2w ago

Posting one comic issue a week(ish)...Comic #190 A Cosmic Narrative: An extraterrestrial travel journal that asks the big questions by examining the small moments of life across the universe. 👽 #webcomic #webtoon #comic #writing #MicroFiction

A journal page with a sketch of a shark like creature standing up right, tiny flippers are his arms. There is a second sketch of a woman in a long coat holding something in her hands. Text reads:

He stared longingly at the woman as she handled the delicate object.

How he wished he had actual useful arms and hands. His little upper flippers had been perfect for his ancestors living in the deep oceans, but now, eons later, they were useless.

Hopping away, he cursed the random cruelty of evolution.

Hagatha Crusty @obviouslycloe.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hello new followers. I make things, and also stuff. Live connecting with other artists.

Mural of a giant tortoise with penstemon flowers on its shell and me up on a boom lift working on it

Mini Sculptures of suited figures, on with pyramid eye guy and the other with a old school television for a head that says "die for capital" on the screen

Me working on a steel sculpture of a ships hull

Me with a bust of Bruce the shark from Jaws that I helped carve from foam

#art #sculpture #scenicart

Old Paul @manticore-aw.bsky.social · 3w ago

Still one of my favourite paintings I did for my wife's birthday in 2019 #octopus #acrylics

A large red octopus approaches you underwater, lit from the left

Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 3w ago

☁️ Greetings from metro Detroit! Be sure to chew your air carefully before installing ☁️

A photo of a smoke-filled sky. There is a brick house, framed by maple trees with an obscured burnt orange sun.

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Crack Me Open to Find Me A Sono collage On body, cognitive decline, memory, and identity #ArtofSelfPortraiture

Photographic collage of Mickey. A double exposed Mickey in a dress is posed facing toward a closeup portrait of their face. There are multiple layers of double exposures of the same photo similar to a nesting doll if you opened it sideways.

Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy #PortfolioDay I'm Diana, a Chinese American #illustrator interested in Kid Publishing, magazine, greeting card, puzzle projects. dianadelosh.com #kidlitart #illustration #kidlit

A grid of 9 boxes. The center box has my contact info: my name stamp/ Diana Ting Delosh/illustrator/ dianadelosh.com © Diana Ting Delosh. The 8 remaining boxes beginning with the top left corner and going clockwise: 2 anthropomorphic cat detective characters. Under the sea scene with a shy squid making friends. A tween girl slouching a comfy chair reading a book with snacks and her kitty nearby. A snowy owl flying through a snowy pine forest. an orange and white kitten dreaming of a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. 4 animal friends dancing a on a spring meadow. Kid me hosting a tea party that is crashed by a crow. © Diana Ting Delosh

🍉RY🌹@nildrohain.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi, #portfolioday! I’m a sculptor (traditional/digital) and illustrator based in Oakland, California, and I’m currently looking for work! You can see even more of my work at rachelgyoungart.com

Stylized digital sculpture of a smiling/panting Staffordshire Bull Terrier wearing a three-tasseled jester’s hat with bells on the ends.

Photograph of a painted resin cast of a sculpture of the head and neck of a dragon. He is blue, green, and golden in color, with intense red eyes with small round black pupils, large spiraling horns, and an open mouth with large tusks and a shiny pink forked tongue.

Digital drawing of Baba Yaga in front of her hut-on-chicken-legs. She is holding a skull that is on the end of a stick. The skull is glowing brightly with a supernatural light and appears to have phantom eyes in its sockets. Both the skull and Baba Yaga are looking at the viewer.

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Feels Like Dancing (2023) Photography composite Sono Una Fotografia On body, movement, joy, and identity #ArtofSelfportraiture

Photographic composite with two Mickeys. Each is holding out the skirt of their dress gently as if they are dancing. The one at the bottom is facing forward with their face looking back and they exist in a room. The second one emerges out of the lower picture and is facing away from the camera with part of their face missing. Photograph has additional textures added.