As a person with no internal dialogue I don’t know how any of you live with one, it sounds exhausting.
Zoë van Dijk
@creepcaptain.bsky.social
Illustrator by day, illustrator by night www.zoevandijk.com shewolf@zoevandijk.com Print shop: www.inprnt.com/gallery/creepcaptain/ Drawing in Los Angeles
I solemnly swear I did not put more than three (3) ragtime songs on the playlist for tonight because I am not trying to induce group psychosis. I'm a troll not a MONSTER.
how i put textures on my digital pieces a guide notes: this works for pretty much any kind of art, but seems to have the greatest mileage with flat graphic shapes. i'm 1000% sure there's easier ways to do this but this is how i do it
i do not understand what the non-nefarious use case for this even is
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
hoooo settin' up some free to all fun costumed figure drawing events in LA for later this fall/winter and I am already excited
you really think anybody has ever been on the fence about an event and then the thing that convinced them was how colorful and uncanny the flyer art was? grow up and then go fuck yourself
'but AI is the only way i can afford to make an event flyer' notebook paper. sharpie. here is my event. photograph with phone. post. be less stupid in the future
surpriiiise *jazz hands* the new divergent book has multiple POVs (but still mostly Tris lbr) people.com/the-sixth-fa...
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Just made a MAJOR LEAGUE (1989) reference in an email to an AD, god help me but also, god bless me
This is a monumental loss and also what an amazing life lived. Rest in power Ms. Saar.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last wk.Pioneering L.A. assemblage artist Betye Saar, who ‘liberated’ Aunt Jemima, dies days before her 100th birthday https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-07-27/betye-saar-dead-artist-assemblage-aunt-jemima-99?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
In case you didn’t know, librarians and libraries absolutely whip ass.
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2w agoAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
I used a lot more acrylic inks on this one, letting the inks pour and run across the paper and then painting over the top of them once they dried. I really like the effect! "All That Will Grow" Watercolor, acrylic ink, gouache, and color pencils.
Julie Dillon@juliedillon.bsky.social · 4w agoWorking on a new piece; thinking about star thistles, how in the western US they are an invasive and noxious weed that readily takes over land that has been disturbed and degraded. or something.
I am trying to remember the name of this indie band from circa 2010 and all I've got to describe them is "the man sounds like he's singing to you from an old timey hot air balloon" and I KNOW that sounds absurd but ALSO, I am correct.
@owenfreeman.bsky.social drew this lovely poster and I slapped some old timey design on it for next month's model theme! I've been trying to get someone in to be a Gibson Girl for us for a while and I am ready to draw some H A I R
Cover illustration for 'The Odyssey' by Homer that I had the immense pleasure of painting for @wraithmarked.bsky.social 's Special Limited Edition 🏺🌊
I finished the illustrations for @nkjemisin.bsky.social 's "The World We Make" special edition from Subterranean Press a while back but it's finally out! One of my favorite interior illustrations:
Dentist: okay so don’t floss on this side of your mouth for about a week okay? Me: lol nooooo problem 😏 Dentist: … ZOË
Happy Book Birthday to @sethhaddon.bsky.social NULL ENTITY, with this gorgeous cover by the one & only @creepcaptain.bsky.social ✨🌱💛🦅✨ 🌈📚 #BookSky
Zoë van Dijk@creepcaptain.bsky.social · 12mo agoCover reveal for @sethhaddon.bsky.social 's sequel to Volatile Memory -- NULL ENTITY. Always an absolute pleasure working with Christine at Tor books, they always trust me to follow my instincts.
It’s my 40th birthday next month and I’m a runaway train
Costume figure drawing at ReadySketchGo the other day - theme: 1980’s bodybuilder I looooved doing this one! Thanks Owen and Zoe for hosting these Model: Brandon (silverback1121 on IG)
So many muscle daddies have followed my figure drawing account in the past day since we had Brandon in on Wednesday. Yess, YESSS, COME TO ME MY DARLINGS
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
More photos I can’t help it the man just looked so epic in them lights
Zoë van Dijk@creepcaptain.bsky.social · 3w agoNot me having the time of my life drawing big shoulders and Air Jordans last night.
I think one of my favorite things about having people in to model for figure drawing who are new to the experience is watching them discover what a positive experience it is to be lovingly documented and rendered by artists.
Not me having the time of my life drawing big shoulders and Air Jordans last night.
Zoë van Dijk@creepcaptain.bsky.social · 3w agoOh my god all of my wildest muscle man dreams came true tonight, Brandon was the best. An absolute unit.
every gardener i follow is going absolutely hogwild flexing that they eat lettuce from behind their house. i've never seen gardeners act like this in my life. this is our super bowl. this is our olympics. gold medal in shitting normally