Brian Burke
@burky.bsky.social
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Illustrator. Always hungry. He/him. Enn/eff/Tee's, AI bros - DNI IG - instagram.com/velocitraktor #fanart #illustration
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My name is Brian, an artist who goes by the handle of Burky! I am a Dublin illustrator based in Belfast, N Ireland. I like to work on characters based on pop culture and other niche interests.
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Reposting my hooded crow from this time last year because I love his little fall vibes.

(Ref photo by Akbar Nemati)
🦢🐡 #art #birds
a digital painting of a hooded crow. the bird is centered in the image, with most of his body facing forward to the viewer, and his head in profile so that his bill is pointing to the left. he is mostly white with a black head and spots on his wings and tail, but the artist has included flourishes of aqua and blue in his feathers. he is surrounded by yellow and orange leaves that become more and more abstract as they fall to the background. a few blades of green grass cut the front from the left corner.
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Goddess of nightmares
#Hades2 - quick sketch
Drawing of Melinoë from Hades 2
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Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."

This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."

RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack
A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.
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this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord
screenshot of a post i made on twitter

Corey Brickley Illustration. Ju:
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i struggle with a brain that wants to stiffly copy whatever reference i'm using and one thing i've found helpful:
1. draw big blocky shapes over the reference
2. turn off ref and redraw big blocky shapes
3. draw in figure with big blocky shapes overlaid
Traducir post photo of model posing as an elegant elf woman that ive blocked out with a chunky red brush in a separate window ive redrawn the red blocks, then have drawn details over the red blocks, using the photo+red transparency as reference final doodle of the figure drawing without the red blocking
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Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.
Jail. Straight to jail.
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It just completes the look, right? Cannot see Wario without him thinking the chest W is peak mogging.
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A fellow man of culture I see.
Wario giving you the guns and the goods
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they are probably up to no good.
A little Halloween painting!
Oil painting on panel 14"x18"
Fuck another legend gone RIP Drew Struzan.
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RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌
Why do they always sound like they are from a cult when they get the slightest pushback? Always trying to promote this false sense of FOMO.
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Older piece - but its neat

#HelixelArt #OCArt
Colourful waist up drawing of my OC helixel, she's wearing a face mask with teeth on the front. She holds up her phone that says "wear a *uckin mask" on the screen. The image is from 2020.
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Day 8 ODD ANIMALS
#soulstober #soulstober2025 #soulsborne
Lmao been considering buying a PS5 at last within the last month since my launch PS4 is showing its age.

Oh well...fuck that then?
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Mean Gandalf and poor Bilbo ♥
I drew this one few years ago (but it suits the Hobbit storyline of my posts :D )
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Time to go to work in the shit factory!
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Pen and ink "doodles" by John M Burns
Just back from seeing the latest PTA. Dude still got the sauce. Pacing and decisions made, especially with the directing of that last sequence - unreal.
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Diane Keaton (1946–2025)
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The 30th Belfast Comic Jam will be held on Wednesday 15th October, 7-9pm upstairs at The American Bar. Free event, bring your friends, see you there!
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Bart Nouveau - as requested by Andrew Keys