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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens

@8bitartist.bsky.social

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In the top 2% of Mikes, which is still the bottom 40% of humanity. I draw, mostly unprofessionally. I like horror and giant robots. 85% delightful.

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Feb 7

QRP with something watery.

Did I stop to draw something specifically so I could finally participate in one of these? Yes. Did it take an embarrassingly long amount of time to make for the amount of output? Also yes.
#bskyart #blender #greasepencil #2d

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 16

HA!

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 16

I will personally hand-polish your baby's face with Murphy Oil Soap for a fraction of whatever they are charging.

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Jul 16

i'm so tired. i'm just so tired all the time

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ha! nice! Yeah, that sounds awesome

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vashito @vashperado.bsky.social · Jul 13

👊💥

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ha! If I ever have the energy (spoiler alert: I NEVER have energy of any type), I would love to do a Scooby-style running loop with Kong and Godzilla + guest(s)

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

The same!

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Oh! Package it with the wind up depression lady from those pharma ads that slowly loses will to live and I'm in!

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Haha

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Screenshot of my Twitter from 2023. It reads:

"Let's do Terrible Names for Classic Superheroes for $200." followed by a screen capture of the trending topics, Holocaust and McHenry

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Haven't actually used Twitter since The Event (no, not that one. No not that one, either. No, before that. No, the other--), but I am mining my profile for memories before deleting everything and found this.

Screenshot from my Twitter in 2023:

Saw a custom license plate over the weekend that said "LVRLSLT" and assume this car was gifted by parents who want their child to know they love them no matter how much of a little slut they are.

This car was being driven by a man who was not a day less than 60 years old, but I dunno; he looked slutty enough.

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Oh, sorry. I like the Maskihoo. 😅 Great sense of scale throughout here, too.

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Nice!

Do you happen to like James Gurney? If you haven't checked out his Color and Light books, they're aces, and a lot of the examples have creatures in this vein, so you might dig it!

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

(I think this was an AA joke, but I saw "donuts" and the brain went rogue. Don't worry, I am docking myself points.)

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

God (no pun intended), this reminded me that the only thing I miss from having my Catholicism lapse is access to the post-service homemade lumpia and occasional Portuguese donut.

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Ha. I, too, approve.

I was just thinking yesterday that I want more metal album covers with goofy/non-standard (for metal) fonts/logos/art.

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'm so sorry.

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Luck is finally turning around, folks. Found this animal paw outside and you're not gonna believe this but it still has 2 whole wishes left.

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 11

It shows! 🙂

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 10

Lovely woodcut-ty vibes you're pulling out of those pens. Beautiful work.

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 10

Haha. You look great, Joe! 😆

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 10

a woman in a blue tank top is drinking from a mug

Alt: A woman attempting to drink water while laughing. Joe, just take my Like.

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 10

Makes a neat diptych!

Hmm. Curious: if you were gonna do a triptych/[n]tych, what pieces of yours would you have in mind to fit that bill?

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 10

Haha. If it every materializes from the ether (I am about 16 fake books deep right now), I'll put you on the list for a free copy. 😀

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The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 10

Just realizing me and my friends had every hairstyle portrayed in this video over the course of about 9 months during high school. @brianbelew.com

The Ghost of H.R. Pickens @8bitartist.bsky.social · Jul 10

Aye! It is a struggle just to keep plugging away.

But that also means plugging away in spite of [gestures at universe] is a victory in itself, so bravo. 🙂

Also, buy my new book, "Highly Non-motivational Motivational Aphorisms for Use in Social Media"

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