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Brian
@greygraphite.bsky.social
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Artist, college drawing instructor, union organizer, amateur Sasquatchologist.

www.brianrwilliams.com

Creator of the independent webcomic “Orick & Argyle."

www.orickandargyle.com
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#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt

Proxima is the nearest star to the Sun. It is a red dwarf, 1/5 the size of our Sun and 20,000 times dimmer. Here we see it seen from the surface of one of its planets. To the left one can also make out Alpha Centauri, which is a binary star with two Sun-like components.
Illustration of the star Proxima Centauri seen from one of its planets. The landscape is rocky and barren aside from a lake. Proxima is a flare star with a powerful magnetic field, leading to the formation of aurorae in the sky. Artwork created in Blender by Mark A Garlick.
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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markgarlick.com
My artwork of a Sunset on Mars. Dust and small particles suspended in the Martian atmosphere scatter light in the direction of the Sun forward. This creates a blue halo around the setting Sun, rendering a Martian landscape quite different from its terrestrial equivalent.

#ArtAdventCalendar
#SciArt
Digital illustration of a barren, rocky Martian landscape. The sun is about to set (or just risen). Unlike on Earth, sunsets and sunrises on Mars can often appear blue, as here. Art copyright Mark A Garlick
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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themusesmiles.bsky.social
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar
#Collage
Created for a challenge by
@specialagentcollagecollective.com
Collage Multicolor strips of paper glued to a black background A woman holds a piece of paper
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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choy.bsky.social
Day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar. A stoneware duck. #pottery #sculpture
Right view of a stylized sitting, eyes closed off-white duck with a yellow matte glazed beak Left view of a stylized sitting, eyes closed off-white duck with a yellow matte glazed beak
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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aimeecozza.com
One time I did a Game of Thrones fanart (before the final season)

#Art #ArtAdventCalendar #GameOfThrones #Fanart
A three eyed raven sitting atop a cut log, a pennant hanging from it with the Stark house sigil on it. Arrows are hanging out of the log. A large moon looms bright behind the bird.
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2. Still one of my favorite projects: illustrating "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," by Wallace Stevens.
V I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after. Stanza V from "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," written by Wallace Stevens. A digital illustration showing a red-winged blackbird perched on a twig next to a muddy pond at twilight. The blackbird is calling. Next to it is an old stone with a spiral pattern carved into it. The scene's reflection on the surface of the pond appears to show a moment in the near future: the stone is glowing and the blackbird is flying away.
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
Gonna participate in #artadventcalendar this year -- thanks to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for the heads-up!

Day 1: Orick's Cave
A digital illustration showing a Sasquatch reading a book in his cave with his friends, a mountain lion asleep next to the fireplace, and an extraterrestrial laying on a rug watching The X-Files on an iPad. The cave is illuminated by the fire in the fireplace, candles, lamps and glowing crystals. Above the fireplace is a framed portrait of a Sasquatch ancestor. In the background is a bookshelf and a staircase.
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
Use only one piece of art to convince folks to follow you 🐵🐱👽

#digitalart #comics
A digital illustration showing comic book 3 characters in a rowboat on a pond at twilight. The pond is ringed with lily pads and cattails. Orick, a Sasquatch is rowing the boat; sitting in the boat behind him are Leona, a mountain lion, and Argyle, an extraterrestrial. The characters are looking cautiously in different directions. In the distance is an island with a spooky old wooden church and a pier.
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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greygraphite.bsky.social
boids 🪶

#birds #birdart #digitalart
XI He rode over Connecticut In a glass coach. Once, a fear pierced him, In that he mistook The shadow of his equipage For blackbirds. Stanza Eleven from the poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens, illustrated by me. A flock of blackbirds flies alongside a greyish-blue streamlined steam passenger train speeding over a stone bridge under an overcast sky.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
boids 🪶

#birds #birdart #digitalart
XI He rode over Connecticut In a glass coach. Once, a fear pierced him, In that he mistook The shadow of his equipage For blackbirds. Stanza Eleven from the poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens, illustrated by me. A flock of blackbirds flies alongside a greyish-blue streamlined steam passenger train speeding over a stone bridge under an overcast sky.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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georgeouthwaite.bsky.social
Artist manifesto:
1 - you can’t capture the world or even a fragment of it so be specific.
2 - there’s value to taking a position in your art that is more extreme and less nuanced than you might hold in your actual life, to make a point, to be a counterweight.
3 - do what you like.
That’s it
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
greygraphite.bsky.social
If you see this, post your art with clouds 🌥️
III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. A digital illustration of Stanza III of the poem, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens. A red-winged blackbird flies above a metal contraption made of old rusty tin wind-up toys. It is placed over a rectangular hole in the ground that emanates purple light. The contraption is inspired by the painting "Twittering Machine" by Paul Klee. In the distance is a foggy field, a tree line, and pink and grey clouds at dusk.
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
A digital sketch for a drawing. I love sketching digitally even if the plan is to finish the drawing using traditional media.
A digital sketch of a giant jellyfish floating in the air in front of a large Tudor-style house at dusk. The jellyfish glows orange and pink, and its long tentacles drag on the ground.
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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jimmynijs.bsky.social
It's my birthday today, and because I am turning 31, am actively balding, and will probably die alone, I want to celebrate it by sharing some of my favorite pieces from this year. 🥳🥳🥳

If you want you can join the celebration by sharing these pieces, that would be very much appreciated. 🖤
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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spacethrob.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
Artists, quote with your night art!

#digitalart #webcomic
A digital illustration showing comic book 3 characters in a rowboat on a pond at twilight. The pond is ringed with lily pads and cattails. Orick, a Sasquatch is rowing the boat; sitting in the boat behind him are Leona, a mountain lion, and Argyle, an extraterrestrial. The characters are looking cautiously in different directions. In the distance is an island with a spooky old wooden church and a pier.
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
Quote your art with fire 🔥🔥🔥
"Carbon," graphite and charcoal powder on toned paper, 2025. A pair of tree trunks in the foreground have square holes cut out of them. Emerging from the biggest hole is a man playing a burning violin; his arms holding the instrument and the bow are emerging from two smaller holes. The arm holding the bow is coming out of a different tree than the rest of his body, revealing the surrealistic and nonsensical nature of the scene. An ammonite and a pile of uncut diamonds are seen in two other cut-outs in the tree. Also emerging from the trees are steel smokestacks belching copious amounts of black smoke and sparks. In the background is a meadow with a creek running through it; along the horizon more trees can be seen. The sky is overcast. Everything in the scene is composed partly or entirely of carbon: the trees, the violin, the diamonds, the steel smokestacks, the smoke, the man.
October 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
Oh it’s #portfolioday !?

I’m Brian, I like to do drawrings. You can see more at my website: brianrwilliams.com
A graphite drawing showing a surreal scene: in the foreground is a tree trunk with four square holes cut out of it. A man playing a violin emerges from the biggest hole; his arm holding the violin sticks out from another hole. His other arm holding the bow emerges from a hole in a second tree trunk. The violin is on fire. Diamonds and an ammonite are seen in the last two holes in the tree. Additionally, connected to the front of the two tree trunks are three smokestacks belching black smoke and sparks. In the background is an overcast landscape with a meadow, a creek and a forest in the far distance. A graphite drawing shows Krampus stepping into the hallway of a fancy house. Krampus has one human foot and one cloven hoof. He wears a basket of sticks on his back and drags chains shackled to his wrists. He looks at the viewer and sticks out his tongue. A graphite drawing shows an outdoor scene in a desert, with a mountain, clouds, stars and the moon in the background. In the foreground, a woman sits in a carved wooden sleigh being pulled by fantastical creatures whose whiskers the woman is using as reins. A graphite drawing on sepia-toned paper shows a woman wearing a wig and garments from the early 1800s. She stares at the viewer. Behind her is a nighttime landscape with a river, trees and stars. The spirit of the Mothman floats in the sky above the river.
October 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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greygraphite.bsky.social
It's almost Squatchtober! 🍂

Quote repost with your Autumn themed #art

orickandargyle.com
A digital painting of Orick, a Sasquatch wearing an orange scarf and carrying a hot drink of some kind, walking between some trees and saying "boo" to classic movie monsters Nosferatu, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and a werewolf, who cower in fear and run away.
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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greygraphite.bsky.social
"Bow Shock," digital drawing. REX INTERFECTVS EST ("the king is killed") is the titulus above the scene on the Bayeux Tapestry depicting King Harold's death during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The tapestry also shows Halley's Comet, which appeared the same year King Harold was killed.

#nokings
A digital drawing in black, grey and gold, showing an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon king painted in black and while being struck by a comet with a golden tail. The king is wearing chain mail and his hand is shown letting go of a lance. All that's shown of the king's head is his skull, which is being spun in the air by the force of the impact. The skull is still wearing a helmet and a crown. The night sky behind the scene is filled with gold stars. At the bottom of the drawing is an inscription written in gold that reads REX INTERFECTUS EST, meaning "the king is killed." The drawing is inspired by the death of King Harold II of England in 1066 as depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry.
June 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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wallacepolsom.bsky.social
Wallace Polsom, “The Fate of Dolls Lost at Sea” (24 Jun 2021), paper collage, 20.2 x 31.4 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/6549032... #papercollage #collage #art #contemporaryart #thefateofdollslostatsea #surrealart
July 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
If you see this post something monochromatic

#traditionalart #drawing
"Carbon," graphite and charcoal powder on toned paper, 2025. A pair of tree trunks in the foreground have square holes cut out of them. Emerging from the biggest hole is a man playing a burning violin; his arms holding the instrument and the bow are emerging from two smaller holes. The arm holding the bow is coming out of a different tree than the rest of his body, revealing the surrealistic and nonsensical nature of the scene. An ammonite and a pile of uncut diamonds are seen in two other cut-outs in the tree. Also emerging from the trees are steel smokestacks belching copious amounts of black smoke and sparks. In the background is a meadow with a creek running through it; along the horizon more trees can be seen. The sky is overcast. Everything in the scene is composed partly or entirely of carbon: the trees, the violin, the diamonds, the steel smokestacks, the smoke, the man.
October 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
greygraphite.bsky.social
Artists, quote with something silly

#traditionalart
“The Hermit II,” graphite on paper, 6x8” oval, 2025. A birch tree grows from the neck of a woman from a 17th-century Dutch painting. She wears an elaborately-embroidered dress and stiff ruff collar. A woodpecker peeks out from a hole in the tree approximately where the woman’s head would have been.
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM