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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO

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Jim Brin (he/him) 🇸🇮 Artist [ #art | #ocart | #jjba | #fantasy ] ❌NFT/AI ✔️Whimsy and love of creation 💜 NEXT CON: VIECC 🇦🇹 💛 SHOP: neonufo.bigcartel.com 🧡 PATREON: patreon.com/neon_ufo 💚 COMMISSIONS: https://neonufo-comms.carrd.co/ ✉️ [email protected]

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · Jul 1

Commissions are open & I'd love to get some work again!
If interested, please DM or email me! (email in bio)

Details ➡️ neonufo-comms.carrd.co

[Additional full & halfbody examples in reply]
#artcommissions #artcommission #commission #artsky

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 4h

yeah, true. i tend to get these huge waves of self-doubt, but it's important to trust yourself and your process

JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 4h

yeah, the business/contract aspect was what put me off from even considering webtoon/tapas, i just want a platform to put a comic on. from the limited insight i have atm, comicfury reminds me a bit of old deviantart, i think that's why i'm so fond of it lmao, reminder of a simpler time

JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 7h

every project takes ten times longer than it should when you have to juggle it with survival 👍

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 7h

but i've also done so much and spent 6 years chipping away at it, the script is 2/3 done & letting it go would feel like a betrayal of myself because it feels like i always do this. i'm hoping that once the script is finished and i get to drawing, i will regain the passion that dulled along the way

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 7h

i've been on-again-off-again working on a story for a comic between various other projects and commissions and i am now at a point where i am unsure if it's any good at all bc i've been staring at it for so long, and my interests really shifted to other themes lately

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 8h

ah, i dont really have any insight on page resizing tbh
what draws me to comic fury is that apparently people are really happy to interact & that feels hard to come by online nowadays, which is why it's high on my radar for when i get my comic started, i miss active communities.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 8h

what about comic fury? i heard good things about it & it's been around for a long time, apparently has an active community too

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 9h

It costs $0.00 to support a human artist

(repost) monthly lubi september 2024, a roughly painted experimental digital piece of a character holding a sword + a quote by ursula k le guin

(repost) simple digital illustration in mostly flat colours. a swordsman stands on a large bloody X mark on the right, a black dog watches him from the left side

(repost) elric of melnibone, agonizingly reaching for stormbringer

(repost) monthly lubi experimental from july 2025. he's standing in the middle of a room, holding a sword with his reflection in the mirror

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bepis jr. @bepisjr.bsky.social · 2d

Tweet from “Thing Bad” username @Merman_Melville
“Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it’s probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day”
4:03 AM Jan 25, 2019
101 replies, 7.9K retweets, 33K likes, 1K saves

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 2d

Hey everyone, we have some big news to share!

LACKADAISY - Last Call

A preview of Lackadaisy Season One - the Speakeasy is in its prime as Mitzi and the band regale the crowd with an original musical number, Last Call. This seemed like the ideal way to announce that Lackadaisy is now officially a ‪Glitch‬ Production!!

youtu.be

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 2d

like i dont mind at all when people ask for sketch changes, that's literally the reason i send sketches. that's what that step of the commission is For. and yet

JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 2d

imagine not constantly having anxiety about stupid things such as: looking at a sketch that an artist i commissioned sent me, because i'm scared that i wouldn't like it and would have to slightly inconvenience them by asking for changes, which, as we know, is the worst thing anyone could ever do.

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 2d

absolutely beautiful, clearly influenced by the french comic series The Ogre Gods but nonetheless amazing

goeblins always kills it because their teams are made of students who specialize in like color direction or rough animation or final lineart etc instead of doing a whole thing themselves

Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 3d

Holy shit this Gobelins student film is absolutely incredible. Real Vampire Hunter D vibes

m.youtube.com/watch?v=O515...

NICCOLO - Animation Short Film 2025 - GOBELINS

YouTube video by GOBELINS Paris

m.youtube.com

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 2d

People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 2d

Post a mage!

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DIO @danielirizarri.bsky.social · 3d

I think what's impressive about TRON is that, visually, it's still so much more interesting than any of it's sequels. It's crazy that they tried update this digital world by making it as 'realistically rendered' as possible. It's a complete misunderstanding of the original's charm.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 4d

tales of alethrion released a new episode today, so it's as good a day as any to check out this incredible indie animated series!!

it's a fantasy story which follows several groups of adventurers, with no dialogue and a lot of heart

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Tales of Alethrion - Main Series - YouTube

www.youtube.com

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 12d

I designed a couple of outfits for my sword & sorcery characters, Ire and Skinner! Both of these are casual looks, and I'll be posting four others at a later date. <:

(character backgrounds and outfit descriptions in alt text)
#art #ocart #fantasy #fantasyart #characterdesign

IRE (he/him)
Ire's people (the Odgor) from the steppes lean very vibrant because a lot of their culture and religion is based around rare precious metals that come in many colours. They also utilize a lot of the colourful furs and leathers of their native fauna. Because they are known far and wide across the continent, the members of the tribe usually try to be well put together, to be a good representation of their goddess. Ire often wears a wrist brace on his left wrist.

IRE OUTFIT 1 (CASUAL) - Ire's first casual outfit is a black top of a stretchy fabric, a large medallion necklace, shorts and tall sandals. There is also a piece of fabric hanging off the front of his waist to add a splash of colour.

SKINNER (he/him)
Skinner is a traveler, banished from his tribe (the Nakrí) for practicing blasphemy, so his outfits are a bit of a mishmash of different styles. His original homeland is on the cold ocean cliffs and has a more spiritual culture. Skinner is a blood mage and needs to paint himself in blood in order to use his magic.

SKINNER OUTFIT 1 (CASUAL) - Skinner made the top and skirt of this outfit himself while living in the wilderness, and it's made of locks of matted fur. He's wearing old leather boots of a peculiar design of his tribe, the Nakrí, where the belt and brooch also origin from. The brooch in particular is a symbol of blood mages, which Skinner proudly wears in spite of being exiled for his taboo use of blood magic.

IRE OUTFIT 2 (CASUAL) - While the first outfit is an everyday sort of look for the Odgor people, the second one, while not an armour, is more fit for adventuring. The top is made of leather, giving a little protection, along with the metal harness across his chest. The outfit has a thick belt and a colourful furred skirt, and the usual Odgor sandals.

SKINNER OUTFIT 2 (CASUAL) - A more practical costume for traveling the land, this outfit includes a tunic and shorts. The tunic features sleeves and collar of a distinct Nakrí design - made of a twisted silk material.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 8d

Back from my little vacation, and here are Ire and Skinner's battle and ceremonial outfits!

(outfit descriptions in alt text)
#art #ocart #fantasy #fantasyart #characterdesign

IRE (battle attire)
Ire's battle armour is that of an Odgor tribal champion. It's vibrantly coloured in the infamous Odgor metals which are as beautiful as they are tough. His collar piece and his axe both have an abstract decoration, a popular metalwork design among his people. The sleeves are made of scaled leather, and the thick wires protruding from the best to the back are purely aesthetic. (The wires are a leftover from Ire's original concept which was much heavier on sci-fi elements, thus his armour used to have tubes. They no longer serve a functional purpose, but I liked the silhouette of them, so I decided to just make it a decorative element)

SKINNER (battle attire)
When getting ready for combat Skinner wears sort of a mishmash of things he picked up on the way. He again wears his matted fur skirt and old boots, but his top is replaced by a scaled leather shirt, and additionally padded with a scarf which covers his head as well. He also wears a metal helmet. In battle, Skinner marks more of his skin with blood, particularly his face and thighs.

IRE (ceremonial attire)
As before, this outfit is also made predominantly of metal in many colours. While Odgor are known for their metals, they generally don't use it for frivolous things, as they are very stingy when it comes to mining their holy mountain. Thus, their highly valuable ceremonial costumes use thin, small pieces of vibrant metal as opposed to something bigger. The shape of a triangle is significant to Odgor culture and heavily utilized in this outfit. (The idea of a dress made of small pieces of metal came from Paco Rabanne's futuristic chainmail dresses)

SKINNER (Ceremonial attire)
A traditional ceremonial Nakrí attire is a long grey tunic, the bottom half of which is covered in red and green tassels and red drop-shaped gems. He also wears jewelry, a thick scarf of the Nakrí silken twist, loose silk pants and simple shoes with a slightly upturned tip. On his head is a peculiar, simple but elegant metal head piece with horns. His arms are not painted in blood, but the upper half of his face is painted red, and he is also wearing red lipstick and nail polish to match it.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 5d

And here's the last set, desert and winter styles.

(outfit descriptions in alt text)
#art #ocart #fantasy #fantasyart #characterdesign

IRE (Desert outfit)
The Odgor's desert costumes are made of simple light cloth to protect them from the sun, but they still enjoy adding decoration, such as an undershirt made of bright ribbons.

SKINNER (Desert outfit)
Unlike the Odgor, who live in a relative vicinity of a desert, the Nakrí don't have their own clothing for this sort of biome, so Skinner's costume is sourced from the locals. He wears loose, flared pants with thigh-high slits, woven sandals, and a wide-brimmed, tall-tipped wizard hat. He is not wearing a shirt.

IRE (Winter outfit)
Ire's winter outfit consists of a boxy wool jacket with corduroy-like sleeves and leather-padded shoulders and cuffs. There is metal decoration on the front, and a knitted sweater underneath. In winter even the Odgor wear pants, or more accurately, tights made out of soft leather. The sandals are replaced with green leather boots.

SKINNER (Winter outfit)
Skinner wears a poncho featuring the Nakrí silk collar as well as a wild fur collar. The poncho also has a pointed hood. Underneath he wears thick pants and knee-height furred boots. His hands are warmed by three-fingered gloves.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 4d

frankly why separate it at all

JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 4d

oh i had no idea about that, thanks for letting me know!! not sure why they chose to not include that in the core moderation page since it seems... pretty closely related to the other options on it

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 4d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 5d

yems

JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 5d

oh yea i forgot that trans people existing is considered explicit sexual imagery, my bad