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🍊✨ r. a. menace | (they/he)
@artistic-menace.com
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do you like magic? sci-fi fantasy? original comics and illustration featuring SUPER gay original characters? then you're in the right place!

✨ they/he, 23 | 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🎨

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🍊✨ r. a. menace | (they/he) @artistic-menace.com · Aug 17
pinned intro thread!

#art #intro
artistic-menace.com 🍊✨ r. a. menace | (they/he) @artistic-menace.com · Aug 17
hello out there, I'm Ripley, and I'm a queer digital illustrator and fiction writer!

- I primarily draw/write abt my own projects (limited fan art)
- this page DOES contain NSFW 🔞 but it's not a focus
- I am NOT currently open for comms
- this is not my job it is my passion - I LOVE stortelling!!
Caption: This is me and my cat, Chonky Boy. Yes, he does look like a grouch ALL THE TIME. It's hilarious and I love him. Description: a white, androgynous individual with silver-rimmed glasses and a nose with a bump smiles as they lean over a black cat with one yellow eye open in a true glower. The photo is cropped, but they are visibly on a bed with multiple colored blankets. The cat has clearly made himself at home. (As he was a rescue and this pic is from around the time I got him, this comfortability meant a lot to me.) A cropped photo of Ripley, the host of this account, standing in the open cavern of a really old, really wide Redwood tree. (This one was in Muir Woods, outside San Francisco, CA.) Ripley is a short, white, transmasculine individual who wears glasses and (though not seen here) has curly brown hair which they keep cut short. In this picture, they have their hands outstretched to either side of the inside of the Redwood tree. They are wearing a baggy Taylor Swift hoodie they borrowed from their aunt, who cut slits in the sleeves to give in a Renaissance vibe (don't ask, idk either). They are also wearing hiking pants and boots, and an over the shoulder bag with their water bottle clipped to the strap.
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a11yawareness.bsky.social
You don't necessarily want to use the exact same alt text each time a specific image is used. Alt text must consider the context of the image and why it's being included on a site, post, article, etc. In other words, alt text depends on where you're including the image and why.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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something I haven’t been doing much lately in my work (that doesn’t really mean much because I’m not working on or finishing anything truly polished) is focusing on the composition of a given piece
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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artistic-menace.com
I finished another thing! I haven’t properly drawn Nathan in a long time, so this was good to do.

(also I was focused on him, not the bg okay)

#art #illustration #oc
A digital illustration of a man in a reddish brown t-shirt, black pants, and armored knee pads sitting on the edge of a balcony made form large stone blocks. The painting is set at night, with orange light pouring out from inside the ambiguous structure (artist could not be bother to construct a proper background). The subject character also has a mixture of tattoos and blue body markings. The tattoos are primarily rune circles connected by thin line work, and are visible on his bare arms and ankles. He has pointed blue markings on his jaw, forehead, and arms as well, which are innate. His eyes are white against black sclera. A halo of yellow-orange magic circles his head, a four-pronged rune hovering in its center. A close-up of the same image at slight tilt. This crop focuses on Nathan’s face, and has a more golden lighting overtone because much of the darkness has been cropped out. Another cropped version of the same image, which looks more like a dedicated portrait (I like this one the best personally).
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
artistic-menace.com
haven’t drawn any of the Eagriss siblings in a long while, so here’s a sketch of Ciar I did some color experimentation on

#oc #brokendimensions #art #digitalart
A messy digital painting/sketch of a man who is vaguely identifiable as being from a fantasy setting. The biggest tip-offs are the glowing, swirly magic hair and the long canine-like ears. He’s washed out by the lighting a bit, but the figure is a brown man with dark hair, red magic swirling through it and flecking his beard. He’s wearing a shoulder wrap shawl thing. It looks cozy. His expression is forlorn as he looks off into the vague distance. A closer, more square crop of the same illustration.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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talyarkoni.com
the internet has decided that em-dashes are a hallmark of llm writing, which is *extremely* annoying to me, as someone who uses em-dashes all the time.

dear internet please consider the possibility that LLMs use em-dashes a lot because they're, like, good
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Thank you everybody! We’ve been backing several efforts to halt data center developments in different communities, and it turns out you’re making a huge impact. A new analysis shows that, in just a three-month period earlier this year, the
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
artistic-menace.com
oh and here’s the full sketch from last night

#ocs #sketch #brokendimensions
A messy digital sketch of 3 characters grouped together like they’re ready to throw down. The woman on the left has a sci-fi pistol with a scope and magic headgear; the middle person has thigh holsters for two hand guns, plus glowing blue eyes and orange magic around their arms and head; the man on the right has fiery hair, runes in his arms, and knives. In that order, the characters are Catie Davis from The Lycanthra Syndicate and Ev Stark and Fin Heran from Fractal Alliances. The sketch is set in the 2030s E-10 when these three briefly team up to root out some mindbreakers in the Iron Archipelagos (where Catie is from). The sketch is on a gray background with varying shades used to create the shadows of the alleyway and on their persons. Additionally, there is a series of written note on the bottom of the frame that say: “Catie, Ev, and Fin get to fuck shit up in the Archs in the mid-2030s. The Black Market, enemy (to Lycanthra) territory, Order territory...” “Ev goes incognito via glamour... but it's clear it's them if you know to look” “Catie and Ev bond over guns, + Ev shows her will's old prototypes they've tinkered with.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
artistic-menace.com
a small Catie sketch for the evening

#sketch #oc
A pencil sketch of a woman with long hair drawn up in a ponytail, two strand hanging in front of her ears, and a fluffy short bit coming off her forehead that doesn’t fit in the ponytail. She has a peculiar expression on her face, kind of an “uh… fuck no?” expression. Confused as to Whh You Would Even. She’s also in a hooded jacket, but the sketch is just a bust so the hood and internal collar are all that’s visible.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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flairiart.bsky.social
Going serious.

Homeland 🇵🇭 was devastated by back-to-back typhoon which destroyed a lot of homes and displaced families.

I am offering $10+ sketches. All profits will be donated to ChildHope Philippines, a local org providing basic needs to street children, the most vulnerable population rn
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November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
artistic-menace.com
hey I remembered I can just. sit down and draw stuff I dream up while listening to music. huh, who would’ve thought I could do that (/s)

#art #sketch #ocs
A messy digital sketch of 3 characters grouped together like they’re ready to throw down. The woman on the left has a sci-fi pistol with a scope and magic headgear; the middle person has thigh holsters for two hand guns, plus glowing blue eyes and orange magic around their arms and head; the man on the right has fiery hair, runes in his arms, and knives. In that order, the characters are Catie Davis from The Lycanthra Syndicate and Ev Stark and Fin Heran from Fractal Alliances. The sketch is set in the 2030s E-10 when these three briefly team up to root out some mindbreakers in the Iron Archipelagos (where Catie is from).
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
artistic-menace.com
reminder that I have a Redbubble shop with all kinds of cool stickers to choose from!!
artistic-menace.com 🍊✨ r. a. menace | (they/he) @artistic-menace.com · Aug 26
🎇REDBUBBLE UPDATE!🎇

Pronoun stickers are fully uploaded to the store, and there's also the pride flag designs from June, cat stickers, "attention" reminder stickers, and more! :D

#art #stickers #redbubble
A promo image of a blue-black bucket hat with "they/them" printed on the front in blue-green and yellow. The print is sparkly! A promo image of a "she/her" pronoun sticker. It features red vines and glowing yellow/green/orange/blue orbs of light over pink and blue multicolored text. A promo image of a "she/he/they" pronoun sticker. It features glowing yellow vines, light sparkles, and blue/green/orange/red multicolored text. A promo image of a gray, boxy-fit tee shirt with "she/her" printed on the front in stylized pink-orange text.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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etheringtonbros.bsky.social
Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this great set of thoughts on HAND SHAPES by the talented @littlez13! Great to see those LANDMARK SHAPES sketched on the hand - really useful reference! #illustration #DRAWING #anime #manga #art #comicart
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
artistic-menace.com
I finished another thing! I haven’t properly drawn Nathan in a long time, so this was good to do.

(also I was focused on him, not the bg okay)

#art #illustration #oc
A digital illustration of a man in a reddish brown t-shirt, black pants, and armored knee pads sitting on the edge of a balcony made form large stone blocks. The painting is set at night, with orange light pouring out from inside the ambiguous structure (artist could not be bother to construct a proper background). The subject character also has a mixture of tattoos and blue body markings. The tattoos are primarily rune circles connected by thin line work, and are visible on his bare arms and ankles. He has pointed blue markings on his jaw, forehead, and arms as well, which are innate. His eyes are white against black sclera. A halo of yellow-orange magic circles his head, a four-pronged rune hovering in its center. A close-up of the same image at slight tilt. This crop focuses on Nathan’s face, and has a more golden lighting overtone because much of the darkness has been cropped out. Another cropped version of the same image, which looks more like a dedicated portrait (I like this one the best personally).
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
artistic-menace.com
finished coloring the crop of this particular Ev and Talis doodle! Messy shading, but it’s all good. I made a thing.

#ocs #art
A cropped digital illustration of two masc-presenting characters gazing at each other lovingly. One (Talis) is a brown trans man with vitiligo, teal magic hair, and curved horns. The other (Ev) is a mixed-race human-apparent person with multicolored magic hair (brown under-cut, white and orange up top), glowing blue eyes with dark sclera, and orange body markings. It’s not really visible in the cropped selection I actually added color to, but Ev is pulling Talis in by the hip as he leans out of a kiss. He’s also making a comment about how Ev is a cocky bastard, which is how these two flirt. A closer crop of the same illustration as before, focusing more on Talis and Ev’s faces.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Several states (including California, Michigan, Oregon, and Wisconsin) have announced that they’ve begun processing full food stamp payments. Thank you to those states for stepping up to support families in need!
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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pikaole.bsky.social
🦀 Sally lightfoot crab
Here are several Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus). The baby crabs are dark in color for camouflage. The adults have colorful patterns. The atmosphere is bright and happy.
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
artistic-menace.com
I was you guys to know that the original FA finale draft I finished in 2022, WAY before a lot of the changes I made the the story was only 120,884 words and 430 pages (double spaced).

The current draft is like, 60% don’t and is 40k past the word could and 30 pages over that page count.
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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kameronhurley.com
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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newrepublic.com
“Mr. Waltz, this is the United Nations General Assembly,” the Cuban Foreign Minister said, cutting off Mike Waltz. “It is not a Signal chat. Nor is it the House of Representatives,” he added, also calling Waltz’s remarks “uncivilized, crude and gross.”
trib.al/taTTJTx
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
artistic-menace.com
Hahaaaaa… just updated my LinkedIn for the first time in months. Not to say I’m looking for work, but rather to a rift the opposite lol.

I keep meaning to put art updates there now, but I haven’t in months. And I haven’t made anything in a month lol
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
artistic-menace.com
I’m?? Working on something?? ME???

(It feels SO good to work on one of my WIPs after a month of not even touching my iPad or my digital programs.)

#art
A screenshot of a digital WIP open in Procreate. The WIP snapshot features a sketch and the start of line art over a very low-opacity illustration (the original of this one, which I’m redoing currently, from 2022!). The sketch is of two masculine characters in partial armor smoking and laughing at each other. The characters are Fin Heran (left, hair in fire) and Ev Stark (right, honestly looks infatuated with Heran lol).
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
artistic-menace.com
have I done anything productive today? no. but I did write over 10.4K words (more, because I added to another doc as well this morning) so there’s that.

#writing
A picture of a laptop screen showing the bottom of a libre office document that displays a page count of 30 and a word count of 10,437 and 57,911 characters. All of that was written today.
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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wocco.bsky.social
Also.
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM