Bruce Mackay
@brucemackay.bsky.social
Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator & Creative Director. Posting personal work, experiments & weak jokes. He/Him
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Bruce Mackay
@brucemackay.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Hi #PortfolioDay
Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective. My digital work is heavily influenced by gouache, printmaking & sculpture.
ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto
FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce
Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective. My digital work is heavily influenced by gouache, printmaking & sculpture.
ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto
FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce
Had to do a double take at this headline.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Had to do a double take at this headline.
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COMMENT:
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
COMMENT:
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
COMMENT:
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
COMMENT:
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
Hang on, when did everyone start wearing headphones instead of engaging with me, a stranger, in public?
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November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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I’ll tell you this much, my psychiatrist does NOT like it when I forget the name of my medication and call it “the meth”.
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I’ll tell you this much, my psychiatrist does NOT like it when I forget the name of my medication and call it “the meth”.
Pretty sure there's an episode of Bluey that was inspired by this thing.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Pretty sure there's an episode of Bluey that was inspired by this thing.
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THE TOWER OF CIRITH UNGOL
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
THE TOWER OF CIRITH UNGOL
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Daddy long legs are really the mvp of weird little guys you find in your house.
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Daddy long legs are really the mvp of weird little guys you find in your house.
Daddy long legs are really the mvp of weird little guys you find in your house.
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Daddy long legs are really the mvp of weird little guys you find in your house.
I’ll tell you this much, my psychiatrist does NOT like it when I forget the name of my medication and call it “the meth”.
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I’ll tell you this much, my psychiatrist does NOT like it when I forget the name of my medication and call it “the meth”.
For some reason this black metal logo inspired monoprint of a flower is not doing numbers on instagram. A real headscratcher as to why.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For some reason this black metal logo inspired monoprint of a flower is not doing numbers on instagram. A real headscratcher as to why.
Nothing better than a beer with lunch and drawing blackletter type for a logo on a Friday afternoon.
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nothing better than a beer with lunch and drawing blackletter type for a logo on a Friday afternoon.
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Look, all Im saying is that whoever is designing potties these days could maybe consider making the detachable part look less like a cowboy hat.
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Look, all Im saying is that whoever is designing potties these days could maybe consider making the detachable part look less like a cowboy hat.
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If anyone in the INPRINT community is inclined to approve applications, mine is pending at the moment and I would really appreciate some votes if possible.
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If anyone in the INPRINT community is inclined to approve applications, mine is pending at the moment and I would really appreciate some votes if possible.
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Visualising myself trying desperately to get Cillian Murphy to laugh at a joke.
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Visualising myself trying desperately to get Cillian Murphy to laugh at a joke.
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Unbelievably, staggeringly horrible numbers. A holocaust of neglect.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Unbelievably, staggeringly horrible numbers. A holocaust of neglect.
Look, all Im saying is that whoever is designing potties these days could maybe consider making the detachable part look less like a cowboy hat.
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Look, all Im saying is that whoever is designing potties these days could maybe consider making the detachable part look less like a cowboy hat.
Visualising myself trying desperately to get Cillian Murphy to laugh at a joke.
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Visualising myself trying desperately to get Cillian Murphy to laugh at a joke.
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Bun violence is getting out of control.
'Federal prosecutors opposed Dunn’s lawyers’ motion to dismiss the charge, writing that Dunn was “recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range".
POINT BLANK RANGE. A SANDWICH. LMAOOO
POINT BLANK RANGE. A SANDWICH. LMAOOO
the sandwich guy is a political prisoner www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Bun violence is getting out of control.
Explain a film badly:
Rural orphan is radicalized by religious extremist and kills thousands of government workers.
Rural orphan is radicalized by religious extremist and kills thousands of government workers.
Explain a film plot badly:
Work friends fail to stop a population density expert collecting matching jewellery.
Work friends fail to stop a population density expert collecting matching jewellery.
Explain a film plot badly:
Two detectives fail to catch a biblical serial killer & one of the detectives doesn’t need a divorce at the end.
Two detectives fail to catch a biblical serial killer & one of the detectives doesn’t need a divorce at the end.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Explain a film badly:
Rural orphan is radicalized by religious extremist and kills thousands of government workers.
Rural orphan is radicalized by religious extremist and kills thousands of government workers.