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skrif
@skullbird.bsky.social
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they/them • seattle • board game illustrator & graphic designer • no commissions, just fun 🎨
@chatsvoid.bsky.social is my webcomic 👁️‍🗨️💀💜

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HIATUS: Chats with the Void will be going on break to allow me to recharge and focus on other creative endeavors!
FEAR DIDN'T STOP ME FROM STARTING... ...AND IT WON'T KEEP ME FROM STOPPING. I'LL SEE YOU LATER!
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Hiking season isn’t over, so long as you don’t mind rain 🌧️
The mist around the lake hiding the surrounding mountains. Immaculate vibes. Massive moss-covered trees above the trail. A raging stream, made larger by the rain. Other side of the lake, flooded by the rain water.
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Him circular.
A greyhound mix curled into what is, apparently but surprisingly, a comfortable circle.
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Sketching OCs to keep the seasonal depression at bay. This is Flask, a glass cat that eats malevolent spirits and stores them inside for later~
#sketch
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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More little gouache scribbles,
this time of my avatar Skrif.
#sketch #art #gouache
A toned sketchbook page of simple sketchy paintings of a purple gryphon.
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I just need to find another Something that hits like these…
Old JJBA fanart of mine Also some Berserk fanart from when i was reading theough the manga like i was possessed An FFVII sketch. Remake and rebirth was so good i need more. I cant survive a third One Piece hyperfixation but with the live-action actor announcements and these latest manga chapters OH LORD-
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I was built for a world that no longer exists.
THE WORLD IS CHANGING.. ..AND SO AM I. BUT IT'S CHANGING FASTER... AS I'M LEFT BEHIND.
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Every october my friends turn their big beautiful home into an art gallery where the art that is displayed and performed is brought by all their friends and guests. It’s my favorite party of the year, every year 🎨💕

My art this year was my monthly oil paintings. Fun to see them in a gallery setting!
Ten oil paintings in various sizes on a wall. The largest is 4ft long, the smaller ones are half the size of a piece of paper. Some paintings are of bones, the others are flowers and landscapes.
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Gouache on toned paper is so fun! Sketch page of my monster girl Whisper.
#sketch #art #gouache
A grey toned paper sketchbook with sketches of a grey and blue toothy monster in various poses.
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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We visited Nappa valley over the weekend for a family wedding. Beautiful wedding and scenery!
Wine caves tunnel. Great atmosphere for a tasting. Some grapes from the inlaws vineyard. Wine grapes taste really good! Vineyard at sunrise. Wish i could have brought my oil paints 😭 The special room in the wine caves, with a record of all the wine they’ve made over the last hundred years… forbidden bottles…
October 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Life hack: Keep little bits of origami paper in your wallet so when you’re waiting around in a lobby or restaurant, instead of scrolling your phone, you can fold up a little guy to leave behind and make someones day slightly brighter~
The only three origami animals i know how to make so far: a dinosaur, a crane, and a fox.
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Went camping in the San Juans with a group of friends. I love visiting the islands so much~
The water churning from the ferry’s propeller. The roiling patterns are very mesmerizing. Sat by a cove to do a little painting. Not happy with the end result but seeing this crummy little painting months from now will remind me of this trip and make me smile :} A driftwood-adorned bench by the side of the road. Sabo enjoyed the smells and I enjoyed reading the travelers logs that are kept here <3 Some islands among still waters on a gloomy day. Love this area in the fall~
October 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Just imagine trying to tell this dog he’s not allowed on a sofa… That’s his natural habitat!
Sabo, a greyhound mix, lounging backwards on a sofa, pillows, and blanks.
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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May the right fire burn within me.
There is hatred all around me. But i wont let it win. I can fight for what I love, more than against what I hate.
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Went backpacking with @straander.bsky.social and @lhet.bsky.social over the weekend, and we lucked out with an alpine lake all to ourselves. 🏕️
Big Grieder lake as sunset approaches. Little Grieder lake Quick sketch while the lighting was good. Took me about 25min! Getting faster! Gunna try to do a sketch at every backpacking location we go to in this little booklet moving forward! We brought Sabo along and he only complained about the lack of amenities occasionally
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Do you ever think about how the relationship between dogs and humans is older than civilization, and get emotional?
My dog Sabo looking intensely at me because i stopped petting him to take this photo. He will soon paw and mouth at me, his way of saying “more attention please”.
September 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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May you get what you give.
#art #halftone
September 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Playing around with some new digital brushes.

I forgot how fun it was to just draw without an end result in mine. Just scribble around see what shapes come out.
A sketchy bird skull creature leaking liquid. Text reads “i cant keep calm”
September 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Spent the weekend in Detroit to see my brother, and had a hell of a time 🤘💕
Warehouse turned bookstore. A shitload of guitar pedals. One of my favorite paintings from the detroit institute of arts; dramatic chickens. A wall full of my brother’s sketches.
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Honestly, I love the smaller nameless ones in fast mountain streams. The big falls are impressive but trying to paint the foamy whites fading into translucence blues with rocks just under the waters surface Mmmmmmmm thatsthestuff.
Denny creek, south of the falls. I think this would make a better painting than the falls in that location, honestly, these colors and light is so tasty!
September 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Hiked my painting gear to a waterfall over the weekend.This hobby is so much fun~ #pleinair
A small oil painting of lower wallace falls. Its not very good but i had a really good time being in the woods and just looking at and being near the water~
September 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The end isn’t the part that matters most.
You’d think, with how life ends in death, we’d all figure out that true value and purpose doesn’t exist in the end result. It’s in the experience we take to get there.
August 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Explored another old fort over the weekend. These places are so cool~
View from outside one of the batterys, looking inwards. A ladder in the corner where the rain and sunlight have caused moss to grow like a spotlight around the ladder’s opening. Old rusty hoist machinery, still inside the bunker. Little Skrif standee infront of some of the open doors that lead to dark tunnels.
August 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Sabo! but he also goes by The Bingus.
Sabo relaxing on the sofa as if he pays the mortgage.
August 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Guess who got four vaccines and his blood drawn at the vet’s office today. Such a brave guy, only pee’d on me once!
My greyhound mix dog looking pathetic on the sofa, amongst pillows. (The sardine pillow is from world market btw~)
August 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM