Bruce Mackay
@brucemackay.bsky.social
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Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator & Creative Director. Posting personal work, experiments & weak jokes. He/Him
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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
Illustration of a bunch of little guys. heavily influenced by Richard Scarry books. Overlapping textured colours. Digital illustration of a quiet lane. Overlapping blue and orange. Lots of stonework and shadow. Illustration of the Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Illustration of a spostage stamp set based on characters and landmarks in the Lord Of The Rings. If you need a description of each element please look in the media tab on my profile. Overlapping risk teal and orange/ textured.
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MONOMONDAY 37&38/52
Oil on felt monoprints. Replicas of some old instax photos I took of my favorite bridge in Hong Kong. 8.5x5.5cm. #printmaking
Photograph of 2 tiny monoprints. Greyscale oil based prints on paper. Images are from underneath a big bridge in Hong Kong. Prints are sitting on a water damaged wood veneer surface.
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We didn’t need another Tron movie we need another Reboot(1994) that will teach the kids of today that playing video games can kill the sentient beings inside the computer and that going on the internet will cause you to age exponentially.
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NGL I mostly follow Postcards From The Past to steal colour palettes...
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HOW I LONG TO HUG YOU WITH MY NEW HUGE MUSCLES.
brucemackay.bsky.social
This is actually a perfect example of how using AI robs you of any authenticity. It just looks cheap and fake and doesn’t read like retro sci-fi art at all.

Also using the same face/angle for both things is soooo lazy lmao. 👎
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Guess I’m not watching WonderMan.

nerd_talks_show 6h
Marvel employees were asked whether the 'WONDER MAN' poster for the in-universe movie was created using Al.
"Its artwork made by artists but touched up by Al," which was clarified with "so, really Al-assisted Photoshop work," and the response was "yes."
(via: searcher_gold | X)
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We didn’t need another Tron movie we need another Reboot(1994) that will teach the kids of today that playing video games can kill the sentient beings inside the computer and that going on the internet will cause you to age exponentially.
brucemackay.bsky.social
TBH If I ever had to “pivot” there’s a good 50% chance it’ll be plumbing.
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IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

That's right- it's #tolktober, run by the mighty @rogueprintco.bsky.social

I'm delighted to join in once more, with day 10- ISILDUR

Doing a grotty textured companion piece to my Mordor last year, a man in shards, destroyed by his need for the ring

#art
isildur a man in shards with sword and ring
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The cover features Bag End with Samwise trimming the verge at dusk - cover art by Anna Stead
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In my "Let the weeds grow in the crack" era.
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"We were going to award it to Mr Trump, but Bibi asked us not to."
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If I was the Nobel Committee I would give the prize to Greta, then say that Trump was in the running but lost it because of his failed ceasefire deal in a way that makes him lash out at Netanyahu out of pettiness/spite.
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Cuttings.
An old style exploration for MUTI.
Illustration of some plant cuttings in glass containers. Mostly overlapping greens and purples on a white background.
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In my "Let the weeds grow in the crack" era.
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Bluesky should add something like the Alt-Text reminder, but to go like: "Hey bro, are you sure you want to post this tedious joke about that one guy?"
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I for one would really benefit from it I think.
brucemackay.bsky.social
Bluesky should add something like the Alt-Text reminder, but to go like: "Hey bro, are you sure you want to post this tedious joke about that one guy?"
brucemackay.bsky.social
If I was the Nobel Committee I would give the prize to Greta, then say that Trump was in the running but lost it because of his failed ceasefire deal in a way that makes him lash out at Netanyahu out of pettiness/spite.
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Repost of an old one that was a lot of fun to do.
Illustration of an old country lane. colours are overlapping blues and oranges. Stone walls and white window frames. cobbled paving and wonky chimneys.
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If you're going to use chatGPT to do your homework, you may as well just not do your homework IMO.
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This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.
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Bluesky should add voice note replies so that strangers can literally yell at you when they haven't understood your joke.
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AFTER THE FIRE
Illustration for Muti. Exploration of life returning in the wake of a veld fire.
Illustration of various build flowers sprouting in white sandy soil after a fire. Interspersed with burnt out grass stubs and protea branches and flower husks. Furry protea seed and small insects scattered all over.
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Me, a famous director giving an interview: "Look, AI is here to stay and the slop-hogs need their gruel"