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Brian Burke
@burky.bsky.social
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Illustrator. Always hungry. He/him. Enn/eff/Tee's, AI bros - DNI IG - instagram.com/velocitraktor #fanart #illustration
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · Jun 22
My name is Brian, an artist who goes by the handle of Burky! I am a Dublin illustrator based in Belfast, N Ireland. I like to work on characters based on pop culture and other niche interests.
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JohnMBurnsArt @dortmunder6040.bsky.social · 7h
Pen and ink "doodles" by John M Burns
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 1d
Just back from seeing the latest PTA. Dude still got the sauce. Pacing and decisions made, especially with the directing of that last sequence - unreal.
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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 1d
Diane Keaton (1946–2025)
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Andrew Pope @apope.bsky.social · 5d
The 30th Belfast Comic Jam will be held on Wednesday 15th October, 7-9pm upstairs at The American Bar. Free event, bring your friends, see you there!
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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 2d
Bart Nouveau - as requested by Andrew Keys
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// Isabella // Izzy // memberships on ko-fi! @helixel-illustrations.com · 2d
Gonna post my Vash art in anticipation of Stargaze later!! OUGH!!

#TrigunStampede #VashtheStampede #FanArt
Black and white drawing of Vash from Trigun in an outfit I designed for him mixing both his look from Maximum and Stampede to create something with more belts! He holds his gun up in front of the two moons.
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 27d
The mania that Willem Dafoe expresses in The Boondock Saints felt necessary to capture. Man really went through a journey acting his ass off.

Some studies while trying out some brushes on procreate.

#willemdafoe #illustration
A collage of illustrations of the Actor Willem Dafoe - poses and facial expressions referenced from the film 'The Boondock Saints'
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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3d
This has been an ongoing problem which is courtesy of a Luxembourg investment fund that owns thousands of houses in Ireland. These are rented out through one of the dozens of subsidiary companies that the fund uses to obscure its ownership.

www.dublininquirer.com/why-is-one-o...
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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 4d
Extra funny when you think about how Sinners, which features Michael B. Jordan gunning down Klansmen in broad daylight in slow-mo, is the 10th highest-grossing R-rated film of all time - higher than The Hangover, 300, Logan, John Wick 4, etc....
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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 4d
SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File
www.gamefile.news
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Steve Niles @steveniles.bsky.social · 4d
Greg Ruth
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Eyepatch Wolf but like spooky or a ghost or something @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social · 4d
The irish presidential election is basically now between "dog fighting transphobe" and "woman who destroys children in soccer matches"

I will be voting for Connoly in support of her war on childrens egos.
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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 5d
Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you so much!
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Scary Seán @drawboyseanie.bsky.social · 5d
I animated this a year or two ago and finished it over the weekend when I felt so ill that I couldn't concentrate on much else, but for some reason animation clean up was grand
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Riley L Hopkins @badfuckinpodcasts.com · 6d
a pokemon is an employee. if you call a pokemon your friend it's like when your boss says this place of work is a family. you got a direct power imbalance.

now a digimon. thats a friend. me and kokabuterimon are getting beers.
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 5d
Yeeep...just saw that. Unhinged creature. TERFs cannot comprehend humility or introspection. Adds up.
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 5d
Very certain this person has not slept since he realised his mistake and is *still* posting through it. My god.
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Grá-phite Zine & Podcast @gra-phite.bsky.social · 5d
Episode 003 is live!

We chat with our first ever guest - @ianfay.bsky.social - an illustrator & character artist from Drogheda, Co.Louth about his work & life as an artist, as well as his experience of the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme.

Enjoy!

youtu.be/ICXQMn85tdc?...
003 - Mischief and Making Rent (Basic Income for the Arts Scheme) with guest artist Ian Fay
YouTube video by Emerald Isle Artists Collective
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Amy Louise @amylouioc.bsky.social · 6d
Sock Demon for Kawafitober !!
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 5d
Definitely does have immense replayability just as a period piece sim. So much you can do post game!
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 5d
It's the slowest of burns of any game I have played in recent memory (probably ever?!) but the catharsis felt throughout unmatched. So glad I decided to put the time in. Definitely in my top 10 now.
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 5d
Got around to completing RDR2 in this year of our lord 2025 last night.

Still processing it, taking it in still. Fuck, what a game. Rockstar's masterpiece hands down.
Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2 riding horseback - medium close up
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 6d
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross. And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 6d
Budget 2026: State’s basic income scheme for artists made permanent
Budget 2026: State’s basic income scheme for artists made permanent
Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations
www.irishtimes.com
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Beaver Bones Darick @darickr.bsky.social · 6d
Con commission I had too much fun drawing, because I love drawing ol’ blue eyed Ben Grimm!
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Brian Burke @burky.bsky.social · 6d
Back makin' more Eldren Ring art! Progress so far. #wip #eldenring #fanart
Greyscale Messmer - The Impaler WIP
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