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Brian

@greygraphite.bsky.social

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Artist, college drawing instructor, union organizer, amateur Sasquatchologist. www.brianrwilliams.com Creator of the webcomic “Orick & Argyle." www.orickandargyle.com patreon.com/orickandargyle

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Sep 12

Hi! My comic, “Orick & Argyle,” is about a Sasquatch and an extraterrestrial who commit acts of civil disobedience in defense of nature. They’re often joined by human person Ursula and mountain lion person Leona. Comics at orickandargyle.com and you can support me at www.patreon.com/orickandargyle

Comic characters Orick, a Sasquatch, and Argyle, an extraterrestrial, are walking on a sidewalk past a shop window in their human disguises. Their reflections in the window reveal their true selves.

Comic characters Ursula, the human, Orick, the Sasquatch, and Argyle, the extraterrestrial, sit outside around a campfire at dusk. Argyle’s hot dog caught on file. In the distance behind Argyle is the trailer Ursula lives in.

Comic characters Orick, a Sasquatch, Argyle, an extraterrestrial, and Leona, a mountain lion, are relaxing in Orick’s cave. Orick is reading in his chair, Argyle is on the floor watching The X-Files on his iPad, and Leona is napping in front of the fire. In the background is a bookshelf and a staircase, and above the fireplace hangs a painting of one of Orick’s Sasquatch ancestors.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 18d

It's almost Squatchtober! 🍂

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A digital painting of Orick, a Sasquatch wearing an orange scarf and carrying a hot drink of some kind, walking between some trees and saying "boo" to classic movie monsters Nosferatu, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and a werewolf, who cower in fear and run away.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 4d

Just posted a new chapter of "Will-o'-the-Wisp," the novel-length Orick & Argyle story, to my Patreon! Here's an excerpt.

www.patreon.com/c/orickandar...

Orick, a Sasquatch, grabs Wicked Jenny, a Grinteeth, and says: "Jenny, no. I won't let you drown my friend."

Ursula, a human person, is sitting on the bank next to a pond and asks, "Orick, you know her?" Beside her, Argyle, an extraterrestrial, holds her shoulder protectively. Orick answers, "Yes, Jenny is a Grinteeth." Wicked Jenny, interrupting Orick, says, "WICKED Jenny! My name is Wicked Jenny." Orick continues: "Grinteeth stalk and drown anyone who wanders near their pond." Jenny responds: "I was just about to release her!"

Wicked Jenny, glaring at Orick, says, "And I don't drown EVERYONE. Only the one percent!" as she jerks her arm from Orick's grasp. From out of frame, Argyle says, "Huh?"

Wicked Jenny explains: "I only drown the one-percent-wealthiest people! I swear it!" Ursula says, "Cool, she's a Jacobin Grinteeth!"

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Jun 14

"Bow Shock," digital drawing. REX INTERFECTVS EST ("the king is killed") is the titulus above the scene on the Bayeux Tapestry depicting King Harold's death during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The tapestry also shows Halley's Comet, which appeared the same year King Harold was killed.

#nokings

A digital drawing in black, grey and gold, showing an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon king painted in black and while being struck by a comet with a golden tail. The king is wearing chain mail and his hand is shown letting go of a lance. All that's shown of the king's head is his skull, which is being spun in the air by the force of the impact. The skull is still wearing a helmet and a crown. The night sky behind the scene is filled with gold stars. At the bottom of the drawing is an inscription written in gold that reads REX INTERFECTUS EST, meaning "the king is killed."

The drawing is inspired by the death of King Harold II of England in 1066 as depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · Jul 10

Wallace Polsom, “The Fate of Dolls Lost at Sea” (24 Jun 2021), paper collage, 20.2 x 31.4 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/6549032... #papercollage #collage #art #contemporaryart #thefateofdollslostatsea #surrealart

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 4d

In "Will-o'-the-Wisp," Orick, Argyle, their human friend Ursula & mountain lion companion Leona investigate a mysterious light in the forest outside Ursula's trailer. I've finished almost 100 pages & am about halfway through the story.

You can follow along at: www.patreon.com/orickandargyle

Title page for "Will-o'-the-Wisp," a web comic. The title's letters glow green. Four characters: Orick, Ursula, Argyle, and Leona the mountain lion, are seen standing in the woods staring at a glowing green object out of frame.

Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 4d

www.patreon.com/orickandargyle

Orick asks Wicked Jenny, "How many rich people do you encounter out here in the woods?" Wicked Jenny says, "Several a year, in truth."

Wicked Jenny points into the distance and says: "There is a private men's club over yonder, frequented by the bourgeoisie. One or two invariably wander past my pond, often inebriated."

Wicked Jenny goes on: "And I keep that vending machine stocked with cigars and cryptocurrency. It distracts them long enough for me to pounce upon them." Orick looks up at a vending machine on the shore next to the pond.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 4d

www.patreon.com/orickandargyle

Argyle asks Wicked Jenny, "Wait a minute. How do you know how rich they are?"

Wicked Jenny replies: "I ask them." From out of frame, Argyle says, "And they TELL you!?"

Wicked Jenny points at Ursula and says, "She did." Ursula glances guiltily at Argyle, who looks disappointed.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 4d

Just posted a new chapter of "Will-o'-the-Wisp," the novel-length Orick & Argyle story, to my Patreon! Here's an excerpt.

www.patreon.com/c/orickandar...

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 6d

If you see this post something monochromatic

#traditionalart #drawing

"Carbon," graphite and charcoal powder on toned paper, 2025.

A pair of tree trunks in the foreground have square holes cut out of them. Emerging from the biggest hole is a man playing a burning violin; his arms holding the instrument and the bow are emerging from two smaller holes. The arm holding the bow is coming out of a different tree than the rest of his body, revealing the surrealistic and nonsensical nature of the scene. An ammonite and a pile of uncut diamonds are seen in two other cut-outs in the tree. Also emerging from the trees are steel smokestacks belching copious amounts of black smoke and sparks. In the background is a meadow with a creek running through it; along the horizon more trees can be seen. The sky is overcast.

Everything in the scene is composed partly or entirely of carbon: the trees, the violin, the diamonds, the steel smokestacks, the smoke, the man.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 10d

You joked he was hooking up at a bathhouse last night!

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 11d

Mocking a terrible person by saying "he must be secretly gay" is homophobic, yes.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 11d

Oh come on, it's so easy to mock this loser without being homophobic

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 13d

Do we want people who weren't expressing shock fifteen years ago to be engaged now, or not? If they're noticing how bad things have gotten, that's a good thing, right? We want them to be shocked. Don't scold people for doing what you want them to do.

Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 17d

Artists, quote with something silly

#traditionalart

“The Hermit II,” graphite on paper, 6x8” oval, 2025.

A birch tree grows from the neck of a woman from a 17th-century Dutch painting. She wears an elaborately-embroidered dress and stiff ruff collar. A woodpecker peeks out from a hole in the tree approximately where the woman’s head would have been.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 18d

It's almost Squatchtober! 🍂

Quote repost with your Autumn themed #art

orickandargyle.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 20d

"Because people who have no hopes are easy to control; and whoever has the control has the power!" -G'mork

#kaseyart #penandink

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 21d

I worked in coffee shops for years and I've never heard of "2 honeys" before. Is there a conversion table somewhere where I can see how many ounces is in 2 honeys?

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23d

people will tell you they don't understand gender fluidity then look right at a ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald and call it "her" without missing a beat

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Dr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 29d

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Sep 4

Rubber Capital

Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tomorrow! My solo show, "Rare Earth," opens at La Luz de Jesus Gallery! @laluzdejesus.bsky.social

This one's called "Alarm Call V," one of a series of absurdist little vignette drawings of birds & rusty old fog horns symbolizing nature's warning signs about climate change

#traditionalart #drawing

Rare Earth, drawings by Brian R. Williams, Friday, September 5 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

"Alarm Call V," graphite on toned paper. A pair of brant geese fly past a fog horn with 5 horns of various sizes, each facing in a different direction. The horns emerge from the top of a rust-stained cylindrical concrete structure built among an archipelago of sharp-edged triangular rocks. Visible at the base of the structure are metal pipes, wheels and drums of uncertain function.

A photo of "Alarm Call V" matted and framed in a gold wooden frame.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Sep 4

Some choices for consumers are tough -- what if Walmart is the only grocery store in your town for instance -- but in the case of spotify, it was so easy to just switch to another music streaming service. I was able to migrate all my playlists to tidal in like 5 minutes

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you see this, post something monochromatic 🖤

A black and white digital illustration showing comic book characters Ursula, a human woman; Orick, a Sasquatch; Argyle, an extraterrestrial; and Leona, a mountain lion, walking down a staircase carved into a cave. Ursula, holding a flashlight, leads the group.

Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Aug 24

Every time someone mentions wanting to learn a new skill, my first thought is to tell them, "dooo it!!!" Maybe you'll open a framing shop one day. When I retire & move to the woods I'll bring you my photos of blobsquatches to frame & you'll be too polite to tell me it's just a picture of a groundhog

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · Aug 24

When I reuse old frames, I replace the glass with conservation-quality plexiglass to protect my drawings from UV light. But that's still cheaper than buying new frames

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