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Marcus

@marcusjmerritt.com

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(He/him). I draw power lines and TVs and do urban landscape photography. Metro-Detroit. Abolish police. Free Palestine. Trans rights. Art store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com Main art website: marcusjmerritt.com Tips: https://ko-fi.com/marcusjmerritt

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · Jul 15

Also, and this is new—commissions are open!

Are there some power lines you want a drawing of? Contact me and we can work out the details (DM here or email), but basically:

$200 and send me some photos of the power lines and I'll draw them and mail you the finished drawing!

Black ink drawing, silhouette of a utility pole and power lines

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1h

Thank you! The original drawing is drawn by hand, pen and ink. Prints are giclee prints of a scan of the drawing on high quality paper

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 3h

Power Lines Drawing #56 (Hamtramck)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
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Black and white image of a black ink drawing of a silhouette of a utility pole and power lines

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 3h

More Objects from Films (Dark City [1950])

Original black ink drawing for sale by me here
8x10 | $175
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/dark...

Black ink drawing of an old timey payphone on a wall with a phone book dangling from a chain or string pinned to the wall next to a wooden shelf with a piece of paper on it and a pencil attached to a string dangling from the shelf

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 5h

The Congressional GOP rhetoric labeling the No Kings protest as “terrorist” & participants as “rabid” is a pretty clear attempt to encourage & justify violence against an event that hasn’t even happened yet.

Politico @politico.com · 23h

Johnson slams the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place in DC next week as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

More Objects from Films (Shockproof [1949])

Original drawing for sale by me here
8x10 | $200
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/shoc...

Black ink drawing of an old timey payphone on a wall

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #64 (Hamtramck)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/hamt...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #119 (Detroit, W Jefferson)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
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Black and white image of a black ink drawing of a silhouette of utility poles and power lines

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 23h

More Objects from Films (The Wolf Man [1941])

Original drawing for sale by me here
8x10 | $200
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

Black ink drawing of a table lamp with a shine bulb-shaped base

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 17h

I mean maybe everyone just repeatedly taking short term memory loss, brain fog and other blows to their brains, nervous and circulatory systems over the last five years helped create the conditions for the fascist total unreality

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 17h

Thank you!

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 23h

More Objects from Films (Mr. Vampire II [1986])

Original drawing for sale by me here
10x8 | $200
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/mr-v...

Black ink drawing of a boxy old television set, buttons and sliders for controls to the right of the screen

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #114 (Detroit, Buchanan St)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #39 (Hamtramck)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/hamt...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 21h

Ferndale, Michigan, July 2025

Color photograph looking across a darkened residential street at night at the front of a small brick house with a yard filled with native plant, some landscaping lights shining around the darkened yard. Trees behind the house blend with its silhouette against a glowing night sky

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 21h

Ferndale, Michigan, July 2025

Color photograph looking across a residential street at night at the front of a house, light from a streetlight illuminating the street and front yard and casting dark shadows from overhead tree branches, the front of the house set back in shadow and illuminated by a warmly glowing porch light

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 22h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 22h

Sold!

Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · Mar 10

from Lifeforce (1985)
8 x 10 black ink on paper
$200

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Black ink drawing of a black rectangular analog clock showing 3 o'clock

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 23h

More Objects from Films (Mr. Vampire II [1986])

Original drawing for sale by me here
10x8 | $200
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/mr-v...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 23h

More Objects from Films (The Wolf Man [1941])

Original drawing for sale by me here
8x10 | $200
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 1d

Art contribution by @jalaffler.bsky.social of Off Color Brewing

The blank back of a beer mat with a little sharpie drawing of a kitty cat on it and the words ‘maybe it will happen today’

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #39 (Hamtramck)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/hamt...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #119 (Detroit, W Jefferson)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #114 (Detroit, Buchanan St)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

Power Lines Drawing #64 (Hamtramck)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/hamt...

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