Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath/Bibliophile
@azurelionprod.bsky.social
multi-genre artist, illustrator, poet
print-on-demand artist & photographer
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My poetry collection:
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print-on-demand artist & photographer
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My poetry collection:
https://a.co/d/7iEjfrM
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In anger and hate, I planted a seed
From which a sickly sprout sprang.
Nourished by strife, sustained by grief,
Tainted seedling grew twisted and bent
'Til corrupt sprout became warped sapling.
Gnarled branches scratched a somber sky;
Black roots delved deep into my rotten soul.
#poem #poetry
From which a sickly sprout sprang.
Nourished by strife, sustained by grief,
Tainted seedling grew twisted and bent
'Til corrupt sprout became warped sapling.
Gnarled branches scratched a somber sky;
Black roots delved deep into my rotten soul.
#poem #poetry
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Those who can, do!
Those who can't, use AI!
Those who can't, use AI!
Ever notice how people that use genAI/chatGPT are people you would never want making real movies or art anyway? Just the most uncreative people, their own gatekeepers.
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Those who can, do!
Those who can't, use AI!
Those who can't, use AI!
Verse need not display abject abstrusity
To be deemed true and proper poetry.
Verily, many recondite compositions
Bearing the marks of great pomposity,
Inscrutable scribblings of daunting aspects
Requiring esoteric ciphers to be understood,
Be the products of pretentious pricks!
#poem #poetry
To be deemed true and proper poetry.
Verily, many recondite compositions
Bearing the marks of great pomposity,
Inscrutable scribblings of daunting aspects
Requiring esoteric ciphers to be understood,
Be the products of pretentious pricks!
#poem #poetry
February 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Who says bots determine my relevance?
I've surrounded myself online with genuine human beings, many of whom are active creators creating art of various kinds.
I've surrounded myself online with genuine human beings, many of whom are active creators creating art of various kinds.
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Who says bots determine my relevance?
I've surrounded myself online with genuine human beings, many of whom are active creators creating art of various kinds.
I've surrounded myself online with genuine human beings, many of whom are active creators creating art of various kinds.
Define "taste". Seriously, I'd love to know how you define "taste".
Mind you, you didn't say "refined taste is a new core skill", or "good taste is a new core skill", you simply said "taste is a new core skill".
One may have terrible or unrefined taste, but it's still taste.
Mind you, you didn't say "refined taste is a new core skill", or "good taste is a new core skill", you simply said "taste is a new core skill".
One may have terrible or unrefined taste, but it's still taste.
February 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Define "taste". Seriously, I'd love to know how you define "taste".
Mind you, you didn't say "refined taste is a new core skill", or "good taste is a new core skill", you simply said "taste is a new core skill".
One may have terrible or unrefined taste, but it's still taste.
Mind you, you didn't say "refined taste is a new core skill", or "good taste is a new core skill", you simply said "taste is a new core skill".
One may have terrible or unrefined taste, but it's still taste.
I'm going to have to re-draw my Medieval Warrior Rat in Mail. I tried something different with drawing the mail, but got lazy and fucked it up. I have to go back to my usual, tried-and-true, method of drawing mail.
One step forwards, two steps back — that's the story of my life!
One step forwards, two steps back — that's the story of my life!
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I'm going to have to re-draw my Medieval Warrior Rat in Mail. I tried something different with drawing the mail, but got lazy and fucked it up. I have to go back to my usual, tried-and-true, method of drawing mail.
One step forwards, two steps back — that's the story of my life!
One step forwards, two steps back — that's the story of my life!
Some writers must think themselves so cool badmouthing classics by Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and calling such classics "formulaic", all the while secreetly wishing they'd see a fraction of the success the works of Christie and Doyle have seen and continue to see.
February 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Some writers must think themselves so cool badmouthing classics by Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and calling such classics "formulaic", all the while secreetly wishing they'd see a fraction of the success the works of Christie and Doyle have seen and continue to see.
I like when history and art combine, and this work does just that. One may learn some real human history, social history, reading this work. It shines a light on the dark injustices of the Reconstruction/Jim Crow Era.
For today's Black History Month look at the works of black poets, I'm looking at "Old Lem" by Sterling A. Brown:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53003/...
This piece gives one a clear sense of the unfairness of being a black sharecropper during the Jim Crow Era.
#blackpoets #blackpoetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53003/...
This piece gives one a clear sense of the unfairness of being a black sharecropper during the Jim Crow Era.
#blackpoets #blackpoetry
Old Lem
“They got the judges They got the lawyers They got the jury-rolls They got the law They don’t come by ones They got the sheriffs They got the deputies…
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I like when history and art combine, and this work does just that. One may learn some real human history, social history, reading this work. It shines a light on the dark injustices of the Reconstruction/Jim Crow Era.
For today's Black History Month look at the works of black poets, I'm looking at "Old Lem" by Sterling A. Brown:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53003/...
This piece gives one a clear sense of the unfairness of being a black sharecropper during the Jim Crow Era.
#blackpoets #blackpoetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53003/...
This piece gives one a clear sense of the unfairness of being a black sharecropper during the Jim Crow Era.
#blackpoets #blackpoetry
Old Lem
“They got the judges They got the lawyers They got the jury-rolls They got the law They don’t come by ones They got the sheriffs They got the deputies…
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
For today's Black History Month look at the works of black poets, I'm looking at "Old Lem" by Sterling A. Brown:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53003/...
This piece gives one a clear sense of the unfairness of being a black sharecropper during the Jim Crow Era.
#blackpoets #blackpoetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53003/...
This piece gives one a clear sense of the unfairness of being a black sharecropper during the Jim Crow Era.
#blackpoets #blackpoetry
Funny, being both a visual artist and a writer/poet, I've found my fellow visual artists to be, as a rule, a rather congenial lot. It's the writers who tend to be the truly insufferable ones! (Poets? Not so much! Not as insufferable as writers of prose fiction.)
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Funny, being both a visual artist and a writer/poet, I've found my fellow visual artists to be, as a rule, a rather congenial lot. It's the writers who tend to be the truly insufferable ones! (Poets? Not so much! Not as insufferable as writers of prose fiction.)
Why should anyone follow me?
Because I'm an artist/illustrator/poet/polymath (and a bibliophile, to boot), that's why!
Folks who have a problem with me being all of those things aren't the sorts I want following me anyway.
Because I'm an artist/illustrator/poet/polymath (and a bibliophile, to boot), that's why!
Folks who have a problem with me being all of those things aren't the sorts I want following me anyway.
February 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Why should anyone follow me?
Because I'm an artist/illustrator/poet/polymath (and a bibliophile, to boot), that's why!
Folks who have a problem with me being all of those things aren't the sorts I want following me anyway.
Because I'm an artist/illustrator/poet/polymath (and a bibliophile, to boot), that's why!
Folks who have a problem with me being all of those things aren't the sorts I want following me anyway.
Some folks approach higher education as if it's one great big scam and the only important bit is receiving those degrees, and doing so by any means necessary. The notion of actually learning and growing intellectually is lost on these scammers.
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Some folks approach higher education as if it's one great big scam and the only important bit is receiving those degrees, and doing so by any means necessary. The notion of actually learning and growing intellectually is lost on these scammers.
Having a machine write your academic dissertation for you is no way to approach education, and is no way to actually learn anything and grow intellectually.
Higher education has been devalued enough, we don't need to devalue it even further!
Higher education has been devalued enough, we don't need to devalue it even further!
Obviously, you've no conception of what education is actually supposed to be. Education isn't supposed to be just about the end product (such as a dissertation), it's also supposed to be about the process, the journey, of getting to that end product and learning along the way.
February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Having a machine write your academic dissertation for you is no way to approach education, and is no way to actually learn anything and grow intellectually.
Higher education has been devalued enough, we don't need to devalue it even further!
Higher education has been devalued enough, we don't need to devalue it even further!
Obviously, you've no conception of what education is actually supposed to be. Education isn't supposed to be just about the end product (such as a dissertation), it's also supposed to be about the process, the journey, of getting to that end product and learning along the way.
February 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Obviously, you've no conception of what education is actually supposed to be. Education isn't supposed to be just about the end product (such as a dissertation), it's also supposed to be about the process, the journey, of getting to that end product and learning along the way.
I know. That's how I use lists.
However, I've found myself added to various "moderation lists" for a variety of reasons, the latest reason being the fact that I sell print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art through platforms such as Redbubble. Didn't know THAT was problematic! Apparently so!
However, I've found myself added to various "moderation lists" for a variety of reasons, the latest reason being the fact that I sell print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art through platforms such as Redbubble. Didn't know THAT was problematic! Apparently so!
Lists were originally supposed to be things like "users who do art" and stuff
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I know. That's how I use lists.
However, I've found myself added to various "moderation lists" for a variety of reasons, the latest reason being the fact that I sell print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art through platforms such as Redbubble. Didn't know THAT was problematic! Apparently so!
However, I've found myself added to various "moderation lists" for a variety of reasons, the latest reason being the fact that I sell print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art through platforms such as Redbubble. Didn't know THAT was problematic! Apparently so!
One of the most childish things on this platform are all those moderation lists.
"I hate Johnny because he wouldn't let me swing on my favorite swing during recess, so now I want everyone else to hate Johnny, too!"
Really, people? Is this a social media platform or a grade school playground?
"I hate Johnny because he wouldn't let me swing on my favorite swing during recess, so now I want everyone else to hate Johnny, too!"
Really, people? Is this a social media platform or a grade school playground?
February 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
One of the most childish things on this platform are all those moderation lists.
"I hate Johnny because he wouldn't let me swing on my favorite swing during recess, so now I want everyone else to hate Johnny, too!"
Really, people? Is this a social media platform or a grade school playground?
"I hate Johnny because he wouldn't let me swing on my favorite swing during recess, so now I want everyone else to hate Johnny, too!"
Really, people? Is this a social media platform or a grade school playground?
If you see this, post a rabbit 🐰
Medieval Warrior Rabbit
A shield-bearing sword-wielding rabbit based on various fighting or otherwise murderous rabbits found in medieval marginalia.
Medieval Warrior Rabbit
A shield-bearing sword-wielding rabbit based on various fighting or otherwise murderous rabbits found in medieval marginalia.
February 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
If you see this, post a rabbit 🐰
Medieval Warrior Rabbit
A shield-bearing sword-wielding rabbit based on various fighting or otherwise murderous rabbits found in medieval marginalia.
Medieval Warrior Rabbit
A shield-bearing sword-wielding rabbit based on various fighting or otherwise murderous rabbits found in medieval marginalia.
Yo, artists!
Here's an art share thread for ya!
Share some of your fantastic human-made art in the quote-posted thread!
Spread the art, spread the love!
#art #artists #artshare
Here's an art share thread for ya!
Share some of your fantastic human-made art in the quote-posted thread!
Spread the art, spread the love!
#art #artists #artshare
It's Portfolio Day, let's do an art share
✒️ Repost and Like
✒️ Tag friends and mutuals
✒️No A.i/NFT
✒️No NSFW
#art #artshare #illustration #comic #ink #lineart #portfolioday
✒️ Repost and Like
✒️ Tag friends and mutuals
✒️No A.i/NFT
✒️No NSFW
#art #artshare #illustration #comic #ink #lineart #portfolioday
February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
C'mon, folks, this art by @msdeathwish.bsky.social deserves many more likes!
Fellow artists, you know what you must do! LIKE AWAY!
#art #artists
Fellow artists, you know what you must do! LIKE AWAY!
#art #artists
February 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
C'mon, folks, this art by @msdeathwish.bsky.social deserves many more likes!
Fellow artists, you know what you must do! LIKE AWAY!
#art #artists
Fellow artists, you know what you must do! LIKE AWAY!
#art #artists
I'm a freelance artist.
I used to do work for publications, but I gave that up around the time generative AI exploded onto the scene.
The only way I make money nowadays is via sales of print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art.
Anyone who thinks ill of that can go to Hell!
I used to do work for publications, but I gave that up around the time generative AI exploded onto the scene.
The only way I make money nowadays is via sales of print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art.
Anyone who thinks ill of that can go to Hell!
February 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I'm a freelance artist.
I used to do work for publications, but I gave that up around the time generative AI exploded onto the scene.
The only way I make money nowadays is via sales of print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art.
Anyone who thinks ill of that can go to Hell!
I used to do work for publications, but I gave that up around the time generative AI exploded onto the scene.
The only way I make money nowadays is via sales of print-on-demand merchandise featuring my art.
Anyone who thinks ill of that can go to Hell!
Here's a different one! I've been added to a "scumbags peddling DTF prints" custom feed list by a self-proclaimed "redbubble hater" for being an artist selling print-on-demand merch featuring my art through platforms such as Redbubble.
WTF?
This "person" is an effing lunatic!
WTF?
This "person" is an effing lunatic!
February 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Here's a different one! I've been added to a "scumbags peddling DTF prints" custom feed list by a self-proclaimed "redbubble hater" for being an artist selling print-on-demand merch featuring my art through platforms such as Redbubble.
WTF?
This "person" is an effing lunatic!
WTF?
This "person" is an effing lunatic!
I have argued with some writers who claim they refuse to read while writing because they say they end up aping the style of what they're reading. Sounds to me like these folks are weak writers with weak styles and need to work on strengthening their own voices.
Yes! Among the stupidest new-writer discussions are those debating whether we should/should not be reading at the same time we’re writing. Of course we should!!
I can't stress this enough. Being a great writer requires you being an enthusiastic reader. Read in your genre and out of it. (Yeah, even those kinds of books you swear aren't for you occassionally. You might be surprised.) Devour as much as you can.
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I have argued with some writers who claim they refuse to read while writing because they say they end up aping the style of what they're reading. Sounds to me like these folks are weak writers with weak styles and need to work on strengthening their own voices.
BTW, some 19th century classic novels/novellas I HAVE read and enjoyed include:
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
I COULD read WUTHERING HEIGHTS, I STARTED reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS, but I just found both the story and the characters to be so miserable that I didn't want to finish reading it. There are only a few books that I've refused to finish. WUTHERING HEIGHTS was one such book.
February 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
BTW, some 19th century classic novels/novellas I HAVE read and enjoyed include:
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
DRACULA,
IVANHOE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
THE TIME MACHINE,
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS,
THE INVISIBLE MAN,
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON,
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES,
and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
I COULD read WUTHERING HEIGHTS, I STARTED reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS, but I just found both the story and the characters to be so miserable that I didn't want to finish reading it. There are only a few books that I've refused to finish. WUTHERING HEIGHTS was one such book.
February 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I COULD read WUTHERING HEIGHTS, I STARTED reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS, but I just found both the story and the characters to be so miserable that I didn't want to finish reading it. There are only a few books that I've refused to finish. WUTHERING HEIGHTS was one such book.