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Reclusive Dug Rusin
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Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · Sep 4
I’m Dug. Living in Metro Detroit I put in 25 years as a page-builder (graphic designer) until the small paper I worked for closed. Now (mostly) retired I’m returning to my surrealist roots, usually working with traditional pen and pencil drawing & polymer clay sculpture

Here is a sampling of my art
A pen and color pencil drawing of a young woman with an oversized head, her red hair gently moved by the wind stands in a black-hulled small ship (based on a Little Tikes tugboat shaped sandbox), holds onto the white cabin with her left hand. There is nobody at the wheel of the ship. In her right is a white bird house that has a brown leather suitcase handle attached to the green roof. Above her head is a blender, the black electric cord curving around like a halo. And around the blender is a swirling cloud of razor blades. The grey sky is overcast, and there are gentle but pronounced swells in the vibrant blue green water. At the bottom right, just below the green blue waterline a circling shark can be seen. A fairy house made of polymer clay. It appears to be a taller, upside down terra cotta pot with green door trimmed in blue. There is a flat, terracotta awning supported by twigs over the entrance. The 2nd story features half-round green windows, also trimmed in blue. Also visible is a more conventional square green window. Yup! Trimmed in blue! A pen drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house has the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has a pumpkin dangling from it A side view of an Indian rhino from the left, based on Albrecht Durer’s 1515 engraving. This one is made of polymer clay and polychromed in shades of yellow, green and purple
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Unsurprisingly, the road through this canyon had a rockfall and is currently closed. Hwy93 Radium, BC
Ink drawing of Highway 93 passing through Sinclair Canyon near Radium, BC. The vertical rock walls tower over the roadway. This is close to the Radium Hot Springs facility.
February 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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debidoesdrawing.bsky.social
Better late than never, right?
Thanks for the share!

Too tired to write bio...i do art. The end. :)
Digital drawing of a black woman sitting in the lotus pose, meditating under the sea with lit candles around her. She looks calm and content. A teenage girl and boy walk down a neon lit tunnel away from us.. She has his hand on his head, ruffling his hair. A color drawing of a critter that is part turtle, part buzzard and part just weird. It's eyes bulge with uneasiness. A scene study from Stargate SG1 of the extra nerdy Daniel and Sam from Mobius
February 18, 2026 at 3:20 AM
captainpurple.bsky.social
#FatTuesday #Pączki

Happy Pączki Day to those who celebrate!
A photo of 4 Pączki, a traditional Polish mega filled doughnut, taken so that they appear to be stacked vertically
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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jordanwthatcher.bsky.social
This may be the most difficult thing I've ever made. So many tiny details! 🔎🌸
A handmade slice of miniature cherry blossom cake from a side view. There are three layers of cake, with two thick layers of a creamy light pink frosting filled with cherry bits. The frosting is pink with a thin layer of white to add some contrast. The outer layer is covered by cherry blossoms, crumbled bits candy or sprinkles, and three cherries. This is the backside of the cake, showing the cherry blossoms and crumbles near the cake's base.
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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captainpurple.bsky.social
Thanks, Symon, for hosting this Portfolio Day edition #artshare

Tags? Why not!?!
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Me? I don’t have a proper portfolio put together right now, so instead I present a 4-part study of a rhino piece
First of a series of studies, a pen and color pencil drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house is purple, yellow and brown with the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has a orange pumpkin dangling from it Second of a series of studies, a ballpoint pen drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house has the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has a pumpkin dangling from it Third of a series of studies, a pen drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house has the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has a pumpkin dangling from it Final, large (19x24 inches) drawing from a series of studies, a pen and color pencil drawing of a rhinoceros with a house-shaped burden on its back. The rhino is mostly grey. The house is purple, yellow and green with the number 20 and letter “w” and a scissor headed bird on the front. There is a long brass pole that extends out horizontally from the structure that has a orange pumpkin dangling from it
February 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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lynx3d.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting!
3d render showing a young deer in a forest, in a staring contest with a ghost deer standing on a rock, with a herd of other ghost deer walking through a rocky clearing in the background and forested hills even further in the background 3d render showing a woman in a fantasy adventurer gear standing on top of a cliff with glowing crystals hovering above her outstretched hands. next to her is her saddled deer and a cat is standing on her shoulders. 3d render of a cottage in the mountains. The cottage is in the center on the frame with forest and mountains behind it. A trail of deep footsteps in the snow leads up to the cottage 3d render of a dungeon with a walkway with swinging blade traps, in front of the walkway is a skeleton in a relaxed position
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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donrice.art
Hello all. I am a sketcher, trying to capture the strength, love, madness and chaos of the 'reality' I see around me.
Some recent sketchy work.
Princess in a White Gown #hopeisapowerfulweapon #everywomanisaprincess #leadmefollowmeorgetoutofmyway An overhead perspective of Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa, holding a laser pistol and dressed in her classic white gown from Star Wars (1977), later retitled as Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Sketch art by Don Rice. Rovers and Shoppers #enjoymakingdiscoveries #followtherulesoftheroad #thereisnothingsocostlyasbargains On a winter weekend, a man strolls the sidewalk with his dog as they follow a woman and a teen girl who are both holding their shopping bags. Sketch art by Don Rice. Looking Down the Hill, Preparing for the Rush #letgravityguideyou #laughinthefaceofdanger #fornowsleddingisenough A man and boy stand at the top of a hill after climbing up the other side, ready to mount the plastic sled that they have brought with them. Sketch art by Don Rice.
February 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting Symon! 😎🍷

Here are some recent pieces of mine

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Pen drawing of a series of strange, humanoid figures arrayed on a techno-organic latticework. The main figure has a series of straight, bone-like horns coming out of their head as a crown as they hover in mid-air, holding a an orb with a pale blue aura in their left hand. There are other figures who have a recognizable head but bodies that that flow into tentacles or heads with multiple eyes sitting on the lattice structure staring at the viewer with one smoking a hookah like device, another having an ancient Egyptian bird-style head and others with either only one eye or multiple eyes. The lattice leaves a lot of the sky visible. Behind them are a large orange sun at the horizon while the bottom of a large red sun flows off the top of the page. The sky behind them is backlit with a pale yellowish-orange hue. Pen drawing of a figure kneeling around and, pressing down with both hands on, a stone with various symbols inscribed in it. Their face is a single point of light with a series of gems down their torso and a head that rises up into something that is a hybrid of a halo, antlers and branches while something resembling branch like wings extend from their shoulders and joining together at a point above the central being's head. This is happening on a throne like structure with faces pointing out to each side made up of twisted root and muscle like structures that flow out into alien vegetation and to the right are several being s with large eyes and extended teardrop bone like crested heads on the right side. In the visible sky are moons and shadowed shapes while a series of black, diamond-like shapes flanking each side of the central being. Pen drawing of a feminine celestial being with a nearly featureless face, black hair and wearing a black collar around their neck with symbols and gems embedded down their torso and along their arms, all 4 on each side. The ones on the left are partially obscured by the copper and white energies radiating from their outstretched left hand as their body flows down into, and between the assorted root like organic shapes with hints of shelves full of books down towards the body. Up along the right side is a large tower of metal and lights behind the being but well in the foreground of a quarter arc of a large portal that vanishes from view being their shoulder with various aircraft in front of it with the entire scene set under a night sky. Pen drawing of a wooly mammoth skeleton with the tusks engraved with symbols with metallic rings at various intervals while a glowing orb is in the third eye position in its nasal cavity evoking the concept of the cyclops while the rest of its body is in a large, shaggy, furry robe with a few bones showing through and bare skeletal fingers in front of it as it is sitting as a human would cross-legged on the ground. It is surrounded by stone columns, some knocked over or broken, covered in symbols and buried in snow and ice while large, leathery canopies hang between others. All of this is under a night sky filled with stars and the glow of a full moon.
February 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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jillsunflower.bsky.social
Thanks for the share Symon! 🖤

Hi everyone, I’m Jill, a formerly mostly traditional media artist that has recently added digital into the mix.
A digital art piece with four parallel turtles in a stylized pond space with wavy water lines, and flowered shoreline in the corners A close-up section of a traditional mixed media drawing, with a spider in a flowery colorful space A traditional mixed media art piece with a coyote searching for a rabbit on the flowery brush, a rat eyeing a mushroom growing from a dead stump, a new tree growing from the stump, and a moth flying near a big full moon A digital drawing/painting of two hummingbirds hovering over a flower, with decorative borders framing them
February 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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shiftypumpkin.com
Thanks for sharing! I make oil paintings of natural & fantasy landscapes #art #tradart #oilpainting

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"Frozen Lake", oil painting on 18"x24" canvas. A frosty landscape at night with pine trees, mountains and an icy lake. 8”x10” oil painting of a large tree in a dark forest, with shafts of light shining through the trees. A small pond sits in the center. 18”x24” oil painting of dark, jagged mountains amongst a cloudy, stormy sky. The clouds are sweeping across the largest mountain in the center of the painting. A break in the clouds from the upper-left casts a semi-golden light down on the landscape. Pine trees and a shallow pond sit in the foreground. “Autumn Stream”, an 18”x24” oil painting of a forest in autumn. A dramatic sunset and gathering clouds fill the sky, with rolling hills of colorful trees. A slightly rushing stream cuts through the clearing towards the viewer.
February 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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symonheilogu.bsky.social
It's Portfolio Day, let's do an art share

✒️ Repost and Like

✒️ Tag friends and mutuals

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✒️No NSFW

#art #artshare #illustration #comic #ink #lineart #portfolioday
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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saskya.com
#watercolor
#squirrel
#mammals
#sciart
#nature
#traditionalart
#saskyasart
A watercolor painting of a red squirrel (?) in lookout mode on high alert while holding onto the side of a tree.
February 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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oldladyj.bsky.social
This is an altered book I started ages ago. The actual book was called 'artifacts' so I went with the title and themed the whole book around that .
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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oldladyj.bsky.social
Here are the other pages, this book is still a work in progress.
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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anna-artist.bsky.social
Most recent project completed - colored pencil.
#coloredpencil #art
Snow scene of two blue jars near a stone wall topped with blue tiles and a layer of snow. Over the top of the wall, a berry covered, snow-capped bush with leaves in shades of blue and brown. Scattered around on the ground are snow-covered rocks and bare winter growth along with some plants that still survive amidst the cold.
February 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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jillsunflower.bsky.social
Spread some love today with a FREE COMPLIMENTS #ArtShare!

♥️ Share art
😍 See art
💌 Give compliments
🥰 Receive compliments

*human-made art only, of course! 😘
All mediums welcome.
A piece of digital art with two snails moving into a circular arrangement of fruit, floral filigree on a pink background, and the words “art share” written across the middle.
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com
Title: A Valentine’s Day experiment In an effort to test the efficacy of cupids arrows of desire. A placebo group is shot with regular arrows. Their injuries range from moderate to sever. Unexpectedly, romances struck up in hospital and lawyers’ waiting rooms create a "romance ratio" similar to that of magic arrows. However, once the cost of compensation claims is factored in, it is decided to discontinue.
February 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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warandpeas.bsky.social
Happy V-Day
War and Peas comic strip Panel 1: A man and a witch walk into a dimly lit room with candles on the floor. The man says, "Aww, how romantic!" Panel 2: The man, pointing at the candles, says, "All the candles!" Panel 3: The man, pointing at a pentagram on the floor, says, "And this beautiful floor painting!" Panel 4: The man, looking slightly concerned, says, "Wait a minute." The witch, now holding a knife, looks at him with a serious expression.
February 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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neorsd.org
roses are red
violets are grand
industrial sign on a wall: NOTICE AVOID CONTAMINATION WASH YOUR HANDS
February 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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snossnos.bsky.social
#art #illustration #kleinekunstklasse #surrealism #romantic #etahoffmann #fairytale #valentine
Zum heutigen Valentinstag zeige ich hier die Schlussszene von E.T.A. Hoffmanns märchenhafter Erzählung „Der goldne Topf“. Anselmus und Serpentina werden endlich ein Paar.
E.T.A. Hoffman hält ein großes Bild vor sich, auf dem die magische Schlussszene aus „Der Goldene Topf“ abgebildet ist: Anselmus und Serpentina werden ein Paar. Um sie herum wohnen zahlreiche fantastische Gäste der Vermählung bei. Da gibt es Elefanten-Sepien, vierbeinige Seepferdchen, Schnecken-Füchse, Basilisken, Hirschgarnelen und jubelnde Bäume. Wasserfälle strömen herab und exotische Blumen verströmen ihre Düfte.
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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debidoesdrawing.bsky.social
Posting one comic issue a week(ish)...Comic #176

A Cosmic Narrative: An extraterrestrial travel journal that asks the big questions by examining the small moments of life across the universe.

👽 #webcomic #webtoon #comic #writing #MicroFiction #dogs
Looking down at her beloved dog, she wondered what he dreamed about. Chasing balls? Chewing furniture? Maybe he went on space adventures where he was the captain of a spaceship that mined asteroids for squeaky toys. No, that's silly, she thought. No one can hear you squeak in space.
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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debidoesdrawing.bsky.social
🦘post your art with non-humanoid animals🦘
#cuteanimals #cutecreatures
Illustration of a fantastical, blob-shaped creature with limbs that aren't very defined. It has large ears and three eyes. The smaller eye in the middle of its forehead is flanked by several green markings. Otherwise, its skin is an ombre of medium blue on its body changing to purple on its head. It is seated with one arm-limb raised to its cheek. It is biting its lip and looks concerned or scared. A color drawing of a critter that is part turtle, part buzzard and part just weird. It's eyes bulge with uneasiness. A painting of a small furry creature sitting amid some tall green grass. It has small round brown ears, large dark eyes, a large squarish nose with a pale brown stripe over the top of it, a light tan belly, small arms with tiny hands, large back legs with feet that resemble hands held in a fist, and a long bare tail. It is sitting on its butt, back feet out in front, front arms held close to its chest. The sunlight is shining down on it, making the dark eye gleam.
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
captainpurple.bsky.social
#drawing #snowman #art

I’m pretty sure my subconscious is just effing with me. Keep in mind that I hit my head *really* hard a couple of weeks ago 🤪🤕
A ballpoint pen and color pencil drawing of a rotund little snowman wearing a yellow sombrero and a light blue vest, he clutches maracas to his chest
February 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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dtdelosh.bsky.social
Hoppy Easter Bunnies #greetingcard #BSNM
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February 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Last look back
11x17 pen and paper
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark
Pen drawing of a colossal scale feminine figure with eyes of the black of space with stars and long black curly hair spilling down over their back and shoulders as they stand ¾ profile over a landscape twisted landscape of skinny towers rising out of a sea of fluid, organic shapes of floating gems in blue, pink, purple, red and green and small figures with smooth copper discs for faces in the foreground. The being is haloed by a giant gas giant planet in copper and pink in a purplish-blue sky with spiral patterns of stars in the sky.
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM