David Bowman
@dlbowman76.com
Illustrator, coder, reader, bon-vivant. Please don't ask about HAL 9000...I don't like to talk about it.
Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
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David Bowman
@dlbowman76.com
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I declare this painting done. An illustration in search of a story. (Acrylic on canvas board.)
I'm enjoying the hell out of BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI episode 1 but am also slightly disconcerted to watch a period show set during a period in which I was alive. (Yes, I am an old.)
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm enjoying the hell out of BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI episode 1 but am also slightly disconcerted to watch a period show set during a period in which I was alive. (Yes, I am an old.)
Hey, you.
YES, YOU.
Do you have an artist whose work you love?
Tell them so. Say something specific about a piece and you will absolutely make their day. It costs nothing and spreads good will.
Keep the faith, baby. 🙏
YES, YOU.
Do you have an artist whose work you love?
Tell them so. Say something specific about a piece and you will absolutely make their day. It costs nothing and spreads good will.
Keep the faith, baby. 🙏
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hey, you.
YES, YOU.
Do you have an artist whose work you love?
Tell them so. Say something specific about a piece and you will absolutely make their day. It costs nothing and spreads good will.
Keep the faith, baby. 🙏
YES, YOU.
Do you have an artist whose work you love?
Tell them so. Say something specific about a piece and you will absolutely make their day. It costs nothing and spreads good will.
Keep the faith, baby. 🙏
I will never knowingly misgender another person nor dead-name them. Everyone deserves the right to live with happiness and dignity within their own skin. This I believe.
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I will never knowingly misgender another person nor dead-name them. Everyone deserves the right to live with happiness and dignity within their own skin. This I believe.
Revisiting THE SHROUDS. I know that David Cronenberg has a reputation for chilliness and I don't agree with that one little bit. He has a deeply "sideways" approach to life but he genuinely likes his characters and he has a dry wit. If you embrace his weirdness you'll see it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Revisiting THE SHROUDS. I know that David Cronenberg has a reputation for chilliness and I don't agree with that one little bit. He has a deeply "sideways" approach to life but he genuinely likes his characters and he has a dry wit. If you embrace his weirdness you'll see it.
I'm in. 10 days, 10 best picture Oscar winners I cherish.
Day 1: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Day 1: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm in. 10 days, 10 best picture Oscar winners I cherish.
Day 1: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Day 1: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
I'm feeling weirdly pleased that apparently I can draw a tuchus well enough to trigger the bot to slap a label on it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm feeling weirdly pleased that apparently I can draw a tuchus well enough to trigger the bot to slap a label on it.
Silly morning sketch (fountain pen on paper. Hey, it made me laugh.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Silly morning sketch (fountain pen on paper. Hey, it made me laugh.)
I've just had to explain what a JSON file is to a manager.
I've subsequently had to explain what a CSV is.
(SIGH)
I've subsequently had to explain what a CSV is.
(SIGH)
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I've just had to explain what a JSON file is to a manager.
I've subsequently had to explain what a CSV is.
(SIGH)
I've subsequently had to explain what a CSV is.
(SIGH)
Taking my time with a portrait because I want to more or less get it right.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Taking my time with a portrait because I want to more or less get it right.
At the risk of sounding fogeyish (well, even more fogeyish), I am so, so pleased that I don't have to go anywhere for Thanksgiving.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At the risk of sounding fogeyish (well, even more fogeyish), I am so, so pleased that I don't have to go anywhere for Thanksgiving.
Parallel parking…very difficult in Transylvania.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Parallel parking…very difficult in Transylvania.
Black Friday is tedious commercial nonsense. We should institute "Blackguard Friday" when everyone has license to be villainous for one day.
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Black Friday is tedious commercial nonsense. We should institute "Blackguard Friday" when everyone has license to be villainous for one day.
Jeepers.
Today: rain.
Tomorrow: yet more rain.
Thursday: Sapristi, it’s cold!
Today: rain.
Tomorrow: yet more rain.
Thursday: Sapristi, it’s cold!
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jeepers.
Today: rain.
Tomorrow: yet more rain.
Thursday: Sapristi, it’s cold!
Today: rain.
Tomorrow: yet more rain.
Thursday: Sapristi, it’s cold!
"Inspector Zenigata, is it true? Have you apprehended Lupin?"
"Neither I nor Interpol have any comments to make at this time."
"Neither I nor Interpol have any comments to make at this time."
BREAKING: Four more arrests have been made in connection with the Louvre jewel heist, Paris prosecutor reports.
Paris prosecutor reports 4 more arrests in connection with Louvre jewel heist
The Paris prosecutor is reporting four more arrests in connection with the jewel heist at the Louvre Museum in October.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Inspector Zenigata, is it true? Have you apprehended Lupin?"
"Neither I nor Interpol have any comments to make at this time."
"Neither I nor Interpol have any comments to make at this time."
Mahler 8 is the symphonic equivalent of a Ken Russell film and I mean that in the best possible way. It is as extra as music gets.
(And, yes, I know that Ken directed a biopic of Mahler and it's utterly insane and worth watching.)
(And, yes, I know that Ken directed a biopic of Mahler and it's utterly insane and worth watching.)
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Mahler 8 is the symphonic equivalent of a Ken Russell film and I mean that in the best possible way. It is as extra as music gets.
(And, yes, I know that Ken directed a biopic of Mahler and it's utterly insane and worth watching.)
(And, yes, I know that Ken directed a biopic of Mahler and it's utterly insane and worth watching.)
Siri: tell me what happened to the previous CEO of UnitedHealth.
United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Siri: tell me what happened to the previous CEO of UnitedHealth.
I had a good mathematical education:
• One is the loneliest number that you'll ever see.
• It takes two to make things go right.
• Three is the magic number.
• One is the loneliest number that you'll ever see.
• It takes two to make things go right.
• Three is the magic number.
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I had a good mathematical education:
• One is the loneliest number that you'll ever see.
• It takes two to make things go right.
• Three is the magic number.
• One is the loneliest number that you'll ever see.
• It takes two to make things go right.
• Three is the magic number.
To my astonishment, the cologne "Drakkar Noir" still exists. That stuff smells like an episode of "Miami Vice".
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
To my astonishment, the cologne "Drakkar Noir" still exists. That stuff smells like an episode of "Miami Vice".
Everyone knows the song "Radar Love" but I genuinely did not know that the band Golden Earring is Dutch. They're from The Hague (not to be confused with being sent to The Hague...)
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Everyone knows the song "Radar Love" but I genuinely did not know that the band Golden Earring is Dutch. They're from The Hague (not to be confused with being sent to The Hague...)
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
*to the strains of Verdi*
BLOCK!
BLOCK!
BLOCK-BLOCK-BLOCK!
BLOCK!
BLOCK!
BLOCK-BLOCK-BLOCK!
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
*to the strains of Verdi*
BLOCK!
BLOCK!
BLOCK-BLOCK-BLOCK!
BLOCK!
BLOCK!
BLOCK-BLOCK-BLOCK!
It's not quite Thanksgiving yet but I need to say it. Clark Griswold is one of the most appallingly awful, selfish, ghastly characters in the history of the cinema. He is completely hateful to me. I would've cheered if he had electrocuted himself in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION.
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It's not quite Thanksgiving yet but I need to say it. Clark Griswold is one of the most appallingly awful, selfish, ghastly characters in the history of the cinema. He is completely hateful to me. I would've cheered if he had electrocuted himself in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION.
It is 2006. Thanksgiving. 10:30 PM. No food has been served, no food is ready. Everyone but me is in the kitchen screaming at one another. I am reading a fat novel and muttering quietly to myself. Everyone is angry and I am trying very hard to not be visible.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It is 2006. Thanksgiving. 10:30 PM. No food has been served, no food is ready. Everyone but me is in the kitchen screaming at one another. I am reading a fat novel and muttering quietly to myself. Everyone is angry and I am trying very hard to not be visible.
You're the four-hour old styrofoam cup of "church coffee" when you're stuck at an event.
You’re the last piece of toilet paper after explosive diarrhea
You’re the puddle just after a fresh pair of socks
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You're the four-hour old styrofoam cup of "church coffee" when you're stuck at an event.
I've just realized what this reminds me of. In a previous job, way back when I had to work in an office, an HR person literally came to my cubicle and sent me home for being "unkempt".
The rationale? She did not care for men who weren't perfectly clean-shaven.
Obviously I don't work there anymore.
The rationale? She did not care for men who weren't perfectly clean-shaven.
Obviously I don't work there anymore.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I've just realized what this reminds me of. In a previous job, way back when I had to work in an office, an HR person literally came to my cubicle and sent me home for being "unkempt".
The rationale? She did not care for men who weren't perfectly clean-shaven.
Obviously I don't work there anymore.
The rationale? She did not care for men who weren't perfectly clean-shaven.
Obviously I don't work there anymore.