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@exaltxix.bsky.social
30+, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴🇭🇺 Glasgow based freelance artist - people painter, sun boy, all around menace. He/him.
I like big swirly brushstrokes, complicated men and monsters.
Art generally 🔞.
Email/Website for work: ares @ exaltxix.co.uk
I like big swirly brushstrokes, complicated men and monsters.
Art generally 🔞.
Email/Website for work: ares @ exaltxix.co.uk
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RIGHT Comms are back on the menu folks!
There's a range of stuff available from quick and sketchy icons to full illustrated scenes. Click through for examples.
I just downgraded my day job to half the hours due to studies so these would help me a ton!
ko-fi.com/ares_xix/com...
There's a range of stuff available from quick and sketchy icons to full illustrated scenes. Click through for examples.
I just downgraded my day job to half the hours due to studies so these would help me a ton!
ko-fi.com/ares_xix/com...
never gets old when people complain about a fic tagged with trans character having a trans character in it. hello I want to speak to the manager, the bottle I bought at the apple juice store labelled "apple juice" had apple juice in it
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
never gets old when people complain about a fic tagged with trans character having a trans character in it. hello I want to speak to the manager, the bottle I bought at the apple juice store labelled "apple juice" had apple juice in it
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November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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I've decided I'm not gonna take any new comms for december because of my mid-january portfolio deadlines, but if anyone wants to send me a tip to keep me fed for the month it'd be appreciated 😭 (art vaguely related)
ko-fi.com/ares_xix
ko-fi.com/ares_xix
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I've decided I'm not gonna take any new comms for december because of my mid-january portfolio deadlines, but if anyone wants to send me a tip to keep me fed for the month it'd be appreciated 😭 (art vaguely related)
ko-fi.com/ares_xix
ko-fi.com/ares_xix
need to write my silly little story for the t4t morally dubious transmasc enjoyers
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
need to write my silly little story for the t4t morally dubious transmasc enjoyers
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I think this my least successful screenshot study all in all but I like the pink bits at the ear and neck. those are good. sorry roy I'll paint you actually well sometime
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I think this my least successful screenshot study all in all but I like the pink bits at the ear and neck. those are good. sorry roy I'll paint you actually well sometime
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Remember to feed the worms.
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Remember to feed the worms.
can I cut my own hair how bad of an idea is this
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
can I cut my own hair how bad of an idea is this
one day I'll do a little post about how I trace things I feel like it could be useful for people. it's really about learning shapes and not about producing a final image that matches or overlays in any significant way but I find it very efficient for me
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
one day I'll do a little post about how I trace things I feel like it could be useful for people. it's really about learning shapes and not about producing a final image that matches or overlays in any significant way but I find it very efficient for me
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You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Read the free chapters of my gay 1920s horror noir. "It's got everything"
Paris, 192X. An English man without a face is hired by a strange boy to examine a series of defaced portraits. His investigation leads him into a world of art, opium, sex, and the undead.
The first 6 chapters of upcoming occult noir LAZARUS, are now available
beastcutter.itch.io/lazarus-teaser
The first 6 chapters of upcoming occult noir LAZARUS, are now available
beastcutter.itch.io/lazarus-teaser
LAZARUS - teaser by Lukan Garrow
A 1920s occult noir
beastcutter.itch.io
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Read the free chapters of my gay 1920s horror noir. "It's got everything"
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Really starting to love prop design. There's a lot of story and worldbuilding and humor that can go into what characters use and place in their spaces
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Really starting to love prop design. There's a lot of story and worldbuilding and humor that can go into what characters use and place in their spaces
it's good I don't get to have kids because I'd have a no (or at least absolutely bare bones minimum) plastic toys in the house & I'd get arrested for child abuse by the CEO of plastic or something
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
it's good I don't get to have kids because I'd have a no (or at least absolutely bare bones minimum) plastic toys in the house & I'd get arrested for child abuse by the CEO of plastic or something
sometimes I get such intense anxiety about making art I avoid it for days and then I make art and I'm like. I'm enjoying this this is like my favourite thing to do wtf
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
sometimes I get such intense anxiety about making art I avoid it for days and then I make art and I'm like. I'm enjoying this this is like my favourite thing to do wtf
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Reposting this werewolf Konstantin (My tomb prospector oc) i painted ages ago
September 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposting this werewolf Konstantin (My tomb prospector oc) i painted ages ago
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Winter Burrow - a little Friday speed paint and continuation of my “making the most obscure fanart possible“ habit. #animalart #darkart #anatomicalart #frankenstein
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Winter Burrow - a little Friday speed paint and continuation of my “making the most obscure fanart possible“ habit. #animalart #darkart #anatomicalart #frankenstein
terrible lil sketch while i'm listening to a video
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
terrible lil sketch while i'm listening to a video
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one of those days
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
one of those days
interesting, but most of all terrible and really sad how most of us trans people (and lgbt+ people in general) can quote one or more local stories of violence that had a direct influence on either us staying closeted longer or moving away
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
interesting, but most of all terrible and really sad how most of us trans people (and lgbt+ people in general) can quote one or more local stories of violence that had a direct influence on either us staying closeted longer or moving away
(this is about dbd) personally I'd rather have tyrant gamedev situations where people say "we're changing this design because we want to and that's that on that" over wishy washy misquoting of non-disclosed data without any hint of proper analysis or reasoning that just contradicts itself
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
(this is about dbd) personally I'd rather have tyrant gamedev situations where people say "we're changing this design because we want to and that's that on that" over wishy washy misquoting of non-disclosed data without any hint of proper analysis or reasoning that just contradicts itself
listen I wanna be an artist primarily or just a dude working in creative industries and I do have a ridiculous amount of skills and experience but in the 10 years I've lived in the uk I've been given a chance 0 times and I don't know anyone in high places so putting box on shelf it is
me: I would like some relevant job notifications please
indeed dot com: here's the most unhinged ridiculous listings from 600 miles over
indeed dot com: here's the most unhinged ridiculous listings from 600 miles over
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
listen I wanna be an artist primarily or just a dude working in creative industries and I do have a ridiculous amount of skills and experience but in the 10 years I've lived in the uk I've been given a chance 0 times and I don't know anyone in high places so putting box on shelf it is
me: I would like some relevant job notifications please
indeed dot com: here's the most unhinged ridiculous listings from 600 miles over
indeed dot com: here's the most unhinged ridiculous listings from 600 miles over
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
me: I would like some relevant job notifications please
indeed dot com: here's the most unhinged ridiculous listings from 600 miles over
indeed dot com: here's the most unhinged ridiculous listings from 600 miles over