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Eye Of Semicolon

@eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social

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Artist. Digital Illustrator. Talkative from 8-4. Drawing and (hopefully) silent at 5 after. Interests in worldbuilding & writing. Hoping to make my own story. Expect OCs, worldbuilding drawings, and notes. Happy to engage. #art for art-related posts.

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 4d

Panel 1: Shen is stoically holding up a sign with his right hand that says "W O R C E S T E R" on it.

Panel 2: A man clearly from Boston, in a black Red Sox cap and Bruins jersey and holding a Market Basket bag slung over his shoulder, says "WOOSTER!" Under the cap, he has messy brown hair, and is smiling innocently.

Panel 3: Shen, still stoic, now holds up a picture of a rooster with both hands.

Panel 4: The man from Boston smile lights up, sparkles in his eyes, and says "ROOCHESTER!!!"

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Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

A lot of modern/post-modern artists do art different, but they’re willing to put themselves out there and play with the medium. Can it fail? Perhaps, but nothing ventured nothing gained, right? And in the end you could always walk away, as everyone does with all art - even the good ones.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

There has always been a barrier between the artist and the audience, and no amount of art class will truly fix it.
Artists are people who were willing to spend their time and energy making something for all sorts of reasons, but we only see the results. Years of effort seen only for a moment.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

Hilariously this is part of the reason why modern/post-modern art even came to being. Artists/philosophers wanted to question the audiences love for art and see, through much experimentation, what could still be seen as art. You may dislike the results, but at least they were willing to try.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

I guess I dislike the way people disguise their interests in art. People waffle on about how great old art is but don’t really know or understand why. It looks pretty, and that’s where the interest ends. Appreciation is only ever skin-deep, and we treat art as some mindless activity an artist does.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

So I think it’s as fair to say “I could do that” with the old artists, it’s just we made a wordless agreement that that’d be disrespectful - though not so for today’s artists, apparently.
And I get it, some art isn’t good and theoretically they can be easier - but in the end, they made it at all.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

Does this make those artists lesser? No, it’s just they changed the medium and were worth remembering - but there were many artists back then who are forgotten to time. It’s not like the past holds exclusively all the good artists. We built ourselves on their contributions and improve onwards.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

However it’s poor taste to do so, because we respect old masters of art. However that doesn’t really matter - there’s artists today who make art for video games and comics who showcase more technical and artistic skill than older artists. Even a cover for a 40K book is impressive.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

However it goes further because, when you really think about it, there’s nothing stopping you from doing any art. Aside from time and practice there’s no barrier to replicating a DaVinci or a Rembrandt, so why not say that about them? I could it too, with time and effort, in fact I have done it.

Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 11d

A rant, but I despise the phrase “I could do that” in relation to art - often when it comes to modern/postmodern art.
Aside from it being rude it’s also a non-criticism. If you could do it then you otherwise would’ve done it - virtually nothing is stopping you from replicating a work of art.

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MiiyaUwU 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @miiya.page · 12d

Wanna be smart? Apply metacognition and scientific method to your daily life (aka being wrong without crashing out).

If you think being wrong about things is existential, then you're just an overevolved troglodyte that neurally misfires mild disagreements with sabertooths.

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 11d

Panel 1: An alien woman with green skin, red spiky hair, and a yellow jumpsuit with holes on the shoulders and a white 'spade' pattern on the top, is crossing his arms and has her eyes closed and her brow furrowed in frustration. She says "Why is it that whenever there's a fictional alien species..."

Panel 2: She uncrosses her arms and leans and gestures to the side with them, continuing to say "Only the MALE looks like an actual ALIEN."

Panel 3: She places her hands on her hips and looks forward angrily, and says "The FEMALE just looks like a CUTE HUMAN GIRL!"

Panel 4: Shen is a what looks like a green tardigrade with a little red helicopter that it's using to suspend itself in the air, wearing pants on its last 2 limbs of the same colorscheme as the alien girl. He says "Sis I don't exactly wanna look like this either."

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Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 17d

Very lovely green. Nice and emerald like. And the jewel, though small, is just as impressively done. Very excellent work.

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Ruby 🏳️‍🌈 - Roll1ToExplode (Commissions Open) @roll1toexplode.bsky.social · 18d

Power swords look so nice in acid green 💚

#40k #EmperorsChildren #Commission

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Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 17d

I like the color coding here. Not just because it feels like a character select for an arcade beat-em-up, but the colors feel appropriate for the visual style of combat. Blue is more noble; red is aggressive; and green being more heavy.
Cant explain how/why, but they feel nicely matching. Excellent.

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AstroInfinite_ (Comms Open 3/6) @astroinfinite.bsky.social · 19d

D&D Damage type nobles

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Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 21d

I’m reminded of a comment that said that the majority of the discussion around those with autism is based on when they have problems - that all they’re known for is being traumatized and reacting in kind.
There are people with autism who live functioning, good lives - but nobody looks to them.

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 27d

Panel 1: Shen is standing between 2 artists is red French berets on. The artists don't have any detail, they are just generic smiling figures. Shen is look nervously to his right and sweating, his hands up a bit. He thinks "I don't belong here with these legit artists!"

Panel 2: Shen tightly closes his eyes and clenches his fists, looking down a bit. The background turns a wavy purple and magenta. He thinks "NO. RELAX. It's just IMPOSTER SYNDROME."

Panel 3: Shen looks up triumphantly, blowing steam from his nose, sparkles in his eyes. The background turns a bright yellow with sharp orange sparkles emanating from the center. He thinks "YEAH! THEY >>ALL<< PROBABLY FEEL >>JUST LIKE I DO!!<<"

Panel 4: We return to Shen standing between the two other artists with a determined expression and his fists clenched. One of the artists looks at the other while pointing at Shen and says "We should kill this imposter."

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 27d

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Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · 26d

Nice mixture of colors. All nicely picked.

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michael ✨ @funktechnisch.bsky.social · 27d

when in doubt draw ocs in victorian era dresses

#digitalart #ttrpg #dnd #ocsky

a digital sketch of a Black dwarf man in a layered, purple dress. his hair is in small braids, and he's pulling it up above his head as if to tie it into a ponytail. he's wearing gold bracers on each wrist.

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · Jul 31

Unidonk.

More digital charcoal - just because I'm having so much fun with it.

Donkey with a horn, digital drawing by Victoria Maderna.

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MiiyaUwU 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @miiya.page · Jul 31

But yeah, you can't have the brightest minds in STEM to thrive when they don't have access to:

-Psilocybin
-Weed
-Fad diets
-Freedom to shit on religious & political institutions
-Oatmilk
-Fucked up nerd polycule orgies

This is also why "The Next Silicon Valley" often fails.

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · Jul 16

Grasp, based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in the 90s

Illo of a celestial person reaching up to grab a star. Based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in 1995. Drawn by gdbeeart in autumn 2021, photoshop.

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Eye Of Semicolon @eyeofsemicolon.bsky.social · Jul 17

Some of my favorite comes of yours are either the Geek/Programming humor or the realistically awkward romance/relationship antics of Tay and Gabby.

Of the latter especially since it makes me think of my own relationship. They're quite representative.