Oliver Scarlin
@oliverscarlin.bsky.social
Painter
Cape Town, South Africa
oliverscarlin.com
Cape Town, South Africa
oliverscarlin.com
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I don't know yet how to use Bluesky. Maybe I'll be posting work and maybe not but here's a painting I made a year ago.
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“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
August 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
There is a game like that btw it's called Arthurian Legends on Steam and it's rad as hell
July 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There is a game like that btw it's called Arthurian Legends on Steam and it's rad as hell
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Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
At the level of stoned where I'm strangely moved by vintage gay porn
July 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
At the level of stoned where I'm strangely moved by vintage gay porn
Straight people will just unironically post this to the group chat huh
July 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Straight people will just unironically post this to the group chat huh
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“It is terrifying to see the rich having parties day and night while thousands and thousands are dying of hunger.“ —Frida Kahlo on the United States, c. 1930s
(Photo of Frida by Florence Arquin, c. 1950)
(Photo of Frida by Florence Arquin, c. 1950)
July 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“It is terrifying to see the rich having parties day and night while thousands and thousands are dying of hunger.“ —Frida Kahlo on the United States, c. 1930s
(Photo of Frida by Florence Arquin, c. 1950)
(Photo of Frida by Florence Arquin, c. 1950)
Hi bluesky it's been a while here's a picture of me and Harry and Shakil looking cute
July 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hi bluesky it's been a while here's a picture of me and Harry and Shakil looking cute
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There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
Drag name idea: Semi Moore
May 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Drag name idea: Semi Moore
Hermit crab real estate
April 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hermit crab real estate
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saying Trump won because he cheated also absolves Democrats of their dogshit policies that utterly failed to generate enough enthusiasm to beat the worst candidate in history. “they cheated” is a lot easier to swallow than “we need to fix our entire broken political system”
pls stop saying "the election was stolen" when the truth is a lot of voters are simply misogynistic, racist, ignorant and/or checked out.
yes, musk TOLD him he helped rig it — because trump's simple enough to believe that and it really made trump feel he owed musk something. that's it. that's all.
yes, musk TOLD him he helped rig it — because trump's simple enough to believe that and it really made trump feel he owed musk something. that's it. that's all.
March 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
saying Trump won because he cheated also absolves Democrats of their dogshit policies that utterly failed to generate enough enthusiasm to beat the worst candidate in history. “they cheated” is a lot easier to swallow than “we need to fix our entire broken political system”
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hey i made an zine about spotify's sins, inspired by @glasse.bsky.social's spotify bio
if you want to print some, DM and i'll send you the file!
if you want to print some, DM and i'll send you the file!
February 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
hey i made an zine about spotify's sins, inspired by @glasse.bsky.social's spotify bio
if you want to print some, DM and i'll send you the file!
if you want to print some, DM and i'll send you the file!
Arch window and shells, oil on canvas (2024)
March 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Arch window and shells, oil on canvas (2024)
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“Tanks, Brooklyn” and “Tanks, Rte.9”, studies, 12x12, oil on linen on aluminum.
February 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Tanks, Brooklyn” and “Tanks, Rte.9”, studies, 12x12, oil on linen on aluminum.
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do you think the Harry Potter show is going to adapt the multiple times Harry saved the day by going to the girls’ bathroom? are they going to do the part where they take a transformation potion in the girls bathroom? or is JK Rowling going to accuse herself of being a pedophile
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
do you think the Harry Potter show is going to adapt the multiple times Harry saved the day by going to the girls’ bathroom? are they going to do the part where they take a transformation potion in the girls bathroom? or is JK Rowling going to accuse herself of being a pedophile
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Feeling unreasonably IDGAF 🤷
February 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Feeling unreasonably IDGAF 🤷
Painting a naked figure holding a sword and wondering how I'm going to explain to my gallery that I'm really into William Blake at the moment and clearly going through something
February 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Painting a naked figure holding a sword and wondering how I'm going to explain to my gallery that I'm really into William Blake at the moment and clearly going through something
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Bigots love to act like Queers are new and anti-LGBTQ laws are groundbreaking. They are not.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Bigots love to act like Queers are new and anti-LGBTQ laws are groundbreaking. They are not.
Harry on the beach (2024)
January 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Harry on the beach (2024)
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heart in a million pieces rn
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
heart in a million pieces rn