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John Irvine
@polypanjohvin.bsky.social
Official Bluesky for Ol’ Turnip Head and Polyfaebl.
Just a Scottish gothic polyamorous pansexual multimedia artist trying to pitch his creativity.
@olturniphead @polyfaebl
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Hi, I’m John Irvine the artist for Ol’ Turnip Head.
2025, expect more sketches, digital art (not AI), Mabon madness and spookiness. I could venture further with Ol’ Turnip Head like short-stories and maybe future publishings if possible!
#spookyallyear #spookyallyearlong #halloween2025 #mabon2025
TEDDY DAY
Yes, Silas keeps a teddy in his crypt. No child wanted him!

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#teddyday #teddybear #teddybearday
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
LON CHANEY JR.
A close encounter with Mr Talbot

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#lonchaneyjr #wolfman #lonchaneyjrwolfman #larrytalbot #wolfmanfanart
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
CHOCOLATE DAY
Everyone loves chocolate, even the Spooky Polycule - whether it’s chocolate eyeballs, chocolate mice, an assortment of gothic candy and the innards of a chocolatier.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#chocolateday #chocolate #polyamory #nonmonogamy #chocolatelovers
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
WORLD MARRIAGE DAY
Baron Valentino and Baroness Kalonice may have a marriage that goes beyond the realms of mononormativity but it is certainly built on mutual respect and harmonised compersion, open to include fellow vampires and other ghouls, such as Ol’ Turnip Head.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
February 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
NATIONAL WEREWOLF DAY
The Werewolves of the Woeful Woods are usually courteous to Ol’ Turnip Head, but for reasons unknown they seemed to have turned against him and his allies.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#nationalwerewolfday #werewolf #werewolves #werewolf🐺 #fullmoon🌕
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
WORLD MUAY THAI DAY
Ol’ Turnip Head heedlessly witnesses a challenge between Japanese ghoul Shikabane KowaI and Thai zombie Narong Hiranchai.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#muaythai #worldmuaythaiday #thaimartialarts #thaigrave
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
ALICE COOPER
Another day, another fanart. Welcome to someone’s nightmare!

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#alicecooper #alicecooperband
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
CANDLEMAS DAY
Who left all these candles burning? Such a fire hazard!

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#candlemas #candlemass #candlemasday #candlemassday #candles
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
IMBOLC (CANDLEMAS) / ST. BRIGID’S DAY
Things may be looking brighter, but Ol’ Turnip Head never repelled against daylight unlike his vampiric peers.
#imbolc #candlemas #stbrigidsday #stbrigidscross #brigidcross
February 2, 2026 at 12:05 AM
WORLD LEPROSY DAY
Unsettled yet considerate, Silas assists a lonely leprosy patient as she struggles to receive much-needed treatment.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#worldleprosyday #leprosy #leprosyawareness #leprosyiscurable
January 30, 2026 at 11:54 PM
INTERNATIONAL LEGO DAY
What if Ol’ Turnip Head got so big a franchise that they became a new LEGO toy franchise?

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
LEGO belongs to The Lego Group.
#internationallegoday #lego #lego®
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
UP-HELLY-AA
Ol’ Turnip Head dons his viking persona Jarl Valþjófr Næpuhöfuð to drive out the winter. And provide a Viking funeral in the process.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#uphellyaa #viking #uphellyaashetland #guizerjarl #galleyburning
January 27, 2026 at 8:40 PM
TOBE HOOPER
Just a ghoul having fun with a chainsaw.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#tobehooper #texaschainsawmassacre #leatherface #chainsaw
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 AM
OBSERVE THE WEATHER DAY
One of the Spooky Polycule’s favourite things to do is observe the storm above the graveyard.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#observetheweatherday #weather #stormyweather
January 26, 2026 at 12:43 AM
AURELIO VOLTAIRE
Happy birthday @aureliovoltaire.bsky.social

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#aureliovoltaire #aureliovoltairefanart #voltaire #voltairefanart
January 26, 2026 at 12:29 AM
ST DWYNWEN’S DAY
Love is in the air and it even reaches Ieuan and Ianto in the beautiful form of Blodeuwedd.

Mae cariad yn yr awyr ac mae hyd yn oed yn cyrraedd Ieuan ac Ianto ar ffurf hardd Blodeuwedd.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#stdwynwensday #welsh #stdwynwen #nonmonogamy #polyamory
January 26, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I shared my dissertation on Substack, hoping it will attract more attention to my intentions as a story artist, character designer and world-builder.

open.substack.com/pub/johvin93...
Promoting Highrisers: Adult Animation Design and Graphic Fiction to Challenge the Traditional Binary Norm
Academic dissertation written by John Irvine in 2022 for MA Motion Graphics at Edinburgh Napier University. All rights reserved,
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
BREW A POTION DAY
Love is certainly in the air after Drusilla brews an extremely potent love potion.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#brewapotionday #potion #lovepotion
January 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
WORLD DAY OF THE SNOWMAN
Somehow flying in the sky with a malevolent snowman is much for Ol’ Turnip Head to bear.

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#worlddayofthesnowman #worldsnowmanday #internationalsnowmanday #snowman #thesnowmanfanart
January 18, 2026 at 10:09 PM
WORLD SNOW DAY
It’s not even Christmastime!

Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#worldsnowday #snow #snowygraveyard #snowycemetery
January 18, 2026 at 9:55 PM
APPRECIATE A DRAGON DAY
Thinking it to be one of Ethelinda’s eggs, Ol’ Turnip Head inadvertently nursed a dragon’s egg. And the mother is not far away from the hatchling!
#dragonday #appreciateadragonday #nationalappreciateadragonday #dragon #dragons
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
OLD NEW YEAR
Some old spooks still bringing in the New Year… in the Julian Calendar. Ol’ Turnip Head is disturbed by the clanging and banging of pans as his ghoulish peers celebrate with the Great Noisemaker Bash!
#oldnewyear #orthodoxnewyear #juliannewyear #juliancalendar #greatnoisemakerbash
January 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
HEN GALAN
Ol’ Turnip Head was disturbed from his slumber to find Ieuan and Ianto chaperoned by Prof. Ulysses. They offer him a decorated apple (which he can’t even eat!) to celebrate the Old New Year.
#hengalan #welshgoblins #wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
ROB ZOMBIE
Ol’ Turnip Head cosplaying as Rob Zombie
Happy birthday to Rob Zombie
#robzombiefanart #robzombie
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM