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@lukeoram.bsky.social

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Artist and illustrator for music & games. Also known to play guitar in noisy rubbish band Atomçk. I do not use AI. linktr.ee/LukeOram

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · Dec 13

Luke's the name, and the kind of imagery you can see here is the game.

#artvartist #artvartist24

An art v artist grid depicting the artist (me) and 8 examples of my work.

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 2d

Peak.

A4 watercolour.

#artsky #art #watercolour #landscape

Watercolour painting of a small figure looking out over a mountain scene.

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 2d

Damn.
Ok, here's what I need you to do:

Alter the timeline so that this isn't happening, then reply again with something that doesn't make me want to dissolve.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 2d

Dare I ask, what is "sora slop"?

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 3d

This is made to happen by a symbol of the real, forcing it's way into the fantasy world, causing everything to rotate in a vortex around it.

The phonebox.
The wicker man itself.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 3d

As their actions bring them fully into the fantasy, they must dissolve it to escape. But fantasy dissolved back into reality is always a nightmare.

One of being burned alive, the other of becoming a prisoner of desire unsated. Both trapped forever.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 3d

The fantasy is one of a reactionary past, as inaccessible and terrifying as it is seductive.

Our heroes cannot stand this, and go about trying to bring it to an end.

They do so all the while becoming trapped within it.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 3d

Right here's the thing, The Wicker Man and Local Hero are the same film, but from different perspectives.

In both cases a reluctant virginal man is sent into an enchanted realm of fantasy, to discharge a duty that will end it.

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 3d

Scouting Party.

A4 watercolor.

#art #artsky #watercolour

Watercolour painting of a group of three figures approaching a castle.

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 6d

Cheers!

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 6d

SENTINEL NEARS

I painted this gatefold album cover for the Scottish psych/prog/spacerock legends #DeadOtter.

#art #artsky #albumcover #space #cosmic

A painting of an enormous living room looming above a lone astronaut.

Painting: sci-fi scene of an alien world, strange living planet looms in the sky.

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 7d

An utter fiasco yet again. Britain is appalling.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 10d

Concerned I've lead a life so devoid of interest, that the SOLARIS planet wouldn't have enough to go on to create a visitor for me.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 11d

Idk if Brook is well known outside of the UK, but it's pretty wild.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 14d

Rail replacement bus?
More like MALE replacement bus, amirite fellow wokes?

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 15d

Entitled consumerist mindset in action. Art viewed at a set of commodities to be bought and sold. Have it your way, etc 😔

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 19d

Sadly I don't think any of the people involved are capable of overcoming the back-bench psychology of factionalism, and influence of celebrity. Embarrassing mess.

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 19d

He's writing from the perspective of a very different set of social norms and conceptual priors. It's certainly interesting 🤔

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 21d

This dumb tweet or whatever is more popular than any of my artwork. What an abyss.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 21d

The sad thing is that this could be about an enormous number of sets of stuff happening. There's just too much.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 23d

We must imagine Sisyphus vibing.

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lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 24d

I'm not an idealist but things can only be understood via my ability to symbolise them within an abstract system of thought so

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 24d

Materialism vs Idealism is the central ideological conflict!!!

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 25d

Excellent composition. Lovely.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 25d

It's the most depressing shite.
The exact thing we all said about capital and fascism is happening yet again, and it's unbelievably boring and mundane and obvious. Despair.

lukeoram.bsky.social @lukeoram.bsky.social · 25d

I love classical music but damn the proms is on some hauntological shit.