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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Repost with your moon art
Art?  Well, yes it IS a photograph.  But I did take it myself and I think it's kindof fun.  (A painted white circle on tarmac; with shadows of tall plants.)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I've taken myself off to town and landed a particularly massive Franziskaner (Viennese coffee with whipped cream) at Wally's Deli. It's not something I do often, but it's a delightful change from every other coffee shop.
A cup of coffee with an absurd mountain of whipped cream on top. (I had slightly attacked this with a spoon before this photo, so it had been even bigger moments before)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Ram" I decided to do an unusual take on the prompt. Here is HMS Polyphemus (1881) a 'torpedo ram' basically one of those odd ideas of the Victorian era navy, designed simply to ram into enemy ships.
A hasty and unstudied sketch of Torpedo Ram "HMS Polyphemus"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I really enjoyed doing this one! #Inktober #Inktober2026 "Stinky"
Pen sketch self portrait of me holding my nose!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Panic"
A quick and simple sketch of a finger hovering above a button labelled "Panic!"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Ogre"
Ogres traditionally wield a gigantic knife and fork. Here we see "Yellow Ochre" attempt to get a morsel of raw Sienna... If he can catch her!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Smack"
Ink sketch self portrait (with punch to jaw)

Actually based on an old photo with the fist of our youngest punching me for a staged scene.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Cactus"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Miniature"
A miniature figure being painted, magnified by a hand held lens. The figure is a musketeer with a rapier, bottle and big floppy hat.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Relic"
an old fergie TE20 tractor
(ink sketch)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Inktober #Inktober2026 "Apple"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't remember what this actually was; but UV light made it 'pop'!
A glass of fluorescing purple drink with a straw and ice.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The tension between these two was immense. (Also a clear message of "we don't need your interference, human!")
Two black and white cats trying to 'stare each other down' at the base of a tree.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I seem to remember this sort of thing doesn't work out too well...
Calvin, explaining to Hobbes that his "Duplicator" should work perfectly this time.  (Hint: It works, but disaster ensues...)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Also...
Velma (and Scooby) from Travis Pitt's brilliant design "We've got some work to do now"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
£40 for a klingon knob? Yes. but have you seen the 'spock mug'!?🤣 www.lecreuset.co.uk/en_GB/p/star...
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My advice on the matter:
Circle Dance

The tale is told of a likely young lad who spied the fair folk dancing one summer's eve. Enchanted at the sight, he steps into the circle of dancers and is caught up in the revelry.  As the dawn approaches he returns to his village, only to find that decades have past, and all he knew is gone.  

And the thing is - this mortal youth is all of us.  Before we know it, the world we knew is changed, our friends and family are gone, or else they're crooked with years and dying. We all lose everything we once knew.  And we'll all mourn for those simpler days.

Nonetheless, I'd counsel you... You'll only regret it if you stay at home.  
Step into the ring and join the dance while you can. 

#Fiction
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Post something random, or you’ll have an awful September…
A Heidelberg printing press
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Another sneaky pic. Proper pics once they're processed.
Street scene of a frontier town in the Old West with folks about their business and strange awnings stretched across the street
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Camping set up.
Crispin Leech - purveyor of fine quality potions, salves and embrocations. Camping at Silverwood (Deadwood/Dakota/Surrey)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you see this post a knight #linocut #beermat
A beermat - for a fictional (in game) beer - a linocut design printed with letterpress text on an Adana 8x5.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A particularly lovely picture of the Eclipse
The Eclipse Inn 
A small but charming half-timbered grade-2 listed pub in Winchester.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In a cafe/deli in Monmouth, I'm most impressed by their library of cheese oriented books.
A bookshelf of books many of which are all about CHEESE!Cover of the World Atlas of Cheese You'd hardly believe where cheese actually comes from 😵Cheese with "the power to fell trees!"??
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you see this, quote a pic of you in sunglasses.
Space-Pirate Howard, with tricorn hat and spaceman-spiff shades.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yesss! ...and onwards to conquer the rest of the day/level/world/universe.
A sew-on badge saying "Cosmic AF" - clearly meaning Anna...
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Bit of drama in the street just now. I called the fire-brigade. This started as a tiny wisp of smoke. 2 minutes later - sheets of flame maybe 20 or 30 ft high. But the lads arrived in no time and had it under control.
Fire in the trees over the road...
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
On the weekends I generally fail to do any art. At least I managed a little today...
A small pencil and watercolour sketch of the dog & scooter.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I took this cute pic the other day...
A parked mobility scooter with small dog, waiting outside a shop.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Mrs D has bought a Klingon 8-bladed fruit bat'leth.
A Klingon 8-bladed fruit bat'leth. (It's for apples she says. )
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hoping for a ridiculously wide hat (the kind that doesn't fit through any kind of window.)
The classic "Sombrero principle" strip from Calvin & Hobbes.  The punchline is a vital piece of practical modern advice:
"What fun is it being 'cool' if you can't wear a sombrero!?"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
share an 80s movie you will always love
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Again.
Sketch of Tuesday, Duke of Hell, pointing out that it's Tuesday again.
A timely and useful warning.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Dordogne? No... Door-doing!
A door-doing.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This week, it's been this glorious old electric fan (I don't know how old it is, but maybe 1960s?)
An old pedestal fan with a green plastic 3-bladed fan and metal cage over a cream plastic base.  It's pretty cool even when it's not turned on!
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The old knight is one of my favourites...
Sir John Tenniel's engraving of the white knight from Through the Looking Glass.  (with the horse wearing anti-shark spikes around its ankles)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
So, today's smart decision was to spend several hours in Chester Cathedral, instead of visiting Chester Zoo. (yeah, we're on hols.) Amazing art, and probably the coolest place in the city.
Amazing silk picture by Jackie Parkinson - one of the "Threads through Creation" series on display at Chester Cathedral.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Roman woman with ice-lolly.
Roman style mosaic of woman seated, possibly eating a lollipop of some sort... I mean, it could be a toffee-apple?  Or a small battery-powered fan?  Or a maraca or shaker of some kind.  (I'm not an archaeologist or roman historian, ok?)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
At last. Proper pictures.
Deadwood - at nightA moment of peace at the General Store.Me, having been arrested by the US marshal.Aftermath of a gunfight in the woods.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I was thinking along the same lines... (although this one is less obvious)
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
My actual parents
Penelope Pitstop and a rather surprised driver (Private Meekly) of the Army Surplus Special from "Wacky Races"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
G'kar
Ambassador G'kar of the Narn Federation.
Suave, Funny, Wise and Longsuffering.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
And I'm back! More absurdly tired than I can ever remember; but I've had an absolute blast!
Cowboy campA view down the main street of Deadwood Town.A busy street scene with characters dressed for the Old West in 1885.A sunny view of Deadwood
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Green people!
More than a dozen strange people clad all in green.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Enantiomorphic buns. Q: clockwise or anti-clockwise?
2 plates, each with an cinnamon whirl.
But one whirls clockwise, one whirls anti-clockwise.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The house nextdoor has what I call a "wish garden"
A peek through the trellis at a garden full of dandelion clocks.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
CCR? Creedence? Yes. Damn, that was a fine gig at Tramshed this evening.
Clearwater Creedence Revival.
(Yes, a cover band of the original CCR)
At Cardiff's Tramshed.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This warning... 😜
Ice cream cabinet.
"Warning: This cabinet contains a product that exploits human weakness"
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In Cardiff Market today, I chanced upon the glorious little Wunderkammer of Words that is "Stories for You" manned by the charming Adam - who extemporized an excellent short story for me, while I sat surrounded by art, curios and twinkly lights. I felt like the protagonist of a cosy-fantasy.
Adam Holton at the typewriterCabinet of Curiosities.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Oh no. I drew an ol' guy sat on a bench and unfortunately I've made him look like a certain orange american bloke.
Not the president. Just an ol' guy on a bench.
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Dorkomatic @dorkomatic.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Cool cows
4 ceramic cows in different patterns and colours.
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