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Maciej Stępniak

@maciejstepniak.bsky.social
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Architect by trade, traditional artist by passion. Poland, he/him Off-bsky archive of my older artworks: www.deviantart.com/thegreatmc - should there ever be a need for multi-year proof of AI-free creative process.

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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Had to draw everyone's fave biomechanical centipede, all in an attempt to forget just how painfully mediocre a Murder Drones comic series by Oni Press turned out to be. Step-by-step process in the comments. 70cm x 50cm paper, markers. Solver J ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Greyscale depiction of Solver J from Murder Drones, looming over dark warehouse and coiled around its interior.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This might seem a bit cruel on N's part, but Jax was a self-proclaimed "funny one", after all! Inspired by: youtu.be/3xjvZyp9ifQ Watercolor on paper. Serial Designation N (Murder Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus, by Gooseworx) © Glitch Productions
A crossover between Murder Drones and The Amazing Digital Circus. Serial Designation N, a robot in a dark uniform, is kneeling next to abstracted Jax, mistakenly believing them to be a really weird dog.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A set of study drawings of Bobette and Teagan - toons from "Dandy's World" videogame by BlushCrunch Studio. Also, sketches of their real-life material counterparts to get a better grasp on how glass baubles and painted porcelain works. A3 paper, fineliner, Kuretake markers. #Dandy's_World
Black and white traditional artwork depicting two toons from a "Dandy's World" videogame: Bobette (with a glass bauble for a head) and Teagan (her head being a porcelain teacup). Artwork also contains drawings of a glass ornament and porcelain plates.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I couldn't resist an urge to repaint this artwork so that it would be fit for a frame, so I did just that. As a bonus, in comments below I'll post process for this piece, stage by stage. 70cm x 50cm paper, watercolor, fineliner sketch. N ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Who would have thought that something so ferocious would quickly turn out to be one of the most sympathetic characters ever made? Artwork inspired by poster created by Leslie Illingworth. 70cm x 50cm paper, watercolor, fineliner sketch. N ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Aerial view of urban ruins surrounding Outpost 3 on Copper 9, in process of being destroyed even further by gargantuan genocide robot.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Second practice piece for me to learn creating fully coloured Murder Drones artwork. Hopefully this will be enough to stop worrying about irreversible mistakes and workflow mishaps. 42cm x 29,7cm paper, watercolor, fineliner sketch. J, V ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Serial designation J, a character from Murder Drones, is doing a Frowning Friends routine by giving a vitriolic speech while serial designation V is watching from the sidelines.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Larger artworks leave less room for mistakes, so here is a small (A3) practice piece to get a better grasp of MD's unique lighting and textures. 42cm x 29,7cm paper, watercolor, fineliner sketch. V, Sparky (Murder Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Knife cat meme, except with Serial Designation V and Sentinel Sparky. Done in watercolor as a practice artwork.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Reuploading a properly edited (and more honest to original physical artwork) version. Previous one seemed fine to me upon initial upload... but I was already half-asleep at that point. 42cm x 59,4cm paper, Kuretake markers. V, Doll, Lizzy ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Sometimes your best bet is to just cut out that bad influence from your everyday interactions and hope it didn't take hold of your impressionable mind. 42cm x 59,4cm paper, Kuretake markers. V, Doll, Lizzy ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions
Murder Drones fanart drawn with traditional mediums. Accompanied by a disassembly drone V, worker drone Lizzy is pushing a stair-climbing cart to which remains of her departed friend Doll are secured.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A squad of disassembly drones trying their best to meet their quota, but their pilot seems to have wandered off somewhere. Again. 42x59,4cm paper, markers. N, V, J ( #Murder_Drones, by Liam Vickers) © Glitch Productions Gangle, Jax (The Amazing Digital Circus, by Gooseworx) © Glitch Productions
A Murder Drones / The Amazing Digital Circus fanart, depicting disassembly drones V and J sitting on a pile of butchered worker drones while disassembly drone N is trying to work at a fast food restaurant while wearing a paper mask of Jax. New employee toils under the watchful eye of manager Gangle who grows increasingly suspicious over her co-worker's sudden helpfulness and enthusiasm.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
First time dipping my toes in MD territory - which of course calls for a study drawing to get a hang of characters, as well as to get some mistakes out of my system. I have no idea where this rabbit hole leads to, but I'm eager to find out! Uzi Doorman, N, V, Alice (Murder Drones) © Liam Vickers
A set of study drawings created to practice characters from Murder Drones web series.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Gangle at her not-so-secret figurine workstation. Turns out that making #TADC fanart is more challenging than drawing paper bears - who would have guessed? Watercolor, 42x56cm paper. Gangle, Jax, Ragatha, Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) © Gooseworx Zeruel (Neon Genesis Evangelion) © Khara, inc.
The Amazing Digital Circus fanart. Gangle is hard at work painting a lewd figurine of Jax in a maid outfit, all while the real Jax is standing right behind her, malding and seething.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
TES: VI won't be out for a while, so that wraps up my streak of Teri-fying post-Daggerfall TES games. #Teri #tawog (The Amazing World of Gumball / The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network/Warner Bros The Elder Scrolls V: #Skyrim © Bethesda Game Studios/ZeniMax Media
Teri, the paper bear from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon, imagines herself as a bunch of characters from "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" video game.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I had so much fun with the previous, Morrowind-themed piece that I had to draw another while moving to the next video game. 42x59,4cm paper, Kuretake pens. #Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros #Oblivion © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media
Paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon show imagines herself as a lineup of characters from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion video game.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Self-absorbed student has found an alternative use for school time - like daydreaming about video games. 42cm x 59,4cm paper, fineliners. TES Morrowind © Bethesda Game Studios / ZeniMax Media Teri, Molly ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
Traditional artwork of a paper bear Teri from "The Amazing World of Gumball" cartoon is sitting at her school desk, imagining herself as various characters from The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind - either wearing precious clothing, or an ornate elven armour, or a garb of nefarious cultist.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
POV: It's 2020 and you've been caught sneaking into a public area without a proper cloth mask. Technique shift inspired by Shigeru Mizuki's work. 42 x 59,4cm paper, fineliner. Warhammer 40,000 © Games Workshop Teri ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
Dimly lit school hallway being patrolled by a paper bear girl Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) in a papercraft power armor stylized after ones from Warhammer 40000 franchise. Teri is wielding hand sanitizer station as a makeshift mace and a transparent sneezeguard as a shield. Floor of the hallway is littered with battered lesser demons of Nurgle, their efforts to spread filth and disease averted.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Brief respite from drawing paper bears - all in order to improve my workshop a bit. Watercolor on paper, 70cm x 50cm, based upon a self-made photo. Courtyard/patio of a former community center building in #Warsaw, originally built in late eastern bloc era.
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Out of Context PlayStation @oocplaystation.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
vib-ribbon (1999) | NanaOn-Sha | Sony Computer Entertainment | PlayStation 1 #PlayStation #VideoGames #VibRibbon #OutOfContext
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Dirk Erik Schulz @themrock.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
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Popeye - Barbecue For Two Reanimated Collab v.02
Popeye Barbecue for Two was a 1960 cartoon pilot short introducing the TV series for King Feature Syndicate mostly directed by Jack Kinney. The Reanimate was planned in September 2021 and animation started in December 2021and the last scene was finished in May 2023. The whole reanimate was made with no money and purely for fun. Thanks so much to all the wonderful contributing artists!! 1. Anthony Loiacono (illustration Disclaimer) 2. Sam McKenzie (illustration Syndicate banner) 3. Kékéflipnote (Popeye head animation) 4. BridgeofFaust (Popeye banner animation) 5. Edith Schulz (Intro credit background textile work) 6. Elton Portilho (Title card illustration) 7. Kostas Firindis (1st scene) 8. Brock Gallagher (2nd scene) 9. Milton Knight (3rd scene) 10. Éder KF Cardoso (4th scene) 11. Brian Bear (5th scene) 12. Harvey Rothman (6th scene) 13. Golfinho Yurii (7th scene) 14. Johanna Gassner (8th scene) 15. Carlos Araya (9th scene) 16. Jack D. Evans (10th scene) 17. Rob Yulfo (11th scene) 18. Ryan R. Nitsch (12th scene) 19. Smo (13th scene) 20. Andrew "TmsT" Kepple (14th scene) 21. Danycan (15th scene) 22. Sedat Ademci (16th scene) 23. Emily Curran (17th scene) 24. Arón Keyser (18th scene) 25. Ha Huy Hoang "Splendidriver" (19th scene) 26. Thomas van Kampen (20th scene) 27. Nicole Hardy (21st scene) 28. Owen Fishback (22ndscene) 29. Will Finn (23rd scene) 30. Pedro Vargas (24th scene) 31. Gaelrice (25th scene) 32. Erin Humiston (26th scene) 33. Miles John (27th scene) 34. Ryan Krzak (28th scene) 35. Dan Sills (29th scene) 36. Christopher Ian MacFarlane (30th scene) 37. June Kind (31st scene) 38. Matt Vogler (32nd scene) 39. Margo "marble" Pierce (33rd scene) 40. Mike Pelensky (34th scene) 41. Ye Htut Aung (35th scene) 42. Charles Moss (36th scene) 43. Teodor Ajduk (37th scene) 44. Austin Kimmell (38th scene) + Todd Kimmell (Set Construction) 45. Andrew Scherman (39th scene) 46. Malcolm Thomas + Lily Reyes + Daniel Acosta (40th scene) 47. Pibgeon (41st scene) 48. Malakaixed (42nd scene) 49.Psicoyote (43rd scene) + Crazyhiena (background art) 50. Piti Yindee (44th scene) 51. Dirk Erik Schulz (45th scene + curator + editor + organisator) 52. Graphic Blandish-Mate (46th scene) + Bibimbeepbop (colors & animation help) 53. Mike Dietz (47th scene) 54. Stradomyre (48th scene) 55. Crisppyboat (49th scene) 56. Andrew Kauervane (50th scene) 57. Makinita Silva (End card illustration) 58. Christoph Hasche (End credit animation) 59. Javier Ulloa (Nope to Dope 1st scene) + Nannercoco (Backgrounds) 60. Putuk (Nope to Dope 2nd scene) 61. JW Balsley (Nope to Dope 3rd scene) 62. Dave Alvarez + Alejandro Reyes G (Nope to Dope 4th scene) ( • Popeye - Barbecue for Two Reanimated ... ) 63. Stefanie Achtnig (Credits bg illustration) () • Popeye - Barbecue for Two Reanimated ... )
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
Teri as a #Warhammer_40k inquisitor, done to fulfill an anonymous request! 42cm x 59,4cm paper, greyscale pen & marker. Warhammer 40,000 © Games Workshop Teri, Darwin Watterson ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 07/06/2024
Uploading an updated version of bsky.app/profile/maci... - with more consistent colouring and contrast, as well as a halo 'painted' through removing watercolor with a wet brush. Watercolor, 50x70cm paper #Kuromi © Sanrio Co, Ltd.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
Respectable and level-headed commentary on even the most delusional of cranks is admirable... but not exactly entertaining, is it? Greyscale pen & marker on paper; #Teri, Steve Small ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 12/05/2024
An alternate way to obtain high-end designer clothing, though definitely not without some opposition! Hopefully this brings me closer to a 'finished' piece in a greyscale pen+marker technique. #Teri, Larry Needlemeyer ( #The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball ) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
While this might look like an intentionally edgyfied piece of fanart that an artist drew on a whim, it's actually a depiction of a canon event from a prequel season to "Onegai My Melody" anime series. But hey! it works and that's all that counts. Watercolor, 50x70cm paper Kuromi © Sanrio Co, Ltd.
Kuromi robot castle attack at night Sanrio character fanart
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drachenmagier @drachenmagier.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
Thought I should drop some life-sign from time to time and what is a better life-sign than dragons~? :D I hope you're all having a fantastic day!
green dragon breathing out smokecopper, bipedal dragon with huge wingsblue winter forest with hidden dragon
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KDOG @khaosdog.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
Landscape art painted pleinair during my stay on la Palma.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
Good altar servers are hard to come by and this one dares to fall asleep during sermon just because he had been toiling away all night! Watercolor on 42x56cm paper. Image totally not inspired by a tradcath cult LARP of a niche internet clown, that would be rude! Cult of the Lamb © Massive Monster
Lambert - Cult of the Lamb - scolds sleepy acolyte for falling asleep during ceremony in a dark room lit by red light. Watercolor painting.
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Natasha Moore @tashcrow.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
Faves from 2023! And now that I've had a nice break there's more art on the way
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drachenmagier @drachenmagier.bsky.social · 27/12/2023
"When lunar flowers crumble, they fracture into shards of pure light. And instead of returning to the darkness they sprouted from, they turn into bonfires for those who walk the void."
White unicorn on starry nightsky background, standing on a cliff from which moons sprout
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
*Reupload - edits and camera replacement* Sometimes visible light is a viable and cost-effective alternative to an X-ray... but only as long as the patient has a body depth of less than a milimeter. Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
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drachenmagier @drachenmagier.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
I find posts of people who complain about how they don't want to learn how to draw rather funny. Sweetheart... it's too late for that. You can already draw.
 Absolutely everybody can draw. And your worst drawings will always be the ones you didn't try to make.
A fairy mouse with butterfly wings and glasses, a whole bunch of scrolls in pouches and stuffed into the belt, holding a giant quill.City guardian holding a staff of light for the city inside its wingsCinderella, but the pumpkin coach is a chariot and the horses are less friendly
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Using traditional mediums to produce a reaction image might seem like overkill, but I wouldn't have it any other way if doing so allows me to add new things to my skillset. Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
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drachenmagier @drachenmagier.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
I guess I should give some life sign that I'm still up and about. But I got a flu, so social media interaction is limited to me remembering how awesome it was to breath through my nose. Ah, good times. Have some blue art.
mermaid holding a brightly glowing tridentwhite dragon sitting on plants that grow moonsdragon sneaking through a winter forest
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Dirk Erik Schulz @themrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Hello BlueSky! My name is Dirk with an Erik + a Schulz and I’m a silly comic artist from Berlin/Germany! I like to draw weird and out of this world stuff. Working nonstop to get my soul sucked out, enjoying it!
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drachenmagier @drachenmagier.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
"The old gods do not comprehend artificial light. It collapses their superposition and leaves us wondering about lens flares and multi-exposure, craving answers, unable to accept the reality only artificial eyes can perceive." (Have some black and white monsters for November~. :D)
Collapsing superposition of a multidimensional deer
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Study drawings of a paper bear and her interaction with her own hypothetical house environment. Plus a bit of size guesstimate to make it a tad easier for me to organize a scenery. Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Study sketches of an angelic lifeform from Evangelion franchise, both Neon Genesis Evangelion and Rebuild of Evangelion versions. Drawn with fibre pen on A3 paper - pleasant return to a technique I used in the past. Zeruel/10-th angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rebuild of Evangelion) © Khara, inc.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Although Vibri might enjoy trampoline regardless of unwanted occupants, Teri would have rather wished for something more compliant with sanitation guidelines! 😁 Vibri (Vib-Ribbon, Vib-Ripple) © NanaOn-Sha; Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball) © Ben Bocquelet, Cartoon Network / Warner Bros
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Warsaw Spire - watercolor on 50 x 70cm paper, based on self-made photo. Incidentally, the lobby of this skyscraper hosted a watercolor exhibition where several of my artworks were also displayed. Photo itself was taken on the eve of said exhibition, as I was returning from vernissage.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Vib-Ribbon fanart, drawn with white ink on 50 x 70cm black paper. Making it WW2 Red Army themed wasn't the best choice - this piece had been originally finished just weeks before Russia started an all-out war against Ukraine and its people. Vibri (Vib-Ribbon) belongs to NanaOn-Sha.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Late 1930s brutalism, as seen in modern day Warsaw. Watercolor on paper, 42cm x 55,5cm, based upon a self-made photo. Painted for the sake of improvement drive, as idleness from work burnout throughout 2022 began to take its toll on the quality of my works.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Watercolor on 70 x 50cm paper, first posted in mid 2022. Back in 2001, Sierra created "Empire Earth", which contained a wet dream of every Putinbot - advanced Russia at war against the world. Unfortunately, Kremlin had a similar wet dream. Fortunately, Ukrainian people put that dream in its grave.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Source of (as of posting) my page banner, watercolor on 70cm x 50cm. Memory image of an existing street in northwestern Warsaw, warped heavily through the lens of fantasy until no longer recognizable.
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Maciej Stępniak @maciejstepniak.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Meadow in low angle view, with flowering Heracleum sosnowskyi. Ink + watercolour on watercolour paper. Artwork created roughly two years ago, that's about as far as I go with reuploading older stuff. The even older ones can be viewed at www.deviantart.com/thegreatmc
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