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Heavy Metal™ Official @heavymetalofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Loc-Tober 2026 is here. Be sure to include the #HMLOCTOBER and #HMLOCTOBER2026 so we and others can find your awesome artwork! For you writers out there, maybe each prompt is the next piece of an ongoing story? Shout out to artist @dustinwhitingart.bsky.social for starting us off with this graphic!

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Went to Netherlands last month with friends, to see other friends:)

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I need to read more Hemingway. This is from A Farewell to Arms. With the state of things, it resonates: "The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially."

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

There's a bad storm blowing through. It's almost noon, the power is out and it's almost as dark as 5am.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I got a deal on 8x8 inch prestresched, primed canvases. I bought 24 of them. Now I need to come up with a concept or theme I can use to create a series of paintings. My current body of work is all over the place. Exploration is good but it should at least look like it's from the same artist. #Goals🎨

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Well, one of the dogs just vomited all over the bed (2:59am). We moved out to the couch and he vomited all over that too, followed by the floor. I cleaned everything up and put new bedding on the bed. We're in bed again and hopefully his stomach has settled (4:22am). Poor pup:(

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Color pencil sketch of a random model, in my little 5" by 7" sketch book. It's a little rough in some areas, but it was during last Thursday night's Drink & Draw, on the Heavy Metal magazine discord.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This Friday's used book haul for under $40: • Four books on learning photography, • One very pretty photobook on modern nature along the Oregon trail, • One book on 50 great architects, • One book on corporate transformation, • One book on PR strategy.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Impromptu visit to NYC (and Jersey) on Sunday.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Went to PA over the weekend. My friends and I saw lots of art. It's a shame I can only post four photos.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Thursday night's Heavy Metal magazine's drink&draw on discord. The prompt was April Fools.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Everyday above ground is a good day.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Just keep swimming; just keep swimming... I feel so burnt out from the collapse of the economy, justice, the climate, respect for the scientific method, history, journalism, humanity, morality, and ethics. Presently, I find little pleasure in my daily toil. Just keep swimming; just keep swimming...

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I just woke up from the strangest dream. I started in an airport where I was picked up by an eclectic group of people I used to know. We stopped at a hotel, hosting more people I used to know. From there we ended up walking down a snowy field into a convention center, with EVERYONE I've ever known.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I have a problem. I recently discovered BrickLink Studio, for Lego, and it's been eating the time I should be using for sleep. It's 8 hours of sleep per week, right?

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Holiday travel plans fell through—super sad about it—so I'm making an extra fancy New Year's Eve dinner for three. I should have invited more people. All that's left is roasting the chicken and asparagus, reheating and seasoning the potatoes, and toast the baguette. I'll post photos next year. ;P

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I'm still working on it, but this is from last night's HeavyMetal magazine's Thursday night Drink & Draw, on Discord. It's oil pastel on canvas. I just added the blue, but I need to tighten up everything and add details. I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with the background. :)

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Oil pastel on 8" by 10" canvas

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Some of my scribbles from last night's Heavy Metal Magazine's Thursday-night Drink & Draw, on Discord.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I haven't been doing a good job of posting my Heavy Metal LOCTOBER drawings. Today was "Haunted Astronaut" #HMLOCTOBER #HMLOCTOBER2025

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This Thursday's #HeavyMetal magazine Discord drink & draw theme was pumpkins. Here's my scribble 🎃

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Heavy Metal™ Official @heavymetalofficial.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The LOC-NAR has invaded this reality to demand your SPOOKIEST and MOST EVIL DRAWINGS this October! Do as the LOC-NAR commands and tag your art with #HMLOCTOBER and #HMLOCTOBER2025. Visit our DISCORD to share and enjoy the creations! Art by PAIGE KILKULLEN @blackthistle.bsky.social List by NIKKI

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

There's a scientist/inventor out of the UK. He makes videos for educational purposes, & freely teaches anyone who has the curiosity to learn. I have tremendous respect for what he does, so I thought I'll paint a portrait of him. It's in progress—red underpaint, b&w structure, & color glaze to come🎨🖌️

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Stress can cause the Sansevieria Cylindrica (aka African Spear plant) to flower. So when you're stressed, think about it as an opportunity to blossom🌸🌸🌸

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I forgot to open the shutters of his favorite window yesterday morning. Poor pup kept trying to use his X-ray vision to no avail. He was up there a good half hour, too.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I really like going to the Heavy Metal discord chat drawing group, Thursdays, at 10 PM ET. Tonight, I couldn't think of something original to draw so I drew a horse – kind of overdone, I know. It would probably benefit from a blending stick and a softer graphite pencil but not if it's just a sketch.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I had a day-long conversation with ChatGPT this week. In short, I asked what would happen if everyone has free access to nutritious food (grown autonomously) and free energy. Either corporations or the super-rich power hungry people would try to take it away, OR we'd develop into a Star Trek utopia.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Does anyone else have a problem with starting a book only to put it down in the middle and start another one? This past year and a half has been particularly bad. 📚

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Resources for us to deal with Trumpism. Please read & share • YEAR 1 Under Authoritarianism • Authoritarian Checklist: How do you know it's Authoritarianism? • 6 rules for Survival under an Authoritarian Regime • 7 rules on Approaching Authoritarian Supporters verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...

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The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide

This text was published in social media in January 2017 in a series of improvised, spontaneous tweets, which reached 3 million views within one month. Their common element was their trademark signatur...

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

My Ten 2025 Resolutions: Find a stable job. Make (and finish) more art. Finish writing that novel. Reduce TV/screen time. Read more books (100 book goal). Spend more time with friends. Have more dates with my wife. Start exercising consistently. Get involved in community. Finish all house projects.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

With age I find myself losing my grace more often. It is difficult not to judge ignorant people and hold my tongue. I do not want to bottle up my anger, nor fall into apathy. I suppose I struggle to forgive because there is no repentance. Teaching seems a reasonable recourse – it is that or madness.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Perspective is a concept that's incredibly difficult to teach, specifically when one isnt open to seeing things from unfamiliar or unrelatable positions. Most issues could be resolved completely if time was invested to understand opposition. Alas, tribalism divides more tribes than any true villain.

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This week's at-home menu 🌼 (lots of turkey leftovers)

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Nikki Olivia @odd-sight.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Today I give thanks for the roof over my head, the food in our kitchen, a warm bed, a clean bathroom, my arms & legs, eyes & ears, thumbs & fingers, teeth & tongue. I can remember 20 years ago, 20 days ago, & 20 minutes ago. I give thanks to be married to my wife, & to live my life. I am grateful :)

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