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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 5h
Managed to install a Photoshop plug in and now I feel like Tron
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Andi Watson @andicomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Open door. The Book Tour: A Lack of Alibi out October 6th from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
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Chechula @chechula.bsky.social · 11h
Cleaning folders, I found this collab with my sister that I still enjoy. We should make whole comic like this :D (this cover was commissioned by a friend :D )
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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 8h
⚡️IT’S HERE!⚡️ Ruined temples, living myths, riddles and enigmas, Medieval mystics, a gas-lit world of secret societies and energy grids, psychedelic revivals, and sonic experiments at the City of the Dead. 👉🏼 Gaze into the eyes of the sphinx and pre-order The Mystery Issue on helleborezine.com
A woman standing by a sphinx, the wind beating her cape
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In the early part of the 20thC, the Swiss artist Hans Emmenegger began making recurrent themes of enigmatic, dark forest interiors, exploring the optical effects of light and colour. This work was painted in 1933.
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Jonathan Edwards @jontofski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maggie Cheung. Born on this day in 1964.
A portrait of Maggie Cheung
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David Hockney @davidhockney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pleading for the Child collections.artsmia.org/art/127703
black and white etching of a seated woman wearing a long dress and holding a piece of cloth in her PL hand, a single tear coming from her PR eye; small, hairy man on the right with arms outstretched toward seated woman; small shallow ledge in background with three pieces of fruit on center of the ledge
A landmark of 20th-century book illustration, David Hockney’s unconventional interpretation of fairy tales selected from the hundreds compiled by the Brothers Grimm (Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm) during the 19th century, considers the supernatural and psychological content of these bizarre stories in visual terms. With a virtuoso handling of linear and tonal intaglio printmaking, Hockney explores the characters’ motivations, values, and temperaments, presenting his own reading of the tales while seeking a greater understanding of human mentality. The illustrations also reference art of the past, a common feature of Hockney’s work, with visual allusions to Uccello, Carpaccio, Leonardo, Brueghel, and René Magritte. As a result, there is a timeless quality to the images that complements the stories’ centuries-old legacy of folklore.
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David Hockney @davidhockney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Woman with a Sewing Machine www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hockne…
Presented by the American Fund for the Tate Gallery 2004
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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The menhir of La Tiemblais in St-Samson-sur-Rance (Côtes-d’Armor) lies at angle of 45 degrees due to excavations by C19 treasure seekers; if upright it would be 7m tall. One of several traditions is that it blocked 1 of 3 entrances to Hell. Card by Rouxel in Dinan c.1905.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Referees have always been inherently comedic figures. The more technical and po-faced the VAR inquisition becomes the funnier it gets.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What satanic pact does Andre Rieu have with Sky Arts?
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I have finally finished Red Dead Redemption 2 and can bid fond farewell to my three horses Stepladder, Crabsticks and Very Gary
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teagan white @teaganwhite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Echoes • 16” x 30” • gouache & watercolor on paper Based on my 2024 residency in the wilderness of Minong (Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior)
greyscale painting of a sandhill crane among burned trees with fireweed silhouettes as silhouettes in the foreground
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teagan white @teaganwhite.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Evaporated Islands & Diluted Reservoirs ongoing series
watercolor painting of a newt floating in negative space and tangled in tendrils of aquatic plantswatercolor painting of ground squirrel held in a cage of juniper roots
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Backrooms has some really groovy things in it but it doesn’t seem to be about anything. Maybe films don’t need to be about anything. Maybe it’s about something but I couldn’t tell what it was. Yellow.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Always thought this would have been an amazing Bond theme www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E7_...
youtube.com
Sportsnight with Coleman
YouTube video by David Baldwin
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Alisdair Wood @alisdairwood.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
With the new release of Hammer’s classic Dracula this week, what better time to pick up issue 1 of @claretzine.bsky.social. With features on all of the Hammer Dracula films. claretzine.com/shop
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I saw The Odyssey yesterday and it reminded me of Slaughterhouse Five though it must be the other way round
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is an enchanting piece of music if you like to imagine your toys coming to life and murdering you with their tiny implacable hands.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I also watched the Legend of Hell House (1973) lovely Roddy McDowell in some belting hokum about a short arse ghost.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I finally got round to watching Robin Redbreast (1970), It definitely felt like a staging post on the way to the Wicker Man. A common lament - production values aside it puts most modern telly to shame.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My favourite superhero film
The Dead Zone has the classic superhero arc, an innocent given powers he rejects then uses for good at his own cost and ultimately martyrs himself to save the world. Contains scissors.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hokum, what a glorious film.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I was in the mood for a horror film so I watched Bring Her Back and wasn’t prepared for it being quite so visceral
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
amazing
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Looking forward to being chased about by some giant rhubarb after the solar eclipse later
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Whenever I’m on social media and wonder what this Nick Cave quote is, the answer is always it’s the one about the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Helene Appel www.instagram.com/hel_appel/
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Skye landscape
Digital painting, Skye landscape with blackhouse and barn
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
24 years late I watched Morvern Callar, it’s exactly my kind of film.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Close enough
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Gustav Klimt @klimtgustav.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Girl with Long Hair, with a sketch for 'Nude Veritas' botfrens.com/collections/109/conten…
This delicate artwork by Gustav Klimt features a profile of a girl with flowing long hair, characterized by elegant line work and a subtle color palette. A sketch for 'Nude Veritas’ is visible in the background, indicative of Klimt's focus on truth and beauty during his artistic evolution.
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sketches/finals for Jeff Noon and Steve Beard’s Gogmagog and Ludluda. Design by the brilliant Alice Coleman
Sketches for Jeff Noon and Steve Beard’s Gogmagog and Ludluda. Pencil/digital Sketch for Jeff Noon and Steve Beard’s Gogmagog. Digital Sketch for Jeff Noon and Steve Beard’s Ludluda. Digital Book covers for Jeff Noon and Steve Beard’s Gogmagog and Ludluda. Design by Alice Coleman
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Project Hail Mary. Weird. For more film reviews join my Patreon.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I like the Charli XCX record and it's making me feel like a trendy music teacher. This one's got a really good beat.
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wayne Rooney was my man of the match
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Justin Bieber doesn’t seem so bad now
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What’s wrong with a crossbar challenge sponsored by a local car dealership?
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Was that the little fella from Risky Business?
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🤌
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columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Too hot to work so I’m watching an old Gene Tierney film on a walk in bath donkey sanctuary channel
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A goal being scored is the one bit that doesn’t need music. Play Highway to the Danger Zone when the ball’s being knocked around the back four.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Bursts of music when someone scores in the World Cup is bum clenchingly League One
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
@ianmcque.bsky.social
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The World Cup cameras pick out celebrities in the crowd and it’s never Derek Griffiths is it. Someone you’d like to see.
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Robert Ball @robertball.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I like Chris Sutton anyway but he just drew comparison between Ronaldo and Brian Glover in Kes 🏆
A picture of Mister Sugden, or Bobby  Charlton as he is in his own mind
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“Why are men afraid of women?” “If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear,” Ged said. “Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves.” “Are they ever taught to trust themselves?” Ged asked “No,” she said.
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