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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Again again, again again Figure drawing in charcoal

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🌷🌷🌷🌷tulips from a local flower farm. Available! enchantment.supply/north-road/

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Vase of Argiope. Oil on canvas. 12 x 16 in.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

“The thing that drew me in the most wasn’t the character classes, spell lists, or monsters. It was the shopping.” open.substack.com/pub/patternw...

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Enchanters

How to craft a wondrous item

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I can’t stop drawing mourning doves

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Enchanted Table @enchantedtable.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Behind the scenes at the Enchanted Table software engineering office

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The owl in your neighborhood wonders about you Drawn from life at @appletondrawing.bsky.social Red Mage (Familiar, Barred Owl) Sanguine on paper 11 x 14 in. Available

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

My tarot and oracle deck web app is gradually coming together!

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

“If I’m not gentle with myself, that feeling can stop me from moving the pencil at all, so I have to give myself plenty of encouragement. The main thing I have to rely on is small inklings of desires or curiosity that hint toward possible next steps.” open.substack.com/pub/patternw...

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Autoritratto

On self portraits

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Cursed to touch all the stones open.substack.com/pub/patternw... (On the encouragement of friends, this is my first subscribers-only newsletter. I’m experimenting with a behind the scenes studio journal, and more regular public posts on creative practice and art. Hope you’ll join me!)

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Cursed to touch all the stones

Dig them up and give them to me

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The cherry / pear orchard is very nice in the spring! I was surprised the farm existed when we moved nearby and saw it on the map.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"This is my favorite tree. I love it for its visual splendor, the way the branches twist and flow out and I have to spin around to follow them. Its canopy creates a room, and its double trunk creates a chair." open.substack.com/pub/patternw...

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Scots Pine

My favorite tree

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

apple photos decided to make a slideshow of protests I’ve gone to for the last 10 years so that’s nice

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

We met some deer in the wetlands today!

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Warming up my YouTube channel with a video sharing one of my favorite drawing exercises! youtu.be/XV7S5ux9b1M?...

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Unreasonably fun drawing exercise

YouTube video by Kevin McGillivray

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Portrait study, charcoal pencil on newsprint

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Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Gun Rith. Standing stones in West Penwith

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

All we want is the winged victory Figure study in Procreate with Lane Brown’s charcoal brush pack

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I’m writing a life drawing book! It’s a companion to bring with you to life drawing to find inspiration and exercises to keep your practice fresh, grow your observational skills, and get encouragement in your creative practice. Want to help? Send me a DM! Looking for folks to test draft exercises 😄

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

A few life drawings from the last few months

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Figure drawing on thrifted Pier 1 stone tile

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

i like how all art forms are basically humans organizing stimuli for their senses into pleasing structures and flows

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Read more about Red Mage and see more pieces from the collection: open.substack.com/pub/patternw...

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Red Mage

Be a healer, carry a sword

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The Red Mage knows when to be still and heal, and when to take action with a sharp sword, which is a hard earned wisdom. I also think the Red Mage represents clearly what I believe is the underlying practice of any creativity, becoming fluent in opposite modes and blending them into a new whole.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Similar to the Green Man living in the boundary between the human realm and the dark woods, the Red Mage is a liminal figure who lives in the threshold between the internal and external worlds, between action and stillness, spell and blade.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The red mage feels impossible. How can one character blend such extreme opposites on their own and in combination? They synthesize seemingly incompatible opposites into a unified flow, and seem to have no problem shifting between modes.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Spellsword classes in role playing games are also examples of the archetype, equally comfortable with both the mundane sword and the arcane book. In the Legend of Zelda series, Link carries some of these qualities, and might exchange his green tunic for a red one.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

As a class they are defined by their adaptability and their fluency in opposites, the ability to wield magic at the front line or distribute essential boons to support their companions, and to switch between the two modes in the blink of an eye.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The “red mage” is a gaming reference, but I think it’s a deeper archetype that happens to have found its expressive footing in the medium of video games. In the Final Fantasy series, a red mage is a spellcaster that blends offensive black magic and healing white magic.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

At a life drawing session I made drawing in sanguine that became the visual direction for a new series titled Red Mage. I loved the brilliant red contrasted with the paper, and the immediacy of the study. The series gradually grew in the studio during what I called “sanguine summer.”

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Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Within the Oxenham Arms in the village of South Zeal, Devon is The ‘Roman Pillar' propping up the roof in the restaurant at the rear of the pub. In the next room is an enormous Menhir built into the fabric of the wall too. One pub - two standing stones.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

realizing the first thing you should do for any idea / interest you have is find the niche discord server / forum that has a small but active and encouraging community related to that thing

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

chasing the high of reading the D&D equipment list table for the first time and deciding what to spend my 12gp on

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Long live the web bsky.app/profile/fray...

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Eventually this likely means offline support too. I’ve always been interested in progressive enhancement and assumed that would mean I would lean into server side rendering and minimal client side logic. But these days the connection to the server itself feels like an enhancement that is optional.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I’m gradually settling on a local-first approach to Enchanted Table, my virtual tabletop web app for tarot and oracle decks. Your readings, cards, and decks are your own data, the value of saving to a remote database is primarily data backup and easy access across devices.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

the tarot / oracle deck web app I’ve been working on is gradually starting to feel juicier

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Appleton Drawing Club @appletondrawing.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Coming soon 🦉🐦‍⬛🪶

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Me: Haha Baldur’s Gate is so silly, why would someone leave a single bottle in a box Me, opening a box in my basement: oh look, a single bottle

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

One drawing sold and added a couple more today! These drawings are a helpful exercise for me personally to practice different approaches and techniques, but I also hope to make drawings that would be fun to have on a wall at home.

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Kevin McGillivray @schmevin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Trying something new, an art auction! There are many daily studies piling up in my studio, and it would be nice to 1) make collecting art more accessible and 2) create a flow of drawings out the door. I have new charcoal figure drawings available now, thanks for looking! www.ebay.com/usr/kevinmcg...

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Gordon @gordon.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

urls really are one of the best ideas ever

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