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Bruce Mackay
@brucemackay.bsky.social
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Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator & Creative Director. Posting personal work, experiments & weak jokes. Bad ideas man. He/Him

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Bruce Mackay @brucemackay.bsky.social · Oct 14
Hi #PortfolioDay

Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective and experimentation. Nice to meet you :)

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Digital illustration of an old village lane. Choppy shapes and overlapping oranges and blues. Digital illustration of a guy in a "modern apartment full of art and plans. he's liking out the floor-to-ceiling window at the sunrise and eating cake off a plate. This was an old style test for MUTI. Choppy shapes of overlapping yellow, blue and pink. Digital illustration of a hazy sepia toned kitchen with a silhouetted being sitting at the table next to some dead flowers. This was an old style test for MUTI. Digital illustration of a The Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Some mushrooms in the foreground.
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GONG HEI FAT CHOI!

HLNY my dudes! 🐍
Illustration of a cover with a silly face on its hood and a bow tie and a hat over its face and also a coral snake pattern border and HLNY in each corner. GONG HEI!
January 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Normalize leaving the party at 11:30.
December 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Imagine being the main Oompa Loompa and working your ass off for 10 years and then watching Willy Wonka hand over ownership of the chocolate factory to some random child off the street.
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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My resolution for 2026 is to teach my 3 year old how to skip ads on YouTube so I dont have to keep looking up from my phone. 🎇🎉🥂
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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“Fool of a Took. Fucking throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity.”
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The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?

"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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My resolution for 2026 is to teach my 3 year old how to skip ads on YouTube so I dont have to keep looking up from my phone. 🎇🎉🥂
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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BARAD DÛR!
Illustrated postage stamp of Barad Dûr from The Lord of the Rings. Teal and orange overlapping colours. Oppressive beams of light and power glare down from the Eye of Sauron. Fire lights the tower from the bottom. The gates are open as The Nine ride forth to exact their Master's will.
March 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Imagine being the main Oompa Loompa and working your ass off for 10 years and then watching Willy Wonka hand over ownership of the chocolate factory to some random child off the street.
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Whittling is just the 1925 version of looking at your phone all day. 🪵🔪
December 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Whittling is just the 1925 version of looking at your phone all day. 🪵🔪
December 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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BREAKFAST
A super old style test I did for Muti probably in 2017.
Illustration of some classic breakfast paraphernalia. Oats, apple, orange juice, milk carton salted butter, honey. red, yellow and blue overlapping colours with stippled textures on a cream background.
June 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Only thing I remember about this movie is that the dad was an irredeemable piece of shit.
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Fascists truly cannot distinguish fiction from reality

This has ELEVEN THOUSAND likes on the hellsite
December 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Mother in law has gone home after 2 weeks and I can finally go back to walking around the house like im the guy from chat pile.
December 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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eat trash and break stuff
a raccoon warrior, holding a morningstar made of stone and wearing medieval armor
August 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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⚔️RUINS⚔️

Day 17 of #tolktober25 organised by @rogueprintco.bsky.social

🔥All Quiet On The Eastern Front🔥

#Illustration #Tolktober #LOTR
Illustrated image in orange and blue. A scene from the Lord Of The Rings. The Witch King of Angmar sits on his fell beast on a citadel dome in the ruined city of Osgiliath. The city is on fire, flames and silhouettes are reflected in the river that runs through the city. Dark silhouetted orcs and goblins crouch menacingly amongst the ruins. The mountains of Mordor are back lit by a red glow from Orodruin.
October 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Mother in law has gone home after 2 weeks and I can finally go back to walking around the house like im the guy from chat pile.
December 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Repost of an old one that was a lot of fun to do.
Illustration of an old country lane. colours are overlapping blues and oranges. Stone walls and white window frames. cobbled paving and wonky chimneys.
February 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains.
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come 1999. Collaged midcentury referencing cover art.
December 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Advent calendar but for January pay day.
December 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Can’t explain the science of it but tea only tastes good from your own kettle.
December 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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My resolution, and I think it’s doable, is to run so fast into a chain link fence that I come out as cubes.
January 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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BEAR
Illustration of a bear in blue with a pink fish in its mouth. some cut off birch trees behind it. all the colours are overlapping.
June 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Interior design influencers: “The new trend in home decor is this couch I was given for free!” 🛋️
December 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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THE TOWER OF CIRITH UNGOL
Illustrated poster of the tower of Cirith Ungol in the land of Mordor. In the foreground are a bunch of orcs and goblins with acid green rim-light holding swords and axes and pole-arms. In the middle ground is a narrow bridge leading between two grotesque statues into the multi tiered tower that is lit with sickly green lights. Below it leading into the plateau of Gorgoroth are the hills of the Ethel Duath. In the distance is Orodruin and Ered Lithui. The text at the top is white flame like black metal lettering with the words CIRITH UNGOL. Nine green stars float above them. Plumes of smoke and ash fill the sky. A tiny shadow is grossing the bridge. Lord of the Rings. Tolkien. Prints coming soon.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM