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Ian Bruce
@ianbrucestudio.bsky.social
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Portrait artist, award-winning animator specialising in painting and drawing.

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Getting lost in the woods and loving it open.substack.com/pub/ianbruce...
My first big landscape
Happily lost in the woods
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September 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🍉🍉 2nd Edition of 100 Watermelon Prints for Gaza Formula Fund now available on the Crowdfunder - please make sure you CHOOSE REWARD on the page when donating to buy a print.

Free Gaza. Free Palestine.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/watermelons
July 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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🍉 100 Prints Sold Out in under 24hrs for Gaza Formula Fund. More than £6,000 raised - THANK YOU

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/watermelons

Second edition of prints on their way
July 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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🍉FLASH SALE🍉 for Gaza Formula Fund

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/watermelons

*please choose Reward on the Crowdfunder page when donating to buy a print*

Aiming to raise cash fast for Gaza Formula Fund selling Limited Edition Watermelon Prints at £25 (postage included, UK only, pay more if you can)
July 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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We wanted to make a painting that looked as if Vermeer had had a night out in the Haçienda

open.substack.com/pub/ianbruce...
Vermeer but make it punk
Portrait of the Langley Linnet
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July 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A brilliant article in the FT riffing and expanding on Musk’s daddy issues that Jemima and I talked about during the livestream
June 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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After 5 days, 102 hours of live streaming, 19 guests & over 10,000 viewers, I've finished my portrait of Elon Musk.

And I think I've captured the psychology of the man.

#WeNeedToTalkAboutElon
May 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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"The one thing about fascists throughout history is they never survive. They can't fucking govern." - @markruffalo.bsky.social in conversation with @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com, @johncusack.bsky.social & @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social.
May 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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What a Crew!

@johncusack.bsky.social, @alexwinter.com, @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social, @rosie.com & @markruffalo.bsky.social all in one place!

Join the conversation LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
John Cusack, Alex Winter, Ian Bruce (painting), Rosie O'Donnell and Mark Ruffalo on a livestream
May 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Pretty wild line-up right now with @markruffalo.bsky.social, @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com, and @johncusack.bsky.social raising funds for #FreeOurFeeds as @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social paints.

Ruffalo: "Hey billionaires out there, fucking step up!"

www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
We Need To Talk About Elon (with Rosie O'Donnell, John Cusack and more)
YouTube video by Ian Bruce
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May 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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NOW: @markruffalo.bsky.social just joined the stream!

www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
We Need To Talk About Elon (with Rosie O'Donnell, John Cusack and more)
YouTube video by Ian Bruce
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May 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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HAPPENING NOW!

@rosie.com, @alexwinter.com & @johncusack.bsky.social join @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social on IanPaintsElon.com!
Ian Paints Elon
We need to talk about Elon Musk.
IanPaintsElon.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Joining me LIVE now are @rosie.com, @alexwinter.com & @johncusack.bsky.social!

Join us as we support @freeourfeeds.com!

www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
We Need To Talk About Elon (with Rosie O'Donnell, John Cusack and more)
YouTube video by Ian Bruce
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May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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LIVE: @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social is joining me now to talk about Elon Musk, billionaire control of our society and much more!

All in support of @freeourfeeds.com.

Join us: www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...
We Need To Talk About Elon (with Rosie O'Donnell, John Cusack and more)
YouTube video by Ian Bruce
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May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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"Democracy is the thing we can get out of decentralized technologies. This means allowing communities to govern themselves." - @robin.berjon.com

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freeourfeeds.com Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · May 23
Happening now!

@rudyfraser.com & @robin.berjon.com are joining @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social on his #IanPaintsElon livestream to support #FreeOurFeeds!

Join the stream at IanPaintsElon.com & ask about Free Our Feeds, the AT Protocol, and what’s the solution to billionaire control of social media!
Rudy Fraser & Robin Berjon on a promotional graphic for the IanPaintsElon.com livestream at 3 pm BST/10 am ET
May 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Happening now!

@rudyfraser.com & @robin.berjon.com are joining @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social on his #IanPaintsElon livestream to support #FreeOurFeeds!

Join the stream at IanPaintsElon.com & ask about Free Our Feeds, the AT Protocol, and what’s the solution to billionaire control of social media!
Rudy Fraser & Robin Berjon on a promotional graphic for the IanPaintsElon.com livestream at 3 pm BST/10 am ET
May 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I’m live today at 10am ET with @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social‬, who's spending a week painting a psychological portrait of Elon.

We'll talk to him about what we can do to stop the “Muskification” of social media!

He’s raising funds for @freeourfeeds.com Tune in: IanPaintsElon.com
Poster reading "We Need To Talk About Elon" on paint, with a complex painted background and brushes, feat. special guests Rudy and I, both looking ruggedly handsome, as always.
May 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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We're nearing the climax of my wild, week-long portrait dive into the world of Elon!

@johncusack.bsky.social, @rosie.com & @alexwinter.com are on from 4.45pm BST (11.45am ET).

If you donate over $1000 to FreeOurFeeds.com by then you can jump on the call with us!

Tune in at IanPaintsElon.com.
May 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
I’m live today at 4pm BST with
@IanBRUCEStudio
who is painting a series of psychological portraits of Elon Musk in a 5 day livestream exploring the ‘Muskification’ of social media and what we can do about it.
He’s raising funds for #FreeOurFeeds.
Tune in: ianpaintselon.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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LIVE now with @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com!

Join us: IanPaintsElon.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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LIVE NOW with Jayde Adams!

Join the conversation: IanPaintsElon.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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VERY exciting update!

Another anonymous donor just offered to match the next $50,000 in donations to @freeourfeeds.com!

So now you can have your name painted into the portraits I'm creating AND your donation goes even further!

Chip in if you can here: IanPaintsElon.com
Ian Paints Elon
We need to talk about Elon Musk.
IanPaintsElon.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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"People thought this was going to be the democratization of knowledge. Instead, what we have achieved in these last 25 years is a golden age of autocracy. For the first time in 25 years we have more autocracies on earth than democracies." - Shoshana Zuboff

IanPaintsElon.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM