Sam Trafford
@traffors.bsky.social
Wirral based web developer and illustrator. Lover of music. Devourer of comics and horror.
I see Netflix have adapted Denis Johnson's Train Dreams. I remember this as a brisk picaresque western with one unbelievably sad scene that stayed with me for a week.
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I see Netflix have adapted Denis Johnson's Train Dreams. I remember this as a brisk picaresque western with one unbelievably sad scene that stayed with me for a week.
Cracks me up every time
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Cracks me up every time
I've just appealed against my life drawings being labelled as sexually suggestive.
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I've just appealed against my life drawings being labelled as sexually suggestive.
Best of today's life drawing class. Compressed graphite on cartridge paper #lifedrawing #lifedrawingclass
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Best of today's life drawing class. Compressed graphite on cartridge paper #lifedrawing #lifedrawingclass
What's your favourite cut of Satisfaction, Dawkins or Dunkley? #reggae #reggaesky #Satisfaction #errolDunkley #carlDawkins
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What's your favourite cut of Satisfaction, Dawkins or Dunkley? #reggae #reggaesky #Satisfaction #errolDunkley #carlDawkins
I can't see the exact quality of the materials or workmanship, but this looks like a vast improvement.
Date set for when all works will be finished in Birkenhead www.birkenhead.news/date-set-for...
Date set for when all works will be finished in Birkenhead
The date has been set for when a regeneration scheme that caused major disruption and delays will be finished in Birkenhead town centre. Wirral Council also looks set to move…
www.birkenhead.news
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I can't see the exact quality of the materials or workmanship, but this looks like a vast improvement.
Got to admit I'm put off buying this new Hellboy series because I hate the way they're coloured. I really dislike gradient colours on layers above the line art, and I can't stand "Color hold" the technique of changing the colour of the lines. This is the colourist equivalent of a drum solo.
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Got to admit I'm put off buying this new Hellboy series because I hate the way they're coloured. I really dislike gradient colours on layers above the line art, and I can't stand "Color hold" the technique of changing the colour of the lines. This is the colourist equivalent of a drum solo.
I just pulled an inch-long white hair from my ear'ole. I've become Mr Green the metalwork teacher at Raincliffe School in 1985
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I just pulled an inch-long white hair from my ear'ole. I've become Mr Green the metalwork teacher at Raincliffe School in 1985
The Fallout Club - Wonderlust (1981)
YouTube video by Toni Post Punk
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November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Lunchtime viewing, Art & the 60s Part 1 BBC4 Documentary 2004 #bbc4 #bbc #art www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqB3...
Art & the 60s Part 1 BBC4 Documentary 2004
YouTube video by magus26
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November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Lunchtime viewing, Art & the 60s Part 1 BBC4 Documentary 2004 #bbc4 #bbc #art www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqB3...
He doesn't do irony does he
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
He doesn't do irony does he
After seeing the painting Allegory of a Group No. 78 at the Walker Art Gallery, I looked into the artist Sun Yuan. Not much online, but this is not the conceptual artist with the same name. Sun Yuan is Teacher and Associate Professor at Shanghai Sanda University's School of Art Design and Media.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
After seeing the painting Allegory of a Group No. 78 at the Walker Art Gallery, I looked into the artist Sun Yuan. Not much online, but this is not the conceptual artist with the same name. Sun Yuan is Teacher and Associate Professor at Shanghai Sanda University's School of Art Design and Media.
This was played at the funeral of a charming and interesting relative over summer and I've played it every day since. #temperanceseven #pasadena youtu.be/D0UdkKH-0Es?...
The Temperance Seven - Pasadena (1961)
YouTube video by TheLimePopsicle
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November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This was played at the funeral of a charming and interesting relative over summer and I've played it every day since. #temperanceseven #pasadena youtu.be/D0UdkKH-0Es?...
Went to the good old Walker Art Gallery for the Turner exhibition and John Moore's prize.
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Went to the good old Walker Art Gallery for the Turner exhibition and John Moore's prize.
❤️Amazing
It's 20 years since @seanphillips.bsky.social and I exchanged a sketchbook back and forth in the mail, a drawn &painted call and response. INTERSECTIONS may be out of print but here is a flip through that sketchbook. You can still find the book out there :)
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
❤️Amazing
Jubilee 1977, me in the centre dressed as a football masot, apparently. Also in the picture, my sister Sally and childhood friend Andrew Elliot.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jubilee 1977, me in the centre dressed as a football masot, apparently. Also in the picture, my sister Sally and childhood friend Andrew Elliot.
A Murderous Dub aka Dub to the Rescue aka Sun Is Shining Version
YouTube video by King Tubby - Topic
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November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I've just been reading about a massive bonfire in Birkenhead that's been dismantled by the Fire Service for obvious reasons. You get a sense that burning stuff has become a cry for help, I mean just read this
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I've just been reading about a massive bonfire in Birkenhead that's been dismantled by the Fire Service for obvious reasons. You get a sense that burning stuff has become a cry for help, I mean just read this
Tuesday meet up with my old friend Will. Subjects covered: Robert Aickman's story "Choice of Weapons," whether Herriman's Krazy Kat is actually any good, the cinematic tastes of YouTuber Michael Bartlett and 60s architecture at the University of Liverpool.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tuesday meet up with my old friend Will. Subjects covered: Robert Aickman's story "Choice of Weapons," whether Herriman's Krazy Kat is actually any good, the cinematic tastes of YouTuber Michael Bartlett and 60s architecture at the University of Liverpool.
Remember when gammon types believed that trains didn't need guards
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember when gammon types believed that trains didn't need guards
Excellent life drawing class at Wallesay Village Library this morning. Great model and autumn sun beaming through the windows #lifedrawing
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Excellent life drawing class at Wallesay Village Library this morning. Great model and autumn sun beaming through the windows #lifedrawing
This year's birthday stash
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This year's birthday stash
Reposted by Sam Trafford
Happy HALLOWEIRD day!!
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Happy HALLOWEIRD day!!