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Zollo
@zollodiac.bsky.social
Amateur analog artist
He/Him & sometimes Horse Girl 🐴
30-something
Eng/日本語

Artistic nudity on occasion (w/ labels)

#inkart #horseart #dndart
https://cara.app/zollo
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Making art for yourself—at any skill level—is an act of rebellion in a world where big tech wants your attention for its ad platform; capitalists want your productivity for its investors; and fascists and autocrats want to control your self-expression.

#art
When calculating the cost of US healthcare, no one is factoring in all the therapy ex-pats have to go through after the brain-breaking experience of living life under a rational, functional system.
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When I slow down, look closer, and engage with a piece of art, I often find more meaning and depths than there initially seemed.

When I slow down and look closer at AI-generated artifice, what I discover is less meaning and depth than what there seemed at first glance.

#art
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I draw at the end of every long day. Recently I’ve accumulated a stack of drawings I’ve started but set aside. WIPs.

I feel guilty flipping through them. Like I’m disappointing someone.

Or perhaps my self-worth is tied to productivity even in my hobbies? Is this the trauma of capitalism?

1/3
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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liquid metals in your blood
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Getting back into the swing of things with a WIP doodle for @zollodiac.bsky.social!

This is for jack of trades from last month.

Thank you for being patient with me 🥺 between moving and getting diagnosed with life altering illnesses life has been hectic. Hope to have it done soon!
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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🎸
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This will surprise no one, but I am not into investing. Still, I’m very proud of a couple prescient calls I made this year.

The first is rebalancing towards more gold in Jan—a bittersweet win. Then, the real winner, buying two K-pop Demon Hunter costumes sized for my daughter in August.
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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“Warlock” 12 x 12 inch oil on panel.
Available here or on my website.

#art #horses #equestrian #animals #painting #oilpainting #paintings #horseart #equineart

www.equineartiststevemessenger.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Making art for yourself—at any skill level—is an act of rebellion in a world where big tech wants your attention for its ad platform; capitalists want your productivity for its investors; and fascists and autocrats want to control your self-expression.

#art
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The irony behind making this is on the first try I missed the eye 4 times, splattered ink onto the counter, and when I stepped away to grab a towel, my cat—the white one—sat herself dead on the wet drawing. Later, the latex paint ripped the eyeball clean off. ☠️

I fully blundered my blundering hard.
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#Inktober Day 16 | #Blunder

This one was fun to do. The real blunder was my first attempt at it.

#inkart #traditionalart #portrait #inktober2025
October 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#Inktober Day 12 | #Shredded

Posting a few favorite Inktobers late. It was a busy week and I haven't been prioritizing scanning or sharing my art but I have knocked out a few.

This was a fun quick perspective practice.

#inkart #traditionalart #inktober2025
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Artists! Quote with long hair! 🦋🐰
October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Artists! Quite with long hair ✨
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you see this, quote your favorite pokémon!

(Wrong answers only)
October 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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study
October 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In future movies and video games, will they continue to signal to audiences that a character or organization is fascist with peaked caps and art deco?

Or will they adopt the aesthetics of modern fascists—Gen-AI memes and neck gaiters?
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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How far would you go for love?
Inktober day 8 Reckless (couldn't post yesterday sorry!)
#inktoberday2025day8reckless #inktoberchallenge #inktober2025 #inktoberday8reckless #traditionalart
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I did the “Give me 6 OCs to Draw” thing with my D&D friends ~5 mo ago. I put it all on one piece of paper. Each is the size of a sticky note.

I tried to play with styles and compositions, be loose, and leave behind references. It was a mixed success but I love them all.

#dndart
#inkart
October 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Second we have Eugene Bellion by @zollodiac.bsky.social , who I have not known for very long but I love him dearly and 10 minutes was not a fair time limit because LOOK AT HIM.

I will be coming back and doing a proper drawing of Eugene sometime because he deserves it.
#Art #DigitalArt #OC
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Will Finn recover from the disastrous date from yesterday? Will his heart mend or will Cupid hit him worse than before?
#inktober2025 #inktober2025day6pierce #inktoberprompt #inktoberpierce #inktoberchallenge
October 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Inktober Day 5 | Deer

I told a neighbour/friend I planned to skip today. She was surprised. “But you’re good at drawing horses. Aren’t deer basically horses?”

She has a point.

#inktober #deer #inktober2025 #inkart #horseart
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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If i did one good thing this year, it was this commission done for "Faeling" by @sewendelauthor.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Oh I have 600 followers now. That’s so many of you and so only one of me. I guess we have to celebrate somehow.

Uhhh…I guess I’ll do like 10 minute sketches of anyone’s OC who replies with a reference by 11:59PM CST on 10/7.

#DigitalArt #OC
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM