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Brian Burke
@burky.bsky.social
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Illustrator. Always hungry. He/him.

Enn/eff/Tee's, AI bros - DNI

IG - instagram.com/velocitraktor

#fanart #illustration
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burky.bsky.social
That look bae shoots at you when they have a plan. (Staying in & watching Netflix again I guess) #rdr2 #wip #dutch #portrait #dutchvanderlinde
WIP Greyscale study of Dutch Van Der Linde from Red Dead Redemption 2.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
burky.bsky.social
Details 👀
Medium close up detail of Messmer The Impaler. Close up of the tip of Messmer's Speak alongside the serpent located at the top of Messmer's left shoulder. The serpent's fangs are open wide.
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
burky.bsky.social
Demigods of the Land of Shadow would literally rage war against the Hornsent & unseal their grace allowing the Abyssal Serpent to curse us all instead of going to therapy. #eldenring #messmer #fanart #illustration
Messmer the Impaler - the eldest child of the goddess, Queen Marika from Elden Ring. He stands with his giant spear, his two winged serpents protruding from his form, anticipating battle.
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
burky.bsky.social
A fellow man of culture I see.
Wario giving you the guns and the goods
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
burky.bsky.social
Just back from seeing the latest PTA. Dude still got the sauce. Pacing and decisions made, especially with the directing of that last sequence - unreal.
October 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
burky.bsky.social
Got around to completing RDR2 in this year of our lord 2025 last night.

Still processing it, taking it in still. Fuck, what a game. Rockstar's masterpiece hands down.
Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2 riding horseback - medium close up
October 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
burky.bsky.social
Back makin' more Eldren Ring art! Progress so far. #wip #eldenring #fanart
Greyscale Messmer - The Impaler WIP
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
burky.bsky.social
October used to be a special occasion involving making inkwash pieces regularly for the month until - you know what. Maybe some time in the future, I might find the energy to engage in a similar event.

In the meantime, here are some throwbacks to art from previous years!

#ink #illustration #fanart
Inkwash of Harvey Dent/Two Face. From a collection of characters from Batman's Rogue Gallery. Nightcrawler from the X-Men series. Inkwash. Lambert from The Witcher series. His appearence referencing his depiction in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. Barret Wallace - Final Fantasy VII inkwash.
October 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
burky.bsky.social
At least Krusty would had just been honest if he was asked to be at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

Not hard to just admit you wanted a high pay day & were willing to compromise your reputation in the process of receiving blood money.
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
burky.bsky.social
Piccolo - the reincarnated warrior of the demon king.

#piccolo #dragonballz #fanart #dbz
Piccolo - the Namekian Z fighter from Dragonball. He appears with his hands opened out as he has the seven Daragonballs floating above his head.
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
burky.bsky.social
The mania that Willem Dafoe expresses in The Boondock Saints felt necessary to capture. Man really went through a journey acting his ass off.

Some studies while trying out some brushes on procreate.

#willemdafoe #illustration
A collage of illustrations of the Actor Willem Dafoe - poses and facial expressions referenced from the film 'The Boondock Saints'
September 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
burky.bsky.social
A timely Sunday read.
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
burky.bsky.social
Another oddly hot day. Guess that means more Piccolo WIP. Almost done. #wip #dbz #fanart #piccolo
Once again Piccolo's head stares into your soul. This time, with more dramatic lighting outlining his bulbous head.
September 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
burky.bsky.social
"In the end, you have to choose whether you’re going to live as a soldier, or just another man with a gun."

Commencing Operation Snake Eater 🐍🍴

#MetalGearSolidDelta #fanart #snake #mgsdelta #bigboss
A caricatured depiction of Naked Snake dressed in his standard issue camo fatigues. Wearing a bandana with an eyepatch covering his right eye. Snake is holding a cigar in his left hand. Several elements from mgs3 are referenced on Snake's attire including a block of Calorie Mate, the microfilm containing the Philosopher's Legacy, Eva's Mauser Chinese Type 17 pistol, Ocelet's bullet necklace, A star of Bethlehem flower associated with The Boss, a sticker of a Kerotan Frog and Snake's medal promoting him to the title of Big Boss.
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
burky.bsky.social
RIP to the original, Brent Hinds.
August 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
burky.bsky.social
A good example of a film that is about the journey rather than the destination. Would I watch it again? Not really. Worth going to see this in a cinema? Absolutely.

Also - that Resident Evil adaption the director has signed up to is in great hamds.
August 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
burky.bsky.social
#wip been tinkering with making progred on this Naked Snake piece.

Now to head out!

#mgs3 #snake
WIP Naked Snake from the video game, Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater. Proportions are exagerated. Depicted with his eyepatch, in his standard FOX camo fatigues, he clutches onto a cigar in his left hand.
August 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
burky.bsky.social
Back when I did Coen Bros art for a month for inktober, forgotten to not share these two clowns from Fargo.

Stumbled onto finding the original inkwash yesterday! I think another rewatch is due.

#fargo #fanart #illustration #ink
Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Peter Stomare, the two bumbling kidnappers from the Coen Bros film, Fargo. Carl looks stunned as blood drips from his mouth while Gaear is unphased, a cigarette hanging from his mouth.
August 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
burky.bsky.social
Also shocked I still have Kula World, after all this time. Thankfully has not been sent to a charity shop mistakenly. Still have never managed to beat it!
August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
burky.bsky.social
Staying at my parents for the weekend. Checking in - all still there. The old texts.
The first 9 seasons of The Simpsons Dvd boxsets. Season 2 was the first Dvd I owned. Hoping the discs are very much still playable 😬
August 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
burky.bsky.social
#artfight No 5 - a revenge attack!

Inspired by @miscellennyous.bsky.social tiefling oc, Ciphi!

#artfight2025 #oc #teamfossils
Ciphi, a tiefling, stares directly at a body of light they have conjured in the palm of their right hand. She has short ashen hair with horns at the top of her head. Wearing a cape that drapes over her shoulders, tied together with a medallion, an insignia of a bird on its surface. Wearing a tunic with a armour chestpiece.
July 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
burky.bsky.social
#artfight attack 4!

@prettychaosx3.bsky.social OC Jessie makes you aware that you are her latest obsession.

#artfight2025 #oc #teamfossils
A terrifying yet alluring vampire lady pops out of a polaroid and stares at you. Her right hand claws near her face, long nails extend outwards. Wearing a zipped up leopard printed dress with long metallic earrings. Choker with a jewel encrusted in the middle. Lipstick stained at the edge of the polaroid.
July 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
burky.bsky.social
"Wow - I thought you believed in freedom of expression. Maybe we should hear out what these far right folk have to say. Surely the debater challenging them will have contructive counters to their inaccur-"

POINTS TO THE SARTRE QUOTE. ALWAYS POINT TO THE SARTRE QUOTE.
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.” Jean-Paul Sartre
July 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
burky.bsky.social
#artfight Attack no 3!

@moonydraws.bsky.social OC Whisper is next up! A deadly furball rogue who is an asset to any dnd campaign!

#artfight2025 #oc #teamfossils
Greyscale portrait of Whisper - a white cat who appears in rogue dnd class attire. She is holding a dagger with a jagged edge with a jewel encrusted in its handle. She also adorns a necklace with a chain of d20s. Surrounding her in the background above her head are a semi circle of Kunai, a weapon used by her.
July 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
burky.bsky.social
Another #artfight attack! Had to illustrate @panamoo.bsky.social gorgeous design for her OC, Korina!

artfight.net/~panamoo

#artfight2025 #oc #teamfossils
Korina, a woman with ox horns protruding from her head, gazes at you. Her index finger on her left hand touches off her chin, her other arm tucked into her left. She has long, dark wavy hair which curls a little at the ends. The back part is also tied up in a bun. She wears a fashionable patterned dress with rings, pearl chain and jeweled encrusted bangle decked out on her left arm. Her upper right arm has a tattoo of a group of stars. Above her head is a halo with spikes. Greyscale, with lotus flowers in the background.
July 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM