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Ciarán Oren
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Illustrator / Cartoonist
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Putting money in Rowling's pocket is also why we ignore press releases from comics events that include Potter programming. It's funding her hate. I'd implore every creator/publisher/potential guest to consider this when approached by those cons. - Andy

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girlguiding says the move is in response to the Supreme Court ruling that said sex meant biological sex in equality law.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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dairelawlor.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday!

I'm Dáire, an Irish artist, and I create work with strong narrative elements, with particular interests in folklore, fantasy, and darker themes. I paint in oils or gouache and can work across multiple styles. I'm available for projects! ⚔️

📩 dairelawlor@outlook.com

[ #art ]
Oil painting portrait of a woman who looks out to the viewer with a vacant, somewhat melancholy expression. She has dark hair that falls in waves. In her mouth there are strands of grass poking out from been her pink lips. She wears a crown of yellow heath Oil painting showing the profile of a dead woman's face. She is laying amongst green and yellow grasses, with several different flowers growing around her, giving the impression she has been there for a while. Her hair is red. There is a crow nibbling her eyebrow, and a magpie perches on her chin with her lip clasped in its beak. The woman's skin is green tinged. One half open clouded eye looks out at the audience Scan of a gouache painting. Rowan, the Tarnished, is framed in the centre of the piece by a golden archway. Her long red hair flows down her back, spilling out of her black hood. Her expression is determined, but half of her face is heavily scarred, with the scarred side hidden as much as possible behind strands of hair. In one armoured hand she clutches Eleanora's poleblade, a red twinblade, while in the other she holds a long blade. The Haligtree backs her, with small scarlet aeonia flowers in bloom. Outside of her frame, a red sunset paints the sky while blue flowers bloom beneath. Oil painting showing a figure of a young woman in a white dress with a sickle at her side raising a hand to Death, who wears a wreath of Autumn leaves. The young woman's face is hidden by twigs strapped to her head, masking her.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Posted this on the other account a bit ago but here is Rowan! Tarnished. The Red Knife. Consort of Ranni. Beloved of Malenia. (It's my sandbox I can be as self indulgent as I want)

Painted to test out Schmincke horadam gouache.

[ #EldenRing | #art | #fanart | #painting | #gouache ]
Scan of a gouache painting. Rowan, the Tarnished, is framed in the centre of the piece by a golden archway. Her long red hair flows down her back, spilling out of her black hood. Her expression is determined, but half of her face is heavily scarred, with the scarred side hidden as much as possible behind strands of hair. In one armoured hand she clutches Eleanora's poleblade, a red twinblade, while in the other she holds a long blade. The Haligtree backs her, with small scarlet aeonia flowers in bloom. Outside of her frame, a red sunset paints the sky while blue flowers bloom beneath.
August 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
Cartoon with corporate media asking U.S. Government how it would like "Control of Internet Speech" wrapped: Anti-terrorism or protect kids
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Ditched the pages in favour of a little sketching to try and get out of my bad head space. I should really do this more often. Hellboy, inevitably.
July 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay✨

I'm vvilczy, a trad ink illustrator, working predominately on books, apparel, games and music projects.

📎: linktr.ee/vvilczy
✉️: vvilczy@gmail.com
#art #fantasy #horror #darkart #ink
A black and white traditional art of a book on a table, with a witch illustration. Done with pen and ink on paper. A black and white traditional illustration of a narrow street and a toppled carriage, a horse skeleton and a crow. Done with pen and ink on paper. A black and white traditional illustration of two characters clashing: a claw-bearing villain towering over the protagonist. Done with pen and ink on paper. A black and white traditional illustration of Sciona Freynan in front of a spellograph. Done with pen and ink on paper.
July 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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dairelawlor.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday! I'm Dáire and I'm an artist primarily working on spooky, fantasy, and folklore filled paintings. I have a particular interest in death and decay, and enjoy book covers.

🔗 dairelawlor.carrd.co
📩 dairelawlor@outlook.com

[ #art | #painting | #traditionalart ]
Oil painting showing a figure of a young woman in a white dress with a sickle at her side raising a hand to Death, who wears a wreath of Autumn leaves. The young woman's face is hidden by twigs strapped to her head, masking her. Oil painting showing the profile of a dead woman's face. She is laying amongst green and yellow grasses, with several different flowers growing around her, giving the impression she has been there for a while. Her hair is red. There is a crow nibbling her eyebrow, and a magpie perches on her chin with her lip clasped in its beak. The woman's skin is green tinged. One half open clouded eye looks out at the audience Gouache Painting of a white haired elezen from FFXIV passionately. kissing a pink haired xaela Au Ra, the artist's "wol". She has her hand on his cheek. A gouache painting showing a ghostly tea party in a forest at night. There is a guardian owl creature gesturing towards the tea pot with a wing, appearing to be in conversation with the ghost of a young girl who sits on a yellow pillow. As she is translucent, you can see the pillow and the grass she rests on through her body A gouache painting showing a ghostly tea party in a forest at night. There is a guardian owl creature gesturing towards the tea pot with a wing, appearing to be in conversation with the ghost of a young girl who sits on a yellow pillow. As she is translucent, you can see the pillow and the grass she rests on through her body
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Cover for W0rldtr33
June 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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dairelawlor.bsky.social
It's my birthday and I hear I can ask for reposts on my art on such an auspicious day 👀

Photos of my current WIP and other completed paintings ❤️

#art | #oilpainting | #originalart | #folklore
Current work in progress: Photograph of an unfinished oil painting depicting a woman with fiery red hair haloed by a shining full moon Oil painting portrait of a woman who looks out to the viewer with a vacant, somewhat melancholy expression. She has dark hair that falls in waves. In her mouth there are strands of grass poking out from been her pink lips. She wears a crown of yellow heath Oil painting showing a figure of a young woman in a white dress with a sickle at her side raising a hand to Death, who wears a wreath of Autumn leaves. The young woman's face is hidden by twigs strapped to her head, masking her. oil painting showing the profile of a dead woman's face. She is laying amongst green and yellow grasses, with several different flowers growing around her, giving the impression she has been there for a while. Her hair is red. There is a crow nibbling her eyebrow, and a magpie perches on her chin with her lip clasped in its beak. The woman's skin is green tinged. One half open clouded eye looks out at the audience
June 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
ciaranoren.bsky.social
Did this yesterday for #makeaterriblecomicday2025

Posting late due to having to fight with my scanner 🙃
June 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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dairelawlor.bsky.social
New [free] Patreon post! This one is all about an exercise I did yesterday collecting images of work I love and looking at it in an overview.

www.patreon.com/posts/target...

#patreon #artist
Promo card for a patreon post. Text reads: Targeted Inspiration and Goal Setting
June 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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A sign sighted at a Rhode Island #nokings rally.
I definitely can get behind this.
A protestor holding up a sign that reads "The only boots worth licking are worn by goth girls"
June 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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thoughtographic.bsky.social
Good advice for vegans
May 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Hungry, hungry guillotine

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May 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Happy Beltane! This weekend (apart from some Beltane celebrations) I’ll be at Portsmouth Comic Con in the Comic Village. In spirit and body if not wholly in mind.
May 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Absolutely GTFO with any of this, not having it.
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Starting an oil painting.
A pencil thumbnail sketch of swamp thing standing on a patch of grass in a wetland clouds behind him couple gators in the water How much larger pencil drawing of Swamp thing now the gators are gone, but Swamp thing is holding his hand up and a little bird is about to land on his finger A close-up of Swamp things torso so we can see better the little bird as it’s about to land
April 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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quilowisp.bsky.social
NFT are dead because none of you actually bought or tried to use them.

LEARN FROM THAT.
definitelyvita.bsky.social Vita Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · Apr 2
Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
April 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Poster illustration for Deafheaven
April 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The Green Knight is the best Hellboy film—it just doesn't have Hellboy in it. But it tells its story through colour, composition, pacing, stillness and movement in a way that is incredibly Mignola-esque. This is what I miss in the Hellboy films, and it's what makes them feel so hollow.
The summoning scene from The Green Knight The summoning scene from The Green Knight The summoning scene from The Green Knight The summoning scene from The Green Knight
March 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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dairelawlor.bsky.social
⚔️ Haurchefant of the Silver Fuller ⚔️

Happy patch day! Reposting this because I love it and one day I'll take a photo of it where he looks good

[ #ffxiv | #Haurchefant | #HaurchefantGreystone ]
Oil painting showing the profile of Haurchefant of the Silver Fuller from FFXIV. He is a white Elezen with a lovely aqualine nose. His hair is white with a blue undertone.
March 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
March 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM