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Jude FireSong, aka Fabulous Phoenix Boy
@fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️ (gender)queer [he/him] 🌈
AuDHD mad disabled survivor
citizen of the world

🎭 poet 🦄 specfic 🎨 art 📸 photos 🎲 TTRPGs 🔞 sometimes NSFW 🔞

find my work in: man made made man zine, rainy weather days, The Sex Gap Zine, Hush LGBTQ+ Magazine, new words {press}
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Quote how you draw women

[TW. for stylised, b&w blood/gore]

1 - #Banshee Wail (1st published by @newwordspress.bsky.social)

2 - Hell Is Other People

3 - #DTIYS; OG by @feefal.bsky.social

all 3 are #illustrations from my unpublished #HybridPoetry collection #MadeOfMagic

#art #artshare #arttrain
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
my beloved @incompletemachine.bsky.social & I are seeing the #Wicked double-feature at the pictures tomorrow and I would say my feelings about this outing are entirely normal, completely sane, totally hinged

#WickedForGood
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
I am absolutely stoked & humbled to be featured not only in the pages, but on the front cover of @en-gendered.bsky.social ❤!

get the autumn 2025 issue of #en*gendered here:
www.engenderedlitmag.com

happy release day everyone!!!

#en*genderedlitmag
The cover of engendered autumn 2025 on a background of dark grey. On the cover is a heavily textured painting by Jude FireSong consisting of layers of colour, first daubed or smeared, and then speckled. Dominant are red, orange, yellow, light blue, and medium blue though purple, green, and pink also make an appearance. Beside and below the cover is the following text: 20 writers, poets, & artists “as I move through the world, people project images of bodies and faces they assign onto me that evoke in themselves desire, lust, joy, disgust, emotions I have no say over. Perceptions against my will. And those images stain my skin and reek. I'm forced every day to carry those stains” Thokozani Mbwana engenderedlitmag.com A heavily textured painting consisting of layers of colour, first daubed or smeared, and then speckled. Dominant are red, orange, yellow, light blue, and medium blue though purple, green, and pink also make an appearance. “as I move through the world, people project images of bodies and faces they assign onto me that evoke in themselves desire, lust, joy, disgust, emotions I have no say over. Perceptions against my will. And those images stain my skin and reek. I'm forced every day to carry those stains” Thokozani Mbwana
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
only 4 sleeps to my queer multimedia show about lil old me writing+painting his way out of a 10yr breakdown!

#MadeOfMagic
poetry of rage & (be)longing

@thespaceuk.bsky.social
@ Surgeon's Hall (Venue 53),
Fleming Theatre

Aug 1st-9th/18th-22nd
10.30/22.50 (55min)

www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...
July 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
there's a special kind of writerly pain in removing poems that are integral part of a book from one's show bc:

1 x Fringe hr
= 55min

-5min set-up
-5min pack-up
-10min banter

= 35min
#FringeMath

ps. come see #MadeOfMagic - #poetry of rage & (be)longing at @thespaceuk.bsky.social @ Surgeon's Hall!
July 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
catch my incredibly #queer & #trans show #MadeOfMagic:

@thespaceuk.bsky.social )
@ Surgeon's Hall (Venue 53)
Fleming Theatre
(wheelchair accessible)

Aug 1st-9th/18th-22nd
10.30/22.50 (55min)

www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...

📸 Echo Echo Photography by Charli Morachnick
🖼 design by Emily Mahi'ai
July 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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blurry (my phone is hanging on for dear life) portrait of the #insomniac #AuDHD probably bipolar #artist who cannae sleep = decided to walk down to his #ArtStudio well past midnight like a madman.

grateful for my love @incompletemachine.bsky.social for walking with me & helping with my zillion bags
July 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
at last, my #EdFringe show #MadeOfMagic has an official poster/flyer! my pal @e.mahiai (IG) made these & I love them so much!!

@thespaceuk.bsky.social @ Surgeon's Hall
(Venue 53), Fleming Theatre
(wheelchair accessible)

Aug 1st-9th/18th-22nd
10.30/22.50 (55min)

www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...
official poster/flyer (front) for Jude FireSong, aka Fabulous Phoenix Boy's solo Edinburgh Fringe show, "Made of Magic - poetry of rage & (be)longing" (main title in neon lilac, subtitle in bright deep pink). beside Jude's name, an audience review is quoted, describing the show as, "such clear, truthful poetry" and "an intimate and welcoming performance." the poster features a blue-lit picture of Jude (a white, non-binary trans man, in his late '30s at the time this picture was taken) looking at the camera with his arms crossed; his blue hair, star-shaped dangly earring, bracelets, and tattoos are framed by a trans pride/rainbow wreath of flowers, all against a trans pride-coloured background. official flyer (back) for the Edinburgh Fringe show, "Made of Magic - poetry of rage & (be)longing". the main text on the back of the flyer reads, "(Gender)queer disabled storyteller, artist, and Mr Gay GB finalist Jude FireSong - aka Fabulous Phoenix Boy - revives his show about identity, transcendent love, found family, and surviving a decade-long breakdown through creative practice. A powerful love letter to the odd ones out, delivered against a backdrop of original paintings, drawings and photographs. Based on a collection long-listed for new words {press}'s Chapbook Competition 2024." At the centre of the poster, two audience reviews are quoted, describing the show as, "a brilliant and unique show... very special... enriching... and will stay with me for a long time" and "poems you will want to discover again and again." the flyer features trans/bisexual pride/rainbow flowers, blue/light purple stars, white/pink sparkles, and rainbows against a rich purple background.
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
my lovely friend James saw the show in its debut 75/90min version last year, and had this to say:

"This is a brilliant and unique show. An intimate and welcoming performance - characterised by Jude’s honesty, integrity, openness, and such clear and truthful #poetry, beautifully sequenced to cover >
review of Jude FireSong, aka Fabulous Phoenix Boy's show "Made of Magic" (Edinburgh Fringe 2024), by James Harker: "This is a brilliant and unique show. An intimate and welcoming performance - characterised by Jude’s honesty, integrity, openness, and such clear and truthful poetry, beautifully sequenced to cover so many moments and aspects of Jude's life in a way that never feels reductive. It's like peeling an onion, as Jude explores his experiences of depression, of trans identity and queerphobic abuse, of politics and family, and ultimately of hope. Jude creates an environment in which the show feels uniquely tailored to and inclusive of the audience he's performing for, breaking the barrier to talk to us as individuals and as a group, but in a way that felt genuine and inclusive[.] I felt that - in just 90 minutes - we'd really got to know each other and share some truths and experiences in a real and profound way. And I was also so happy to hear Jude take a heartfelt stand for the people of Palestine. This show is very special, and a precious mix of poetry, art, and genuine audience engagement. It's enriching, honest, and will stay with me for a long time[.]"
May 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
if you see this, quote with the energy you bring to bluesky
May 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
it's been a busy 2025 so I've had even less time to #Mermay, but I am hoping to finish this beauty:

#TheLittleMermaid #ColouringHaven Special, p. 15

this #fairytale (in all its incarnations) is v meaningful to me; #mermaids are one of my favourite subjects to colour; and the illustrations in >
May 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
oh hey skinpunk Jude, it's been a while ❤❤❤

#queer #punk #queerpunk #transgender #trans #transpunk #transpride #transboy #transguy #transman #transmasc #transmasculine #nonbinary #gendernonconforming #genderqueer #genderfluid #genderfuck #genderpunk #androgyne
Jude is a white European nonbinary trans boy in his late 30's with cerulean eyes. He is sporting a fresh all-over 00 shave and a winning smile. Jude is also wearing big square Beat Poet glasses and an Edinburgh Fringe lanyard, like the big theatre nerd he is
May 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
#WIP

#LetteringDoodle reads: #TRANS PEOPLE ARE MAGIC / 'phobes just FEAR our POWER

not unrelated: sexy academia (i.e. uni/college) verse fiction with a #queer #trans MC... is that something you, reading this, would be interested in?

asking for a friend!

#art #lettering #ModernLettering #writer
May 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
#WIP #ArtistTradingCards for group trades

*sleeveless, in the studio, #painting* ... that's better!!

#ATC #ATCs #ArtistTradingCard

#artist #TraditionalArtist #painter #abstract #AbstractArtist #AbstractArt #AbstractPainter #AbstractPainting #AbstractExpressionist #expressionist #expressionism
April 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
I promise I'm happy SAD season is over

that said, between the pollen & the sudden summery sunshine I cannae keep my eyes open, ergo

obnoxious #TransPride bucket hat from the British Heart Foundation!

off to the #ArtStudio today 😊

(it's been too long! I keep being ill & busy & ill again 🥲)

#art
close-up portrait picture of Jude; he is a white European non-binary trans man with cerulean eyes, a light 'tache & beard hair, and the tired smile of someone who had to take this selfie too many times to get even one with his eyes mostly open. He is wearing a bright baby blue/pink bucket hat, lined in the same blue, a light orange jacket, a black shirt, and an Edinburgh Fringe performer lanyard
April 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
#WIP

getting a head start on #Mermay2025 with this gorgeous page from the #ColouringHeaven* #TheLittleMermaid Special, stunningly illustrated by fellow Italian #artist #FabianaTrerè

coloured with #Etchr, #OnlineGermany
#Staedtler, #Tombow #BrushPens & #fineliners

#Art #ArtTherapy #mindfulness
April 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
#LetteringDoodle

much needed throwback to #TeenWolf S6:

Mason (helpful, earnest, pure-hearted human boy) - "what happens next? We FIGHT BACK now, right?"

#ScottMcCall (leader of the pack; #TrueAlpha who didn't have to steal, but earned his power) - ... what did you think we were gonna do? Run?"
April 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
#GregoryAndHisHuman was first & foremost inspired by an adorable sketch made by one of my sister's friends, who (given our shared love of magical ponies) kindly allowed me to paint her #art

--- pictured here with bonus papier-mache version; both #WIP s bc I have #ADHD ---

& base a story on it >
April 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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#WIP

having so much fun with this Patreon #colouring page by the wonderfully talented @nickmaskellart.bsky.social.

completely ignoring the usual colour scheme of churches/tombstones/bloody bones bc this is #fantasy and I can do whatever I like!

#art #coloring #colourist #colorist #mindfulness
April 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
relatedly, I spotted this in the window of a café in Leith - it reads: #TransphobiaIsAWasteOfTime

TERFs are loud, this court ruling is terrifying, but all around us there is so much solidarity to be found ❤❤❤
April 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
cool events coming up, courtesy of my pals @ Sett Studios

#FalastinFilmFestivalScotland2025 (May 9-10th, Glasgow, CCA & May 15-19th, Edinburgh, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Embassy Gallery)

#Chromatopia: Call for #ArtistsOfColour (email: chromatopia.collective@gmail.com ; IG: @chromatopia.edi)

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April 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
me & my post-therapy donought* against the world

*(my English lit grad brain refuses to call it a "donut" even though the shop does 😂)

I've been feeling less than great re. the shape of my face recently but I look cute here so maybe everything's okay?

treat yourself, love your friends, fuck TERFs
April 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
hello!

I'm Jude, a queer, non-binary transmasc (he/him), disabled, mad, & neurodivergent traditional visual artist from Scotland!

things I make include abstract expressionist paintings, modern lettering, ink illustrations, photography, collage... you name it, I probably dabble!
April 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
also, Kevin [spelled Q'vyn in the original #Kobold] had an outing!

most of my checks were absolutely abysmal in today's one-shot (when aren't they 😅😭), but Kevin did guard those d20's fiercely, so I am very proud of him nonetheless.

Kevin - @boldkobold.bsky.social

tray - @trayedandtested (IG)

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April 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social
< befriend, then brutally assassinate Barney the purple dinosaur in an attempt to escape NotJurassicPark.

effing majestic, you lot. Amazing time had.

(I apologise for the terrible pictures; I was merely trying to avoiding casting the "blinded by flash" on all youse ❤!)

#TartanTabletop #DnD #RPG
April 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM