Figgy O'Connell
figgyoconnell.bsky.social
Figgy O'Connell
@figgyoconnell.bsky.social
Self-taught digital artist and digital art teacher
He, uh… looks like he wants to say something else… 😂🤭
July 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hello all the way from Australia, Kevin!
January 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
AI
January 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Huh. I wonder if this is why my dad has always written in all caps. 🤔
January 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
January 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
However, when you sit down and tally up the things you’ve achieved, in SPITE of those things, it definitely helps to build your resilience and faith in yourself.

So, farewell 2024, you’ve been kinda okay at times… 🤭

Here’s to 2025!
January 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I absolutely love this, and the strong pull of emotion I get from all of your art! ❤
November 27, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Only capped at 7 because they haven't released episode 8 yet! 😆
November 26, 2024 at 3:05 AM
To myself, to that friend, to everyone else out there who needs to hear this and has somehow managed to read this far… just create.
Get out there and do your thing and stop second guessing if you should post something or which order, don’t write imagined lists you can never get on top of.

Create.
November 26, 2024 at 1:47 AM
She tells me I inspire her and make this possible, but she keeps me going just as much, she inspire me, she motivates me, and she’s always been my biggest cheerleader outside of my family, and @edtucciarone.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 1:43 AM
She’s inspired me to stop dawdling and post, but beyond that… after our chat yesterday I started work on a bigger piece! My first since April!!! (Not aforementioned pic)
November 26, 2024 at 1:41 AM
It’s just so inspiring to see:
a) what she was able to achieve on the outdated tech
b) how much improvement she’s made in that time despite her health battles and me guiding via messenger from an entire state away
c) the creative exploration and her determination to continue to learn
November 26, 2024 at 1:39 AM
In the last few weeks she’s been looking through the digital art she’s done in the last 8 months or so, and sharing with me for feedback and advice.
November 26, 2024 at 1:39 AM
All that to say… earlier this year we wrangled a hand-me-down iPad 2 and a VERY old version of @procreate to get her started in digital art (running iOS 9, when Procreate required iOS 15) until we were able to track down a much more amenable refurbed iPad 6 at a doable price.
November 26, 2024 at 1:38 AM
We speak most days, but don’t throw shade when the poop hits the fan and we’re too busy, we just pick up where we left off when we do have the time.
November 26, 2024 at 1:37 AM
But I have this friend… she’s been with me through thick and thin since we were 12 and stayed up late telling each other ghost stories at Guides camp… Now we’re in our late thirties and we stay up late telling each other different kinds of horror stories… 😆
November 26, 2024 at 1:37 AM
And even when I hop online to update the smaller things, I overthink it and can’t decide which thing to post, and then another week (or month) has gone by.
November 26, 2024 at 1:36 AM
I’m not sure if it’s impostor syndrome, having too much to do, or just feeling creatively drained, but I haven’t been able to create any bigger scale pieces for several months.
November 26, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Yesssssss!
November 20, 2024 at 10:15 AM