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Marcus
@marcusjmerritt.com
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(He/him). I draw power lines and TVs and do urban landscape photography. Metro-Detroit.

Abolish police. Free Palestine. Trans rights.

Art store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com
Main art website: marcusjmerritt.com
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Color photograph of a night sky with some shimmery clouds in it sort of shaped like a happy dog’s head
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Color photograph looking up the same twin trunks of the tree in the quoted image, fewer yellow-green leaves, shine brightly in sunlight against a clear blue sky
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Oak Park, Michigan, July 2025
Color photograph looking across a residential street at night at the front of a small bright house. A bright porch light shines golden light that illuminates part of the front of the house, twilight sky showing through branches thick with leaves, and some colorful lights in the yard
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Tonight’s aurora over pasture outside Onida, SD

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Swirling greens and red in the night sky, flat land below with a little solar panel visible in the foreground. There’s a banner in the corner that says South Dakota State University, Onida, and a time stamp on the bottom that reads 2025, Nov 11 11:07:23 PM Swirling greens and red in the night sky, flat land below. There’s a banner in the corner that says South Dakota State University, Onida, and a time stamp on the bottom that reads 2025, Nov 11 11:07:23 PM
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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View of the aurora in southeast Michigan
Flat gray overcast sky
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Oak Park, Michigan, July 2025
Color photograph looking across an empty asphalt parking lot at night. A streetlight rising out of bushes and trees at the end of the light shines white light down across the asphalt
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Drawings by me of objects from John Carpenter movies

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
The Fog (1980)

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Black ink drawing of a pair of open beer bottles Black ink drawing of a payphone with a dial pad and some graffiti on it Black ink drawing of a shiny translucent glass ash tray Black ink drawing of a wooden chair sitting in the shadow of a desk
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Color photograph looking up the same twin trunks of the tree in the quoted image, lots fewer yellow-green leaves, start against a gray overcast sky
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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The Gordie Howe Bridge is all lit up now
Huge bridge stretching over a river at night under an overcast sky Part of the bridge from an angle you can see the cable fanning out from large stanchion on the near side of the river
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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sky
Color photograph looking up at an overcast night sky, glowing a flat dirty gray, branches with scattered leaves reaching in around the edges
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Drawings by me of beer bottles from movies

Slacker (1990)
World on a Wire: Part I (1983)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

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Black ink drawing of four beer bottles on a diner table with sugar and salt shakers Black ink drawing of five beer bottles Black ink drawing of a beer bottle Black ink drawing of two beer bottles
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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More Objects from Films (Big Trouble in Little China [1986])

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Black ink drawing of a pair of open beer bottles
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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sky
Color photograph looking up through tree branches with yellow leaves at a night sky glowing with moonlight
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Color photograph looking up the same twin trunks of the tree in the quoted image, lots of yellow-green leaves catching sunlight and casting shadows
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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More Objects from Films (Dracula Has Risen from the Grave [1968])

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Black ink drawing of a candle atop a very tall candle holder
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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More Objects from Films (The Black Cat [1934])

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Black ink drawing of a table lamp next to an old timey desk telephone
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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More Objects from Films (The Return of the Vampire [1943])

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Black ink drawing of a steel fence around a cross gravestone
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Working on a drawing
Unfinished black ink drawing of a pair of beer bottles
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Ferndale, Michigan, July 2025
Color photograph looking across a darkened residential street at night. A bright porch light shines golden light under an awning, a couple of lawn chairs on the porch. Dark all around, with some gray sky glowing dimly through gaps in branches around the house
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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More Objects from Films (Dead & Buried [1981])

Original black ink drawing for sale by me here
10x8 | $200
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Black ink drawing of a floor lamp with a white lampshade and pretend candles for light bulb holders.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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More Objects from Films (The Fog [1980])

Original black ink drawing for sale by me here
10x8 | $150
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Black ink drawing of a wooden chair sitting in the shadow of a desk
October 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Oh LOL
Screenshot of a headline from New York Times website, “Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing”
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Power Lines Drawing #18 (Hamtramck)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
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Black and white image of a black ink drawing of a silhouette of a utility pole and power lines
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Power Lines Drawing #107 (Chicago, Pilsen)

Prints of this drawing are for sale by me here | $40
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Black and white image of a black ink drawing of a silhouette of a utility pole and power lines
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Ferndale, Michigan, July 2025
Color photograph looking across a darkened residential street at night at the front of a small brick house, dark everywhere except for a bright porch light, some trees looking in the background silhouetted against a cloudy gray night sky
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM