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Never Never
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30-something, cartoons, fiction, gardening.
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Sugar, mushroom fiend, psychedelic cowboy, on the margins. #ocs #dystopianfiction #queerart #illustration
Cartoon by Never Never of Sugar, a gangly man with olive skin and wild curls, pulling a faux-spooky pose with his hands up in claws, his knee raised, his tongue out. He wears a flowing robe with magical symbols on it, tight jeans, and Timberlands.
September 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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No one is cutting it up like this bitch. Ira, my sad boy academic - I need to reapply him, not sure where, but I'm not letting a sopping wet meow meow like this go. #ocs #victorianera #queerart #historicalfiction #poorlittlemeowmeow
Digital illustration by Never Never of Ira, a skinny, pale man with a sour expression wearing a dramatic black morning coat, big black bow necktie, and gold spectacles. The background is a splash of teal and watermelon pink, with vague designs of scissors and gashes.
September 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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No one is cutting it up like this bitch. Ira, my sad boy academic - I need to reapply him, not sure where, but I'm not letting a sopping wet meow meow like this go. #ocs #victorianera #queerart #historicalfiction #poorlittlemeowmeow
Digital illustration by Never Never of Ira, a skinny, pale man with a sour expression wearing a dramatic black morning coat, big black bow necktie, and gold spectacles. The background is a splash of teal and watermelon pink, with vague designs of scissors and gashes.
September 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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This is Fifi. She's a life-model, a baroness, born in the wrong era, and has a voice pitch so high you'll curl your toes. And she's a match made in heaven for Cuthbert. #ocs #illustration #victorianera
Illustration by Never Never in digital pencil of a pretty young white woman with fluffy white hair, a pink dress with frills and bows, hazel eyes, and a bright smile. Around her neck is a string of pearls, and she's just radiating joy and energy.
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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got a bit silly last night and midnight ordered an Amorphophallus konjak online
August 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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My boxing gent, Jack. Why not post at midnight.
A line illustration by artist Never Never of Jack, a muscular white man in his 40s, sitting on a stool and smiling smugly. He is only wearing trousers, with his hairy chest and tattoos - of boxers fighting and the initials "P.G." - on display.
August 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I Will Have No Fear of the Bottomless Pit.

(quote with your art of women!)
A linocut print in black and white, depicting a nun with the head of a dog. She has both of her hands grasped by jubilant dog-headed corpses in a dance macabre. The title of the blockprint is “I will have no fear of the bottomless pit”
July 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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normal reference desk interaction
July 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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My boxing gent, Jack. Why not post at midnight.
A line illustration by artist Never Never of Jack, a muscular white man in his 40s, sitting on a stool and smiling smugly. He is only wearing trousers, with his hairy chest and tattoos - of boxers fighting and the initials "P.G." - on display.
August 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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signal boost x
videosyncrasy.bsky.social videosyncrasy @videosyncrasy.bsky.social · Aug 10
Anyone know what Australian boot brands are still good?
August 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Low poly cars are better for the environment, so l recommend you buy one. original image by thatlittledemon
February 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Graeme posing at the Eyeball Palace. This one is based on an illustration in a 1966 book by Allen Dennis, "The Gay B C Book", which I discovered by another user highlighting @jddoylearchives.bsky.social's "Houston LGBT History" page. #gay #illustration #noai #gayartist #queerartist #ocart
Illustration by Never Never, showing Graeme, a handsome, skinny young white man, posing in a pinstripe collegiate suit against a British pub bar in a flirty, proud way, showing himself off with his ankle up on the foot rail and his hand resting on the hand rail. A sign behind him reads, "Betting or the writing of betting slips is strictly forbidden on any part of these premises". A caption at the foot of the picture, in type-writer font, reads, "Sometimes you will find a bar filled with haughty young men who care almost nothing for anyone except themselves. They are not there to see, but to be seen. This place is an Eyeball Palace."
June 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Adam, chaos embodied, scheming.
A digital ink sketch by Never Never of a young white man, Adam, his face scrunched up in a frightening, scheming smile, hunched over and holding a microphone. He is wearing a bomber jacket and a sheer string shirt, and has his hair in four rat-tail braids that rocket out from his head.
May 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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I've been very inspired by #RonaldSearle lately and I'm trying to capture some of his looseness in my own art. Here's Major Cuthbert Douglas, aide-de-camp, coming down hard on poor Private Perkins again.
Cartoon drawing by Never Never of a young white man, Cuthbert, with curly dark hair and a waxed moustache, wearing a full regalia British Redcoat army uniform befitting a major, complete with sabre. He has his bicorn hat under his arm, and is smirking as he peers through his spectacles at a manual titled 'Regulations of Her Majesty's...' and flicks through the pages. A caption reads, 'Terribly sorry, Perkins; but the punishment for uniform violations does appear to be death by firing squad.' #historicaloc #redcoats #historicalfiction #noaiart #queerartist #cartoonist
May 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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To go with my last Cuthbert, here's the twunk he's convinced to hang on his every word: Algernon Nightingale, a pretty face, hot body, and a sucker for punishment.
Digital illustration of a handsome young white man, Algernon, with slicked down messy dark hair, dreamy dark eyes and full lips, wearing Victorian garb and pictured from the side. #queerart #ocart #gayart #artsky #historicalfiction
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Also please enjoy the Cuthbert Hierarchy of Needs triangle.
A diagram based on 'Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs', but with comedic entries - at the bottom of the triangle, under 'Basic needs', are 'bussy from a twunk' and 'smoked kippers'; under 'Psychological needs' are 'brocade fabric' and 'pure nonsense'; and finally, at the top of the pyramid, under 'Self-fulfillment needs', is simply a tiger emoji.
April 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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A new one, a portrait of my oc Cuthbert, sliding into the DMs of a twunk near you (what's the 19th century equivalent of DMs? Conversation cards...?). #silverfox #queerart #digitalart
A digital illustration in the style of an ink and charcoal painting, portraying an older white man, Cuthbert, with silver hair and beard, and a dark moustache, wearing pince-nez spectacles and 19th century clothes. He is grinning broadly.
April 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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An older drawing of Graeme spiced up with True Grit's Riso pack. A beautiful summer spent at the Roman Baths. #queerartist #gayartist #cartoonist
A riso-print style illustration by Never Never of a white man, Graeme, relaxing on the steps of the Roman Baths at Bath, England. He dips a toe in the green water, the steam curling around his body, wearing orange trousers, no shirt, lipstick and eyeshadow. He flips his long hair out of his face, and purrs, "But oh, what a summer!"
April 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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damn, you really do huh
neverxnever.bsky.social Never Never @neverxnever.bsky.social · Apr 15
You like big boys right? Yeah you do. Dutchie, summer 1968. #queerart #bear #gay #pits #digitalart
Cartoon of Dutchie, a young white man with thick curly hair and beard. His orange button-up shirt hangs open as he raises his arm, exposing his hairy chest and fat belly, and a sweat stain under his armpit. He is wearing tiny navy blue shorts, zinc across his nose, and is smoking a cigarillo leisurely.
April 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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You like big boys right? Yeah you do. Dutchie, summer 1968. #queerart #bear #gay #pits #digitalart
Cartoon of Dutchie, a young white man with thick curly hair and beard. His orange button-up shirt hangs open as he raises his arm, exposing his hairy chest and fat belly, and a sweat stain under his armpit. He is wearing tiny navy blue shorts, zinc across his nose, and is smoking a cigarillo leisurely.
April 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Spent a couple of hours running Glaze today so have some art again. Here's OC Graeme, in his final year at Edinburgh Academy, early 1960s, before his parents realise they have to bribe him to get him to go to uni. Procreate, MaxPacks & TGTS. #art #queerart ✏️
Cartoon illustration of Graeme, a white teenage boy with dark Bryonic curls and a judgemental stare - not to mention a smouldering cigarette. He peers at the observer, slouching in his crumpled school uniform with his hands deep in his trouser pockets.
April 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Personally I prefer "rosebay willowherb" but I will yield to "fireweed". Also I had such a time with Google on this one. My ability to use it as a research tool is now in spite of itself, rather than enabled by it.
April 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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FIREWEED
Epilobium angustifolium
Celibacy
Pretension

The sentiment of celibacy arises from fireweed's association with St Anthony. This comes from a belief that the herb could cure 'St Anthony's fire', a term for ergotism and various skin conditions. 🌿 neverxnever.neocities.org/glossahorten...
Botanical illustration of rosebay willowherb in full pink flower.
April 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Revisited this naughty number - Baz and his girlfriend Josie, stocking ripping from Kinktober many years back - this year with the new Rizzcraft set from True Grit Texture Supply to good, if a bit extra, results. More to come. #digitalartist
Comic-style illustration, as though printed on Risograph, of a young white man - Baz - with a black mullet, blue jeans, and biker boots, tearing the nylon stockings off a young white woman - Josie - who has a blonde high ponytail and hot pink makeup. They are seated on a couch, and Josie is laughing as Baz looks at her lasciviously. Josie is otherwise only wearing a lacy bra, panties, and ankle boots. Baz is shirtless, his leather jacket sliding off his shoulder to reveal a rose tattoo on his bicep, 'MUM' in script beneath.
March 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM