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Darren Riley
@panchoballard.bsky.social
Artist and musician. Happy to be part of the industry of human happiness. No AI.

A 'baffling... and undeniably fevered mind.'

'The Neil Innes of the North.'

https://www.patreon.com/adarrenrileypainting
The Python Vs The Establishment sticker set is taking shape. No.1 in my Incredibly Niche Stickers project.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Stickers! By me!
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Stickers!
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is getting very silly.
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is starting to take shape. Rough sketches are done. Here's Muggeridge going in hard on a visibly pissed-off Palin.
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There's my next sticker set! Tar/mud men.
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Things are escalating.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“You fucking what Palin? Say that to my face!”
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Possible sticker?
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Been drawing.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This exhibition is doing well.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It's a bummer!
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mac help please. When I open this folder (pic 1) it displays as empty. When I search for an item that should be in it, it displays the item (pic 2). All five of those items can still be opened.

What the hell is going on?

#machelp
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here's a digital version of the first photo. Despite its flaws (or perhaps because of them), I prefer the film version.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Four times I wished I'd set the correct film speed in my camera. I've had to spend some time editing to improve upon the lab scans (who, quite understandably, did not do so).

Always check the film speed!
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thanks for the inspiration.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Some scenes in Yokohama.
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When planning for our Japan holiday, one thing that excited me the most was visiting spots from the Yakuza/Judgement series of games. To go to places I'd walked around for hours. So here's me delighted to be standing outside a bang average car park in Yokohama.
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I bought a digital camera to take to Tokyo. Didn't fancy taking a load of film. At the last minute I also packed a compact film camera and two rolls. So far I've shot four rolls and have started leaving the digital at the hotel.
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Dooleys must have been big in Japan. Not the first of theirs that I've seen here.
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I find myself in Japan and on an unintended Perfect Days tour. One of the toilets and the record shop (no cassettes!). The record shop owner thought that I was a famous painter and asked me to autograph his wall. I obliged.
October 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you have Netflix and want some comfort TV then Rikuoh is the most comforting of comfort TV

Is it cheesy? Yes it is. Will you feel a warm glow at the end of every episode? Yes you will.

It's a long time since I've watched a TV show that fills me with such joy. Let it wash over you.
October 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The man, who called himself Rick, was barefoot and continued to claim that he was "Rock and Roll's spiritual guru," and all should kneel before him. When the police removed his red sunglasses he cowered, crying, "No! Not the light!!". Enquiries are ongoing."

Honolulu News, 22nd Sept, 2025
September 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Been painting.
September 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM