Ven Locklear
@venlocklear.bsky.social
Digital painter, Illustrator, Concept Artist. Artist for Excision. Oregonian in New England. No 🚫 A 🚫 👁️ 🚫
IG: https://www.instagram.com/venlocklear/
Email: venishi@gmail.com
Portfolio, prints, more: https://linktr.ee/venlocklear
IG: https://www.instagram.com/venlocklear/
Email: venishi@gmail.com
Portfolio, prints, more: https://linktr.ee/venlocklear
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Ven Locklear
@venlocklear.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I'm Ven, illustrator and concept artist. I work for Excision and also like to draw weird horrors from my dreams. #noai
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Happy whale explosion day to those who celebrate! 🐋
On this day 55 years ago, blubber went boom at the Oregon Coast.
That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale.
Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.
That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale.
Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.
‘It was like a blubber snowstorm’: Why Oregon blew up a whale in 1970
The exploding whale is a piece of Oregon lore that just won’t go away. It’s one of those real-life stories that just sounds too strange to be real.
www.opb.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy whale explosion day to those who celebrate! 🐋
New single artwork, always fun to draw meat and chrome.
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New single artwork, always fun to draw meat and chrome.
Great movie weekend! Saw Frankenstein in theaters, really felt the love from Del Toro. Beautiful and thoughtful....aaaand for a palette cleanser rented the new Toxic Avenger, lol
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Great movie weekend! Saw Frankenstein in theaters, really felt the love from Del Toro. Beautiful and thoughtful....aaaand for a palette cleanser rented the new Toxic Avenger, lol
Spotify's newest trend is AI tracks and albums impersonating smaller artists who either aren't producing music anymore, are on a hiatus, or have passed away. So now when I go to hear new releases from my favorite artists, I regularly encounter illegal AI slop. And it makes me want to cry.
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Spotify's newest trend is AI tracks and albums impersonating smaller artists who either aren't producing music anymore, are on a hiatus, or have passed away. So now when I go to hear new releases from my favorite artists, I regularly encounter illegal AI slop. And it makes me want to cry.
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CHINGA LA MIGRA 🐊💥 risograph prints will be with me at SPX on some kind of sliding scale, with sales donated to the Florida Immigrant Coalition, a coalition of advocacy groups across the state, and CASA, a group active here in Maryland as well as Virginia and Pennsylvania.
September 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
CHINGA LA MIGRA 🐊💥 risograph prints will be with me at SPX on some kind of sliding scale, with sales donated to the Florida Immigrant Coalition, a coalition of advocacy groups across the state, and CASA, a group active here in Maryland as well as Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Ah, there's nothing like waking up to see a post from a past client where they've used AI instead of a real artist. I shouldn't look at Instagram in the morning.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ah, there's nothing like waking up to see a post from a past client where they've used AI instead of a real artist. I shouldn't look at Instagram in the morning.
RIP Graham Greene. I've never seen Dances With Wolves, I guess it won 6 Oscars. What didn't win six Oscars was Clearcut, but god damn is that a fascinating movie with an eerie performance from him. He goes from hilarious to scary just like that, and oh boy that de-barking scene. GO WATCH IT NOW!!!
September 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
RIP Graham Greene. I've never seen Dances With Wolves, I guess it won 6 Oscars. What didn't win six Oscars was Clearcut, but god damn is that a fascinating movie with an eerie performance from him. He goes from hilarious to scary just like that, and oh boy that de-barking scene. GO WATCH IT NOW!!!
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💗 ARTSHARE 💗
To celebrate my 500 followers milestone, I host my very first #artshare thread here on BlueSky!
You know the drill:
- share this post so others can join
- present yourself (optional)
- show your art (obviously... 😅)
- no NSFW please (artistic nudity/erotica is allowed)
- have fun!
To celebrate my 500 followers milestone, I host my very first #artshare thread here on BlueSky!
You know the drill:
- share this post so others can join
- present yourself (optional)
- show your art (obviously... 😅)
- no NSFW please (artistic nudity/erotica is allowed)
- have fun!
August 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
💗 ARTSHARE 💗
To celebrate my 500 followers milestone, I host my very first #artshare thread here on BlueSky!
You know the drill:
- share this post so others can join
- present yourself (optional)
- show your art (obviously... 😅)
- no NSFW please (artistic nudity/erotica is allowed)
- have fun!
To celebrate my 500 followers milestone, I host my very first #artshare thread here on BlueSky!
You know the drill:
- share this post so others can join
- present yourself (optional)
- show your art (obviously... 😅)
- no NSFW please (artistic nudity/erotica is allowed)
- have fun!
I got my copy of Bad Space Comics!!!!!!
July 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I got my copy of Bad Space Comics!!!!!!
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Stop using generative AI. There is no legitimate use of generative AI. There is no “I hate AI but this is ok”. Not everyone is using it. We do not have to “get used to it or be left behind.” Just don’t. Just stop. Delete the app. Close your account. Save some money. Take the first step.
#noai
#noai
June 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Stop using generative AI. There is no legitimate use of generative AI. There is no “I hate AI but this is ok”. Not everyone is using it. We do not have to “get used to it or be left behind.” Just don’t. Just stop. Delete the app. Close your account. Save some money. Take the first step.
#noai
#noai
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reminder that every print ordered from my shop is made, proofed, and hand signed by me personally and never dropshipped from some anonymous print factory farm <3
June 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
reminder that every print ordered from my shop is made, proofed, and hand signed by me personally and never dropshipped from some anonymous print factory farm <3
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I started learning some After Effects around 2019, and now use it pretty regularly to (among other things) make visualizers out of my album art on Subsidia. Here's a fun one: youtu.be/ergI7kIUwOs?...
EXCISION, SVDDEN DEATH & YMV3 - INSANE! | SUBSIDIA
YouTube video by Excision
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June 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I started learning some After Effects around 2019, and now use it pretty regularly to (among other things) make visualizers out of my album art on Subsidia. Here's a fun one: youtu.be/ergI7kIUwOs?...
New single artwork for Excision, Svdden Death, and YVM3. #dubstep #bassmusic
June 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New single artwork for Excision, Svdden Death, and YVM3. #dubstep #bassmusic
Yeah I draw dark stuff but I also like CUTE STUFF. And this is cute stuff from a friend and for a good cause!!!
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#makeship #crowdfunding #art #blueskynightmarket #pride #transpride #thetrevorproject
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#makeship #crowdfunding #art #blueskynightmarket #pride #transpride #thetrevorproject
June 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Yeah I draw dark stuff but I also like CUTE STUFF. And this is cute stuff from a friend and for a good cause!!!
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I can’t believe I can finally hold her. ESBY day!!
May 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I can’t believe I can finally hold her. ESBY day!!
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May 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Happy 40th birthday to me! Thank you all for helping me through another year and firmly into the middle ages. 🎈Rumour has it people share your #art when it's your birthday, but I don't know if that's true! Maybe time will tell
May 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Happy 40th birthday to me! Thank you all for helping me through another year and firmly into the middle ages. 🎈Rumour has it people share your #art when it's your birthday, but I don't know if that's true! Maybe time will tell
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📅✨Mark your calendars for the return of Drawfee Variety Hour! We'll be raising money for Trans Lifeline, June 7th 2pm ET-8 on Twitch!
May 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
📅✨Mark your calendars for the return of Drawfee Variety Hour! We'll be raising money for Trans Lifeline, June 7th 2pm ET-8 on Twitch!