The Heirarchy

The Mona Lisa, a superb forgery and a high quality print. Though they're identical, the original is worth more than the others because we attach value to authenticity and originality, not just to a superficial surface-aesthetic. Ai images are never authentic nor original, hence they have zero value.

"Big Al"

Time-lapse of a mural I completed at the Commando Training Centre in Devon. Emulsion on plaster.

#timelapse #timelapsefilm #mural #timelapsemural #painting #royalmarines #royalmarinescommando #CTCRM #globeandlaurel #greenberet #commandos #artist

Mary Gawthorpe, Suffragette, Teacher and Trade Unionist from Leeds.

Oil on aluminium panel, 1m²

#leeds #Suffragette #votesforwomen #portrait #portraitartist #oilpainting #history #britishhistory #painting @bsky.art

Carnforth Station

This station doesn't always feature bare-knuckle gladiatorial games but turn up on a random Tuesday and you might be lucky.

(Be careful around trains.)

#carnforth #trainstation #lancashire #gladiators #gorillapress #fight #overheadlift #art #artwork #station @bsky.art #fighting

Perseus

Pen on paper

#perseus #medusa #titans #clashofthetitans #demigod #classical #Greek #ancientgreece #mythology #myth #greekmyth #mythological #story #narrative #muscles #bodygoals #athlete #sandals #gladiatorsandals #swordsandsandals #drawing #art #penonpaper #pendrawing #sketchbook

Ai "artist" using a set of pedestrian lights.

#ai #aiart #aiartisnotart #aiartisnotrealart #aiartistheft #aiartistsarecrap #screwai #aiartists #antiai #noai #notoai #notoaiart #noaiart #fakeartist

Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT and scourge of tabloid hacks.

Primer, Winsor & Newton Promarkers and varnish on wood.

#micklynch #rmt #tuc #labourmovement #tradeunion #tradeunionmovement #tradeunion #labour #workingclasshero #portrait #art #portraitartist #artwork #blackandwhite

Self portrait (detail); sternocleidomastoid

#neck #selfportrait #portrait @bsky.art #art #painting #paint #muscle #muscles

Leeds

Pen on paper

#leeds #leedsleedsleeds #yorkshire #art @bsky.art #penonpaper #penandink #chiaroscuro #dark #city #urbanlandscape #urban #lonefigure

Drawing Mannequin

Pen on paper initially, then scanned in and vectorised on Adobe Illustrator.

#drawing #mannequin #model #draw #sketching #sketchbook #art #graphics #vector

X-ray film (and a bit of Shakespeare). This short anatomical animation is comprised of a number of pen drawings on A3 paper.

#hamlet #shakespeare #anatomy #humananatomy #animation #short #shorts #animatedshorts #animated #skeleton #muscles #brains #acting #skull @bsky.art #penonpaper #penart

The Volunteer Rocketeer

He puts his hand up so you don't have to.

#rocketman #jetpack #character #art #characterart #penonpaper #rocketpack #hero

Hungarian Vizsla mural at Copr Bar in Swansea. Emulsion on plaster.

#dog #dogs #hungarianvizsla #vizsla #vizslas #indoormural #Swansea #Wales #doggylove #painting #artwork

Sunrise Yomper

Oil on wood

#royalmarines #royalmarinescommando #militaryart #military #art #britishart #Britishmilitary #oilpainting #oilonwood #artwork #Marines #yomper #Falklands #sunrise #skyscape

Before-and-after Time-lapse film showing 2 panels of a 70 ft long dementia-themed mural I painted over a heavily graffiti-ed wall in Headingley, Leeds.

#Headingley #Leeds #mural #Streetart #painting #art #artwork #timelapse #beforeandafter #cricket #football #leedsutd #dementia

Theseus and The Minotaur

Pen on paper. Background erased digitally.

#pendrawing #penandink #penonpaper #figurativeart #art #drawing #sketching #sketchbook #mythology #greekmythology #swords #sandals #muscles #monster #monsters #maze

Unpopular opinion: you can't diagnose yourself with imposter syndrome because you can't genuinely believe you're an imposter and simultaneously know you're not. Anyone who claims to, is an imposter at least as far as they're claiming to have something which they might not have.

Skeleton unrelated.

90ft mural at 45 Commando in Arbroath.

#art #mural #royalmarines #Britishart #militaryart #Scotland #commandos