Boy howdy.
From oil painter to comic artist and a little of everything in between. Artist on The Airless Year. Demi. He/Him/His. https://www.valentinebarker.com
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Boy howdy.
Mostly I'm just happy that my iPad could handle all of the footage without any problem.
Just condensed seven hours worth of painting into a three-minute video. That's kinda cool?
I'm not live *right now* BUT you can still add me as a contact for free! Then you'll get all my pics in your feed and get notified the next time I'm online 😘📲🐈⬛
and hey let's emphasize this with a new profile icon
It’s fall. Let’s write poems, bake sweets, and believe in ourselves. 🍁 🎃 ✨
TOO LATE!
We'll be there, too!
I've painted the cover for this and I can hardly wait to share it with y'all! Get. On. This.
IT'S SEPTEMBER?! Among other things, that means @mrsbarker.bsky.social and I are moving to Athens in TWO. MONTHS. So, if you wanna see me... Rose City Comic Con might be your last chance for... a long while.
What! What!! Tea Goblin Cafe Newsletter #15 is out! There's new submission calls for comic anthologies! And a couple of new cons with open applications. Free resource on Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/tea-go... #submissions #opencall #comiccons #openapplications #artists #comics #patreon
I'm actually moving to Greece in two months. Once I have an actual address I can always update you?
Fair! So... uhm... is there a lot of knife licking? Could definitely use the reference for a sexy pokémon I'm planning.
Nobody dreams of labor, there’s no such thing as a dream job, but if my job lets me revel in luxury and delicious moments, so be it 🖤🍇
As soon as I wrap my head around the concept, I want to put together a short video on how we are managing to move abroad. We don't have a lot of money. But we've been pooling resources, selling house items, canceling subscriptions, and doing a lot of penny pinching. If we can do it, so can you.
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I just can't get things to catch today. So far, realistically, I penciled a single panel and I'm wiped out. I just want to nap.
Goode Labor Day to all
Relevant to my interests.
Another small excerpt from my current travelogue ENJOY. ENDURE, about my time in Vietnam. (Although I'm still in Bangkok here.) If you'd like to read more, the comic is available now for paid members of my Patreon. (It finished today!) (Isn't that exciting!) patreon.com/meredithmcclaren
I knew Ted loved the red juice.
Now the question is: do I do one iteration from each evolutionary chain or do I try to do the original 151?
I think it's time I got back on my sexy pokémon bullshit.
Look. Red juice.
IT'S SEPTEMBER?! Among other things, that means @mrsbarker.bsky.social and I are moving to Athens in TWO. MONTHS. So, if you wanna see me... Rose City Comic Con might be your last chance for... a long while.
Sounds like a plan!
I would LOVE that!
Samesies.
I have a couple of hard decisions I'm mulling over. Send good vibes and joy.
Good morning #booksky 🌈📚💙 Would you like some queer nonsense in your eyeballs this week? Come check out the #NeoG
Yay! More mini-painting friends!
Last of the SDCC 2025 preshow commissions! They wanted a Bagley Spider-Man. I love Bagley Spider-Man. I wanted to make sure I did an homage, and not a copy, so I composed the figure based off of my memory of his amazing work. He's an underrated master.
Birch is attacked by a demon as she's trying to commit suicide. Her soul defeats it but in the process gets locked inside his body while hers falls into a coma. Trapped & stuck in Hell, Birch must survive hordes, manipulation, & temptation as she tries to get back to her body before it's too late.
Friends of mine actually worked on it. Still, I haven't read it.
If you’ve ever worried whether art matters. It does.
I do! I got back into it earlier in the pandemic
Hell yeah!
It's Closer #1 week! imagecomics.com/comics/relea...
I think she was close to her limit break when she left, so it should be a quick fight.
True. It was just such a surreal moment.
At least this time she put shoes on.
Yeah... Yeah... I just thanked him and went back to what I was doing.
Welp. I've lost @mrsbarker.bsky.social . She's off to fight a train.
Today at the event I was vending at an attendee told me, very earnestly, that I could probably have a career in art if I wanted. Thanks, pal.
Sorry, friend.
This was basically my experience, too. I turned to Diane and said, "I think I hate this movie."
We recently finished that, actually!
Log off?
I want to believe.
The President sat in the Oval Office and said, “a lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.” And somehow, that’s not even a top story.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe is one of the coolest people who ever lived and you should know who she is. You don't get rock & roll without her.
Hell yeah! Wait...
Would you like to be my next Patron on Patreon? Catch up on the story! You can read the first chapter for free! & only $5 a month for exclusive access to the ongoing story!
*takes note*
Little known fact? HB stands for Hella Bad. Which is how bad I want a pencil.
I wish I had brought a pencil. What kills me is I almost grabbed my drawing kit, but swore I had stuff in my bag. Sigh.
*raises arms and does a little dance* Hey! You! Come check out mah web novel! *wiggles* Read chapter 1 for free as well as three other independent stories. I'm looking to see if I can get *TWO* new subscribers this weekend. O.O www.patreon.com/c/DianeBarker
I never would have guessed it was a mistake given... everything.
You're such a sweetheart!
This feels like a brilliant idea.
Oh. A band is setting up. Playing sleepy music and I'm warm and exhausted. Nap time: imminent.
I actually relaxed yesterday! It was really nice. Feeling reinvigorated! SO! Does anyone need any help? I'd love to make a little extra cash and take @valentinebarker.com out on a date. It's been a while. Websites/Graphic Design/Marketing/Writing Venmo: @diane-barker33
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Why, that's the day!
Last day to join my Patreon and get this set shipped to you!
Hehehehe. I just never know what to say.
There's a very weird phenomena that happens when I'm at an event: people will read the copy on ALL of my prints TO ME. As if I've never seen them before and they're introducing me to a joke. I'm used to it, but it's just weird how universal it is.
Whaaaaaat?!
Perfect.
Who could live at that speed?!
Update: their lemonade is $1.50 and one girl is pushing HARD to raise that price. Her opening offer was $5.00. She won't budge below $2.00. She's going to be a force to reckon with.
Probably! I hope so, at least.
Oh. No. They're also selling handmade greeting cards and bracelets? I'm doomed.
I'm set up at a one-day event and there's a table across from me that's an honest-to-god lemonade stand run by two little girls. At least I'll be hydrated all day.
Hey does anyone want this a4 sized sketch page with three coloured headshots -judge Dredd, judge death and chimpsky £200? Free p&p uk and Europe only (sorry America) (roughly a4 but slightly narrow when removed from the book)
Dead, alive, hiding — doesn’t matter. Release the Epstein files.
I am going to be so, so very tired tomorrow.
I routinely eat breakfast at 4:00pm, so I feel ya.
We're all delightful.
Working the door at a bar has been... Interesting.
It's gonna be okay, man.
This is perfection.
It looked brand new!
This dude just referred to his Phantom Menace shirt as vintage. I'm gonna go die now, thanks.
I am on a writing roll! Chapter 4 is up on A Demon Named Birch. I would love to get some new Patrons! If you like urban fantasy, demons, Hell, and stopping the Apocalypse, this might be the story for you! Who wants to be my 3rd subscriber? Pretty please!! www.patreon.com/posts/demon-...
Okay, sure, Sour Apple.
What if I told you you're both right?
It's just me and a bucket of dum-dums.
seen out in the wild, on my usual walking route (i.e. in no way city center). KEEP THE PRESSURE ON FOLKS we are not alone
Still hired.
I mean, if he can get me work and run the business so I can just paint? HIRED.
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Hey i need a favor What’s your favorite Frank frazetta piece I wanna show someone his work
Y'all. Stop insulting people using statements about intellect. When you do that, you are always, without exception, implicitly punching down at people with intellectual disabilities. Being intelligent does not make someone good. Having a low IQ does not make someone bad. Knock it the fuck off.
I wouldn't be able to hear anything over my own tinnitus.
🎶 Super 🎵 Emotional 🎶
Holy crap I need an agent.
It honestly feels like it!