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Maksim Strelkov

@zethkeeper

Comicbook colorist and music composer. Tired. | I'm so prog I listen to concept albums on shuffle (c) Kmac2021. keepercolors.com zethkeeper.bandcamp.com For hiring: keepercomicsgeek@gmail.com #comicbookcolorist #colorist

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Art by Chris Moore for Against Infinity by Gregory Benford (NEL, 1984)

06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I wanted to do a series or hero/villain stand off pieces with similar framing and composition. Here’s what I have so far. Thinking about doing one more. If I do, who should I do next? πŸ‘€

07.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
Tweet that says, "I’m sure this will make you sad too, but I’m also using Claude to second guess home contractors. The licensed electrician was lying to me (or just totally wrong) about the kind of wiring in my house and recommending an expensive and unnecessary job."

Tweet that says, "I’m sure this will make you sad too, but I’m also using Claude to second guess home contractors. The licensed electrician was lying to me (or just totally wrong) about the kind of wiring in my house and recommending an expensive and unnecessary job."

This is the sort of thing I'm talking about in just implicitly trusting AI and acting like it doesn't hallucinate.

If you had to hire an electrician in the first place, what makes you think you're qualified to judge Claude's output to determine if the electrician is wrong?

06.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 584 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 29
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Spider-Punk

05.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An abstract drawing of Space, lots of stars and nebulae is seen. Few close stars are in our field of view, shining bright and colorful.

An abstract drawing of Space, lots of stars and nebulae is seen. Few close stars are in our field of view, shining bright and colorful.

Made this last night. Turned out rather abstract, but I really wanted to just make *something* before bed.

07.03.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Process!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VSB...

#marcioabreu #venom #comicart #keeper #colors #comicbookcolorist #speedpaint #coloring #process #timlapse #art #music #originalmusic #spacemetal #progmetal #prog #spacerock #progrock #progressivemetal #progressiverock #metal

05.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Venom standing in the sewers, reaching out to viewer with symbiote tentacles and sticking his tongue out.

Venom standing in the sewers, reaching out to viewer with symbiote tentacles and sticking his tongue out.

Venom - colors (old).

Original lineart by Marcio Abreu.

#venom #venomart #venommarvel #simbyote #eddiebrock #marvel #marvelcomics #marcioabreuarte #marcioabreu #keeper #colors #comicbookcolorist

04.03.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Warm-up from this morning, coloring over this Mick McMahon Dredd piece.

Very messy but I'm liking it

20.11.2024 15:24 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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KIDS Act Passes Energy and Commerce along Partisan Lines, COPPA 2.0 Postponed Additional bills on kids online safety and cybersecurity passed with bipartisan support

The package of censorship and surveillance bills brought up in todays markup has been advanced

Continue to contact your representatives and demand this legislation be opposed. Tell your family and friends, explain how these bills are not what they appear, and ask them to join us in opposition!

06.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 2326 πŸ” 2536 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 51
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Bad Internet Bills All of the bad internet bills. One website.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed the Kids Act, a mix of KOSA, Screen Act, and several other ID/facescan verification bills. There is still time before a final vote in the House, as well as a Senate version. Please use this link to call your Senators and Representatives to vote no.

06.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 511 πŸ” 674 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 21

Ugh!

06.03.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Android 18 from dragon ball holding a surfboard looking at the horizon at sunrise.

Android 18 from dragon ball holding a surfboard looking at the horizon at sunrise.

Android 18.

06.03.2026 07:07 πŸ‘ 3369 πŸ” 564 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 4

Great cover by Mark Sexton.

05.03.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Did you know we’re planning to bring back Dan Dare, retooled for the 21st Century? A fab script from @alexdecampi.bsky.social and @marclaming.bsky.social art is just stonking. Won’t happen without your support so please sign up here … www.kickstarter.com/projects/798... #graphicnovels #scifi #space

02.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Here’s a cover I illustrated for the upcoming D&D book, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. It was such a joy to paint Strahd again πŸ¦‡
Art director: AJ Hanneld

04.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 3974 πŸ” 1021 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 26

Also, I see the same pattern in the music instruments world. Especially guitars and synths. Yeah, there are some instruments that are expensive to begin with, from the factory, but that doesn't mean MOST of them should be.

05.03.2026 10:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate it. Despise it in fact. I get why it's there, i do. I get why the industry feels like it needs them. But i would much rather have a comic in everyone's hand that wants to read the story than a bunch of them in the hands of someone that wants exorbitant amounts because it's "hot".

05.03.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Scrotnig (it’s a @2000ad.bsky.social word) Steve Dillon-esque cover by Mark Sexton for our current Judge Dredd story, β€˜Climate Crisis.’

05.03.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

Colours on this @kellybrack.bsky.social companion looking piece too.

Green Goblin and Daredevil.

05.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Process!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VSB...

#marcioabreu #venom #comicart #keeper #colors #comicbookcolorist #speedpaint #coloring #process #timlapse #art #music #originalmusic #spacemetal #progmetal #prog #spacerock #progrock #progressivemetal #progressiverock #metal

05.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Venom standing in the sewers, reaching out to viewer with symbiote tentacles and sticking his tongue out.

Venom standing in the sewers, reaching out to viewer with symbiote tentacles and sticking his tongue out.

Venom - colors (old).

Original lineart by Marcio Abreu.

#venom #venomart #venommarvel #simbyote #eddiebrock #marvel #marvelcomics #marcioabreuarte #marcioabreu #keeper #colors #comicbookcolorist

04.03.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

*Opens feed*
*Reads few posts down*
*Closes feed*

01.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Being able to finish things.

02.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Windows Photo app changes the colour of the image when in edit mode - Microsoft Q&A I have had this issue since day 1 and I never realized it until I opened the picture in another photo application other than the native Photos app. here is the example. On the left is the Photo...

They built it bad i guess? As a prank?

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answer...

03.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Idk who needs to hear this- but if you are opening your colored comics pages from your colorist in the default windows app- you are getting the wrong colors.

Same image in rgb. Opens fine in Google Chrome and ms paint. Desaturated in windows photo, which is the default app.

03.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.

02.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 16499 πŸ” 5120 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 63
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@brettbooth.bsky.social

02.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A blond woman in grunge clothing holds a base guitar in her arms. She wears a red fannal shirt open over ripped band t shirt and dress.

A blond woman in grunge clothing holds a base guitar in her arms. She wears a red fannal shirt open over ripped band t shirt and dress.

Pretty thrilled with how this commission came out. I'm slowly changing the way I color and I think it's going in a good direction.

02.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 562 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Quick colors, for fun between issues, on @kellybrack.bsky.social Black Cat and Vulture piece.

28.02.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Veil of Death

02.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 1016 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0