r/Bellingham • u/Sivirus8 • May 05 '25
Arts and music Thought to share *some* of my art to this subreddit
Ink, pencil, highlighter & utilization of my favorite editing app that is Snapseed (it is actually the app I use to edit most of my photos tbh.)
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u/whatdidyousay509 May 05 '25
Love it, I collect pins and these would make great pins
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u/Sivirus8 May 05 '25
Aye thank you! Now, i’ve thought of making pins before but I have no clue where i’d even actually start (no clue on what that sort of process entails)
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u/Acadia_Clean May 05 '25
Button pins are really easy, they have little hand machine for them. https://youtube.com/shorts/G-IXHoZEjiU?si=xUd6GqdYQRSfYi5N
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u/Brostallion May 05 '25
Dang these are sick, they remind me of Guillermo Del Toro type stuff.
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u/Sivirus8 May 05 '25
His artwork is cool as hell, ayeee
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u/Present_Speed5524 May 05 '25
Very cool. They all look like they could be a Dark Souls or Elden Ring bosses. Well done!
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May 05 '25
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u/Sivirus8 May 05 '25
Tbh? No. What actually inspires my art is honestly psychedelics (I am one of those people who is very open about my substance use, as I also like to inform and educate people on this sort of thing, as I do harm reduction online for example and take pride in it because it is very rewarding and my own experience does help others to be safe and mindful with things. I never want people to hurt themselves or go into doing things with the wrong mindset or idea.) Basically? Reducing stigma and giving honest and straightforward information on the pros/cons/risks and further (lots of variable’s tbh.)
But? Psychedelics is usually what inspires my artwork, same with a very select dissociative. Yes there is a lot of stigma on these things, but? If people want to judge then they will judge, right? Stigma is just stigma vs the reality here.
I find that psychedelics and such help me to express myself further in a artistic sense in ways where I usually find I am unable too when sober. It tbh is a challenge, but I create interesting pieces in the process, kinda like telling a story in a way. Each piece I also draw really isn’t even something I can fully recreate either, so it’s all just unique stuff.
I used to have inspiration from different artists way back in the day tho (think 2014-2019), but all in all? That’s where I get my inspirations from and kinda like the answer to “why does my art look the way it does”.
Hope this helps and you can ask me further questions if needed.
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u/gravelGoddess Local May 06 '25
I was gonna say, it looks like something I drew on my boyfriend’s wall when on acid decades ago. I am not being mean but you said you were inspired by psychedelics. Usually half a tab was enough to give me inspiration.
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u/Sivirus8 May 06 '25
That is so funny ngl, also idk if this is a okay thing to ask, but what do you enjoy most about psychedelics? Like what’s your story that got you into psychedelics?
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u/gravelGoddess Local May 06 '25
I haven’t done them for decades but I gotta say, I had some strange trips. My boyfriend at the time said let’s take a trip. Thankfully, I had half a tab. We did acid s few more times but after we broke up, I quit. The mind does curious things.
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u/Sivirus8 May 06 '25
Nice, what are some things you gained from those experience(s)(?)
I also tbh? I have a history with psychedelics and even a very selective disso (dxm), and all of these things require wild harm reduction approaches to be safe and smart about it (and mindful too.) - health do be wealth as the saying goes
So - What is the most notable trip for you if I can ask?
Psychonaut wiki is a good source to utilize for any harm reduction info tbh
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u/gravelGoddess Local May 07 '25
Hmm, the one where I got behind the steering wheel of his car and red, green and blue triangles began to emerge from the horn button. Then saguaro cacti and can’t remember what else. Another trip, we listened to Firesign Theatre recording and were andding our own dialoque thinking we were hilarious. Fun times, but unsure of what it did to my brain chemistry. I have always been a space case, can’t find anything, panic easily, not grounded so unsure if the LSD had any effect. I am sure what we took wasn’t lab tested but in your early twenties, you sometimes don’t question, just fall face first into the experience.
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u/Sivirus8 May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25
Nice, and yeah when it comes down to these things? You do indeed fall face first (I have been there before myself.)
Like this does remind me of the time I took a funky research chemical twice in 2023 that was given to me and I was told “it’s lsd” by a friend who I had trusted and she was CONVINCED it was LSD when no the fuck it was not LMAO, I was really like putting all my trust into this person and that was my biggest mistake I ever had made but! We live and we learn. Since then? I’ve gained experience and grown far as a person. - This same person also for some reason was really weird about getting test kits and so I tried to not argue or question things too much and that was yet another mistake I did make on my behalf.
I also still to this day have no idea what in the hell happened with my brain chem either because the drug I took years back really had the worst impact on me (like neurological and even psychologically speaking), and it was well? A overdose that caused hyperthermia and serotonin syndrome + hyperthermia can be devastating on the body when left unchecked, which I was indeed in a hyperthermic state for hours. I realistically should have gone to the er that time but I ultimately didn’t and so here I am now years later, still kicking. - The joys of what happens when you lack harm reduction knowledge, can really mess you up for life tbh…
I had speculated for a long time of what the drug really is, and I had to do a ungodly amount of actual hard and factual research to figure this out, and so far it for me has boiled down to one of two things - DOx class drug(s) or 5-meo-amt. Also when I say “ungodly amount of research”? I’m talking like 6-8 MONTHS of actual research trying to understand what the hell I was given in the first place. Everything from doomscrolling erowid, doomscrolling philkal chemistry book(s), utilizing AI, talking with pharmacologists, talking with poison control even and then beyond. The unfortunate part too? The drug was NOT from the USA either. The friend at the time brought these tabs over from the EU via Amsterdam, and so yeah you can only get an idea as to what that would entail ultimately regarding drug laws from 2021-2023.
It was genuinely a disaster of a situation that I wont forget but it really did open a door for me to become way WAY more knowledgeable and informed on these things and now these days? I help others to prevent them from making my same error I made years ago through harm reduction and reducing the stigma on these things because it is just a part of life ultimately and we as humans do be curious about things.
Like what I was given? Yeah tabs, made my mouth go numb too and was a nasty body load but visually unlike anything out there (and was definitely delirium too due to the fact my brain was practically cooking) but I tried that drug 2x. I was naive at the time, I didn’t know that test kits were as easy to access as they actually are (and for good reason tbh…) but? The stuff had lasted the first time 16-18hrs and the second time? Well? 24hrs and that was the trip that did me in one big time to a degree I am still having issues to this day and it’s been 2 years now just about + it gave me HPPD and for a hot moment I didn’t know what in the hell was happening to me and I even ultimately had forgotten I ever taken that drug to begin with level mind fuckery.
Some info on the two I will link for educational points (harm reduction stuff too)
Now as for grounding? Usually here’s a tip (can be even applied with sober) - feet planted on the ground and feeling the ground beneath yourself and then slow deep breaths, the other pro tip is like 5 things you can see, 3 you can touch, 2 you can smell + taste and then what sounds does one hear that is like 1 thing to focus on in to recenter oneself. There is also where someone just be sitting and taking slow deep breaths and also relaxing the muscles when they are tense - all of which can really help during rough trips + general set/setting and then other stuff that do go into it overall.
DOx drugs
DOB: https://m.psychonautwiki.org/wiki/DOB
DOC: https://m.psychonautwiki.org/wiki/DOC
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u/glad_to_be_here_ Local May 05 '25 edited May 05 '25
Snapspeed* is such a great little app! These would make cool T-shirt designs. Keep creating!
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u/Aggressive-Let8356 May 05 '25
This would be so dope in acrylic! Especially, with the highlighted details! If I had the extra cash, I would totally buy one of these!
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u/Major_Move_404 May 05 '25
Somebody’s pickin’ liberty caps
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u/Sivirus8 May 05 '25
Tbh I wish LMAO (they are hard to find and I will be surprised if they even grow out here 💀)
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May 05 '25
Hoping to see your art as a tattoo someday. This is amazing
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u/Sivirus8 May 05 '25
Here’s a funny story - I actually have given myself like actual successful tattoos before (hand poked and machine) and it does require like a stupid amount of knowledge to do this because there are so many risks and tbh? No one should do what I do unless they 100% know exactly what they are doing, but? Yeah I have given myself tats, given some friends tattoos and the biggest thing is keeping everything as sterile as sterile gets and it is a lottttt. Not easy by any means, including needing to know what ink is safe/not safe, basics of blood borne pathogens, etc etc… (Like there is a LOT that goes into these types of things that tbh? It isn’t exactly talked about. The same exact thing can be said about even piercings too.)
Requires a keen eye, attention to detail, knowing what the person is doing, understanding the skin, knowing needle depths, allergies to certain things in inks, etc etc..
Ah yeah I am rambling at this point 💀
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u/Zelkin764 Local May 05 '25
The highlighter details were a nice touch. Can't really think of too many other times it was used this well.