The New-New Normal Again (May 2025) Compilation Post! by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

I am not a clam. I am not a starfish. I am not an ashtray. I am not carpet fibers. Isn't life great???

Let's make some artz about it!!!

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26 May 2025

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"Chicken of the Night" by RFY (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen and gel pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] He haunts the local bars and dance clubs. He is the dreaded CHICKEN OF THE NIGHT!!!

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Art is for Sharing, and Cows Eat It, Too!

Brand new update to the NEOCITIES page! Many new drawings/art-things, plus vids and memes that I stole! HOORAY!

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"Ecto Containment Unit" by RFY (HF)

[Felt pen, gel pen, and colored pencil on notebook page with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] My notebooks and journals act as temporary containment units for all kinds a' freaks!

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"Monstrous Visage and Weird Spirits" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, and colored pencil on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] The creatures that walk in the night are of varying sizes, some gigantic (especially in the WILD SPACES), but the bigger the entity, the more likely it is to attract an entourage!

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"Heap" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, brush pen, and metallic marker on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] A freaky example of broken psychology! Interior exteriorized!

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"Hey Hey Hey" by RFY (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen and brush pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Emperor Norton created his own money, back by the power of his personality. Each note is worth a LOT now...

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"Digga Digga Doo" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, brush pen, and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Live stage dive from the SPIRIT REALM! Enjoy the show!!!

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"Purple is Not Black" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, and colored pencil on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] You know, there is usually SOME kind of connection between the image and the text (if there are written words) in my artz, but for the life of me, I can't remember WTF I was thinking with this one... Just, "HUH???" Ha!

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27 May 2025

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"Normal Ass Landscape" by RFY (HF)

[Felt pen, gel pen, brush pen, paint pen, and metallic marker on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] Standard view in the Pacific Northwest...

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"Born to Lose" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, brush pen, and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color tweaking.] The Heartbreaking truth about weirdos who think they aren't artists...

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"My Baby Don't Care" by RFY (HF)

[Felt pen, gel pen, and colored pencil on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] I feel comfortable with this...

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"intoandoutof" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, crayon, and colored pencil on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Experimental fumigation techniques with tiny ballet monsters for flavor.

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28 May 2025

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Late May Work in Progress! by RFY (HF)

Blog post that I shared to my HIVE profile! Lots of photos and even a video of Riot playing some harsh electronic music and singing like a monster!!!

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"Snake and Bug in a Psychedelic Adventure" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, liner pen, paint pen, and colored pencil on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] No drugs were harmed in the making of this particular nightmare! Great ball of fur!!!

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"Restricted Access" by RFY (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, brush pen, gel pen, liner pen, and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] If your brainwaves don't match our code, you can't think about it!

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29 May 2025

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"Evil Otto Feels the Flow" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, gel pen, and paint pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color.] Evil Otto was probably the most terrifying smiley face in all of '80's pop culture! He sure made ME go Berzerk!!!

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"Nothing in My Brain" by RFY (HF)

[Felt pen, gel pen, colored pencil and crayon on notebook page with minor digital embellishments.] This is how it feels... Even when there's nothing there, MAKE SOMETHING!

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"Spider-raffe" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, brush pen, and metallic marker on paper with digital embellishments and color.] One of the many, MANY unholy THINGS that have passed through my brain... Spider-Giraffe hybrid beast!

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30 May 2025

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"Chaos Demon" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

[Felt pen, ,gel pen, crayon, paint pen, colored pencil, and sticker collage on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and minor color tweaking.] Yes. I have drawn ANOTHER Chaos Demon. I encounter these fellows frequently, and always enjoy my time spent in their company! Yeah...

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31 May 2025

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New NEOCITIES post, cuz that's where the REAL FUN iz!!! Awesome! Alone is Strange... (Very VERY large post this time. I've been BUSY!!!)

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Thanks for the visit. Let's keep in touch (cuz I can't afford to pay that Private Eye anymore...) LATER!!!

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P.S. - All of my stuff in this post is CC0, Creative Commons, and can be used by other folks for whatever they wanna do with it. If you want to say where you got the raw, that'd be cool! Anything that AIN'T mine, ain't mine to give away... END OF LINE...

---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)

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