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Vostok_ [none/use name]

@ Vostok_ @hexbear.net

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Artist from Romania. Dreaming of a better world.
https://vostok.straw.page/

1w ago

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Bulletins and International News Discussion from February 23rd to February 28th, 2026 - FIRST IRAN VS US+ZIONISTS WAR MEGATHREAD
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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1w ago
It costs 400,000 dollars to flush this toilet... once.

2w ago

China invents process that turns desert sand into fertile soil in just 10 months

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 2w ago

Me when I see literally anything about the People's Republic of China:

3w ago

Nashville Sit-ins Begin (1960) - Novo General Megathread for the 13th-19th of February 2026

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 3w ago

This has got to be the worst tagline I've seen in 2 years of looking at this site. I didn't think it was possible, well done!

4w ago

Make Up Cool Movie Names

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 4w ago

The Sundial Protocol

Paradox of Paradise

The Spark That Set The World On Fire

Shattered Crown

Severed Chains

The Final War

Eradicating Malady

Ending Famine

Curing Death

1mo ago

Freedom Road Socialist Organization - Novo General Megathread for the 30th of January to 6th of February 2026

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

I read some of the new Epstein files, specifically the journal of a victim.

The USA is Satan's embassy on this planet and a nuke for every square kilometer is not enough.

1mo ago

Bulletins and International News Discussion from January 26th to February 1st, 2026 - A Powerless Ukraine

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

It's nice to be wrong.

1mo ago

Bulletins and International News Discussion from January 26th to February 1st, 2026 - A Powerless Ukraine

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

I just remembered that one alleged IDF insider on polymarket with 100% win rate had that bet about Iran being bombed before the end of January.

Today is the 31st, last day of the bet, a Saturday (stock market is closed), all air assets are in place and even more Epstein files were released. Sadly I think the attack is pretty much guaranteed to start today.

1mo ago

I'm not sure about this one, Mr. President

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

What about those with full rows of shark teeth? Does the hate compound exponentially?

1mo ago

Freedom Road Socialist Organization - Novo General Megathread for the 30th of January to 6th of February 2026

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

I have the idea to add music from my personal library to my art timelapses from now on, I think it would be a fun way to express myself. (60% of the library is socialist songs from a dozen languages)

I think it would also be cool for whatever future people are paying attention to the timelapse videos to try to predict what track will be next and be intrigued enough to watch another, then another, then another. Maybe that will be what turns some people towards socialism, I want for someone out there to go ”Damn, those reds have good artists as well as good music? Maybe there is more to them than I thought...”.

I want to keep improving and learning how to paint and sketch until there are people out there who think exactly that.

1mo ago

Kallas privately complains that von der Leyen is a dictator

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

Is there one person on this planet who genuinely likes Ursula von der Leyen?

1mo ago

Angela Yvonne Davis - Novo General Megathread for the 23th-29th of January 2026

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

I felt so called out by this tweet I immediately opened 15 duckduckgo tabs and started building a whole new section of my reference image collection.

Check them out by the way, all are amazing artists. Zhang Dazhong in particular specialized in paintings of red guard women.

1mo ago

Angela Yvonne Davis - Novo General Megathread for the 23th-29th of January 2026

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

Every comment from a person here on my artwork is worth 1000 xitter likes to me, I thank everyone who engages with my art.

1mo ago

Portrait of a Partisan.

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

I will say that recording timelapses does help, it shows that drawing is a long process of quantitative changes layered until a complete illustration takes shape. It builds motivation for making future paintings.

It also helps to observe when and how you can change your technique, choices made early on that could have changed the whole end result.

As for my approach to linework, I will add that I sometimes skip it all together in favor of starting with blocking shapes, but that usually goes poorly if I don't already have a strong mental image of what I want to depict.

1mo ago

Portrait of a Partisan.

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

Thank you. I will keep painting more interesting things.

1mo ago

Portrait of a Partisan.

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Vostok_ [none/use name] @hexbear.net 1mo ago

I would like to make a confession and say right now that I have not played Disco Elysium. This is pretty much how I paint normally.

One of the inspirations I had when I was building the foundations of my painting knowledge was J.C. Leyendecker where I really wanted to create things with defined brushstrokes, clear silhouettes and vivid colors. The resemblance to the art of Disco Elysium is a case of convergent evolution where those ideas have manifested into something similar.

I will say that the art of Disco Elysium is absolutely fantastic now that I recently discovered it, I will study it in more detail in the future and maybe lean into it's visual language purposefully.