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i feel like i'm missing out on a lot by not having a functional tumblr - and i can Say Things without sitting there trying to strike the right balance between actually sounding like myself and fitting everything into a 240 character limit.

i was dropped into this simulation in the early 80s, i'm a disabled artist (vision impaired - [ask me about my atrophied optic nerves] - & have some other Issues so i use a cane) & my wife and i host two black cats, roughly 35% of a mannequin, and a whole lot of dolls.

all my art is trad/physical media, haven't figured out a way to make digital art accessible yet. maybe someday!! i like to sculpt in epoxy, plastilene, polymer & stone clay, i like to mold & cast, make & customize various types of dolls, & build puppets; i do custom framed work, mixed media & textile stuff like sewing & embroidery; i paint in oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache & water soluble graphite & i love ink, markers, crayons & whatever cheap & weird stuff i can get my hands on.

my favorite thing is horror coated in a fine layer of nostalgia & sprinkled with history. i tend to fixate on characters & concepts & do a lot of art about it - a habit i developed while i was re-teaching myself to draw after the changes to my eyesight. my output is largely therapeutic. sometimes people like it. maybe you will too!!

i also exist on xwitter @ broadcastrelay where i am most active.

i do still make Alastor things (got a few cooking, in fact!!) but they will be posted in the new place, so tune in if you're feeling it 📺

first pics (& video) from when i received zelda last year 🥺🥺🥺

here's the adorable goodies she came with & a sweet note from @spookysnooty 😭😭😭

btw, the red patch was from @hand-in-hand-again aka f.m. troxler (and you can get one for yourself [here] (or in inverted colors [here] 👀)

BTW EVERYONE SHOULD GO CHECK OUT THEIR JOINT SHOP, ArsenicandLace19 @ Etsy (especially if you love dolls, vintage cloth/patterns, beautifully cryptic art, handmade items, spooky vibes, and last but not least alastor (the radio demon) from hazbin hotel 🎙️📻🦌

This took several hours, it's a reverse coloring page. I started with the colors, using only my charcoal pencil tool, then drew the lineart on top of it. I like the idea of Rhedd not fitting his lineart.

I went back to add finer details later, as well as made the scary shadow overlay and the messy, smudged looking charcoal shading effect. The shadow is meant to be both behind him and over him.

The extremely sharp shoulders and overall longer expression and such are homages to @hand-in-hand-again 's amazing Alastor art. Please check out its work!!!

ǝɯ ʇou ɯ'ı ɟı ๅๅǝʇ ʇ'uɐɔ ı ɹoʇɔop puıɯ ʎɯ ǝpısuı uo ɓuıoɓ s'ʇɐɥʍ puɐʇsɹǝpun ǝɯ dๅǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos

With @hand-in-hand-again 's blessing, I drew Rhedd in a style meant as a love letter to his amazing work. If you haven't seen his work before, I recommend checking it out!

And yes I was listening to The Mind Electric the entire time, how could you tell? I figured it works with Rhedd, considerin' his whole relationship with electric shocks. :P (He was struck by lightning.)

This image was both vent art as well as a way to try to vividly visualize the strangeness going on inside of Rhedd. You don't just make out with an Eldritch God and come out of that experience totally fine! (Rhedd would say that he's actually doing better than ever, thank you very much, the nonstop traffic and upsidedown voices are an improvement!)