A Bean In Space

[ID: A banner with the words “Malevolent Big Bang 2026” in a graffiti style font with pastel rainbow coloring. The background features John, a black humanoid from the shoulders-up wearing a yellow cloak. Behind John are bursts of red, blue, green and purple colors mixed among black swirls and spirals. /End ID]

We are thrilled to announce that Artist and Pinch Hitter signups are open for the Malevolent Big Bang 2026! 

Once you submit your signup form, you will be sent an email with an invitation to the event Discord server within 24 hours. If you are already in the event Discord, you will still receive this email, but you do not have to leave and rejoin the server–simply reintroduce yourself in the intros channel after you have submitted your signup form. We ask that all participants join the server for the duration of the event, though we will also be sending out all important event information via email as well as via the Discord server. If you do not receive an email, please send us an ask or email [email protected].

Artist Sign-up

-> Artist sign-up is open from July 13th, 2026 until 11:59 pm EDT on July 22nd.

-> Artists will be assigned to a single fic for this event.

-> Must be 18+ at time of sign up.

-> The permitted forms of art are digital/scanned art, podfic (an audio recording of a fic read aloud), physical artworks (including bookbinding, embroidery, jewelry, knitting/crochet, papercrafting, quilting, sculpture, etc.), and other digital artforms such as fanvideos, musical compositions, etc. If you’re unsure if your art form qualifies, please send us an ask!

-> Please note that artworks made with generative AI are not acceptable for this event.

Pinch Hitter Sign-up

-> Pinch Hitter sign-up is open from July 13th, 2026 until 11:59 pm EDT on July 29th.

-> In the event that we cannot find an artist match for a fic via the standard matching process, or a writer becomes unpaired due to artist drops, we will contact those who have registered as pinch hitters to help out.

-> There is no guarantee that a fic will go up for a pinch hit during this event; please keep this in mind when signing up to be a pinch hitter.

-> Must be 18+ at time of sign up.

If you are interested in participating as both an artist and a pinch hitter, please fill out both forms.

Be sure to read the Rules, FAQ, and review the event schedule before signing up. Looking forward to kicking off the 2026 season!

I really wanted to do a very small and quick emotion animation for John <3

As you can tell I tried the most at the last two emotions, ehehe.

Also, I did the wonderful decision in finding all the audio clips once I was done animating, so I had to redo some frames :/ (honestly, finding the clips was the hardest part of this).

Threshold has arrived and so has adult Faroe. I was particularly pleased with the little socks on this one. I had the opportunity to hand deliver a bunch of orders while I was in Toronto at the Malevolent Meetup which was such a special experience.

KO-FI orders are currently OPEN for both made to order stock patterns and custom commissions. I would love to make you a weirdo!