Had to take Amunet to the vet today. She's going in for emergency surgery and I'm not really sure how it's gonna turn out. The vet bill is gonna be something crazy though so I might have to temporarily open commissions to try and cover some of the costs.

I don't have him just yet because I need to get a few more things for him first but look at the boy I'm getting! He's a cream shiba inu that I've decided to name Sesshomaru for obvious reasons, lol. He's gonna be a lot of work but I'm looking forward to owning a dog on my terms for the first time!

I really tried to work on stuff but I am so tired and sore from this flu that I just can't do it. So have this chart I did a while back for now. Valentine's day is Peal's birthday entirely by accident but ironically fitting given his reputation for crushing hearts. He's very hostile toward advances.

I booked some time off specifically so I could have a mega drawing weekend and GUESS WHO'S SICK. I was doing so good avoiding catching anything the past couple years too. 🫠

I have this extremely specific brain curse where every time I see literally anything with Shakra in it my brain just immediately yells SHAKIRA then aggressively plays the "my hips don't lie" song in my head.

Been debating on if I should post nsfw here, on a separate account or not at all. Being ace and drawing nsfw puts me in the awkward position where I like drawing it but don't like the weird shit people do sometimes. Enjoying my art is fine; sliding into my dms for horny reasons not so much.

I never posted this one here? Vim's design came about as a game of "how do I change everything about her originally being a Grimmchild without losing the vibe of one". And the answer came as inversion: black face white body. She's older than she appears but Peal still treats her like a daughter.

Bug artists that happen to be both trans and ace seems to be a frequent enough phenomenon that I can't help but wonder if there's something to it from a psychological standpoint, lol.

Oh, in regards to the oc boundaries thing, I want it to be known that while you can ship and do nsfw, I will not endorse pairings that aren't canon to prevent any confusion about that. Some people can get a little, uh, overly enthusiastic about ships and I don't need that kind of drama in my life.

So I wear zip-up hoodies almost religiously all year round and I'm so annoyed at the lack of nicely designed ones that I'm like this 🤏 close to deciding to just take a detour into designing a whole line of clothes for myself once I'm done with my current Peal piece.

🎨 Share your OC boundaries 🖌️ Is Fanart okay? Hell yeah brother. 💞 Is shipping okay? Yes, but not my sonas. 🖋️ Is Fanfiction ok? I guess? ♊️ Can other’s draw their OC’s with yours? Ye 🙅‍♀️ NSFW? Sure, but not my sonas and please respect the orientations of my ocs. 🤖 AI? A plague upon your house.

I wasn't really expecting much when I ordered this Grimm figure but I'm actually pretty impressed by the quality of it. Got a nice heft to it too. Could probably stab someone with the sharp edges of his cape though.

For some reason YouTube started suggesting horror AU My Little Pony videos and I understand nothing of the original source material but you know what? Some of these are actually pretty rad. 10/10 background noise while I draw.

This piece is kind of a lot for my skill level and has been sitting as a WIP for ages but I'm gonna try to actually finish it for Peal's upcoming birthday.

I haven't fully committed yet but I MIGHT be getting a shiba inu puppy next month. I've owned a chow chow before so I figure another primitive cat-like breed would suit me well.

Describe your plot in five words or less—if you dare. Brightvoid 🐛🕸️ Devour gods; embrace the void.

Saw a guy unironically argue that the Canada-China deal will lead to WW3 because it will empower China to take Taiwan; while also saying the US taking Greenland is perfectly reasonable and necessary. Americans kindly shut the fuck up about my country please.

Oh, just realized I'm close to 100 followers. Tbh, I'm surprised to have gotten this many at all given I've been mostly dead online and not posting much new art until recently. Not exactly doing great but, on the mend I guess. I'll never be the same but I appreciate those who've stuck around anyway.

Oooooh, apparently part of the new Canada-China deal is that in the future we will not need a travel visa to visit China. I would love to visit and do in person studies of the old architecture there so knowing that will become easier to do has me like 👀👀👀

Energy levels crashing so here's a lil sneaky peek at some very rough sketches from the next mini comic I'm working on. Behold the ridiculous size difference I have to work with to try and fit Peal and Nugget in one frame, lmao.

Found these old photos of Mini Peal. He had the most aggro temperament I've ever seen in a male mantis. He fiercely hated his reflection and loved to bite me without warning. He'd mount females and EAT THEM. He'd also wrestle males to the ground but wouldn't eat them. RIP you violent little man.

Good news: One of my mantis ooths hatched! Bad news: The container wasn't completely closed and there are now hundreds of 1cm bouncy babies in my apartment. Help.

Omfg, I'm a whole 36 years old and only discovered today that I have curly hair?? Someone said my hair looks like very damaged curls and should try a curl repair regiment. I tried it out for the first time and holy shit my hair has curled like crazy afterwards. I could've had this the whole time?!

In making the size differences between my characters somewhat proportional to their real life insect equivalents I've ended up with a recurring side character who's literally the size of Nugget's head. This character is an adult. This poor microorganism of a man, lmao.

Man what is the deal with art videos on youtube being full of randos trying to sell you their course and/or clickbaiting you by using art that isn't even theirs in the thumbnail (usually from a Chinese artist)? I mean, get that bag I guess but it's kinda annoying.

Silhouettes are your friend. They are my go to for working out initial character designs and complicated poses. You can also kinda cheat with it because if the silhouette LOOKS right it doesn't really matter if the anatomy isn't technically accurate.

Been on a roll tonight. Gotta stop now though but here's a couple sketches from Rosamund's ref sheet I've been working out. She's the butterfly goddess-queen that Peal serves and she uh... well, he has his hands full when it comes to her.

I had a really stupid thought while I was at work and needed to doodle it out. So enjoy a little Peal shitpost.

Slowly finishing off the WIPs I've had laying around forever. I guess you can think of this as a bonus piece for the Stargazer mini comic. #Brightvoid #oc #bug #digitalart #illustration #canadianartist

Dracula has two settings: polite little man and absolute goblin. At least he finally stopped launching himself at the curtains for no reason, lol.

Illustration for @nightmaremantis.bsky.social of his OC Peal! Thank you so much for c0mmissioning me! ✨

If I had a nickel for every time a random guy approached me out of the blue to let me know he'd go gay for me I'd have two of them. Which isn't a lot but it sure is weird to have happen twice.

My overall plan with Brightvoid is to get all the actual design work completed this year so that I can be ready to start completing and posting the real comic next year. This includes the architecture. All of the writing is already done now so I know everything that I need to have ready.

Got a little distracted with tweaking Nugget's old ref sheet. It's still not fully accurate to how he looks now but good enough until I remake it, lol. I want to do a few more mini comics this year of him and Peal having short interactions cause they have such a fun dynamic to write. #bug #oc #art

I'm still working on the fine details for page 5 because it's THE page of the comic and oh my god it's hurting my hands to do it. But I really want to do what I saw in my dream justice so I gotta power through the pain.

I like bluesky and all but sometimes the discover page just loses its mind. It'll just suddenly be like "YOU WANT SPORTS POSTS?" "No? I've literally never-" "HERE'S SPORTS POSTS!" "No. Please stop that." "NO? HERE'S EVEN MORE SPORTS POSTS!" *proceeds to go on a mute rampage until it stops*

I spent quite a while trying to finish this thing. It's a paint by numbers so the design isn't mine. But I did make a bunch of little changes to it and then added the gold at the end. I definitely don't like this method of painting cause it took so LONG for mid results, lol.

Page 1/7 of the lil comic I've been messing around with! Mostly to experiment, so some things turned out better than others. It's based on a dream I had a while back, and is loosely tied to the story Peal is part of. Will also be revealing the title of said main story at the end of this one! #comic

This felt like a sufficiently Christmas-y game to play and man I forgot how pretty this game is sometimes (sailing through storms is always so anxiety inducing though omg).

Blessings upon CSPs toning capabilities. Been working on a short test comic to mess around and figure out what tools and stylistic choices will work best for the actual comic. The backgrounds have been a bit of a challenge since I'm not used to rendering this way but it's pretty fun to play with.

It always amuses me when people say that Peal is pretty/beautiful/etc. because it tells me I designed him perfectly as the lovely death trap he is. Flirting with him in any way tends to end very poorly as he has a barely contained feral side to him that will 100% bite your face off for touching him.

A dark stranger, playing with the threads of fate. Trying to find a style that lets me do finished colours really fast while still looking presentable.

Look what I got :D

Found an old crunchy sketch and decided to try and spruce it up and finish it. This is, in fact, not Peal but his Very Mysterious™️ doppelganger that won't leave Peal alone and nobody else can see.

I started drawing pretty much the second I could hold a pencil, but didn't start taking it seriously until I was around 17. I was a big fan of Jhonen Vasquez's works and decided I wanted to do comics too. Even though life has gotten in the way of that dream I haven't completely given up on it!

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Decided to make a character in Oblivion that looks like me as much as possible for shits and giggles. Promptly contracted vampirism entirely by accident. I literally cannot escape the vampire allegations no matter where I go, lmao.

A cute YCH commission from @nightmaremantis.bsky.social He's selling these til the end of the month so pick one up if you want it #bugpeople #bugcharacter #bugOC #bugfurry

We will not talk about how long it actually took to draw that flower wreath. Stay tuned for a YCH of this sometime tomorrow!

Lil WIP I'm currently working on. Took me a while to feel well enough to start actually working on art again.