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grosskelly · 7 months
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Tumblr suggested you to me and tbh yes. Yesss.
I have an advice question. How would you suggest people get better at drawing Gross Creatures? Every time I try, they end up looking too cute to be fully Gross and I need to get past this cute hump so I can draw weird depressurized extra-dimensional creatures a la Blobfish but make it a wild boar or something (for a specific comic project I’ve been thinking about since I was 15, but also in general)
I can’t quite wrap my mind around it and you are Expert
HEY i'm so glad you found my art & liked it! I don't know that I'm an expert as I'm pretty sure I make my gross creatures cute as well LOL, but maybe my perception as to what is cute and what isn't is a bit skewed!
i think the best advice i can give (note: this is what works for me! everyone has a different approach) when designing creatures is to think of a few animals you're drawing from and then do some life drawing studies of those creatures! for me, that helps me learn & understand the shapes and underlying Vibe of a thing. once you feel that you've sufficiently grokked the thing as is, then you can start fucking it up! body horror works when a thing is recognizable, but expected features are 'wrong' in some way. like when the fingers are just a little too long, or there are teeth where teeth shouldn't be, etc.
the blobfish is a great example irl! at the appropriate depth, it looks like a pretty standard fish, but when its brought up to the surface, it looks like That! body horror is really just about subverting the viewers expectation. we're all hard wired to perceive the world a very specific way, and so twisting it even a LITTLE can be unsettling! the human face is the easiest thing to exploit for this purpose. HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEHOW. any other body horror freaks please feel free to weigh in!!
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grosskelly · 7 months
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Tumblr suggested you to me and tbh yes. Yesss.
I have an advice question. How would you suggest people get better at drawing Gross Creatures? Every time I try, they end up looking too cute to be fully Gross and I need to get past this cute hump so I can draw weird depressurized extra-dimensional creatures a la Blobfish but make it a wild boar or something (for a specific comic project I’ve been thinking about since I was 15, but also in general)
I can’t quite wrap my mind around it and you are Expert
HEY i'm so glad you found my art & liked it! I don't know that I'm an expert as I'm pretty sure I make my gross creatures cute as well LOL, but maybe my perception as to what is cute and what isn't is a bit skewed!
i think the best advice i can give (note: this is what works for me! everyone has a different approach) when designing creatures is to think of a few animals you're drawing from and then do some life drawing studies of those creatures! for me, that helps me learn & understand the shapes and underlying Vibe of a thing. once you feel that you've sufficiently grokked the thing as is, then you can start fucking it up! body horror works when a thing is recognizable, but expected features are 'wrong' in some way. like when the fingers are just a little too long, or there are teeth where teeth shouldn't be, etc.
the blobfish is a great example irl! at the appropriate depth, it looks like a pretty standard fish, but when its brought up to the surface, it looks like That! body horror is really just about subverting the viewers expectation. we're all hard wired to perceive the world a very specific way, and so twisting it even a LITTLE can be unsettling! the human face is the easiest thing to exploit for this purpose. HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEHOW. any other body horror freaks please feel free to weigh in!!
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grosskelly · 8 months
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You're for real one of my favorite artists on this accursed website so seeing all these comics (esp. the Moreau one!) is REALLY making my week!
HOORAY i had SO much fun making that Moreau comic, even if I didn't make much of an effort to format it like an actual comic hahaha. thanks for letting me know!! it makes me feel really good c:
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grosskelly · 8 months
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Can I just say that I am immediately OBSESSED with your artwork? Instant fan.
That is all <3
aw haha ty!!! i'm so glad you enjoy it! i love makin it c:
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grosskelly · 8 months
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JULY UPDATE NOW LIVE FOR SUBSCRIBERS!
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grosskelly · 8 months
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I’m so excited about the comic archive thing! I haven’t seen your comics in a hot minute and I am glad to be able to download and read at my leisure. I remember your People Eater art and went through my own phase of being obsessed with him (after you tho). And I was glad seeing you draw Jack Horner more recently, he scratches the same itch but in a more PG way. (I was cracking up in the theater during the scene where he rides off on his giant carriage, I turned to my partner and said “is that guy supposed to be the people eater??”)
Anyway comics archive thing is a great choice, nice formatting and very convenient, no worries about censorship on social media / other platforms. I’m enjoying Squeal! and your work is inspiring me to make my own artwork. Have a good night!
always glad to hear from a fellow UNHINGED BIGBOY fan!! i'm glad you're liking the archive! and i'm so glad i could inspire you! I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO MAKE A NEOCITIES! IT RULES!!!!
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grosskelly · 8 months
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Hi! I was a big fan of your Doc Venture and Brock Samson comic from before the tumblr nsfwpokalypse... Did you ever end up posting that anywhere else or is it gone forever? 🥺
oh my god i forgot to answer this. IT"S HERE.
for those unaware THERE BE PORNOGRAPHY BEHIND THAT LINK. DON'T CLICK IT IF YOU'RE A BIG BABY (OR A LITTLE ONE!)!
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grosskelly · 8 months
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Hi, I know it's been a really long time since you created it, but is there still any place to read your Dupont twins comic titled "say grace"? Tumblr did its thing and made most of the pages inaccessible. I was following your Outlast blogs way back in the day & remember I used to frequent them often, but this is one of those things I never got to see! Just got curious about it today. Thank you for enriching the fandom back then, it was truly wonderful & your art style lent so well to the games 🙏 Have a splendid night
aw i'm so glad you enjoyed my outlast stuff!! i miss doing that kinda thing haha.
AS LUCK HAS IT i've recently made an archive of my old comics, you can check it out HERE. (NOTE TO OTHERS: THIS IS EXTREMELY NSFW DON'T LOOK IF YOU'RE GONNA BE MAD LOL)
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grosskelly · 9 months
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slamming my fists on the table hollerin EYES EYES EYES EYES
characters of @juenavei and @charseraph and @grosskelly
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grosskelly · 9 months
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PINNED POST 2023
hello new people & current people alike, time for a slightly updated infopost as the internet crumbles around us!
i'm 42 and every year i will continue to age at the speed of regular time. i am an adult who creates content exclusively for other adults. if you are under 18 i have zero interest in your attention or your opinion! block me! if you ignore this warning (and the warnings below!), follow me, and get upset when you see something you knew was going to upset you, that's a problem of your own creation and i will block YOU if you complain. I'M NOT YOUR DAD. BLOCK ME & MOVE ON. I WILL CONTINUE BEING A WEIRD OLD FREAK UNTIL I DIE.
i like & create a variety of things including original stuff AND fandom stuff! i like cute stuff & i like absolutely vile stuff! i like traditional mediums and i like digital art! what i'm into shifts on the regular and if you prefer a more focused experience, this is not the webzone for you.
DO NOT FOLLOW ME IF YOU DO NOT LIKE: eyes, holes, FLESH, tits, and teeth. generally, if body horror or nudity upsets you, following me will be an absolute nightmare! protect yourself! i'm also a creator of Explicit Filth elsewhere online, so if you're one of Those People who get the vapors if someone draws weird genitals or pretend violence whatever, know that i will besmirch your bizarrely curated purity if you linger near my very obvious stink lines. i don't do a ton of tagging because even my sfw work gets flagged sometimes due to my non euclidian shapes, but know that i DO adhere to the pathetic rules of this website and nothing actually explicit is posted here.
anons will never be turned on again because you weird slobbery children don't know how to behave normally. fyi: i am a normal person and exist irl! i buy groceries and say 'wow BIG stretch' to my dogs like everyone else. consider being normal to me if you decide to attempt interacting with me! i'd love that!!
i only post MY OWN STUFF on here (sole exception: i WILL reblog fanart of my own creatures!). it is a choice i made many moons ago and i'm stickin to it! i have a sideblog for reblogs & possibly more general chatter now that twitter is, as of this post, in literal flames. same rules apply there as they do here! i do not have focused interests and do even more minimal tagging there than i do on here. FOLLOW AT YOUR OWN RISK. @sidebloggington
i'm always happy to share my process, digital brushes, or any other info you might want to know about how i make stuff! i know the tone of this post is pretty grouchy but i am a skittish little guy irl and i need to puff up real big to trick predators into leaving me alone. also i taste terrible, which i feel my vibrant markings express plainly.
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grosskelly · 9 months
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JUNE SKETCHBOOK NOW AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIBERS!
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grosskelly · 9 months
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made a sculpt of eyerax last month btw
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grosskelly · 9 months
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got a new adopt (final image is the orignal adopt art!) and feeling Great about it. not sure what her name is yet. i will get back to you.
@lavalampbelly is the creator! CHECK A LOOK!!
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grosskelly · 9 months
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result of drawing on magma with my pal @grosskelly lol
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grosskelly · 10 months
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FINISHED THE EYERAX SCULPT PLUS TONS OF PIG PICS. FANS OF MY OLD SQUEAL COMIC - I NEED YOUR INPUT!
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grosskelly · 11 months
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APRIL UPDATE IS LIVE! TONS OF EYERAX WIPS! link in comments!
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grosskelly · 11 months
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they are lesbians (canon)
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two girls one hive
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