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GRUMBO WEEK DAY 3 - " Nightmare " @grumboweek

"read more" at your own discretion. messy+wordy explanation of the concept coming:) .

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pardon me for being late but i really couldn't stand leaving this looking unfinished so. had to spend a bittt more time on it (might even post for grumbo week even after the event's over if thats okay!!)

we all got over the progression from their friendship to their betrayal of eachother in Last Life too soon. i need people to mourn with me

"Nightmare" made my mind immediately jump to the series that waffle duo really got their share of angst from, Last Life. How an unbreakable bond of friendship strengthened by literally passing eachother something as valuable as a life so quickly crumbled into them both betraying eachother in the end, a Nightmare scenario that the two of them would've never even considered for sure. even grian, who upon turning red was still clinging onto the hope that their bond was so strong that mumbo would join him as a redname. (concept) even red mumbo, who in his last ditch desperation tried reigniting post-red yellow life grian's humanity by giving him the spyglass, the southlander's physical embodiment of their friendship, only for grian to crush it mercilessly ,,,,,,,,,

anyway for this piece i tried real hard to cram in as much symbolism and imagery and intent behind my lines and colors as possible, so heres some of it! (theres more but thats on you to figure out!)

Composition + just some of the details : the main concept that i really wanted to drive home is the use of the SPYGLASS as symbolism for the progression of their bond throughout Last life, up until the end. yellow-side grian holds up a spyglass, looking towards the right

day4 past and future concepts ahead the spyglass extends through the past to the present, like a solid line of sight into the future before its unfortunately crushed by red-side grian (him shutting down any friendship or reconciliation from mumbo) mumbo, back against the future, faced twoards the past, reaching his spyglass out looking for who his friend was, only to see a cracked figure of him staring back grian, faced towards the future in both drawings, but also looking back at mumbo, with different emotions but both with the same desire to move forward, one with adoration and another with the desire to move on from mumbo's dead body and focus on self-preservation. he knew he had to move on, and he was right.

SOUTHLANDERS BADGE: mostly for visual interest! but also unlike the spyglass, is an unremovable physical reminder for post-red grian (literally lodged deep into his shoulder)

CLIPPED WINGS: i felt like i had to mention that they're supposed to look clipped in the second drawing:) "HE NEEDS TO LEARN" was a real quote that was directed at both jimmy and mumbo, but we gotta adapt pfft ,,, this post is long. LOng long. i should stop. special SPECIAL thanks to my dearest @justrelaxhere for their hours worth of dissection of my drawing! god i could always count on them to squeeze every drop of symbolism out of my work. without them i wouldn'tve been able to fully articulate my ideas! okay thanks for reading people:D

he’s a menace.

mmmmmwah!!

ya-yoink

How can anyone ever forget about 'you could join me' in last life. that rewired my brain chemistry in every way imaginable. the romance of murder. the romance of corruption. lets run away and be together for ever. lets both be red. lets both be monsters. together.

Part 3 of the monochrome boogie man series!! I had to redo the Scott-impulse one a few times so this ended up taking a little while longer than intended, but I’m really pleased with how that and the etho-mumbo one came out! The bdubs-Tango kill also took me ages because I couldn’t figure out how to frame it in a way that made sense and still had good flow/composition SRGJDRGK but yes! Glad these are done and I hope u all like them :D

I’ll update the OG posts with updated links as I post them!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 [You Are Here!]

Part 4

Finally got to drawing a pony Mumbo! Plus, his clothing alternates. :D (His cutie mark is an end crystal and was the most annoying thing I had to draw)

fun fact: I was actually going to make him a Gypsy Vanner horse (the breed known for growing mustaches) however, they don't have a specific pelt pattern, nor did they have the vibe I was going for. The breed has lovely feathers (the long fur you see on their legs) but when I think of a pony Mumbo, I think of a sleek thin horse. So, if I really wanted him to be a Gypsy Vanner, we could say he gets his feathers trimmed. :)

-I take art requests!! just send a message of your request and I'll get to it as soon as possible!-

a mumbo jumbo?? pwease??

top ten photos taken moments before disaster

I keep preparing to post this and then chickening out so this is several months old but uhh here you go. Mumbo Jumbo x Mr. Blue Sky.

Grian: 🤨😡🤯WhY WOüLd ŸøU dò ThÁt🤯😡🤨

last life mumbo designs ^_^

nobody move, I'm starting to manifest. 👹

little doodle cause ive been watching mumbos last life

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