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A banner that reads "CRTASTROPHE'S $30 Kid Pix 4 experimental commissions". The words "Kid Pix" are written in whimsical, colorful letters, and are surrounded by a variety of clip art and stickers.

A digital drawing of a TV-headed robot character wearing a jacket, standing waist-deep in dark water. The light of their monitor illuminates part of the scene. Wires and tubes hang down from the top of the image, and thin, branching plants reach out of the water.

A digital drawing of a shadowy humanoid figure wearing a cloak and a mask shaped like a waning crescent moon which obscures half of her face. The figure has 5 arms, each holding a yellow clipart star. Pale purple lines connect the stars like a constellation. The background is dark blue and speckled with smaller stars.

A digital drawing of five humanoid figures holding hands, walking in a line to the left against a plain blue background. The leftmost figure is mostly out of frame and appears to be made of fields of different colorful patterns. The second figure from the left resembles a human circulatory system with a chest radiograph covering its upper torso. The third, central figure is wearing a long blue coat and a broad-brimmed black hat that casts hir face in shadow. Ze is holding a cane in hir right hand. The fourth figure is made up of a variety of stamps, geometric shapes, and eyeballs. The fifth, rightmost figure is mostly out of frame and resembles a human skeleton.

Hi hello it seems I’ve caught a rare strain of art block that makes me unable to draw in anything other than Kid Pix Deluxe 4™, but I still need to buy groceries and stuff so!! I’m gonna try my hand at some experimental commissions.

If you have some kind of whimsical OC and you want me to let me loose on them, now’s your chance! Give me a character and I will cook up something cool — there’s no pose/style/background tiers, though I will try to put an equal amount of effort into every drawing.

Payment in USD through PayPal invoice only.

More info under the cut!

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gonna take a few of these to get a feel for the process before opening up regular digital comms too... idk if I'll offer both in parallel commissions commission info artists on tumblr digital art maintenance

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4 June, 2023

please please be kind to the homunculus

Asked by Anonymous

the studious homonculus practices healthy study-life balance by setting aside time to partake in activities it enjoys

asks doodles okay that's enough of this thing

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31 March, 2025

A photo of a painted clay figurine resembling some kind of fetal creature. It has two lobes on its head that could ambiguously be interpreted as rabbit ears or a beak. A pencil nub has been stuck to one of its limbs with blu tack and a small sheet of paper with scribbles lies before it.

A digitally drawn reinterpretation of the aforementioned photo. The paper has been scaled up to a full-size sheet and the creature is grasping the pen with its hind limbs, writing nonsensical symbols.

the studious homunculus attends its homework most diligently

destress doodle to unwind after two full days of crunching to finish a writing assignment we were given two full weeks to do doodles trying to relearn how to finish digital art =_=

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30 March, 2025

I've always loved masks for a number of reasons, and the idea of a strapless mask has always felt like something out of reach, but the septum clip is really a very clever idea. I'm curious how sturdy it is, how much motion it can withstand?

And now my mind is swimming with other ideas on how a mask could affix, maybe with a bite guard, oh goodness.

Asked by weaselfishchocolatemilk

cathodecreature:

Let’s do some stress testing!
It stays pretty still during calm, controlled movements such as casual conversation. The wobble becomes more pronounced when I make more erratic movements, though, and when I start to really tilt my head you can tell that it begins to pivot around the point of attachment.
Still, a lot of this is due to the fit of the mask itself! I ended up overtrimming the edges a bit when taking it off the mold, but it still follows the contours of my face way more closely than an earlier iteration of this concept, which turned out super wobbly. I want to keep iterating on this technique to see how good of a fit I can achieve, though!

process chitchat delete later maybe

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7 February, 2025

cathodecreature:

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Papier-mâché pulp, air-dry clay, mesh, acrylics
Been experimenting with strapless masks and new ways of mimicking flesh.
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Concept art + process! Individual stages and commentary under the cut because I love 2 yap about my process
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process chitchat mask paper mache

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15 January, 2025

cathodecreature:

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Papier-mâché pulp, air-dry clay, mesh, acrylics
Been experimenting with strapless masks and new ways of mimicking flesh.

art mask paper mache gwuh. what are my tags again

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11 January, 2025

Got some excellent responses last time I asked ppl to recommend me mood music for an upcoming project based only on an abstract description, so! doing it again

QUEST: bring me music that sounds like a Rube Goldberg machine (interpret this however you’d like) (200xp)

not art i need my brain wobbled

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15 December, 2024

crtastrophe:

there goes that myth again / that all of this is but a machine

reruns i recall being dissatisfied w/ this one back when i made it – but since then it's grown to be one of my personal faves maybe *because* i still sat down and made it exist even if it wasn't perfect trying to bring that energy back.... i'm getting back into my Organ Systems Chilling In Incongruous Places groove but perfectionism's been kicking my ass gore tw body horror tw

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12 December, 2024

they call it texture baking because it turns my computer all hot and crunchy

making Blender mistakes

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24 November, 2024

bowelfly:

bowelfly:

bowelfly:

hey remember that 7-month, 36-artist game of art telephone i hosted last year? well hold onto your assholes and prepare for:
SEE IT ALL HERE!
there’s also no reasonable way of fitting all of the submissions into a single tumblr post without crushing all the detail out of everything to satisfy the 30-image limit per post so i’m gonna have to make a whole chain to feature all the kickass art:

1-3: @bedupolker @psshaw @slabmangrave

4-6: @bruneburg @whip-o-will @thedancingemu

7-9: @odetoscavengers @tickflea @deadlydaemondraws

10-12: @charseraph @biomechanicalmush @ungeziefer

13-15: @barabones @threeleggedart @phanta-friends

16-18: @snejkha @librivore42 @edenartfactory

19-21: @lymphwyrm @palossssssand @gachimushi

22-24: umberfossil justagoldfish @pinkbat5

25-27: @solidagold @nutspider elixer

DON’T REBLOG YET WE’RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH!!!

28-30: @flame-shadow @cicadaghost @slimekingmike

31-33: sludge (no website) @snippit-crickit thenauticalwarlock

34-36: luzie @eisly @salavarte

37-39: @leona-florianova @nardacci-does-art @holy-planet

40-42: @ibenkrutt @skelebee @crtastrophe

43-45: @mathpope @avpol @iguanodont

46-48: @delta-hexagon @dimetrodone @saprophilous

49-51: @chumpodile @pitofsquids @bugsdontsmokecigarettes

52-54: nocturnalfiend @krmayerillustration @bluedotjpeg

55-57: @blossompigeon @0ce4n-m4n @dunwichdrawsstuff

NOT DONE YET! ONE MORE POST TO GO!!

58-60: @escherbug @skelizardarts @mobileleprechaun

61-63: @craboon exuvialremains @espimyte

64-66: @turbofanatic @slitherbop @chalkrub

67-69 (nice): @artvalentinapaz @satourni @vhsdruid

70-72: @psalidodont @boxheadpaint @bowelfly

and that’s all folks! big round of applause for all of these insanely talented artists. what a ridiculous and fun project. 14 fucking months…

also here’s that link again to the whole thing again so you don’t have to scroll all the way up

it's like a fried rice in here other people's art gigaphone bfly gigaphone 2024 words cannot express how fucking cool this has been

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14 October, 2024

A digitally coloured pencil drawing depicting an underwater bar. A shrimp centaur perches atop a bar stool, singing cheerfully into a microphone while three serpentine creatures — the bartender and two guests — watch with expressions of disgruntlement and fondness, respectively. The scene has a limited colour palette of pink light and deep blue/purple shadows.

My piece for an absolutely MASSIVE, 14-month game of art telephone hosted by @bowelfly!

I was artist 42 out of 72 — check out the rest [here]! this thing is WILD

EDIT: oh yikes my phone's blue light filter absolutely obliterates this maybe turn that off to get the proper experience the chain went so many places before this and continued to do so afterwards art digital art bfly gigaphone 2024 gigaphone gonna reblog what I can find once pieces start making their way onto tumblr SO much incredible talent in this chain I'm in awe and so so happy I got to participate

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14 October, 2024