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Is it a Squid? Is it an Octopus? Yes.
🕑 Added 2023-01-31 21:14:58 +0000 UTCI know this isn't a very exciting / interesting post, but I had this page of "self" doodles going back to September that I just never posted anywhere.
Fun fact about my wee squib-self, my l'il cephalosona? I first created it as an easy stand-in for myself in order to be better separated from my OCs. It is always bewildering and offputting to me when someone accuses / assumes having a main OC that you're very attached to makes them a "self-insert." It's always been such a wildly inaccurate comparison for me because I'm the sort that loves that thick separation between character and writer, fantasy and reality. My aegosexual-ass ain't into self-inserting as I don't like stuff applied to me, I like them applied to these hyperspecific jackass characters I fleshed out to my tastes! It's like being a director to one's actors, or perhaps more shamefully accurate, a weird little voyeuristic pervert sitting in an armchair as I instruct my creations to get nasty for my amusement.
POINT IS, it's interesting for me to look back and remember where some of my little go-to art comforts came from. Something that started as a simple distinction between one's self and one's art, is now my happiest shitpost.
Comments
MailOrderSuperhero
THANKS!!! I really feel like it distills all my main features into one handy and portable gremlin system. Everyone deserves at least one!
Witchboy
I love your squidling it's fun to have an avatar to imagine of you haha
MailOrderSuperhero
THANK!!! ; ; ✨They're also great practice for when I wanna draw folks little mini things! It'd be nice to have a day here at some point where I can do some shitpost requests in a stream to these styles.
Adam Even
Yoooooo these are so cute!! Meaning YOU are cute! nwn great work~
