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Please make more Kaput and Zosky

Always happy to oblige, Anon!

Having a bit of a style crisis don't mind me

"If he was going to get what he wanted from the Gun God, he would need to turn up the charm, and that would mean staying the night when Venuz asked. Considering his options in his limited state of power, Bill figured that it was either lie there for twelve hours staring at the ceiling or indulge in some shut-eye.

And so, for the first time in eons, the king of nightmares slept."

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Man I just wanted to give context to this piece and wrote a whole drabble fic lmao. TL;DR Bill falls asleep at Venuz's place, has a nightmare and remembers all the events he erased in the fic Flat Dreams (which is totally legendary and you should go read it right now). He is not at all prepared to handle it

I really love this piece and it's deeply personal to me. I've been in an art block and this finally not only restored my confidence in my abilities but served to vent some really, really hard emotions I've been feeling lately after my mother's passing. I hope the heart in it shines through and you enjoy it as much as I do. Much love :) ❤️🧡💛

Version without text/border under the cut

OKAY had to make a third speedpaint for my video cause I messed the last two up but I know what went wrong and this should be the last one now LOL

Mixed feelings about this one. Whaddya think?

Another guy <3 He just wants to fish for god's sake

The bats of Pokémon through the eyes of a bat nerd (who also used no references so they're a tiny bit iffy)

Forgot to bring my tablet so I'm playing with dad's rainbow markers and pens. I kinda dig it actually but my phone cannot take proper photos of them lol

Nerdy stuff about design choices and lots of bat facts under the cut if you're interested in that!

Zubat is mainly modelled after Vespertillionidae and Natalidae species, inheriting both families' pointy faces and dense fur that often covers their eyes, making them appear blind (except zubat actually is blind). Their wings are broad, more akin to a Megadermatidae species, which was just a choice based off of the original design. Broader wings allow for increased manoeuvrability at the cost of speed in real species. Their legs are long and spindly, another trait borrowed from Natalidae.

Golbat still has zubat's woolly fur to keep its rounded appearance but has narrower wings as well as stumpy ears and a large mouth, all traits gleaned from free-tailed bats, the latter a trait specifically of the genus Otomops. They really do look like that sometimes yes. Its large feet are borrowed from the fish-eating myotis (Myotis vivesi) who frankly has even bigger feet than this guy. Bats are wacky lol

Crobat has a mostly furred face similar to Pteropid, Rhinolophid or Phyllostomid bats. Its ears are more fantasy and not modelled after any existing species. I had hairy-tailed bats of the genus Lasiurus on the mind while interpreting the little tufts on its bum, here they're meant to be fluff hanging off the uropatagium. It has very narrow wings similar to Molossid bats, and it fits for such a speedy Pkmn! (Fun fact: a Molossid bat was the fastest recorded vertical flight of any animal)

Woobat is inspired by Desmodus species, more commonly known as vampire bats. While their cousins the Honduran white bat (Ectophylla albus) is more commonly the interpretation, I chose Desmodus instead for its flat, heart-shaped noses and similar dental structure. The excess in fur is more attributed to the same families as in zubat, but with some more Lasiurine influence.

Swoobat's choice in inspiration was pretty obvious to me at first: the heart-nosed bat (Cardioderma cor)! The furred face and ears joined at the base is indeed inspired by Megadermatid bats but otherwise it has probably the most mixed influences of all these designs. I once again took the flat, heart-shaped nose from Desmodus species like I did with its pre-evo, and then its tail was adapted from Rhinopoma species (fittingly known as mouse-tailed bats!) as well as Molossid (free-tailed) bats. From an entirely nerdy perspective swoobat is easily my favorite, it really highlights a lot of chiropteran diversity whether intentional or not.

Noibat has joined ears like swoobat, inherited from Megadermatid bats (and sometimes Molossids) and is the first to have an actual nose-leaf, partially influenced by trident bats of the genus Asellia. I was kind of imagining that the bare patch between the tufts of black fur were present because they housed scent glands like in Emballonurid (sac-winged) bats who have similar bald patches. (I don't know a ton about Emballonurid bats unfortunately, so I'm not sure whether this is a family-wide occurrence or attributed to certain genii, lol. If anybody knows feel free to tell! I think some Molossids have scent glands too so heck throw them in as well)

Noivern is easily the most fantastical of the bunch, more dragon than bat, but it wouldn't feel right not to include him. He's got the same design choices on the face that its pre-evolution has (joined ears and nose-leaf) but otherwise doesn't have any more specific influences in batty terms. However, I turned the tragus into that little protrusion under the ear of the original design which I thought was kind of clever ;)

Rest In Peace

My mother, who had been fighting cancer for the past three years, passed away peacefully in her sleep this morning. She wasn't afraid to die, she told me she'd had an awesome life and felt she'd taught me and my brother everything she needed to. I'm very thankful that the last thing I got to say to her was "I love you."

Rest easy Mama, you're my hero, my rock, my best friend and I couldn't have possibly asked for a better mom in a million years. What you've given me will never die.

Taking a hiatus to be with my family during this really difficult time. Much love to all of you

Meet Közel! You'll never guess what the theme was for this dude. Leave me alone with my autistic swag

Originally designed by my insanely talented buddy SLURPIIB0T on Toyhouse. Thank you so so so much Jam I am in love ;__; ❤️🖤💛

Dunno what to draw so just trying to keep productive with even more refs. This is Clay and he's my angsty lumberjack boy 🥺 He's a hybrid between a bat-eared fox and a black-headed python

It's possible I might be on hiatus for a bit, things are really bad at home right now but I'd like to try and keep a sense of normalcy so who knows, maybe I'll keep posting just for that. Much love ^^

soooo, You said we could ask about immortal doritos duo head-canons. I would adore to hear it out :>

With pleasure!

Venuz's dimension was just another one that Bill wanted to take over in his never-ending quest to sow chaos. In investigating possible ways to gain a physical form in said dimension, Bill had learned about the Gun God. He knew messing with gods could be dangerous but Venuz didn't seem to be particularly wrathful nor particularly, well...smart, and so he quickly made the decision to go searching for him in hopes to manipulate him into granting him a physical form

My current idea for how they actually met is that gods can see into multiple dimensions at once, and because of that he can see Bill as if he were in the third dimension (or "real"). The act of Bill being observed in/alongside the third dimension made him "real" à la quantum mechanics. There are some holes in this logic though so idk it's not final (she said as if it matters literally at all)

YV is a total player and two of his favorite things are triangles and gold so of course he was immediately like "hey 😏" and Bill immediately recognized the opportunity there and latched onto it

Venuz had an idea of who Bill was (he has quite the reputation as the evil maniac who had taken over the Nightmare Realm) but wasn't concerned. What does a god have to worry about a demon that can only dwell in the mindscape, right?

Bill quickly won him over with his charm, mystique and creepy sense of humor and Venuz genuinely loves him but is very much aware that he really can't be trusted with any sort of power. He knows the rules and Bill is pretty much harmless as long as he's around (probably)

While Venuz is confident that he can handle Bill's insanity, Cuz is not and doesn't like Bill at all. Bill is more than aware of this and finds it very amusing bc he's an asshole

Realistically I think Bill probably can't feel any measure of love and is just hanging around 'cause he's having fun but I also fully support the I Can Fix Him interpretation. Whichever you prefer!

What is Kaput and Zösky’s idea for a romantic date?

Depends on who you ask

Happy Valentine's Day! Have more of the immortal triangle crack ship. I like to think that YV is just a genuinely nice guy to his loved ones and Bill doesn't at all deserve him. I've got a lot of headcanons actually feel free to send me an ask if you wanna know more or have any burning questions ;) ;) ;)

And yes that is the actual surface of Venus. I think it's beautiful and Bill needs to stop drinking so much haterade 🙄

Another ref bc I'm on a roll and don't know what I want to draw. This is Alum and I believe he was also designed by Devilbinx! He's a pretty old OC to my knowledge so I'm glad to be giving her ol' guy a forever home. Totally in love with the conspiracy theories theme

I didn't realize I'd mixed up exothermic with ectothermic until it was too late pls don't hate me pls pls pls pls I'm sorry I'm so so sorry pls pls

Wooooo another character ref! Two in one day, actually; what is going on???

This is Binx and she's a professional racer! Those funky little wheels on her feet kinda work like roller skates. Her racing name is The Tootsie-Roller :D

She was designed pretty much entirely by my buddy Devilbinx! fr usually I change a couple things up when I redraw refs but she is already just perfect, didn't have to do much of anything

Got some stuff done today! This is Bella and she is the skrunkliest creature to ever exist. Top image is the simple ref I just made her and the bottom image is my original drawing of her

I really needed a simple fun-to-doodle Certified Shape and also I love the demons in Binding of Isaac so two birds one stone

Star shepherd ✨🌟

Overdue owed art for @arleyandtheinkboyz of their character Nyx !! This piece intimidated me for a bit I must admit but I really like how it turned out and it feels great being back in the swing of things. Thanks so much for your kindness and patience!

Trying to get back into the swing of things using shitposts again. My tablet pen was broken for like two weeks omg. I'll get something done someday, I'm sure!

(Original under the cut bc it's just such a good image)

i wish there was a 'Follow But Again' button so i could follow you harder im seriously obsessed with your gravity falls art

(((((im the one who you offered to talk about flat dreams ith btw :>))))

Awww thank you so much!! That means a ton to me, so glad you enjoy 🥺🥺

Also hello again! When I finished that fic I had to physically get up and go for a night drive and lived life in a hollow stupor for the next three days. Pain agony. I didn't think it was possible for me to actually feel bad for the bastard triangle

RIP Liam he just like me fr

I think about this so often I needed to do something about it

Kaput: I meet someone

Kaput: I KILL THEM

Kaput: THEY DIE

Kaput: THEY GO TO HELL

Plz draw Ballerina!Pim if you don't mind.

Sure, why not!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Here's to another year! It's been a real wild one full of some high highs and some low lows, but hey, we're all still alive :)

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

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A couple bats to wrap up the year. There was gonna be more but, just my luck, my tablet's pen is malfunctioning real bad and I'm on the other side of the globe in New Zealand right now. Oh, well; expect more when that's taken care of!

Nerdy stuff under the cut. Happy holidays, everybody!

In terms of chiropteran diversity they may not be the most dramatic examples, but these species are in separate classifications entirely. The left is an eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis, though I did take some liberties with the colors) in the Vespertillionidae family and the right being some indiscriminate funnel-eared bat (specifically a Natalus sp.) from Natalidae. It is worth noting that both families are in the same superfamily, though, but pff, that's not even a real word.

It's no secret that I love my lasiurine bats (though I really broke the mould this time with a L. borealis instead of L. cinereus, woah gotta slow down there) so she was my first on the sheet. I'm already pretty adept in terms of lasiurine anatomy so she was more of a shading test which I'm rather happy with! They're so whiskery 🥺

At first the second bust was supposed to be of a generic Myotis species, but I thought that might be a bit boring (not that I don't love them too of course but my sketchbooks are full of them) so I went with a different pointy-faced little fella. Or, well, I think my thought process was more like "what's another species that when its mouth is open just looks like :V" but same deal. Funnel-eared bats are a very small family and you can tell they aren't very far-removed from vesper bats, but it's their subtler differences that interested me. They have these really funny moustaches, b-shaped skulls and almost woollen fur. They're also a more traditionally "ugly" species and that especially made me want to showcase how lovely they are.

I do wonder if the eyes are maybe a little uncanny, though. I intended for anthros of species without visible scleras to remain partially faithful to that and have enlarged irises/pupils but I dunno, looks kind of cartoony here, haha. Oh well, still plenty of room to experiment!

I'm very happy with these! The difference in fur texture especially was something I didn't think I'd be able to pull off, but I think I nailed it (without references, too! Booyah!). I hope to bring you guys some more underappreciated species as well as showcases of diversity soon; there are so, so many bats out there to love and they're all so different. Much love, hope you enjoy!

And it was all yellow ~ 🎵

Needed footage for my K&Z video essay so I bumped out a speedpaint of this at like four in the morning. Didn't come out exactly as planned but I still like it!

Hey guys, thanks for all the notes on that one Mario post, I really appreciate it! I was looking through the same files and found these really quick Marios that I'm utterly obsessed with they are just the shape ever and I want you to see them

Someday I will post a finished piece again but alas, that day is not today

He has trouble expressing affection

It's pretty obvious to everyone around them that Kaput's "list of people I don't hate" starts and ends with Zösky. Zoobooboo is probably just trying to put him in an uncomfortable situation on purpose 'cause she's a jerk

Do you have any unshown Dipper art? Specifically sleepy dipper, im obsessed with your art xx

D'aww thank you so much for the kind words! <3 I couldn't find any solo Dips that I liked so here's a brand new one straight off the grill just for you. Limited edition with funky experimental colors!

They were on my mind all day yesterday to the point where they showed up in my dreams

I made this in five minutes in a voice call and was laughing to myself like an idiot the entire time

Entirely self-indulgent Ford with a snake. Man I wanna snuggle with Riddle but she’s pulling a funny ball python bit and not eating >:T Ungrateful noodle

(Kind of a glow-up of a couple sketches here!)

I saw him and grabbed my tablet so quickly I’M GONNA BE THE FIRST ORTHWORM FANARTIST ON THE INTERNET LET’S GOOOOOOO

Untitled, circa 2020

BRO I JUST FOUND THIS IN MY FILES I completely forgot it existed I’m so happy to have rediscovered it. Have some wahoo bros to brighten your day 6|:o3D (<-- that’s mario)

(Probably goes without saying but please don’t tag as ship!)