This Scene Tickles Me

working out a kayne design - he's lowkey based off jim carrey bc i think he emotes similarly

[Start ID: Two sketches of Kayne from Malevolent. Kayne is a thin man with dark eyes and dark hair. He's wearing a black suit with a collared shirt and tie in the first then a bowtie and ribbed shirt in the second. His hair is neatly pulled back into a small low bun with a couple stray hairs sticking out at his forehead. He has pronounced cheek lines, smile lines as well as forehead and eye wrinkles. In the first sketch Kayne is tilting his head up and to the left, his mouth is open with a toothy smirk. In these second sketch Kayne is in a similar position but holding up an eyeball between his fingers. End ID.]

More thoughts, more ideas

Back on track

more hand practice with The Boys

[ID: Several drawings of Arthur Lester and John Doe from Malevolent, from the chest up. Arthur is portrayed as a midsized white man with short, disheveled brown hair that is hanging partially over his face. He has some stubble and wears a brown sweater over a gray button down. His eyes are yellow.

The first drawing shows Arthur in profile with a neutral expression, with John depicted as an audio wave over his head. The second drawing depicts John as a floating disembodied mouth with sharp yellow teeth. Arthur has his eyes shut and yells: "You tried to kill me!!" to which John yells back: "Get over it!!"

The third drawing shows John as disembodied teeth again, this time making a confused expression as he says "Why are you so happy. We almost died." Arthur is smiling, his hair swept out of his face as he answers: "I get to move forward. It's brilliant!" The final drawing depicts John as a large negative black space in the shape of sharp teeth, with the inner maw bright yellow. He is large enough to entirely surround Arthur as he yells "Arthur, RUN." Arthur gasps in horror and looks back over his shoulder in panic. In his eyes there is a small audio wave where his pupil should be. End ID.]

listening to malevolent 💛 this podcast makes me want gnaw off my arm 🥰

been experimenting with some designs for these two. I picture Arthur very clearly but still debating how to depict John 🤔🤔

a man holding the hand that once belonged to him is something that can be so personal

[Image description: a digital painting of a pair of hands with fingers loosely intertwined. the hands are pale and dirt-stained, and the nails are chipped and dirty. the left hand is loosely wrapped in a thin stand of yellow cloth, and its pinky finger has been replaced by a tangle of sharp, thin branches, with dark veins extending into the hand. the background is smoky and dark, with a golden circle in the center of the canvas behind the hands. curved around the contour of the circle and the hands are the words, "everything I am, I learned from you" in gold text. End ID]

short malevolent animatic before the new year

direct action

[ID: a two-panel comic of Arthur Lester from Malevolent. The background of the first panel consists of scribbled black strokes, on which John’s yellow dialogue is written. It is largely obscured by Arthur, but visible pieces say, “Oh, God, Arthur, they’ve skinned–” “Blood–” “Rotten–” In speech bubbles that further hide this text, Arthur is saying, “All right, that’s– JOHN, stop, that’s enough!”

In the second panel, Arthur has slapped his right hand firmly over his eyes. The black background has been reduced to a small, angry shape looming over Arthur’s shoulder, with slitted yellow eyes and a sharp-toothed open mouth. John is shouting, “HEY!” /end ID]

I wanna know the reasoning behind the little hat people give John sometimes. I love it. I wanna know where that came from. Who put that on him and how can I kiss you

John hasn't known peace since Arthur figured out that the heart candies fit perfectly between his horns... Happy Valentines!

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[ID: A painting of small creature John. He's depicted as a mostly amorphous blob with a vague animal shape with ripples of smoke around him, four small horns, bright gold eyes and marble like markings, with his left large horn being broken off. John looks slightly disgruntled and annoyed. On his head is a pink candy sweetheart with "You & Me" in red on it. It fits perfectly between all of his horns. /End ID]