purrlockswatson
Amanda. Artist. Writer. Victorian vampire. Here lies my shenanigans.
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Hi!
I know I've already been on haitus for a while, but well, I'll be even more haitus for the next week because I'll be travelling.
I've been having a hard time drawing anything. It's not that I have any difficulties that I can pinpoint. It just never seemed to happen. And it kept not happening.
I've been working on a new writing project, I want to say it sucks, but to be fair, it's just not what I usually like to write or even to read, so I won't insult it yet. It deserves it, though. It includes someone sucking on a raw steak. And a ferris wheel. And sad things because of course.
Anyway, enjoy this doodle that hopefully I'll find the heart to finish after next week!
Somehow, I'm unable to draw cats or hampsters now, so I made MCR-themed keychain earrings and a Black Parade parade zeppelin choker. I'm strangely mesmerised by the zeppelins in the WTTBP music video.
The Hotel Bella Muerte keychain can only be seen for one blurry second in A Summoning, but I've seen many renditions made by Etsy sellers, and they all seem to agree that it has a Lil Guy.
The Desolation Row one is based on Gerard Way's trousers. It felt like a legitimate design choice at the time and I ran with it.
MCR art from when I can still do it
Careful, the hampsters have escaped from Desolation Row!
This is one of the songs I constantly have on loop, but I still mishear "circus" as "suck-ass" and get a fright, every time
Appreciation for how horrifying hamsters are when they've got their mouths open:
(Full hamster yawn on Instagram)
Revenge Era hampsters here! Which song or era should I draw the hampsters in next?
why is daroga so fat
Because of magnificent fur:
But I don't generally assign body shapes to my goober cats unless it's explicitly in the design of their human counterparts. So he can be anything you like.
Small cats are not always small characters (case in point: Kitty Cherik). I draw whatever best showcases my perception of the character.
(Drawing is from this comic. All Phantom of the Opera art here)
Aauughh, it'sforthehampsterthatI'mgonnabuy!
That one clip from Life on the Murder Scene keeps looping in my head, so here is My Chemical Hamsters.
I know I'm late to every party and fandom, but I come bearing silly lil guys
how do you feel about love never dies' erik and lnd altogether😭😭
(love never dies art + thoughts with actual words here.)
i love poto so bad it makes me wanna cry
Us when POTO:
(From Pharoga cats Christmas)
It gets worse when you have Phan friends. They have the most diabolical minds for tragedy. Yes, I'm looking at all of you here.
Unless you're speaking of the Spanish poto, Anon?
which phantom is ur fav. in all versions. please.
Aahhhhh!
Got to say the OG O.G., Leroux's Erik, but it's EXTREMELY PAINFUL to say so and PLEASE don't tell me all the versions I didn't pick will be put on a converter belt to a Phantom meat grinder
(I'm sorry to every Phan friend who sees this. Cherik lovers, don't come at me with swords, I do love him, okay?)
All my Phantom art in which there is NO FAVOURITISM, I swear
BAD. That's dirty fighting! Here, have this, okay?
(I'll have you know that Vlad is the whole reason I put in the sidenote. He's that notorious.)
which phantom is ur fav. in all versions. please.
Aahhhhh!
Got to say the OG O.G., Leroux's Erik, but it's EXTREMELY PAINFUL to say so and PLEASE don't tell me all the versions I didn't pick will be put on a converter belt to a Phantom meat grinder
(I'm sorry to every Phan friend who sees this. Cherik lovers, don't come at me with swords, I do love him, okay?)
All my Phantom art in which there is NO FAVOURITISM, I swear
which phantom is ur fav. in all versions. please.
Aahhhhh!
Got to say the OG O.G., Leroux's Erik, but it's EXTREMELY PAINFUL to say so and PLEASE don't tell me all the versions I didn't pick will be put on a converter belt to a Phantom meat grinder
(I'm sorry to every Phan friend who sees this. Cherik lovers, don't come at me with swords, I do love him, okay?)
All my Phantom art in which there is NO FAVOURITISM, I swear
For some reason I haven't been able to draw any cats lately. Catch me lurking around the house like a cryptid cosplaying a person.
I can't be bothered to update my meet the artist but I cut my own hair again and I can see my scalp for the first time. Yippee.
Ooh goodness, thank you so much for reading and poiting it out, I will edit it. That is quite an on-the-nose title, I can't believe I forgot it!
Blog post: 5 most Unhinged Sherlock Holmes Stories
My apologies for my radio silence. As the Victorians may say, I have been suffering from delicate nerves (that is to say, miserable for no definite reason that anybody could identify).
I have had this post in the backroom ready to go for a month now, but could never bring myself to finish it - here it is, in all it's chaotic glory.
Every My Chemical Romance song featuring vampires, drawn as vampires.
Can you guess which one is which? Answer under the dumb doodle I did on the bus
1: L-R: Sharpest Lives, Vampire Money, 2: Vampires Will Never Hurt You.
(Shoutout to @nalesnik-z-morela I'm sorry when you first told me about MCR my whole review was "there was a lot of screaming" I'm now obsessed, so you see, I got my comeuppance.)
Thank you, @frommarshtheycome @blackghostm2o & @vladimirsangel for the tags, I'm honoured 😭 10 favourite films in GIFs:
#StarterPackNoAI
I come with necessities.
It's sad to think that AI art trends will probably be around for a good long while. Let's make sure that we can beat it back with counter-trends. Here's my small and silly contribution to #StarterPackNoAI.
Really, people, if you want to see starter pack art, ask me! I'd draw it. It might look wonky and full of jokes, but on the bright side, I don't charge you for works made of mashed-up stolen art, which is all generative AI does (a tip would be nice though)
Goodness, what is going on?
(All Phantom of the Opera Cats)
Aahh, thank you for thinking of him, @greenfinchwriter 😭
When you're a smol vampire but still want to do home reno, do it lizard-fashion on the wall
The Dance of the Rats (circa 1690)
Attributed to Ferdinand van Kessel
Characters from The Phantom of the Parachute, or something
(Why, hello, it's my weird sense of humour again!)
They make each other worse - in a sweet way. Sarah is very, very done with their hijinks.
How to cheer up a vampire who deals with the pain of immortal existence by crying and bedrotting instead of binge-drinking (arterial blood) and building cults and evil empires.
You know when you start to think "Aww I like you" about a character and then "Right, you're my favourite now," and then they die? It drives me up the wall, and I'm staying on the wall because I hate the "eh, they're not dead!" even more.
This is even more annoying because it was only assigned reading for a GN course, and now I'm upset over a dead pumpkin headed multiversal magic academy student.
It's not so much the character dying that makes me angry. It's that I hate being told how to feel. It feels like I'd fallen into a trap laid out by the writers; like they'd made me like this character specifically so that I'd be invested enough to be sad when they die. Mass produced sentiment.
My braincell is officially Dead™️ so have this
Iffff you want to fill one in too here it is
Shoutout to @vladimirsangel for sending it to me that's it I'm going to kick my dead braincell around like a glob of pudding. Will link OG post when I'm alive again
OKAY GOT IT , kudos to @bitegore
Vampire's pearls.
My current coping mechanism is using a pair of big battered pliers to bend metal, so now there's another new item in my vampire hoard.
This is me now:
Be back to cat drawings this weekend. Busy week. And my brain's been weird for a while; it likely shows in my creations. I've got an eyeball ring on my desk right now, for crying out loud.
@blackforrestpunk I'm holding you responsible for this
Look, I know I own a cat ears headband and a furred cat-eared hoodie, and I draw a lot of cats, but-- I'm not escaping the allegations, am I?
@windforkthewriter @t4z-0n-p4wz @greenfinchwriter @nalesnik-z-morela
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TY for the tag, Kat! 🥰💕 @dreamingkitsunewrites
I have been called out 😩
no pressure tags: @teenidlegirl @yougavemeyourheartyouknow @mrsoharaa @catladyoftheyr @swiftyangx12 @greensagephase @fairlyang @mysteria157 + whoever wants to 🥰
I think I drew an OC versus Creator thing a while back, but I can't remember what I've done with it, so here's one I drew today
I swear I'm not Undead, I'm just cynical as anything and spend too much time squinting suspiciously at people. How I can have such a happy vampire, I have no idea.
Quick sketch of my newest vampire. Unlike Pierce, October is a classic toxic heartthrob vampire with broody antihero problems, a long, bad history with damsels, and he rides a motorbike. In black leather clothes. Oh, geez.
He and Pierce are blood-feuding rivals.
Well, to be clear, October is out to get Pierce, but Pierce has a bit of a weak spot for people who hate him, as it were, so it's a one-sided relationship. On both sides.
Cherik + Famous Last Words.
I'm okay, I'm okay. Trust me. *Kicks the wall*
To make up for it, have something silly too. (Kudos to @blackghostm2o in the tags of my last Emo Cherik!)
Sneak peek of some Kitty Cherik.
The pixelation is for spoiler reasons, I'm NOT emulating *that* cursed segment of the cursed Phantom 1990 edit I mentioned before although I can't say it's got nothing to do with the video.
Monster cocoa party 🍫☕️
@blackforrestpunk @vladimirsangel and a fungal guest who has escaped containment.
The only context I can provide is the Zombie Aiden drawing. The rest is what happens when you let people communicate almost exclusively through jokes, art, and hyperfixations.
<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
SO many hearts, for you. You incredible person.
Aaaaahhhh, thank you very much!! Right back at you, friend <3<3<3<3
(Loosely related fact: I always thought <3 was supposed to be a really scrunched-up looking sideways smiley face, never occurred to my Undead Victorian brain that they're hearts)
*Pulls my vampire out of the blender* He's up for it!
Compassion: 10/10
Bitterness: 1/10
Happiness: 8/10
Politeness: 7/10 (points off for being a saucy coquette)
Chivalry: 9/10
Pride: 2/10 (vanity 10/10)
Honesty: 5/10 (Heart-on-sleeve oversharer, but lies to himself unconsciously so don't believe him)
Bravery: 9/10 (because dumb)
Recklessness: 10/10 (because dumb)
Ambition: 1/10
Loyalty: 7/10 (dead loyal in friendship, not so in romance)
Love: 10/10
Sense of Family: 6/10 (he has a History)
Attractiveness: 10/10
Agility: 10/10 (pole-dancing, wall-climbing ballerina)
Sex Drive: 10/10
And Aurik is 10/10 adorable, I won't take anything other rating.
Rate Your Traits (OC) - Aurik Gespenst
Beautiful Aurik art by @ohheyitsgray
Compassion: 9/10
Bitterness: 7/10
Happiness: 3/10
Politeness: 8/10
Chivalry: 7/10
Pride: 1/10
Honesty: 8/10
Bravery: 2/10
Recklessness: 5/10
Ambition: 2/10
Loyalty: 9/10
Love: 9/10
Sense of Family: 9/10
Attractiveness: 1/10
Agility: 5/10
Sex Drive: 4/10
Tagging: anyone who hasn't done this yet but wants to!