Nightmare

@nightmaremantis.bsky.social

37/He/It 🏳️‍⚧️/♠️ Mi'kmaw/Acadian Non-theistic Satanist Psychonaut Canadian bug artist. Working on Brightvoid, an original comic. Mostly sfw but not intended for minors. Hyperfixated on my OC Peal, the silver eyed mantis. AI bros kys.

The pilot for Knights of Guinevere didn't really grab me much but I gave episode 2 a chance and wow is it improved in every way. All I want in media is for it to be aesthetically pleasing, well written and NOT afraid of its own dark themes.

New sona for me (so people can stop confusing Peal as one)! -He/It -Unicorn horn is a cordyceps stalk and the sparkles are spores. -While it looks like a mantis, it isn't. -His saliva contains LSD. -Clothes can be changed to whatever; overall keeps a gothic Lisa Frank vampire vibe.

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First Peal reference sheet vs his most recent one. Both are cropped versions of the originals; as you can tell by the colour palette in the old one having extras. No spoilers for u. He really hasn't changed all that much appearance wise but boy his story has evolved a lot since then.

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Ok so I may or may not have made my previous post mid LSD trip and am mostly sober now but I STAND BY WHAT I SAID. Being so keenly aware of having a mouth and teeth for like 10 hours was absolutely cursed, lmao.

My order of more shrooms and lsd gummies arrived in fantastic time for me to get absolutely obliterated for my birthday week. I booked vacation time for tomorrow and all of next week so I foresee much drawing in my future. 🍄

Funny thing about me getting into psychedelics is that Nugget, the deuteragonist of my comic, grows mushrooms in his home. Like a lot of them. So now I have some fun ideas of what to do with that fact. I did consider using cordyceps as a plot point once but I felt like they're a bit too overused.

Went on a rampage yesterday, listening to Hollow Knight music and drawing on black art tiles. HK music is great but it hits divine when you're on shrooms. I probably looked like a crazy person frantically drawing these. The Peal one is probably my favorite of the bunch.

Decided to watch the Backrooms since I was already there anyway and holy shit that banged. One of my new all time fav horror movies for sure. That one scene where it's just standing there in the middle of the brightly lit furniture store is so wonderfully silly and menacing at the same time haha.

Just got out from watching the finale of TADC. The crowd was pretty great and booed the Harry Potter ad, lol. I have some mixed feelings about the episode's pacing. I think it successfully accomplished what Gooseworx was trying to do; but I don't trust the online fandom to be normal about it, lol.

Successfully acquired a ticket for the finale to the Amazing Digital Circus! There weren't a lot of seats left so it looks like they will be completely sold out by the day of. I'll have to skip work that day to go but I can't even remember the last time I've gone out and done something so fuck it.

I think one of the most under emphasized aspects of climate change is the increase of zoonotic disease spread. When I was a kid I literally lived in the forest and never had to worry about ticks in the slightest. Now I live in the city and they're EVERYWHERE. And it will only get worse with time.

Decided to finish up this acrylic painting of monarch butterflies I started a while back. I'm not particularly good at it since I have very little experience with paint, but I find myself enjoying traditional mediums more lately.

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Been a hot minute since I last posted. Don't really know what to say here other than I thought I was doing better, only to discover I've developed what can only be described as a phobia of friendship. Therapy is not helping and I don't know what to do. So things are slow on the creative front rn.

Been a pretty chaotic week getting this little velociraptor settled into his new home, which includes getting him a more expensive playpen because he figured out how to escape the other one. He loves berries and will give me an offended look if I dare offer him dog treats during training.

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