Gratuitous Monster

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RAYMOND, No. 21, November-December, 1978. Published bi-monthly by GIMBLECO ENTERPRISES... The stories, characters, and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead... Printed in U.S.A

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Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

and then I squeezed in ooonee more cute halftone hit for my friend @branta.bsky.social 😸

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

One last painting, should have gone over the sketch proportions one more time before I rendered but I do like it overall, this is seventhstranger's Pat

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

Shawn for Art Fight user IgnorantParadise, didn't have time left to get it quite how I wanted it but the character is cute :)

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

Jumping back to halftone after the painting streak. This hit on Frenk belonging to MorganMackerel makes me so angry (joking) because I think this is my favorite texture result I've ever gotten in all the time I've been trying to emulate comic pages, but I can't show this subject matter to everybody

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

And after that I went for old nun yuri because I love old gay people, for Art Fight user EerieDragone, yes it's Conclave nah I never watched it personally

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

Cuter and more stylized painting of a character belonging to Art Fight user Flywork_Sark :)

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

Skipping order for a moment because these were both attacks on @ninetalesdotedu.bsky.social just since I love Pokemon especially Espeon and I love Better Call Saul especially Chuck. Also the difference in sketchy half-rendered vs. fully painted after getting warmed up over the next few attacks lmfao

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 2d

Okay here's a gronckle named Eepy for Art Fight user Bookofdragons, because I had a dynamic density halftone brush I wanted to play with. So there's a separated pic as well, to show off the gradients of each color

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 7d

Next was @timesnewnorman.bsky.social's Osgood, which was my first halftone attack for this year but after this point I spent a little time making my own actual halftone brushes, and I will post those attacks a bit later...

A friendly looking anthro hippo in scrubs smiles and waves at the viewer. His skin is a purple color and made up of blue and pink halftone dots at different densities to create a lighter underside and darker back.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 7d

But then I attacked my bestie @coyotesick.bsky.social with Ziggy and Wyatt :33

Two anthro dogs embracing and looking happily at eachother. One is a chocolate lab with a Michigan shirt and the other is a tricolor rat terrier with a Type O Negative tank top.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· 7d

Kind of forgot to make an Art Fight thread so I'll start it under here, thing is my first attack was on "Male Pattern Baldness" in which case we were invited to draw our own oc balding. So this is my character David as prompted by AF user aerospaze

An anthro rabbit sitting and reading a book. With his head bowed, you can see that his hairline is receded and that he has a bald spot in his hair.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Jun 9

With deafening sound, whisper "I love you"

A digital painting of two anthro characters, a badger, Marc, and a macaque, Kaz. Marc, painted in shades of dark gray, is holding the other and looking down at his face with a yearning expression. Kaz, painted in shades of red that distort and become part of the background, has closed eyes and a neutral expression. Also painted in red is a harness around Kaz's head and another around Marc's chest.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Jun 6

some practice in stylized sketching

sketch of an anthro rat character with a microphone, colored in tan.

sketch of an anthro cat character sitting and reading a book, colored in blue and tan.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· May 29

JEHREEN in CMYK 🌀 Comm for @krokz.bsky.social

A digital illustration of an anthro character against a spiraling background. He is a white serval in jeans with black stripes on his arms and tail. He has red, blue, green, and yellow on his shoulders and across his fingertips, which are extended toward the viewer.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Apr 5

this guy actually did my shot though

A screenshot from the movie Beverly Hills Bodysnatcher (1989). Mad scientist "Doc" played by Frank Gorshin is holding a big ass syringe.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Apr 5

Also I started T today 😸💉

A digital drawing of an anthro caracal character wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans holding a syringe in preparation of injecting testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. He is looking back over his shoulder towards the viewer with a big smile and a wagging tail. The medication vial and an alcohol prep wipe are also next to him.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Feb 23

Yeah, leather and denim jackets and vests with a wing motif are absolutely a classic, and it could still have 3d wings. I think of this eagle jacket from a 1977 skit

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Jan 22

lol I do read them eventually, I haven't done this but it sounds like a fun idea. Trevor especially...

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Dec 14

The Devil's right hand

A drawing of my character Hester, a sheep with long and wavy red hair, holding a knife in her teeth and grimacing.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Dec 12

let's all draw cute old people NOW

Sketches of my characters Dean (rat) and Nash (ram) as a sweet old couple yay so cute!

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Dec 2

I didn't say anything 'cause I don't know what I want to draw for it but I had a birthday episode a couple days ago

A drawing of my fursona (a caracal) dressed up like Dale Gribble with a can of Alamo beer in his hand yippee

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Nov 13

Zeke, Kenny

A digital sketch of two of my anthro characters. Zeke is an elephant and Kenny is an ant

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Oct 18

take me to the river

A rough painting of two of my characters, showing Dickey whispering in Clancy's ear.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Oct 11

The only thing I love more than anti-drug PSAs being programmed into pinball machine DMDs is anti-drug PSAs being programmed into pinball machine DMDs with a grammatical error

The emulated dot matrix display for a virtual pinball game (Star Trek (1991) by Data East). It says "Winner's don't use drugs" with an apostrophe before the S on winners. Notice the skulls on either side of the message to show how serious this is.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Sep 29

Oh I know I can share the pokesona I doodled up. duhh

The pokemon Persian but standing on two legs and wearing clothes! Yay!

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Sep 11

I'm going to see an early screening tonight and I don't know if I'm going to make it. But dig this painting process. The Tap consumes me

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Sep 10

SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES #SpinalTap2

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Sep 4

Thinking of changing Nash into a woolly breed, among other tweaks

A digital drawing of an anthro sheep sitting, with a plain background. He's mostly black in color, but his upper arms and legs have short brown wool growing. Their tail is undocked, and is black with a white tip, to match his face. He also has an ear ring, a nose ring, and dyed green hair. They're wearing a black sleeveless shirt, black boots, and dark green shorts. The design update is based on Zwartbles sheep, although he isn't exactly one, because he has horns.

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Aug 13

I don't know when I'll get around to finishing this so better to share a rough draft than to wind up forgetting about it

Gratuitous Monster@martianhop· Aug 2

15: Revenge on Branta! :3 / @branta.bsky.social