CSkel

A sleep deprived being who draws. Posts once every century or so. •──⋅☾ ☽⋅──• https://linktr.ee/skelekid

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𝕬𝖗𝖙𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 | 𝕭𝖑𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖐𝖞 | 𝕴𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖒

Hello there internet dwellers, I am CSkel, an illustrator and concept artist who draws with dark and gothic themes.

I used to post my art on social media for nearly a decade but decided to stop after the stress it brings me. So after sometime away I decided to come back, did some spring cleaning and here we are.

I post my concept art stuff in my Artstation, and some personal work here, BlueSky and Instagram. Feel free to let your eyeballs roll around my digital works, and give a follow to see more as time goes on.

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Drained

Circumstances in my current daily life feels like it's been taking and taking. Being wrung dry, strained and used over again, flopped around like a crusty rag. It feels like many a person tugging my mind tightly by heavy chains with sharp hooks pierced through. Every waking moment my brain won't shut off the moments of how my day ran.

Off hours when I'm alone, though I still enjoy the music I always consume, I feel somewhat disconnected from it. Though I am in good company with sympathetic friends, the only words that ever cascade out are the depressing retellings of repetitive complaints that never cease. So I decide to put a stop to this, less I let myself continue to chase my own tail in this maddening cycle. There will be some who won't agree with my decision, but I know for certain that doing so will let me breathe life into my being once again, to actually live life and not just survive under the fear of a claustrophobic place that constantly uses and takes a lot out of you.

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I forgot to post these but here is a mini stress-relief project I've been working on for a while: Five portrait studies of Diru members done in graphite pencil.

Anyays I'm going to go see them live this coming May. Time to hibernate for another century or so until I decide to post something again. Toodles.

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It's already March...

From my Insta stories.

As mentioned, Job is leaving me tired, so I'm slow on my own projects. Either way, I'm excited to see them live soon.

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Honse

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I let the sun flashbang me to paint some plants

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I went on and off this piece but I finally finished it. This piece is a sequel to the previous artwork! It all started when the mynahs and sparrows started dying out, while the crows thrive...

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Old Work incoming! A somewhat old piece done in 2024 for a school assignment, based on a pen-on-paper piece I did a few years prior. The egg was a photo of a quail egg taken from the fridge (saved for hotpot dinner later on). I'm uploading this old work first because the latest artwork I'm almost completing is sort of a sequel to this. Sketches under Keep reading:

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Hi, I'm still Alive~ I'm glad to be working on an illustration for the first time in MONTHS.

...maybe I should post some older works on my socials too.

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Small update

I've been picking up on some things, albeit small they seem they're quite significant to me. It puts me out of my comfort zone, but at the same time gives me time and space for myself. So I'm aiming to balance this new routine I have.

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I'm still ✨Alive✨

There has been blockage in the sewers but I'm still here drinking boba. It has been tough for a long while now. This period of my life forced me in a paradigm shift of sorts, changing and letting go of some beliefs I've held on for years whilst facing the void riddled with uncertainties and whispering voices that comes forth every now and then.

Yet despite so, something at the back of my head kept repeating this reminder like a daily prayer; that perhaps I (or maybe even the people who are in similar circumstances as I) needed to experience this to learn something from it that will aid us for the rest of our lives, and that joy and despair both exist on two sides of the same coin. What is it exactly? I don't have the exact answer for it, and it varies for each individual. And is there an itch to create something despite the creative block? Yes, and it has been there forever, and I see it as an unwavering faith in times where the heart can be swayed ever so easily, that each person's book has stories that are not written in their own handwriting. Stay sane out there fellow internet dwellers. Drink some water, get a decent amount of rest, and if you could at the very least gaze at the clouds outside. Though it seems trivial, even a blade of grass and the whisps of a cloud can seemed wonderous enough that you'll find them bigger than the entire world. - CSkel

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I went on a Vkei marathon these past week.

Something I realised about vkei is how it's a natural musical force that just seamlessly became a part of my life and it will always skyrocket my adrenaline whenever i go back to it again.

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𝕴𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 (Pt 5/5)

- A short comic by CSkel

FIRST PT / PREV PT

....and that's the end. Thanks for reading all the way through, and hopefully you dear reader have enjoyed this story. I've been occupied with other matters in life, so posting has been really slow. But I'm still creating in the midst of the sheer chaos of everything.

-CSkel

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𝕴𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 (Pt 4/5)

- A short comic by CSkel

Last part coming in a few days. Stay Tuned!

FIRST PT / NEXT PT / PREV PT

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𝕴𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 (Pt 3/5)

- A short comic by CSkel

FIRST PT / NEXT PT / PREV PT

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𝕴𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 (Pt 2/5)

- A short comic by CSkel

FIRST PT / NEXT PT