Moss Lawton.
[Storyboard Artist and Dracula]
Creator of the graphic novel HELLAWEEN. Story artist at Glitch.
You may know me from Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, Monster High, or Bidoof's Big Stand.
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REBLOGGIN'
MOSS LAWTON (they/them)—
Comic Creator - Story Director - Undead Muppet King
Story Artist on The Gaslight District at Glitch Productions
I'm the creator of the comic series HELLAWEEN. Or you may know me from my animation work on shows like Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, Monster High, or Pokemon's Bidoof's Big Stand. I like monsters, oddities, DnD, drag, live music, pokemon, goth shit, crafting/DIY etc
when I’m not drawing for work, I’m drawing for evil.
What's HELLAWEEN?
HELLAWEEN is a high energy goth-comedy about a human witch named Gwen who must endure the horrors of suburbia. She and her two monster friends from an alternate nightmare realm, Miles and Sloane, must navigate friendship, teenaged monster hunters, curfews, and magical threats— all while trying to have the best Halloween week ever.
If you're a fan of Invader ZIM, Owl House, Beetlejuice or My Chemical Romance check em out. Available at most bookstores.
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art | hellaween | storyboarding | comics | asks | DnD
-(characters are also tagged by their names)
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Moss comes in humanoid, skeleton and muppet varieties
sideblog - @hemog0blin
4) Do they have an accent or dialect?
Sebastian: Seb's based in London and he's a little... *flops wrist* you know. He goes Dr. Orpheus Venture Brothers-mode when he's performing seances.
Moss: SoCal vocal fry, very sarcastic
Roc: Kate Beckinsale from Underworld
Nyx: raspy and creepy, lots of gross undead noises
Julian: Never gave him one but he's boisterous and friendly
Whiskey: Never gave them one but they're loud and combative, kind of gravely from yelling at people at bars. But probably a bad british or irish accent? American actors doing Pirates of the Caribbean type of vibe.
Gila: I only got to play one session with them, I didn't get to figure out much.
🗣️ Voice
1. Are they talkative?
2. Is their voice quiet or loud?
3. Do they have unusual speech patterns?
4. Do they have an accent or dialect?
5. Do they like to sing? Are they good at it?
🖐️ Hands
6. Left handed, right handed, ambidextrous?
7. Neat or messy hand writing?
8. Do they draw/paint a lot?
9. Are they good or bad at making handicrafts?
10. Do they need their hands occupied a lot? If so, what do they do?
🍛 Food
11. What's their favorite food/least favorite food?
12. Are they a picky eater?
13. Any food they avoid for reasons other than taste?
14. How are their table manners?
15. Do they rather eat too much or too little?
16. Do they prefer to eat alone or with company?
17. Are they good at cooking?
🛏️Sleep
18. Morning person or night owl?
19. Easy to fall asleep or insomniac?
20. Light or heavy sleeper?
21. Do they move around a lot while sleeping?
22. Are they used to sleeping around others or alone?
23. Do they snore?
24. Other sleeping habits?
19) how many wisdom teeth do you have and have you had any removed?
I had four and now I have none
22) do you have nieces/nephews/godchildren/other kids in your life that aren't yours?
A bunch of my cousins have kids who I see once or twice a year.
20) what's your favourite beverage?
overall and also non-alcoholic: black cold brew coffee
alcoholic: any whiskey based cocktail that tastes like a campfire
at the movies: blue raspberry icee
at a show: big modelo
This is (most of) my Kermit collection. The newest edition is Ker'micro from KinetiCritters. He's got a pin on the back so I can wear him on my jacket!!!
1) what's your favourite kitchen appliance?
I never use it because I cold brew most of the time, but my Animal Crossing Brewster pour over pot. OH AND MY BRITA FILTER because LA water tastes nasty.
6) (saw your other ask to swap lol) what's your go-to recipe when you want to make something that requires minimal effort?
Trader Joe's Green Onion Pancake, cook on both sides, scramble an egg on top, flip again to cook, top with chili crisp, salt pep, maybe some spinach or other veg, fold and eat with one hand
12) what's the biggest purchase you've ever made?
Boring answer, my cintiq or my laptop wait changing my answer— my tattoos
26) do you make a list before going to the grocery store or just wing it?
Only if I need something specific, otherwise it's grab the essentials and then vibes based. The store will tell me what kind of vegetables I want to eat that week.
13) what are your hobbies?
crafting, DIYing clothes, doll customizing, lino cut printing, going to drag shows, concerts and other goth/alternative night life, window shopping at local markets, dungeons and dragons, splatoon (esp salmon run), movie nights with friends, scrolling tumblr, etc
I feel like I'm forgetting something important but thats a lot of them!
for ask meme 3,4 and 27, 28….. I feel like they’re two sets of questions are interesting!
3) what's the best job you've ever had?
Invader ZIM Enter the Florpus is pretty high up there, Gaslight District and Monster High are also on there. But my favorite non-animation job was the summer I worked at Blockbuster. That shit ruled, 10 free rentals a week, I could watch whatever pg-13 and below movie I wanted during my shift. Sorting and restocking was chill as hell.
4) what's the worst job you've ever had?
My worst animation job I don't want to mention lol (its not even an interesting story) Worst non-animation job I had was staff at a shitty local hotel for one summer. I was supposed to be front desk, but some how I got roped into breakfast set up. The 5am call time was miserable and I hated handling food, especially the frozen meats. Horrible boss, mean staff (except for that one cleaning lady who ruled) Evil evil evil job.
27) what's your favourite household chore?
mmmm probably vacuum. I have a really nice pet hair vacuum that also works on hardfloors and has a bunch of attachments for furniture and stuff.
28) what chore do you hate the most?
deepcleaning the cat fountain there's too manY FUCKING LITTLE PIECESSS
Hello! I wanted to give an update from last post. Which can be found here
So, a direct update from that aforementioned post, when I said "This is my fun project. Fun I take seriously. I do not want to stress myself out and make deadlines for it and such."
Well, things changed!
Now, I am taking it more seriously. But it hasn't gotten any less fun. Since that post, I completed all the art I said I was missing and I made the Carnageman:IKE Teaser (Check it out below!)
This was a project I made using my new favorite zine ever, Mark Gee's 4 Week Animation Guide. I gave myself a deadline, I passed it, uploaded, and everybody loved it!
If you want to check out the zine I used to make this animation, take a look at the link to it below. I kind of disobeyed a few rules in it (mostly the one about "scope." I believe my animation idea was bigger than what Mark would've said is a good idea haha) but very much worth the ten dollars.
Having issues finising your projects? The issue might be how you’re managing your time. With this guide I’ll show you an example of how you
I was very depressed at that time lowkey, scrolling on my phone. I had just been let go from my position at TheOdd1sOut. I was out of work, and I would scroll past so many videos of OCs on instagram with 40k likes, doing the most barebones tween-heavy animations. And it would frustrate me- because I could do that kind of animation in a few days! It wasn't such a big deal!
Which made me think- Domenic- that doesn't make any sense. If you can do this kind of thing, then why get mad?? Just get off your phone and go make one.
Can't you?
Something the great BayBoyZone once told me and that I now personally believe to be true is that there is a distinct effect on artists when we spend too much time looking at/discussing art and not as much time making it. You find yourself critiquing tv shows with friends, discussing artmaking on the internet, looking at pinterest etc when you don't have a big art project going on- and it can make you think weird things. It can give you odd reservations.
A lot of times, when people say awful things on someone's work, including mine, I go to their profile, and there is not much art. It is usually just discussions. Tweets about why they disagree with something glitch is doing. Musings about how they hate certain indie creator choices. Just... text.
I feel bad. It must be hard for them to draw.
After the success of the teaser, I opened up my shop. With ONLY Ike merch, for the first time ever. Which was also a big success and took care of some rent and car payments for me, which totally cushioned the blow of my unemployment. If you were one of those people that supported the shop- thank you.
I am not exaggerating when I say you single-handedly bring more art into the world. Because the store drop fundamentally changed how I felt about this project:
It seemed people liked my animation style, more than they were excited at the idea of a comic. So I decided to go all-in on indie animation. No comics for now. (Maybe one day it will change.)
I am currently making a short film about each main character. 1 minute each.
I put together a small team of volunteers; artists and friends, to get this off the ground. We don't have money, and the videos won't be monetized. (ads on 1 minute videos annoy me) It's going to be like the cartoons of yesteryear on youtube where we just make them because we want to and because it’d be cool. To make something from nothing, with total control and beholden to no one. I hope you continue to support this project, and when the first short film comes out, I sincerely hope you enjoy it.
I do not know how things will change from there. Because I want to focus on what is directly in front of me.
We are on week 5 of 8 for the first short. Things are looking mind blowing. I hope to share animations and progress soon, in a companion journal to this one.
Thank you for reading. I appreciate you very much.
