2026: draw more ugly people

He/It

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Since it's a new year and I've been getting more traction lately I guess I should make an intro

My name is Eric (you can also call me Badger or Benji), I'm a 19 year old trans dude and I go by he/it. Right now I'm in my first year studying for an Illustration degree.

You'll mostly find stuff pertaining to my ocs, with some fanart and random designs mixed in. I am a furry 🐈 but I draw a mix of anthros and humans. My art also uses a lot of eyestrainey colours and horror elements, but I'll tag for specific things.

I also have an Instagram, a Sketchers United and an Artfight (currently the place to see my ocs, but it's a work in progress).

Any tags or comments are greatly, greatly appreciated. If you like the art then say so.

I have a lot of interests I may post about but the main ones include:

Books (mainly horror and dystopia)

Writing and doing rp

UK comedy

Indie rock, hyperpop, electric, industrial and folk punk

Fandoms - Deltarune, Gorillaz, Ena: DBBQ, Kinitopet, Cult of the Lamb, Dungeon Meshi, Bigtop Burger, Our Permanent Vacation and moar

Thanks

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These two ladies again, because I wanted some clear fullbodies. I also changed Foxy's colours a little

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Practice study of my ocs' hands cus I got curious about it from the Kevin art

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I actually quite like the Pre-Strex Kevin design I made in that last bit of art so I drew him normalstyle

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Coming home from school

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Eric is injuring the boys again

I've been thinking a lot about textures recently and I wanna get better at them, so partially this is a practice piece in how blood interacts with skin and hair

Also partially fanart of my own fic. which you can read here if you're interested in pre-Strex Kevin getting horribly tormented for 12000 words. part 2 will hopefully be out soon

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In the spirit of prepping for Artfight I redesigned a semi-old Monster High oc

Hailing from a poor famly in Rotland, Gobbert transferred to MH to study Gemology. All of their clothes are hand-me-downs, which they've grown adept to customising and restyling. It loves collecting all things pretty and shiny - jewels, gemstones, tinkets, etc - which it incorporates into its fashion. They also earn some extra money at school through getting paid by students to fix or spruce up their clothes (most of which it spends on more fabrics and thread). They're often bullied and babied for their small size and gentle demeanour, so generally it keeps to itself; when it's not crafting, their free time is mostly spent exploring and treasure-hunting in the wilderness.

I gotta draw my other OC soon because she's their friend

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My take on an AM human design (notes under the cut)

Mostly based on the radio drama

The human part was pieced together from the bodies of dead soldiers. it's essentially a hand puppet that he can use to imitate life, but it still doesn't have any senses attached to it.

The wires are really heavy and constantly gettng knotted into things so he's probably slow as hell

He gives himself actual limbs for the scene inside Ted's mind

The issue with making AM a human is that the fact he isn't human is like, his whole deal. so this felt like a cool compromise.

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Some fanart for The Waiter by Kwan Ann Tan. It's a pretty short book, I managed to finish it in a single sitting, but a couple weeks later I'm still thinking about it. You should check it out

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Mutual's ocs also

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AU of an AU... I turned my oc into AM lol. no one outside of a few mutuals are gonna know the context tho

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I sketched this one like a year ago but I've finally now drawn them properly

Their name is Mark Accountant and they work for a mascot horror circus themed entertainment venue/factory. Their boss is an insane person and they're the only thing keeping the business from collapsing under the weight of its many lawsuits and wildly expensive tech projects. the pay is astounding and they only sometimes get thrown into clown pits

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Redraw

Here's the original (3 year difference)

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Semi-old tma oc

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"Kehehehehe! You tried taking a dip in the sea of blood too, didn't you!? I don't blame you! I came here to do some fishing, but it smelled so good I just dove right in!"

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It's been a while since I drew Kinito, well I'm back. unfortunately I destroyed him

Partially anatomy/gore practice and partially a redraw of some Kinito art from a few years ago. I don't give myself the chance too often to go all out on gore so it's a little treat for me

Original under cut. cw shitty haircut

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Been obsessed with a song for the past few days so for fun I made a new oc from it. her name is Sapph, she's a very tired guardian angel. I'm still figuring her out