brian kai (he/him) | trans | adult | seeking divinity in all things mechanical | gore and full nudity will have warnings | making music as AnagramP :) | sideblog: @statictwoo | instagram: @staticbluue
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I'm Brian (he/him) and I make art. This blog is mostly for my illustrations, but I also do comics, short and weird writing, and vocal synth music. I have a sideblog for reblogs, doodles, and photographs. You can find me on Instagram with art and music, and YouTube with music.
I have a short psychological horror comic on Webtoon Canvas and Tapas from Halloween of 2023.
Here is a guide to what I post on this blog:
CURRENT FIXATION: M*A*S*H
Star Trek: Lots of Data. I swear I'm a comic artist, I swear I'm working on my original projects, but. . . Data. . .
Dreams for Sale: A horror anthology about the colliding paths of a journalist and a shopkeeper.
Status: UPDATES MONTHLY ON WEBTOON AND TAPAS !!!
1950s story, currently untitled: No plot yet, just vibes. Two trans people stumbling through the 1950s.
Status: saved for later
Forget Me Not: A drama about mental illness, loss, talent, and rock music.
Status: scripting in progress
Cicada Season: A short story about the unsettling events that occur before an aspiring writer goes off to college.
Status: scripting in progress
1920s story, currently untitled: A supernatural horror story involving a private detective and the. . . person. . . he finds by the side of the road.
Status: saved for later
Beautiful Machine: A sci-fi story about a guy with an android repair shop, his assistant, and an android who refuses to be turned off.
Status: saved for later
Circuit: A far-future sci-fi mystery about the power source of a country that exists entirely in an underground silo.
Status: saved for later
Mari: A surreal story about the way one artist sees the world.
Status: saved for later
Death of the Author: A dark comedy about a struggling author, a spirit, and a medium running a Korean exorcism business out of a New Jersey apartment.
Status: saved for later
Today's reminder: Short and usually surreal posts that I write just for fun!
Commission for @mxmorel for their fic, Psalms 51:7-15! It's always exciting to work on a full scene for a commission since I don't get so many of those, and I love coming up with interesting lighting. This was super fun and a good challenge to work on and I hope I did the fic justice! Thank you for commissioning me!
I'm not in this fandom so if you guys want to see more you'll have to commission me šš
Commissions are open via artistree. Feel free to email me at [email protected] with any questions.
New episode of Dreams for Sale out on Webtoon and Tapas!
This is the first time I've drawn Eleanor without lipstick (if even for a few panels) and it freaked me out lol. Some of my favorite scenes are the ones with Joan and Eleanor at the end of a story. So far this is only the second one, but we'll have a lot more interactions between them in volume 2! I also like to let loose a little bit at the end of chapters, so here Eleanor gets to wear a detailed 1890s ensemble, which is usually too much to draw. In the last Joan + Eleanor episode my end-of-chapter treat was the HVAC system on Eleanor's roof lol.
I'm was supposed to add this song š on my last Dreams for Sale post because it was PERFECT for last month's episode, but I forgot š§āāļø
New episode of Dreams for Sale out on Webtoon and Tapas!
This is the first time I've drawn Eleanor without lipstick (if even for a few panels) and it freaked me out lol. Some of my favorite scenes are the ones with Joan and Eleanor at the end of a story. So far this is only the second one, but we'll have a lot more interactions between them in volume 2! I also like to let loose a little bit at the end of chapters, so here Eleanor gets to wear a detailed 1890s ensemble, which is usually too much to draw. In the last Joan + Eleanor episode my end-of-chapter treat was the HVAC system on Eleanor's roof lol.
I'm was supposed to add this song š on my last Dreams for Sale post because it was PERFECT for last month's episode, but I forgot š§āāļø
I drew the first one quite a while ago, but I figure it's never too late to promote an indie book (again)! This is Penelope, a character from These Dark Waters by Kelsey Tremaine (@/thinkingbookish on instagram). They also commissioned me to draw the main cast of characters, which you might remember, but I wanted to save Penelope to post along with some other animal portraits. These dogs were all commissioned by someone who doesn't use social media but who let me post them anyway to help promote my pet portraits. A big thank you to everyone who has commissioned me so far!
Commissions are open via the artistree link in my pinned post!
I don't have much to post because I've been working very hard on finishing the first volume of Dreams for Sale, so now is a good time to show you the horror movie posters in Joan's house in all their glory. It's up to you which one contains an incest plotline, but one of them definitely does, it's not optional š
(Read Dreams for Sale on Webtoon or Tapas! For me! Please!)
[Becomes less tolerant of "gay" being used as an umbrella term when the conversation should include queer people who don't experience same sex attraction]
Ok I know I literally just posted a caption about how needing to talk about your comic is the worst part about making a comic BUT I TAKE IT BACK I WAS WRONG. The worst part is that friends who don't make comics seem to think you want them to read it to increase some nebulous metric of success. No, I want YOU to read it. I am sharing this with you. I have put work and love into this and I want you to share it.
DREAMS FOR SALE DAY !! New episode out on Webtoon and Tapas at 12 PM PST, 3 PM EST !! Lots of Easter Eggs in this one, definitely not limited to these characters from comics by @/smuppey on instagram, @/kasebrots on instagram, and @sheisawantedman
Probably the worst part about making a comic is that in order to get people to read it I have to talk about it. If I could talk, would I be making a comic? I don't know. Go read Dreams for Sale and let it talk for itself, how the heck do I know what it wants to say?
(And with this post, my Frankposting streak is over)
DREAMS FOR SALE DAY !! New episode out on Webtoon and Tapas at 12 PM PST, 3 PM EST !! Lots of Easter Eggs in this one, definitely not limited to these characters from comics by @/smuppey on instagram, @/kasebrots on instagram, and @sheisawantedman
Probably the worst part about making a comic is that in order to get people to read it I have to talk about it. If I could talk, would I be making a comic? I don't know. Go read Dreams for Sale and let it talk for itself, how the heck do I know what it wants to say?
(And with this post, my Frankposting streak is over)
Four Frankposts in a row, do I get a medal now or do I get shot?
Iām starting to lose track of all the songs Iāve used for these two at this point so if you see a repeat no you donāt <3 From this point on, nobody is allowed to tell me to touch grass because I went to the North Sea and then sat down and drew this. Itās permanent.
Frankās dress is (approximately) from the Sears spring/summer catalog 1959, and Margaretās outfit is also 1950s Sears but I donāt remember the year because I closed my reference tabs (oops).
āPeople should pass a test before being allowed to have kids.ā āIsnāt it scary how white people have this inborn capacity for evil?ā āIāll never pass because males and females have different skull shapes.ā āAutistic people have a stronger sense of justice than anyone else.ā āI donāt want AMABs in my space because theyāre dangerous.ā āYou shouldnāt have access to hormones if you dress like THAT.ā āAnyone who does something that awful isnāt human.ā āSome people really shouldnāt be allowed to vote.ā
This is eugenics. This is phrenology. THIS IS NAZI SHIT, YOU ARE A LEFTIST BUYING INTO NAZI SHIT. YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO NAZI SHIT.
Double Frankposting today, am I allowed to do that (question mark?) š³
This looks like the kind of picture that should have a bit of dialogue in italics at the bottom but I couldn't think of anything. Actually I didn't have any thoughts at all while drawing this, I reserve that for bigger and more detailed things š
I think for a long time Frank dresses like an absolute dork because she was praised for being Neat and Tidy as a kid, but post transition she has to learn all new fashion rules, so she ends up looking pretty good. Definitely still Neat and Tidy and nothing creative, but needing to buy new clothes brings her a step up. It doesn't matter that we don't see Frank in civvies on the show, I KNOW she had a closet full of polo shirts back home.
((I should have been a clothing catalog illustrator but that job pretty much went out when photography got cheap and easy </3
Outfit is from the Sears spring/summer catalog 1957))
Honestly I just drew this to practice spatial tension and then went totally overboard. I think it's interesting how we pretty much never see Frank's dog tags, but Hawkeye's are always out in the open. Hawkeye thinks about death all the time, but I wonder about Frank. Seeing as how he never got very far past an elementary school level of thinking, does he really understand that he can die? Frank is scared all the time, but I don't think he's that much more scared being in a warzone than he would be in daily life. There's another thing to upset myself with :)
"It bled when I blocked it" is a normal, if unfortunate, thing to say about a piece of knitting, but an extremely metal thing to say about a tumblr user.
