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22, they/them illustrator + cartoonist | #icks_ocs comic projects: Maceration, tidal, and Overheat inquires: mistakenlycaughtclown@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/icktheclown

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Drawing of two people, one smiling and the other wrapping his arm around their neck kissing their cheek.

Drawing of two people, one smiling and the other wrapping his arm around their neck kissing their cheek.

the lovelies

| ocs: (left) kit, they/them and (right) chris, he/him
| #art #ocsky #icks_ocs

22.06.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

what do you mean i posted this almost a month ago.

anyways i’m still working on tidal

12.03.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yes i have other stuff i’m working on, of course i do…but this has also been sitting in my sketch pile for like three weeks and i’m finally working out some kinks (mild pun intended)

12.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A cropped screenshot of the procreate interface with an in-progress sketch the focus of the canvas.

The sketch itself shows a butch with her legs spread and arms resting on her knees, draped in wires. Just cut off behind her head is the word β€œOVERHEAT” split across two lines.

A cropped screenshot of the procreate interface with an in-progress sketch the focus of the canvas. The sketch itself shows a butch with her legs spread and arms resting on her knees, draped in wires. Just cut off behind her head is the word β€œOVERHEAT” split across two lines.

pondering my orb again #wip

12.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

been thinking about smoking a cigarette a lot lately.

12.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ari is standing in front of a window with his back facing the viewer. His head is downturned, hair obscuring his profile, and his hands claw at his back. There are scars that run along both scapulas.

Ari is standing in front of a window with his back facing the viewer. His head is downturned, hair obscuring his profile, and his hands claw at his back. There are scars that run along both scapulas.

ari study from last night/this morning

| #art #icks_ocs #originalcharacter

08.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
11.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 14877 πŸ” 3972 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 33

today's obsession: is it horrid of me to price an estimated 15-20 page comic pdf download as $3

tune in again tomorrow for all that and more.

10.03.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

today's pattern: work on inking tidal, groan loudly while i throw my head back in anguish, then resume inking. repeat.

10.03.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A playful poster graphic featuring flat illustrations of national postal services around the world that use bird logos. From March 2022

A playful poster graphic featuring flat illustrations of national postal services around the world that use bird logos. From March 2022

Postal services around the world that use birds as logos. One of my favorite poster graphics I've made! πŸ¦βœ‰οΈ

08.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 2447 πŸ” 929 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7

love my vampiric freak

hashtag. myfreak

09.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

every single day i learn more news from my home state that both makes me so glad i left and fills me with horror for friends/family who have to remain there (more broadlyβ€”the direction the state is heading in)

08.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ari is standing in front of a window with his back facing the viewer. His head is downturned, hair obscuring his profile, and his hands claw at his back. There are scars that run along both scapulas.

Ari is standing in front of a window with his back facing the viewer. His head is downturned, hair obscuring his profile, and his hands claw at his back. There are scars that run along both scapulas.

ari study from last night/this morning

| #art #icks_ocs #originalcharacter

08.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

You should hammer all these reps who voted yes on the KIDS Act.

Additionally, keep contacting your other reps as well

07.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 833 πŸ” 900 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Wonderful breakdown!!! The scariest part of these misrepresented stats is that they drive they idea that these beliefs are common and normal, which itself makes people more likely to align with them!!! It's a blight on every journalist who reported this uncritically

07.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 1721 πŸ” 581 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 9300 πŸ” 6070 πŸ’¬ 608 πŸ“Œ 1540

keep misreading pokopia as poptropica, for some reason

08.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even if the environmental issues, labor issues, and frequent inaccuracy/hallucinations of genAI were solved, it would still be bad because according to several studies now it literally gives you brain damage.

06.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

H.R. 7661 would harm so many publishers, authors, and readers. Only the smallest sliver of human experience would make it onto shelves. If you think kids deserve the world, you are against this bill - please read this article and call your reps.

06.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 455 πŸ” 364 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

context, we’ve got:
- 2 mini comics
- 2 zines
- about 6-8 illustrations for those zines/solo style
- sticker designs
- a zine piece
- finishing maceration ch. 1
- drafting for overheat
- …and all my university work

06.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

been working on many projects all at the same time to progress little by little…but that means very little art to post atm…weh

06.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#vampires, you say? i know a guy.

(read my comic, link below. they're finally showing up soon)

31.01.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
a scene redraw from season 1, episode 4 of β€œheated rivalry” but with shane and ilya as women. 

β€œilya” is on the left and β€œshane” is on the right, both laying in bed together. they’re sat up against the wall, kissing, both women shirtless.

a scene redraw from season 1, episode 4 of β€œheated rivalry” but with shane and ilya as women. β€œilya” is on the left and β€œshane” is on the right, both laying in bed together. they’re sat up against the wall, kissing, both women shirtless.

a scene redraw from season 1, episode 6 of β€œheated rivalry” but with shane and ilya as women. 

they are laying down, faces close. β€œshane” on the right has hands on β€œilya’s” face, leaning in for a kiss.

a scene redraw from season 1, episode 6 of β€œheated rivalry” but with shane and ilya as women. they are laying down, faces close. β€œshane” on the right has hands on β€œilya’s” face, leaning in for a kiss.

wait shit i also have these i forgot to post

#art #heatedrivalry #yuri

02.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So ChatGPT tells people to kill themselves, and OpenAI's response is to shift responsibility to unpaid, untrained, non-professional friends and family members.

So if you get designated as the "trusted contact," you're doing terrifying unpaid work for this evil company.

Shut it all down.

04.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 935 πŸ” 387 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 4

took me just a few minutes to type a response, PLEASE take that little bit of time to engage with this.

04.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Educating yourself is one of the easiest ways -and something you that you have control over- to contribute to the movement. You will be a better socialist for it and you will help make more and better socialists. Dont discount that work and don’t leave it til later- these things matter now!

03.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 480 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

update: good news happened so my thoughts have reset

03.03.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

another day, another reminder of why i started making maceration (evil obsessive thought patterns)

03.03.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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OPEN CALL! We want your comics and prose!

We are launching a new zine later this year called ZENESIS, featuring comics, prose, articles and more covering Mecha, Sci-fi and Space-Fantasy genres.

Deadline is the end of March.

02.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 366 πŸ” 217 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

This is... Not a distraction. The vicious mass murder of people is not a distraction. Saying that it is is its own kind of horrifying dehumanisation of those folks. It's crucial to look beyond the last 12 months to fully comprehend what's going on and also read from analysts outside the West.

01.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5