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'Job Offer' - a prequel comic for an OC project panel 1: street view in limited colour palette with a tiny figure sitting next to a vending machine. Panel 2: Zooming in further on the person sitting next to the vending machine. It's a younger version of Moira with longer hair, all bundled up. Panel 3: Moira is trying to open up a snack from the vending machine and struggling Panel 4 & 5: Moira succesfully opening the snack and chomping on it, as illegible text in a text balloon becomes legible. The legible text says 'I might be able to pull some strings, but don't you think you're harbouring unrealistic expectations of me? It's not like there's a line of people willing to work for you, no matter how much you're willing to pay.' Panel 6: Moira peeking in on the person speaking, a fancy dressed man in a trench coat who is talking to a tall man with long hair and a prosthetic leg. The latter being Ulan.

Page 2 Panel 1: Zoom in on the bottom half of Ulan's face as he speaks. 'I don't think I'm asking for too much. If you can't do it, we don't need to meet again.' Panel 2: zoom in on the bottom half of the unknown man's face. 'Now, now, don't say that. I never said I couldn't.' Panel 3: Zoom in on Moira's face as she peeks in as the unknown man continues speaking. 'Don't worry, I'll find you some people who are desperate enough ... I wouldn't want to miss out on the show after all.' Panel 4: The unknown man walks away, tossing a coin to Moira as Ulan stays behind. Panel 5: Moira catches the coin. Panel 6: A close up to the coin in Moira's hand as she thinks. Panel 7: Moira looking at Ulan who is walking away. Panel 8,9,10: Moira picking up her bag, and following after Ulan from a distance. He has noticed her and Moira ends up watching him walk into a boarded-up building.

Page 3 panel 1: Moira from the street looking up at the roof, showing an open rooftop hatch. Panel 2: close up of Moira's hand as she begins her ascend to the roof. Panel 3,4,5: Moira climbing up to the roof, hoisting herself up with a little noise of struggle, and looking down the hatch. Panel 6: Moira falling down the rooftop hatch muppet-style with a loud 'CRASH'. Panel 7,8,9: Moira lying on the floor, delighted at seeing a cat in front of her, only to see someone appearing behind the cat and looking up to see Ulan. Panel 10: Ulan, holding a gun aimed at Moira, looking very dangerous while Moira nervously speaks. 'eh.. heh. Hello .... I'm here for that job application?'

A little prequel comic I made for my OC project Fatal Flaw. 2 years prior to the current Fatal Flaw events, Moira met Ulan and their first meeting was ... definitely well-thought out on her behalf.

A page of 3 sketches of pigeons, outlined in purple acrylic, against an orange background with the word "pigeon" stuck in on squares of white paper. Two pigeons are sketches done in red and purple pencil, the third pigeon has been painted with watercolours, coloured pencils and acrylic pens.

Some little sketchbook pigeons

I haven't painted in a long time but was fun to put some Poirot on in the background and spend a couple of hours playing with watercolours, coloured pencils and acrylic markers.

#sketchbook #sketch #pigeon

Parsnip Supplement ~ Issue 7 ~ 01-02-2026 1st February 2026 Previous Issue ...

I've been a bit radio-shushed of later, but good things are a-coming in a variety of forms. Until then, here's a new not-a-newsletter newsletter! With videos, comics, scribbles and one really horrible, quite mean puzzle. www.crispyparsnips.com/2026/02/pars...

A digital drawing of my character Evie. She has purple hair, tousled into waves and held back loosely by a claw clip. Her hands are in the pockets of her oversized trousers, her soft green cardigan hangs loose about her elbows showing off her bare arms and shoulders. She’s wearing a tight orange knit top. Brown, gold and red beaded jewellery are her accessories and a thick belt with a chunky buckle complete the look. She’s standing in front of the basic silhouette of fence, behind which is the simplified skyline of a city. It’s sunset and the oranges, yellows and purples dominate the sky with a hint of starlight peaking in at the top of the image.

Evie, my spooky, shy, socially awkward girl who looks incredible in anything. You get exactly 1 killer photo of her before she becomes a cryptid and ruins every shot after that.

It seemed like a good idea. Honestly it was a good idea, it worked perfectly. Being an authentic himbo of a man, he was delighted by the prospect of an up close encounter with some birds and so carefully took the bird feeder and looped it over of the prongs of his antler that stretched out beyond his face. Being a familiar face the birds were ready, impatient even, 3 sat on his antlers waiting, vocally twittering a want for him to move his hands so they could get on with breakfast. And standing there some time after, in nothing but his pants, he probably enjoyed some passage of time watching the birds eat, till they left or he got distracted, and there in came the flaw. This big silly beef cake most definitely did forget he had a bird feeder hanging off his antlers for the rest of the day.

He definitely forgot it was hanging there at some point.

#art #sketch #deerbro #fantasy #himbo

A drawing of Mega Starmie wearing a hat and an apron with the text "Best flippin' dad ever" grilling up some burgers for a small Staryu with a green cap and a little baby Staryu.

Regular Man Starmie loves to partake in regular man activities such as grilling. The kiddos love it so much!

A page of red digital doodles of a wide variety of characters on a crumpled paper background.

A page of red digital doodles of a wide variety of characters on a crumpled paper background.

A page of red digital doodles of a wide variety of characters on a crumpled paper background.

A page of red digital doodles of a wide variety of characters on a crumpled paper background.

2025 wasn't a huge 'stand-alone illustration' year for me, but I definitely indulged in a perfectly well-adjusted relationship with doodling. By way of example, here are all of the on-stream doodles I made alongside m'good friends during our Sunday streams.

Digital art of a red-headed OC called Moira or "MJ" against a deep blue background with bright coloured details. Text in the background says "Change you like a remix" and "Raise you like a phoenix" which are lyrics from the song "The Phoenix" by Fall Out Boy

Starting off the New Year strong and colourful!
and with "strong and colourful" I mean here's art of Moira!

#OCart #OC #FatalFlaw

Have I mentioned how this gives me life? Because it does. 🥰☕

Coloured pencil drawing of a two panel comic. In the first one a goblin, with long curly hair, is drinking deeply from an oversized mug. Around them are the words "glug glug" In the second panel the same goblin is looking up, holding the mug to their chest, with a hot flush across their ears and cheeks. Little hearts float around them and beneath them is the word "warm". They are very satisfied and happy.

I'm at work fighting with customers, and all I want is to be sat at home with a mug of hot chocolate. I don't think I'm asking for much.

Curse: Eye of Isis ~ Stream Highlights #1 YouTube video by Crispy Parsnips

'Tis the season to be spooky (it is, shh). Thus I begin whittling down the mummified husk of my Curse: Eye of Isis streams into a vaguely amusing, but morally questionable highlight pigment. Maybe some day soon I'll post more art. You never know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvu9...

a stylized 3d render of kermit and robin in a muppets christmas carol, singing and walking down a snowy street.

a 2d drawing of various muppets pointing at michael caine and insulting him

muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)

A character expression sheet of Rooster from Fools Gold: Sands. A pink skinned genie with a red mohawk, gold teeth and gold jewellery. The first image is of him looking slightly unhinged, whilst saying, “were you scared when you died?” The second image is of him looking emotionless whilst saying, “don’t. Touch me.” The third image is of him looking at the viewer with a cocky smile, whilst the words “your wish is my command” float around him.

Been catching up on my stories.

Honestly, I’m as shocked as you that I’m posting anything this year.

#foolsgoldsands #foolsgoldrooster

Stupid With Love - OC animatic YouTube video by Cheeb

Sometimes you just have to make a tiny lil animatic for an OC you made up for an RPG oneshot.
Yes I am totally normal about her, what do you mean?

youtu.be/N8L3OF18aUw?...

*I may have dropped it once or twice. Please wear gloves whilst handling

Dead Island ~ Stream Highlights #2 YouTube video by Crispy Parsnips

Part 2 of our Dead Island stream highlights is now up! Learn all about tutant murtles, fake science, parallel parking and exquisite boss design in this gripping* final instalment! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNmg...

A collection of thick-inked doodles of goth enby Jay on a dark purplish background. From the top left they give a loving head-smooch to their boyfriend Kay who uncharacteristically smiles back at them. Beside them a silly ghost Jay woos at you with waggly fingers. Beneath them floats a devil horn-signing Jay in cropped purple hoodie, rough-cut black jorts and long white-and-purple socks and converse. In the bottom left a few Jay heads show them respectively applying black lipstick, staring groggily into the middle distance having just awoken, and gasping in shock to the viewer a la The Scream. To the right a small Jay holds a Tangela aloft, beside which another Jay poses with an arched back as if checking their new outfit of striped gloves, crop top, plaid skirt and fishnets. The profile of a stoic Jay face thrusts in from the right of frame, below which a rather more excited, smiling Jay holds their keytar aloft, rocking out as much as one can with a keytar.

Getting a little dissatisfied with my inking and colour work, I thought I'd have a crack at something more stylised. Jay was, apparently, very much up to be my guinea pig. They'll try anything at least once.

Painting of a bee and a salamander sitting on a log drinking hot beverages in an autumnal setting.

It was always a bit of a tense moment for Jacques, but it just was by far the best hot chocolate you could find.

#gouache

OC art of a character named Nix, surounded by little cartoony-bombs. Text in the background are lyrics from Stray Kids' "Chk chk Boom": "Vamos I know that you want it. Lobos, we cannot stop hunting. Ratatata I'mma make it" with further in the background in big letters "BOOM"

And where there's Beau, there's a Nix. They make look quiet and stoic, but that mostly hides a very loud love for explosives and an even louder hatred for their cousin Félix

A coloured drawing of Ragh (left) who has his shirt riding up and Parsley (right) who is thinking about biting him (affectionate).

Been a while since I drew my lil gay hobgobs Ragh and Parsley, so here they are. Parsley is very normal about Ragh's tumby.

An ink-and-pen styled image, akin to old fantasy illustrations, of two tieflings around a table in a wine cellar. Briar turns around in her chair to grin devilishly at you, holding a glass of wine in her hand. Rose stands between the table and a large wooden vat, leaning on the former whilst smiling curiously your way. Smoke spirals down the staircase from a doorway above, wisping around the room and past the stoic-looking cat lying atop a wine rack.

Another little throwback to m'old style challenges and to my childhood playing Fighting Fantasy books. Here we have @justmissart.bsky.social's tiefling twosome Briar & Rose (and Cat, of course) tasting a tipple or two down in some smoky basement. Would you join them?

A four-panel comic strip. In the first panel we see Mira, a small bandana-clad girl, standing proud at the bow of a small row-boat splashing through the calm waters of the ocean. Behind her Zig, a rope-golem, dutifully rows. SPLOOSH! All of a sudden a giant purple, tentacled beast erupts from the water! Mira and Zig leap in shock! But Mira has a plan! Abandon ship! She leaps over the opposite edge of the boat, pointing authoritatively as Zig leans forward to stop her. We then cut to reality where a very muddy Mira leaps from a high-hanging flower pot down into the arms of her surprised dad Pero. Zig, still in the flower pot, reaches down in an attempt to grab her, their other hand holding onto a wooden spoon.

My quaint fantasy world of Avonvale has just been quietly simmering in the back of my mind for a while. So when I started making newsletter comics it seemed right to give it a whimsical little outlet. Anywho, here's Mira having a perfectly sensible time.

Sometimes you just gotta doodle your friend's OC getting terrorised by your own OC, it happens to the best of us.
But tbf, it's everything that @crossroadart.bsky.social's Theo deserves.

When people look up the word ‘himbo’ there’ll be a picture of this man, or something like him; whether or not the small antlers protruding from his shaven side and soft deer ears exclude him is your call, but in every other sense he fulfils the definition. Observe the way he sits, legs totally unpoised, one folded before him, the other behind, with his arms propping him up. This man is no threat, his beef cake physique might suggest the potential but with that body language, in nothing but gym shorts and socks, the thought of pouncing upon anyone has not crossed his mind, indeed not much has crossed his mind at all. Who knows what he is blushing up at to his right, with doughy eyes, a goofy smile and a vaguely crimped brow (because after all he’s always a little confused); some lovely being or perhaps a lot of good food? Whatever it is, he's interpreting it in soft feelings and warm colours since syllables are a little out of range. Indeed somewhere behind his giant tits there beats a heart of gold, Behind that stray hair falling over his forehead sits a nice spaciousness cranium, And the packaging speaks for itself. Very much the epitome of the deerbros I draw.

Lights are on,
And to be fair, someone is home, but they’re playing the hamster dance really loudly and can’t hear you.

#art #fantasy #Deerbros #sketch

A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross. The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'

#3157 A helpful tutorial

This man is disgustingly pretty. Alarmingly even. What with the sharp jaw line and shoulders length the hair falling about the lines of his neck before his muscular shoulders. No one would blame you for being so startled by his very fey countenance that you resolved to hit him with your car; in fact you wouldn't be the first. It's not that he’s a bad man, he’s just not a very clever one, and hasn’t ever clocked that it's not that his antlers are making people assume he’s some roe buck, and thus startling them into a defensive reaction, but more the fact that he is neighked (forgive the spelling) and only confusing matters with his statuesque physique. When people give a police report on the adonis wondering through the woods, they won't even think to mention the doe ears, they never noticed them. Along side finding some clothes that do more for modesty that whatever that sarong is that he is currently tying around his waist, he might consider that when he looks through his brow at people with those come hither eyes, over that slightly rugged crook in his nose, he’s prompting a certain fight or flight response, and asking to eat a windscreen. Again.

He has no idea how much he is startling the bird watchers.

#art #fantasy #Deerbros #sketch

The sun peeks through the curtain of a blue-purple bedroom, it's blue-haired, pink-pajama'd occupant Malakhi gurgling in bed as it shines directly onto his face. CRASH! BANG! SMASH! Other such onomatopoeia are heard outside the room as Malakhi reluctantly begins to struggle upright. "Well, Emm's awake. Guess I'd better get up..." he relents. On his bedside table his phone begins to shine and vibrate. Beep. Beep. Beep. A now very animate and angry Malakhi leans over the phone, eyes-wide with rage, and shouts at it 'SHUT UP!'. As Mal turns back to being wrapped deeper in his quilt, we hear the burbling 'BLLP BLLP' of his phone half-submerged in a glass of water.

Catching up posting old newsletter comics, here's Mal being characteristically compliant with external instruction.

Parsnip Supplement ~ Issue 5 ~ 31-10-2025 31st October 2025 Previous Issue ...

This comic, and other somewhat spooky happenings, can be found in this month's not-quite-a-newsletter newsletter! www.crispyparsnips.com/2025/10/pars...

In a dark, red-tinted room, Jay in antiquated garb leans back in a wing-back chair silhouetted against a roaring fire. Decanting a glass of wine he looks up at the viewer, smiling laconically. Jay: Oh, hello. Care to partake in some wine? It is rather a... full-bodied vintage. In the following panel Jay rears up to us, wine glass in hand, mouth agape to show vampiric incisors. They stare down at us, cackling menacingly. Jay: Which is more than can be said about where it came from! Muhahahaha! Snap back to reality, Jay's boyfriend Kay walks in and picks up the decanter, looking at it incredulously, somewhat undercutting Jay's intended spooky tone. Kay: You don't like wine. Jay: Uh-huh~ It's not wine, it's blood. Kay: ...What kind? Jay: Blackcurrant.

Tis the season to be spooky and such. So here's Jay getting a little decadent with it.

Sexy wingback chair 🤔