CosmicPunked - 26 - UK - She/Her

BACKGROUND ARTIST, CONCEPT ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR.

What You Might See From Me On Here:

• Horror Podcast Art - I've teamed up with Shadows At The Door, so I'll post some covers I've made from time to time based on their episode art!
• Concept Art - Currently creating some concepts for Griptape Havok, a 2D skateboarding game.
• NG Related Art - On occasion I participate in forums like the OC Plaza, I'll be drawing OC's that catch my attention for warm ups.
• NG Collabs - So far I've participated in Akira Bike slide, Toystory 2 Redialled and NG Secret Santa's. As well as Pico day!
• Fanart - While I'm leaning into more original creations lately, I'll still post on occasion fanart of things I enjoy, mostly when I participate in Zines.
• OC's - When I have time I draw my own OC's.

I don't really have a certain theme to my gallery, so if you're looking for an artist that might surprise you on what they'll post next, feel free to stick around!

A message for indie artists - based on the discussions seen on Twitter recently about people nit picking that someone's project has similarities to another in the same genre. It's so annoying when someone says "This character reminds me of XYZ!" or "This is kind of like that one episode in XYZ" or "This location looks like ABC in XYZ's Comic!"

There has been a lot of comparisons and dragging down independent creators because they have the same setting as other creators stories might and are held at ridiculous standards, even higher than that of corporations. What the audiences involved need to realise are T.V Tropes and Genres have been around since humans could tell stories and that nothing will truly ever be 100% original because somewhere it can be traced back to an inspiration or reference.

The reason I'm posting it here is because NG is the home of art, and I especially know the feelings of wanting to not continue any original projects due to the nagging feeling that someone, somewhere has already done it.

Also! I'm looking to collab with someone for pico day send me a dm with your idea, last year I made an album cover for a song entry!!

CosmicPunked - 23 - UK - Female

BACKGROUND ARTIST, CONCEPT ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR.

Hi, I am Nyx, though online I am predominately known by my social media handle Cosmicpunked. I recently graduated from University...and then 2020 happened. Listed above are some of the illustrative styles you can be expecting to see me post.

I enjoy taking pre-existing characters and applying them to new plots and alternate realities to experiment with how different events can alter and change a character etc. It's something I enjoy doing, even if the ships I draw are unheard of I really enjoy it. If you like it feel free to stick around, I don't see myself doing nsfw stuff, but I'll be here to post sfw stuff!

I also love Illustration and would really love to be able to work on album covers, book covers or even game art one day.