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⛤ZANE⛤

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⛤ZANE⛤ He/Him, FTM/Nonbinary, 25 💫Clinically Silly💫 Y2K Cartoonist ✅SFW✅ ✏️I make traditional art/comics and 2D animations!✏️ Special interests: ⭐Aliens⭐Mental Health⭐Love/Kink⭐Cartoons⭐Music⭐Y2K⭐ 🔞NSFW🔞 - @spicypyroplant.bsky.social

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⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 1h

This is beautiful!🌸✨ I love how the jaws are a separate piece of paper. What comes to mind for me, is "Safe, but for how long?"

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 1h

"Paradise"

#coldplay
#snowflake
#TheAdventuresofFighterGuy
#y2k
#traditionalart
#angelic
#sciencefantasy
#originalcomicseries
#anthro
#cartoonist

Above it all, far and away, she didn't have to think, anymore...
She'd finally made it. 🌸

*****

Snowflake with featherd wings, like her Archangel form, but without the shroud of shadow encasing her.

She soars above the clouds, finally free from all that had bound her.

She's free, now.
She doesn't have to hurt, anymore.

Just fly, and feel the breeze ripple softly through her fur, as the soft blue clouds beckon her to continue on.

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 14h

That guy in the top hat looks like he'd do some bird watching 🐦

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 2d

"OUR SPECIAL PLACE"

#y2k
#psychologicalhorror
#archangel
#demons
#cartoonist
#traditionalart
#anthro
#aliens
#theadventuresoffighterguy
#thequeenstons

"OUR SPECIAL PLACE"

"It didn't mean anything...
It doesn't mean anything...
It -won't- mean anything.

There's nothing left to complain about."

***

Archangel Snowflake sitting in an empty black void, white etherial energy surrounding her pitch black body, devoid of all light save for what's around her, knees tucked under her and feet to the side. She has her right hand over her torso, holding her left elbow. Her wings are open, but not fully outstretched.

She's leaning over somewhat, as if struggling to remain upright at all.

Her left hand is placed over her left eye, her blank white eye peeking out from between her fingers. Her eye looks out from between her fingers.

Her right eye is covered by her hair, obscured by shadow.

her tail is curled in front of her, not touching her, like it's making the space she's allowed to occupy bigger for her.

***
Text surrounding her reads:
"AS I SEEP INTO MY BLACKEST VOID OF ALL... I'M NOTHING... I AM NO ONE. AS I SLEEP I HEAR HIM CREEPING DOWN THE WALLS... "-THEY'RE NOTHING... THEY'RE ALL GONE.-"

Song Lyrics from The Queenstons- "Our Special Place" (partially modified)

1 hour 24 minutes
Ballpoint pens on paper

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 3d

"STATIC'S RETURN"

#KEY
#DID
#cartoonist
#traditionalart
#y2k
#aliens
#demons
#stpd
#psychologicalhorror
#psychosis

...Yeah something is definitely going on, here.
It's all starting to add up... Make sense.

Ballpoint pen on paper
1 hour 31 minutes

***

Key in Static form, glaring coldly at the camera, not directly, but slightly to it's left.
His body is the absence of light. All Black Light, without the glow. His flame is pure electricity, white hot & bright, soft appearance when at rest, but jagged & will shock if touched, when alert.

Text in black are thoughts of his own. Thoughts in red are of his vessel's illness, not his own.

Red text reads:
"THEY CAN HEAR YOU. THEY CAN SEE YOU. THEY'RE RECORDING YOU. THEY'RE SCARED OF YOU. CAN'T MOVE. SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH YOU. SHOW THEM. YOU'RE MAKING IT UP. THEY CAN SEE IT, ON YOU. THEY ALREADY KNOW. EVERYONE KNOWS. YOU CAN'T HIDE -ANYTHING-. THEY DON'T CARE. TOO LOUD. MOVING TOO MUCH."
Black text reads:
"YOU'RE TESTING ME... I SMELL PLASTIC, AGAIN..."

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⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 6d

"STRANDED"

#FighterGuy
#traditionalart
#cartoonist
#y2k
#psychosis
#redvox
#originalcomicseries
#theadventuresoffighterguy
#aliens
#psychologicalhorror

"Nothing is real.
No one is real.
I'm not real."

...It happens.

***

FG, Uncontrolled, holding the sides of his head, on his knees, rocking back and fourth, staring at the floor, surrounded by a scratchy black void, empty, filmy eyes, trembling slightly.

Text around him reads:

"I CAN'T HEAR YOU, IF YOU'RE CALLING OUT MY NAME..."

"I CAN'T SEE YOU, WHEN I'M FEELING JUST THE SAME..."

"I CAN'T SEE YOU-!
I CAN'T HEAR YOU-!!
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I DIE."

(lyrics from song by Red Vox - "Stranded")

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 7d

"MIND OF A..."

#KEY
#originalcomicseries
#traditionalart
#cartoonist
#alien
#demon
#y2k
#sciencefantasy
#psychosis
#psychopompquote

"Oh yeah... there's lots of things you haven't seen, yet."

(Including that one quote from Psychopomp I fecking love so much)

*****

KING looking away from the camera, then turning slightly to see what's behind him, without looking back directly at it.

His expression is blank, his eyes empty and tired, dark around the edges.

1/2 of quote
"Hand of a mother... Hand of a Father..."

Key closes his eyes, holding his hand up to check if it's shaking (it is). He sighs, and opens his eyes, smilng at the camera in a tense, forced way. His shoulders shake slightly as he further steels himself.

He's uncomfortable... but he can't let them see it, more than they already have.

That'd be weakness he can't afford to show, lest they find an opening to take advantage of.

2/2 of Quote
"...Heart of a child... MIND OF A DEMON."

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 10d

"BUFFOON HAS NEVER HEARD OF A-"

#Psychopomp
#cartoonist
#fanart
#traditionalart
#mentalillness
#y2k
#Psychopompfanart
#Schizophrenia
#surreal
#psychologicalhorror

Psychopomp Lady holding a hammer (threat), smiling at what's above the camera(?) with text around her saying:

"CLEARLY. YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF A HAMMER."

*****

Your honour I actually love her.

Idk her name but I call her "Psychopomp Lady"

I just wanna hang out with her and see how hard she can hit me with her hammer.
(it's probably pretty hard)
Shatter my skull, maybe, as a treat 🥺💕

That little song that plays after the credits has inhabited my phone on loop definitely over 50 times by now.

Ballpoint pens on paper
52 minutes probably

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 10d

"Philosophy of a Former Hypochondriac"

#KEY
#Kanine
#alien
#traditionalart
#Y2K
#originalcomicseries
#cartoonist
#mentalillness
#shapeshifter
#LGBT

Image of Kanine on a chair in a dimly-lit room, with text beside her reading:
"I FEEL THINGS OTHERS DON'T. SEE THING'S OTHERS CAN'T. AND HEAR THINGS OTHERS WON'T.
IF MY REALITY CANNOT BE DENIED...
WHOSE TO SAY "IT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED"~?

*****

"Hypochondriac" - An individual who believes they have an illness, but in reality they do not. Within this label, under King Huran's jurisdiction, it is appropriate to insult the individual for thinking they are sick at all. Simply telling them to "try harder" will fix it.
(See image above for result. Did it work?)

3 hours 2 minutes
Ballpoint pens & colored pencils on paper

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 12d

"MAKES ME WILT"
Type shit

#dandadan
#turbogranny
#okarun
#dandadanfanart
#whiteboardart
#cartoonist
#anime
#traditionalart
#sceneredraw
#y2k

Okarun as Turbo Granny, my redraw of the scene where he looks to the side thinking "This is amazing! I'm brimming with power!"
Then slumps down a bit and thinks "...But I'm totally depressed."

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⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 14d

She looks yassified I can't unsee it 💅

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 15d

They look cool like cookies & creme ice cream but I feel like they'd also smell like mint chocolate chip✨

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 15d

"AUTSIM"

Fugckinn' FINALLY
Gonna eat ALL the leaves🍂

....I actually didn't spell that wrong on purpose, btw.
Another testiment to the 'tsim.

inspo @basil-mage.bsky.social

#fursona
#goldenretriever
#autumn
#autism
#cartoonist
#traditionalart
#y2k
#Puppy
#artistsonbsky
#crayondrawing

Zane as a small feral Golden Retriever Puppy. He's eaten a leaf and then coughed it back out in a way that probably looks cuter from a distance.

There are many more leaves around him.
He will eat more.

Text around him says "IT'S FINALLY AUTSIM" (spelled wrong NOT on-purpose)

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 15d

Holy CRIPE he's beautiful 👀✨
I'd follow his lead just to take a walk with him & maybe stare a little bit

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 15d

"Me and Michael"
I like this song~🌸

#TheAdventuresofFighterGuy
#traditionalart
#cartoonist
#aliens
#LGBT
#mgmt
#sciencefantasy
#FighterGuy
#JoeHargraves
#originalcomicseries

Joe and FighterGuy sitting together, FG leaning his arm on Joe's leg, scrunched lower to the ground, while Joe is sitting more upright. They're looking at eachother, but not directly facing each other, both smiling & making the same expression, like ":p".

Text behind them reads in big bold lettering: "Me and Michael solid as they come me and Michael it's not a question now..."

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · 28d

"Gift"

i was given a rock, by a friend I used to know.
i hope he's doin alright.

this was the second time a friend gave me a rock. coincidence! :)

#quartz
#anthro
#fursona
#goldenretriever
#traditionalart
#cartoonist
#mentalhealth
#paintpens
#rock
#imissmyfriends

Traditional paint pen drawing of Zane as a Golden Retriever holding a small Quartz rock.
His expression is in awe, while his friend (off camera) explains it.

"I think it's a Quartz or something. I saw it and thought of you."

I miss him.

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⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Sep 19

"9-VOLT!"
"You ever been shocked by 5,000 mega watts before? Like DIRECTLY to the back of your head?"

"I have!! It sucks BIG TIME. Hurts a LOT, too! :))))"

#KEY
#traditionalart
#aliens
#demons
#DID
#mania
#mentalhealth
#Y2K
#artistsonbsky
#shapeshifter

"So, uh-h, hey! Hahah! I'm 9-Volt! I'm a chemical battery. Ohp- Nono, don't touch, please-! I'd probably shock you."

"... I'm drooling? Oh, no, that's battery acid. Don't worry about it, I don't even feel it, anymore! :]"

"I'm the opposite of Static. Static is nothing, so I'm- uh, everything! All of it. Y'know what I mean?"

"My brain gets fried from the short-circuiting. Like literally the inside of my head electrocutes itself until it's burnt out! That's why I'm so tt-twitchy & jjumpy. Ah-hh-hah-hah-! I stutter in real time, too, like Static! Static kinda flicker-z- zz-z and can be more subtle about it, but i-i-eye- I- jj-olt and jitter around, more!"

"He's blacklight, and I'm whitelight! I dunno how that's even possible, but then again how am -I-? Eh?? Hahah."

"A- ny-y-yways, my-i-i suffering is endless! :)"

"Nice to meet you!"

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Sep 18

"DIFFERENT"

Today has been a day.

Ballpoint pens on paper
1 hour 48 minutes

#traditionalart
#cartoonist
#mentalhealth
#memeredraw
#labradorlawnchairwatermeme
#depression
#cutesad
#Y2K
#artistsonbsky
#labrador

That one meme with the dog in the lawn chair halfway in the water looking SO sad! :[

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Sep 17

"THE CONTRACT"

Something else is happening, here...!

#KEY
#mentalillness
#traditionalart
#hypnoeyes
#demons

Key staring at the wall. There's a camera in the wall.
He can't see it, but it can see him.

His eyes, staring empty at what's before him, pulse with color as he sees the same scroll along the drywall.
His flame whips around behind him, over arching behind his shoulder as he tilts his head, maintaining such a pose for an uncomfortable amount of time, both for him and the cameras, forever filming him.

Text surrounding him read:
"AWAKE ALL NIGHT, AGAIN?"
"GO TO BED."
"12:07AM"

"COLORS ON THE CEILING?"
"CAN'T GET UP?"
"CAN'T THINK?"

"HIT REPEAT ON THAT SONG..."
"WE'LL GO TO SLEEP IN AN HOUR."
" "YOU'RE FINE." "

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Sep 16

"UNDER PRESSURE"
Go home, Earthoid. You're drunk.

#JosephHargraves
#LGBT
#traditionalart
#Y2K
#aliens

Joseph in a staggering, awkward pose, center frame. He looks in a daze, as if he's paused while stretching to look at whatever's beyond the camera. Some of his hair is hanging loosely in his face, just sligtly unkempt. Stars floating and spinning above his head as he wobbles on his feet, struggling to keep balanced.

Bottom left corner is Joe swirling a wine glass, tipsy but not drunk yet, flowers above his head as he's eyeing the camera in a sleepy, sultry way, smiling.

Top right Joe is very drunk. He hears his name called to him, but doesn't react immediately, turning slowly to look. Lots of stars above his head, now.

Bottom right is realizing who's called out to him from across the room (most likely Key) and he suddenly smiles from ear to ear, very happy to see them, expression all sloppy and exaggerated, in his drunken stupor. Still lots of stars above his head.

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Sep 14

"RAW FEAR"

They say it will get better.
But I'm not allowed to read the future, anymore. :)

Red & Black ballpoint pens on paper
40 minutes

#KEY
#twentyonepilots
#y2k
#traditionalart
#PTSD

Key, floating in an empty void, looking back over his shoulder at the camera, his eyes dark and his expression somber, empty.
His Headflame whips around his front as he looks back.

Text surrounding him is from the TwentyOnePilots song "Raw Fear", reading:

"NEVER SLOWING DOWN"
"NOW I CANT SEEM TO SIT STILL ANY LONGER!!!"
"WHAT'S THE MATTER" ISN'T HELPING"
"WISH HER PARENTS WOULD STOP YELLING..."

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Aug 31

"RETURN OF THE KING"
...Smells like water in here.

#KEY
#Demon
#GodComplex
#DigitalArt
#OriginalComicSeries

KEY sitting with his legs crossed formally, hands on his lap, as he grins at the camera from an indirect angle. He has all gold teeth, and is wearing a dusky-pink suit with a red tie, no shoes. As he grins at the camera, he says:
"Wear your Sunday best... FOR -EVERY KNEE- SHALL BOW."

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Aug 28

"BLUE OCEAN FLOOR"
Original drawing in 2024, revisited one year later, in a new frame of mind.

#whiteboardart
#y2kcartoonist
#depression
#TheAdventuresofFighterGuy
#Aliens

FG & Joe laying on their backs, side by side, looking up from the ocean floor at the surface of the water above.

FG looks somber and uncharacteristically tired, while Joe looks calm & thoughtful.

Text above them is lyrics from Justin Timberlake's song "Blue Ocean Floor", reading:
"No one can find us here... Fade out and dissapear..."

The boys on the ocean floor again, both sitting up, now, cross-legged, both looking up at the water's surface calmly, this time.

Text beside them says "The deep's not so bad as it used to be."

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Aug 28

...Attractive... 👀✨

⛤ZANE⛤ @fireflowerzane.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hell yea, mutual smartness
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