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Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas but I love Winter and its different traditions around the world, especially from the places I've been lucky enough to live in. Haven't done a full illustration in a long time but the soft deadline of having to send it to print helped me focus.

Close up of the digital illustration referenced in the previous post. The Creature is wearing a large, red shawl over its shoulders adorned with golden stars, dry orange slices, ivy and mistletoe leaves and more small bells.

Close up of the digital illustration referenced in the previous post. On the opposite side of the Creature a human figure in a black coat and a cap stands with their back to the viewer, holding a shinning lantern up and illuminating the snow at their feet.

December 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

~Compliments of the Season~
I haven't drawn a Christmas card in a very, very long time, but this year was so rough that I needed to show my love for those who have helped me through it with a little something.

A digital illustration of a Christmas Card, depicting a snowy forest at night. A tall creature stands in the middle of the image. Its head is the skull of a stag, its antlers are covered in lit candles, holy branches and ribbons with small bells. The Creature is wearing a large, red shawl over its shoulders adorned with golden stars, dry orange slices, ivy and mistletoe leaves and more small bells. On the opposite side of the Creature a human figure in a black coat and a cap stands with their back to the viewer, holding a shinning lantern up and illuminating the snow at their feet. At the bottom of the image it says in a Gothic font "Compliments of the Season".

December 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Help me.

Photo of me lying of the couch, bundled in blankets with a very long dog (Spanish warren hound, or podenco) stretched over me. My grimace shows how enthused I am about the situation.

December 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Doing a bit of seasonal reading~

Cover of an old copy of Dicken's "A Christmas Carol", illustrated by Ronald Searle.

An illustration of the Ghost of Jacob Marley, from Dicken's "A Christmas Carol". Art by Ronald Searle.

An illustration of the Ghost of Christmas Present, from Dicken's "A Christmas Carol". Art by Ronald Searle.

December 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

An image of actor Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf during the filming of The Hobbit (2012). Gandalf is hunched over, his face in his hands, crying in an empty green chroma room surrounded by devices holding photos of his castmates in lieu of real people. This is a screencap from an infamous video where Sir Ian broken down crying while filming and said "This is not why I became an actor".

December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Yesternight @seancovernton.bsky.social invited a few friends over to decorate his Christmas tree with handmade ornaments, so I busted out the gouache paints and some old knickknacks from Michael's and made a little haunted portrait.

photo of a hand holding a miniature handpainted portrait of a mysterious man in Victorian clothes. The main is in cold blue tones and the background is a light, vibrant green. It's framed by a ornate cardboard frame. There's a small red ribbon with a miniature, red vintage key hanging from it tied to the top of the ornament.

photo of a hand holding the back of the miniature portrait. The back is made of paper with a roug texture, painted in dark green shades. In the centre there's mark that looks like a capital A with a simplified eye drawn in the middle painted with black ink.

December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

I have become my father.

Selfie of a person wearing a grey and maroon jumper and thick, wool trousers.

December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Daring to share a (very old) doodle of these two. People who know me in person, avert your eyes! #maxwil

A pencil sketch of two men (Wilson and Maxwell from Don'tStarve) leaning in very close to each other and about to kiss. Wilson's hand is on Maxwell's hip.

November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

We got a new cat tree and we're so happy he's enjoying it so far.

Photo of a black cat snoozing on top of a cat tree made out of drift wood

November 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

New (massive) monitor, new desktop.

A computer monitor showing a screencap of the show "Over the Garden Wall", depicting a humanoid pumpkin character overseeing a foggy field.

November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Lovely autumn.

Picture of a bright red Japanese maple tree

A string of fairy lights shaped like jack o' lanterns on a dark wall

A tunnel of naked trees on a sidewalk full of yellow leaves. The sky is mostly clear and pale blue.

A letterbox by a community center on a street reads "If you got it, haunt it".

November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

🔥Happy Hallowe'en🔥
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Been thinking about the Red King a lot this past month.
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(Old sketch that I threw some filters and tweaked with a browser art program)

Rough sketch of a human wearing spiky, bone-shaped armour, a wreath of laurel leaves (or blades) and crystal jewelry around his neck. He's glaring at the viewer with an intense expression of rage. Monochrome red tones. Ink and marker lines with a digital red filter for colour.

November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

The vibe I bring to the function:

A photo of Tom Waits as the Devil in the movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus. He's wearing a black bowler hat, a black wool coat with a flight fur collar. He's smoking a cigarette with a cigarette holder and holding a bring red apple.

October 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Very happy with how this outfit is looking so far. No idea if the gradients will be visible in the venue, but I'm excited to look like if Satan were a 1930s mafia boss.

A photo of a headless mannequin wearing a dark red velvet coat, a black fur collar and a blood-red ascot tie.

October 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

I... I need need them

Screencap of a 3d figurine of Maxwell from the video game Don't Starve Together.

Screencap of a 3d figurine of Wilson from the video game Don't Starve Together.

October 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

There be goblins!!! @harleymunsie.bsky.social

Selfie of person with short hair at a ren faire being attacked by a small goblin muppet. The goblin is wielding a tiny cardboard sword.

September 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

A ren faire in Vancouver? More likely than you think!

Selfie of person with short hair at a small gathering in a park.

September 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Onto happier things, I started sketching an idea on paper almost a year ago, and this week I decided to pick it up again. My intention is to make it look like a Tolouse-Lautrec-esque, 1900s magic act poster. Hopefully I get to finish it this year lol.

pencil and digital rough sketches, depicting people on a stage during a magic performance, with some words scribbled on top.

September 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

might have acquired some psychic damage ending a day of job hunting with having to look up JKR's transphobic bullshit... but I'll weaponize my unemployed time to fight against her influence if it's the last thing to do.

screencap of an email sent to the Vancouver Parks Board about the recent news of the Harry Potter experience at Stanley Park.

September 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Finally sewing something for my own enjoyment.

Close-up of a hand holding up a cut of silk dupioni fabric, folded in pleats and held together by thin pins. The silk is an iridescent dark teal and deep purple.

September 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

If you look closely you can see another bench down the road... and someone is sitting on it! A brave soul or a madman???

August 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Stram

@strampunch.bsky.social

Coming up with a "brand" name/logo design for any craft or costuming commissions I undertake in the future. I want to pull from ancient alchemy but the more I try to understand the language, the more it hurts my brain.