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7geentears.bsky.social
I Johnnyed my last cash.
@7geentears.bsky.social
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Dale Gaberson|He/Him. An aspiring comic artist and your average Phantom of the Opera fanboy. Mainly using this to archive my sketches/progress

CW for trypophobia/body horror

Tags: #artarchive | #WtDb | #OPM | #PnCo
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I Johnnyed my last cash. @7geentears.bsky.social · Nov 28
Obligatory phantom posting is what it's all about.
7geentears.bsky.social
[November 2025]
And the actual finished drawing (with an alt color) :]
#OPM
#artarchive
A drawing of Abel holding up his chin, a lit cigarette sits between his index and middle finger. He looks down at the viewer. The background is dark with cool-blue from the left and orange light from the right, they highlight his shoulders and face. Abel is drawn in grayscale while the background, cigarette head, and his sclera are colored orange.
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[November 2025]
Progress of that old man. (+ reference notes)
#OPM
#artarchive
A rough grayscale sketch of Abel, he's holding his chin up while a smoking cigarette sits between his fingers. Lighting comes from the left and right, hitting his shoulders and face. A colored sketch of Abel holding his chin up. The background is dark, with cool-blue lighting from the left and orange lighting from the right.
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[October-November 2025]
New reference sheets babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
#artarchive #OPM
A full body reference of Cav drawn twice, on the left he's in a black trench coat, brown gloves, and a round metal pin, meant to resemble a compass, on his lapel. He stares at the viewer head on. On the right, he is clasping his hands while in a white sweater with three buttons across the shoulder. A full body reference sheet of Abel, drawn twice. On the left he's in a blue button-up, a key ring and tool pouch on his belt, he has a small smile on his face. On the right, he has a tired and annoyed expression. He's in a black coat, white button-up, with his hands by his side. A cigarette is in his right hand.
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[October 2025]
Have a disgruntled Erik this hallow's eve. :]
#artarchive #phantomposting
A headshot of Erik from Phantom of the opera, his design is meant to resemble Lon Chaney's design from 1925. He looks down with a sour expression. A full body drawing of Erik. He's in a robe, with one hand on his hip, and the other held close.
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[August-October 2025]
Besides sketches, heres some finished illustrations that I liked :]
#artarchive
#OPM
A drawing of Sasha in a headshot profile. The colors are limited to black, orange, green, and white. The Roman numeral 2 is drawn behind and in front of her. An art Nouméa-inspired frame is drawn above her, and in the semicircle at her shoulder that reads "Est. Catalunya". A drawing of Sasha holding up a hourglass, haloed by a ring of slime mold. Behind her head is a set of weaver's broom flowers, also in orange. The entire poster is inspired by a drawing by Koloman Moser. A drawing of Cav in shadow, with a streak of orange hitting one side of his head. Two hands behind him grip him, one on his shoulder and the other grabbing the tie. The hand has a ring that forms into a blood droplet. The background shows a dark expanse with a faint sickly green glow behind Cav and the hands. The words "Bygone model" are typed in the left paper portion of the drawing. A drawing of Cav and a younger Abel. They're in a stony, underground cellar with long dark shadows framing them and the drawing. A faint orange glow emanates from below them.
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[September-October 2025]
Some more fungus concepts.🧡

[Content warning for third image : trypophobia / anatomical cross-section]
#artarchive
#OPM
An armored automaton that is stands guarded with its arm out. The face is covered by a low helmet, metal visor, and red cloth. The number 21 is painted onto the chest plate. A page that shows two dominos model automatons on the right side of the drawing. They stand in formal evening tuxedos with rigid postures. On the left side of the drawing are two profile headshots of the white domino model baring its teeth/bristles. An anatomical cross-section of an era one automaton head. On the left is the cross-section that shows the inside of the head. The right side shows the automaton as is.
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Oct. 2025]
I think artblock has finally passed me, so have some sketches.
#artarchive
#OPM
A colored sketch of Cav looking to the left. The side and back of his head is lit up in orange. Two hands emerge out of the background, one is on his shoulder, while the other is gripping his tie. Two sketches of Cav in a headshot. The left sketch is uncolored, while the right is colored. Two colored sketches of Abel, cut off at the shoulders. The left is his side profile. The right is a 3/4 view, he is looking to the upper right.
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Sep 2025] Completely forget to share this phantom sketch from last month.
#artarchive #phantomposting
A sketch of two Eriks. On the left, Erik is looking at his sleeve as he adjusts it with his other hand. On the right, he is drawn with a wide, toothy smile as he looks down.
October 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[July-August 2025]
Sasha posting 🧡
#artarchive
#OPM
A headshot painting of Sasha, who is a wooden automaton with visible sections of orange between her joints. Her blouse and headscarf are done in flat colors, while she is rendered in a painting-like style. A pale green light highlights the right side of her face. Three headshot sketches of Sasha, done in a grayscale with highlights of orange in her neck, hands, and eyes. The top sketch is her side profile while giving a smile, drawn in her usual dress of a blouse and headscarf. The middle sketch depicts her in a black dress with long sleeves and a long sheer veil that she clutches. The bottom sketch depicts her in religious clergy wear (a mix between a habit and clerical collar). Her eyes are squinted, either in disappointment or confusion. A full body drawing of Sasha done in a chibi style. She is dressed in an orange headscarf, a white blouse, burnt orange skirt, with a black sash and chaplet wrapped around her waist. She holds a shovel in her left hand as she looks to the right. A grayscale drawing of Sasha shown through a cracked mirror. The background is a stone wall. The mirror, itself, propped on a book. Sasha is drawn etching a tally mark into her head with a carving tool. There are multiple tally marks across her head. The only color is orange which is used in her eyes, and joints in her hands and beck.
August 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[July 2025]
Great War era automaton concepts.
[Content warning : trypophobia & body horror]
#artarchive
#OPM
A full body drawing of an infantry automaton. It is covered in metal armor that is dented and scratched. The head is covered by a white cloth and a metal faceplate. The diagram on the left depicts the muscle underneath, a tube meant to resemble a gun barrel. A drawing of a flying automaton, crouching low. It is meant to resemble a dragon and bat. Its body is darker and red while the wings have bright orange membranes. The neck and back are covered in weathered metal plates and armor. The number 24 is spray-painted near the back. The diagram, above it, shows the wingspan and a metal keel imbedded in the chest. A drawing of a heavy automaton. It is covered in metal armor with a dark and light color. It has a metal helmet with tusks on the visor. White triangles, meant to resemble teeth, are spray-painted on the helmet, collar, and belly of the armor. The number 05 is also spray-painted on each shoulder. The forearms have mini-gun-like barrels attached to the top. On the right shows a diagram of the back of the automaton. It shows the ammo storage that supplies a cable of bullets into the forearm guns.
July 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[June-July 2025]
Backgrounds and lighting practice.
#artarchive
#OPM
A grayscale background of a dimmly lit office. The wall plaster is cracking in scattered areas. The only sources of light come through a paper blocked window and a small desk lamp aimed down. The light illuminates miscellaneous boxes and shelves. On the far left is an old ivy pole. The left most wall has a corkboard with various tools and instruments. A drawing board sits behind the first table. On the right hand side the wall is lined with cut up newspaper and small crosses. On back most wall is a shelve with books and two diagrams for human anatomy. On the floor, in the center, sits a repurposed dentist chair and a mobile cabinet just behind it. There are four illustrations, the first two and the bottom left depict times of the day. The upper left shows a living room and part of a kitchen during dawn. Orange light filters thought the center window, illuminating the green couch. The upper right shows the same living room during the afternoon where everything is brighter and light streams through the right window. The bottom left is at night. The windows are dark, except for a blue-ish hue. The only light comes from a green lamp on the left counter. The bottom right is in grayscale with the only color being a bright orange for the sky.
July 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[June 2025]
Stuff from the Human/90s AU. Very self-explanatory. Cav's a courtroom interpreter, Abel's an OSHA inspector. They're trying to sus each other out.
#artarchive #OPM
The left side of the page has two colored sketches of Cav at shoulder height. He is drawn as a human with short black hair and bright brown eyes. He has a birthmark running across the bridge of her nose and cheeks. The bust on the right has him with facial hair. The text below the two read, "Frequently switches between these two looks." On the right side of the page is a full body colored sketch, he has his arms crossed while wearing a black blouse and orange dress. A grayscale sketch of Abel (left) and Cav (right). Abel has his eyebrows raised in an amused expression as he stares at Cav. Cav has her back turned to the viewer while a light shines and highlights his outline. The text is pulled from "The Big Sleep" and reads, "Ooh, those are harsh words to throw at a man, especially when he's walking out of your bedroom."
June 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[June 2025]
An in-universe radio show poster.
Draft/Rough Sketch -> Refined Sketch -> With Color -> Finished
#artarchive #OPM
A rough sketch of a looming figure and their hand reaches above the a cityscape. Two figures sit at the bottom, the right is a detective-like character raising a gun. The left figure leans into the detective. A clean sketch of a looming figure and their hand reaches above the a cityscape. Two figures sit at the bottom, the right is a detective-like character raising a gun. The left figure leans into the detective. A colored sketch in hues of green and orange. A looming figure on the right stretches out their hand above a cityscape. Two figures sit at the bottom, the right is a detective-like character raising a gun. The left figure leans into the detective. A drawing in hues of green and orange. A looming figure on the right stretches out their hand above a cityscape. Two figures sit at the bottom, the right is a detective-like character raising a gun. The left figure leans into the detective. The text on the right reads, "Roger De La Rue and Alice Belle in..." following the text to the bottom reads, "The Phantom Thread".
June 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[May 2025]
Character fusions, be upon ye. I need these two to fight each other (affectionate).
Left - Cabel (Cav and Abel fusion) OPM
Right - Bentley (Barrett and Lesly fusion) WtDb
#artarchive #OPM #WtDb
A full body colored sketch of Cabel who is drawn as a wooden automaton. His face and four arms are segmented that reveal orange cords in his joints. He stands with one hand on his hip and the other vaugely gesturing infront of him. His smaller arms are folded. He wears a navy blue coat over his shoulders, a white button up with rolled up sleeves, brown pants, and black shoes. A full body colored sketch of Bentley who is drawn leaning casually to one side. One hand is on his hip, while the other is resting and closed. She wears a teal overcoat with pink fish scales around the shoulders and a gold fish pattern on the black lapels. The inside of the coat is also gold. The top part of his shirt is upbuttoned, below a pink-ish orange vest, dark green pants, and black boots.
May 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[April 2025]
Dale "forever changing designs" Gaberson (These guys are from a back burner story. Second sketch is from Oct 2024)
#artarchive
A colored sketch of Red Osorio. He is drawn down to the shoulders, looking to his right. Red is wearing a simple white t-shirt. The right side of his face is heavily scarred over along with a missing eye and a part of his nose gone. He has a goatee, mainly growing along the left side of his face. A colored drawing of Red in a white gasmask and an orange jumpsuit. The lenses of the mask are red. His right ear is scarred and there is a hearing aid in it. A colored sketch of Carmen, only down to the shoulders. His eyes are red circles that mimic a camera lense, they are looking down and to his right. There are flecks of green in his eyes. He has a wide toothy smile.
April 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[April 2025]
I love putting him in situations.
#WtDb
#artarchive
A drawing of Lesly in the "Draw your babygirl like this" pose of a person on all fours with their hands together while looking up towards the viewer. A text next to his head reads, "whore outfit (button up shirt and full length pants)".
April 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[April 2025]
This month's offerings.
#WtDb
#artarchive
A cleaned up sketch showing a set of clothes. On leftmost outfit has a dark green shirt, covered by a black vest with faded red embriodery that mimics a fish, with black pants and black boots. The center outfit has a redish orange shirt with a green fish pattern coming out of the shoulders. It has suspenders and similar black pants and boots. The rightmost outfits are a set of three shirts. The top green shirt has a fish pattern. The middle white shirt has a blackish green lake grass pattern on the front, with a fish pattern along the shoulders. The final shirt is blackish green with a white pattern that mimics ribs. A rough sketch depicting two characters talking. The top part of the drawing shows Barrett in a coat, holding a glass. The text next to his head is a tumblr post that reads, "hows ur paranoia doing old man". On the bottom half of the drawing, Lesly is drawn in shadow, clutching the table. Only his yellow eyes are visible, they are wide and looking to the left. The text from the post reads, "I always respond appropriately to happenings and situations". A sketch of Barrett holding her head. He's looking down in a despondent expression. The text above reads, "I wanna be in love but also yikes". A colored rendering of Barrett only done to the shoulders. Barrett is drawn in a side profile, showing off an earring with the star of Ishtar carved into it. His coat is a light blue with red embriodery on the shoulders. They are done in three circles with white beads sewn along the red embriodery. A yellow flower is sewn into the center circle. Two white tassels are attached at the intersection of the circles.
April 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[March 2025] What.
(based on text post by decompose1 on tumblr)
#OPM
#artarchive
A two panel grayscale comic. The first panel shows Abel leaning against the stone railing. His speech bubble reads, "Yeah, so I'm probably going to stay with the company--". Cav stands with his arms crossed, his speech reads, "I wish I was a woman so I could be your wife and tell you what to do." The second panel shows Abel reacting in disbelief, stating, "What?", while Cav counters quickly with, "Nothing.".
March 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[March 2025]
1. Mock romance novel illustration.
2-3. Keep sucking his flat face.
4. Chibi style and thoughts on gender. :]
#OPM
#artarchive
The drawing is a side profile of Abelino. He is drawn in oranges, indigoes, whites, and blacks. He stares up and off screen at someone. A cigarette hangs on his lips while he gives a faint smile. The text on the left reads, "Opening the door, he paused. "See you 'round, Tin Man. You know where to find me."". Drawn up to the shoulders, it shows Abel and Cav standing shoulder to shoulder. Abel is leaning forward, smiling, with his eyes closed contently. Cav is leaning into Abel, his eyes opened slightly. The drawing is done in limited colors of black, white, orange, and red. A drawing of Abel kissing Cavortus on his inner face. Abel's hand is gently holding Cav's chin and jaw, leaning into Cav. Cav's face is full of holes and resembles exposed muscles. Cav's hand is holding onto Abel's forearm. The cords in his hand are visible through gaps in the wood. Abel (Left) and Cav (Right) are drawn in a simplified chibi style. They are holding hands while looking at each other. Next to Abel's head is a trans flag. Next to Cav's head is the agender flag.
March 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Feb-Mar 2025]
Whatever. Go my fungus man.
#OPM
#artarchive
A page made up three sketches. The top sketch is incomplete, it depicts Cavortus removing his face plate. This reveals his actual face which is stringy and orange. There are multiple holes and strings of orange connecting to the face plate he is holding. On the left side, Cavortus is standing in a plain t-shirt with his hands behind his back. He is drawn in cool blues. His neck and joints are highlighted in orange. On the right side, he is drawn using negative space. He is standing against a wall. The background is a bright orange. A mock-up anatomical page. On the left, Cavortus is drawn with his wooden body. His joints are open, showing the inner muscles. On the right, he is drawn without the wooden casings. His body resembles anatomical muscles with a far more stringier look.
March 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Feb 2025]
1. Negative space practice using Cav.
2. Updated the title card for OPM with a (hopefully) clearer influence of streamline deco.
#OPM
A sketch using harsh negative space, colored in black and white. The character holds up his hands, colored orange, up to his face. His eyes look up, also colored orange. The text on the left reads, “God can not exist without man. To rise into heaven, you created a new man in your place.” A poster where half a face is shown. It is colored green with orange scuff marks. The face is geometric and robotic in nature, with panel seams. The text on the right reads, “Our Porcelain Minds.” The decal above the text is meant to resemble a head with cracks blossoming from the top and across the temple.
February 17, 2025 at 5:52 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Feb 2025] Comic practice wooooo. Adapted from page 158 of Phantom of the Opera.
#artarchive
A 5 panel comic of Erik rowing through the underground lake. Christine sits opposite to him. She is frightened as they stare each other down. The entire comic is drawn with heavy blocky shadows with a limited teal color scheme. Only Erik's eyes are colored yellow.
February 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Dec 2024] Stuff from last year. (literally 2 days ago)
#artarchive
#WtDB
A headshot of a character done in ink. The shadows are angular. Three smoke tendrils come off the character. A half body drawing of a character who is mainly in shadow. The only light source is from a lit match the character is holding, about chest height. There is an additional light coming from behind a door shaped hole. The shading is grainy. Smoke comes off the character's arm.
January 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Sep-Dec 2024] Obligatory phantom-posting of my wife.💚
#artarchive
A grayscale sketch of Erik from “The Phantom of the Opera”. He is drawn to resemble Lon Chaney's performance. He has his hands covering his face in disappointment. Between his fingers, a yellow eye peeks out. He is dressed in a house robe. A grayscale sketch of Erik from “The Phantom of the Opera.” He is drawn to resemble Lon Chaney's performance. He has his arms crossed, dressed in a black cloak. Only his pupils are colored yellow. A rough sketch of Erik from “The Phantom of the Opera”. He is drawn to resemble Lon Chaney's performance. He is talking happily, showing his teeth and canines. He holds his hands near to his body in a playful and reserved manner.
December 18, 2024 at 5:21 PM
7geentears.bsky.social
[Dec 2024] TW//Blood
Mask!Pandemonium (and magma doodles with @urroyaljester.bsky.social)
#artarchive #PnCo
A sketch from the thigh up. The character is swinging a bat with a streak of blood following the arc. He smiles, twisting with the motion. He's wearing a simple jacket and pants. A fullbody drawing done in color. The character is dancing, on his tiptoes, moving left. His hands are drawn up like claws. He's wearing a black jacket, white pants, and red gloves. The text around him reads, "Music make you lose control". A colored sketch done in limited greens and blues. It's a headshot of the character smiling. The words "smokin" are behind his head.
December 11, 2024 at 6:11 PM