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Andy
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"He who would pun, would pick a pocket"
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Also, if nothing is perfect, explain this.
Black and White drawing of the 'Big Chap' Alien by Bernie Wrightson. It's crouched, as we see it from below. It's head is turned to the side, so we can see all the weird, ribbed tubes that make up it's body. It has a skeletal ribcage and it's fish-bone tail whips wildly behind it.
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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In my old age, I have come to the complete opposite conclusion.
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) and Chidi Anagonye (William Jackson) from 'The Good Place'.
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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I'm sad because I forget the artist, but someone awesome made this hilarious Halloween figure using mostly plastic pumpkins with jack'o lanterns. The head, Jack'o Lantern. The ribcage, 2 full pumpkins rotated and glued together. Their are shoulder pads made of sliced Jack'o Lantern faces. There's a belt buckle that is a jack'o lantern face. Knee pads and feet, also Jack'o Lantern faces. The whole body is orange with spots of black (where the jack'o lanters black face, triangle eyes, nose and half-moon mouth are painted)
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Hey

My name is Andy Cotnam. Was in games for my whole career, moving from Animation to Character Design/Concept. Now, not really sure what it is I do anymore. But I can still make fun and appealing characters. Haven't had an portfolio since the NO AI Artstation fiasco. Maybe I should get on that.
Couple versions of a Red-headed Warrior girl. Her right arm (in both versions) is covered in armor. Spikes on her gauntlets knuckles and shoulder pads. She has a leopard-print tube-top and matching skirt, cut to show off her thighs. She wears huge hoop earings and in one, has a far-superior side-cut. Line-up of some character concepts. The first, a swash-buckling pirate. Red bandanna tied around their head. Dark hair, in a ponytail. Brown leather belt across waist, wrists and chest. They hold a massive sword/scimitar. Silver, curved blade and golden hilt. The second, a green, woodland elf. Long ears, with dark green hair. One massive shoulder pauldron with grass growing out of it in spikes. That same arm, a big gauntlet like hand with fingers of bark and vines wrapping around the hand and forearm. They hold a massive axe in the other hand. The blad is curved, but looks like it may be carved from stone. It also looks overgrown with vines and tendrils of green. The last, a dark-skinned warrior who wears a white hood, covering their grey hair and beard. Grey cloth pants and bare chest and arms save for a bandoleer over their chest. They hold a massive gold stave that has a golden scorpion tail at it's end. 3 characters. One, a dark elf with teal skin and hair white as snow, big red eyes and sharp, menacing teeth. She wields a massive bow that looks like bat wings. The second character is a stone skinned frost giant, with a horned helm and cloak of fur. They hold a massive hammer with a skull and tusks. The arm not holding the hammer is made if ice. The last character is the red-headed barbarian girl. She scowls , holding a menacing looking sword and shield. Medusa at the center, her lower half is snake. Golden chains wrap her waist. Her eyes are a poisonous green. At her sides, a skeleton with a snake tail holding a sword coated in the same green as it's masters eyes. On the other, the same skeleton, it's skull removed to show the snake head underneath.
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Image of Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's 'The Thing'. He sits behind a desk, dictating into a mic, and drinking whiskey. The text reads 'Nobody trusts anybody now. And we're all very tired'.
August 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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If you see this post a sword.
Black and White Ink drawing of a robotic character. She has tendrils for hair, wing-like protrusions on her back that could be for flying. In her left hand, she holds a big sword, that connects to her body via a cable that connects to the hilt. In the background, there are sci-fi, tech panels around a porthole.
July 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Sometimes I need to sit at the desk and remind myself I can still draw. Been letting the state of...<gestures to EVERYTHING> convince myself that drawing is pointless. That said, one of the few joys I find these days is coming here to see other people who are still making art and sharing it.
Image of DC Comics Swamp Thing and Abigail Arcane. Swamp Thing is huge, and sits hunched in the swamp, arms on knees, feet below the water. His fingers (hopefully) looking like roots going into the water. Abigail is naked, and stands under Swamp Things chin, using his triangular nose cape/green as a curtain.
July 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Gif of Michael from 'The Office' going back to the annex to find out Toby from HR is back. He screams 'No! Please God No!' over and over.
April 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Side shot of some chunky, kinda geometric Xenomorphs and 'Face-huggers' from the Aliens franchise running down a tech hallway with alien egg sacks all around. Profile study of a Xenomorph soldier from the Aliens franchise. Sleek, and insectlike head, like a chrysalis. Lots of tubes and ribbed surfaces. And dripping goo. Can't forget the goo. Alt poster I did for the original Alien film. Ripley, scantily clad in her iconic white tank and panties stands in the forefront. Behind her, through a window of some sort, hangs the Alien, suspended from above by some kind of resinous goo. It's looks dormant, almost Fetal. It's long tail coils below it, circling around Ripleys head behind her Quick study of an Alien Drone from the Aliens Universe. It stands on a pile of eggs, defending them. Smoke hangs in the air, and it's lit by an orange light from above. No back tubes. Marked as 'F'. See me after class.
November 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Nope, but damn do you know me well. And to whoever doesn't know, these books RULE. Ronnie del Carmen!!!! Drawing Aliens! Go!Go!Go!Go!Go!Go!Go!Go!
Three comics on my drawing table. Aliens: Mondo Heat, the Mondo Heat Black & White ashcan and Aliens : Mondo Pest. They rule, mostly because of Ronnie del Carmens art.
October 18, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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Goose Meme template where the only thing visible of the goose is the bill and the feet, super simple in flat colors. The idea is you fill the space with your version of a Goose. I did the thing I always do where I did a gross, mech zombie wearing the cute goose head like a hat, arms protruding from the sides, and guts hanging between the legs. Basically a horrible mascot for a zombie/mecha baseball team. But worse.
October 16, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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#Zombieskulltober #Zombies #Artsky #ZombieGeese
Goose Meme template where the only thing visible of the goose is the bill and the feet, super simple in flat colors. The idea is you fill the space with your version of a Goose. I did the thing I always do where I did a gross, mech zombie wearing the cute goose head like a hat, arms protruding from the sides, and guts hanging between the legs. Basically a horrible mascot for a zombie/mecha baseball team. But worse.
October 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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Day 4/5/6 of #zombieskulltober . I don't have a PS seat anymore, so I'm using an old copy of Clip Studio to try and clean up these, but whew. I have no idea how to get any of the things I need out of that program that I could in Photosux. So these will be weirdly washed out and grey for a bit.
Three Zombie skulls, joined together by multiple tubes. A really lame version of the 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil' monkeys.
October 7, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Missed Day 02 because I went to see 'The Wild Robot' and became so dehydrated afterwards that I had to lie down.

So to make up for it, I did this. Is it bad? Yes. But, if only you had seen it before I panicked and added the tones. Like the opposite of 'Wild Robot'. BAD. #zombieskulltober
Tech zombie in profile. Dead, white eyes stare out, it's poorly drawn teeth on full display. Cords and tubes attach to the back of it's head in a tangled mess, trying to distract from the horrible teeth as much as possible.
October 3, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Day 01 of #zombieskulltober
Head of a Zombie, mouth agape in a grimace. Tubes pour out of a hole in the right side of it's head. It's scarred, patchwork skin is sewn together, and it has a '01' tatooed on it's forehead.
October 2, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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June 20, 2024 at 1:04 AM
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Drawings from today/last night.
Top down shot of my drawing table. 3 pages are visible. The first, a woman with a gigantic mechanical arm. The second, a Mermay piece of a sailor, shattered, battered ship in the background being dragged into the water by some evil looking mermaids. The third, a sci-fi piece of a woman wearing some high tech looking armor, holding a pistol, smoke emitting from the barrel. Mermay piece. Death of a Sailor, who floats at the center of the page. His ship smashed on the sharp rocks behind him, his head barely above the water. Underneath, 3 evil looking mermaids tear at his clothes, pulling him down to his doom. Badass looking woman wearing a heavy, tough looking sci-fi suit of armor. She holds a pistol, and smoke emitting from the barrel. A sea of stars behind her.
May 8, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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Happy Mermay everyone!
Ink drawing of a an Alien from the Alien/Aliens series.
May 3, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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I did this yesterday, I promise.
A blue line pencil drawing of Ripley in the Powerloader fighting the Alien Queen from the end of 'Aliens'. Alien Queen looms over Ripley as she yells 'Get away from her...YOU BITCH!'
April 27, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Gonna try to be an artist again I think. My inks so far. (Big shout out to @superactionfunboy.bsky.social for their great #zombieskulltober prompt list. Think I'll move onto @larsenproject.bsky.social awesome 'Ghost' list next.)
Down shot of my first 3 inktober pieces, arranged on my drawing table. 1st one, a crappy skeleton, mouth wide in a scream (?) wearing a cloak that half covers their skeleton body underneath. 2ns piece, a sci-fi Frankenstein sneering with lightning behind them, and the last, a weird little mecha/robot with a skull floating in a black lightbulb head, bat on the shoulder and tubing as guts pouring out of the steel ribcage. Close up of the Sci-Fi Frankenstein piece to show a little more detail.
October 3, 2023 at 5:13 PM
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Far Side Comic. Drawn by Gary Larson. Main panel shows a planet exploding, Flames, smoke and chunks of earth fly off the globe. There's a small panel on the bottom-right with a guy tipping an old style bowler hat, and the text reads "Thanx! And a tip'o the hat to: Billy Sutton Box 224 Tampa, FL.
August 14, 2023 at 11:51 PM