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Grim Max
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23 year old animation graduate, illustrator and storyboard artist. Enthusiast of the strange and unusual

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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (Part 9/9)

The end. Thank you so much for reading. More Mac & Reggie to come 👻

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, a continuation of my last 8 posts and the final part. Mac is shown swinging the door of the coffin open, and stepping out in a different change of clothes. He’s wearing a cap, with the letters M and R on the front. He’s in a dark trench coat, with a purple jumpsuit underneath. The jumpsuit is decorated with graphics of a cob web on the chest and a spider spinning a web wrapped around his leg. He smiles and lifts a finger up, saying “Mac and Reggie are on the case”. Reggie, irritated, leans in to say “you mean Reginald and Macwell are on the case”. Mac replies, holding up a hand, “nah. Mac and Reggie sounds better”. Reggie holds a hand to his forehead in irritation, saying “oh for the love of- it doesn’t matter! Our names are Reginald and Macwell!”. The final panel show the two arguing, Reggie looking incredibly irritated as Mac continues to smile lazily. The two go back and forth in saying “Mac and Reggie”, “Reginald and Macwell!”, “Mac and Reggie”, “Reginald and Macwell!”. Mac interrupts the back and forth to suggest “dead and deader?” before Reggie once again shouts “REGINALD AND MACWELL!”. The title of the comic is then shown, reading “Mac and Reggie” in a bold graphic, with a spider spinning its web between the text.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (8/9)

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, a continuation of my last 7 posts. Mac looks down at Herb’s restraints with a finger lifted thoughtfully to his chin again. “Y’know.. I was wondering the same thing. Reggie? Why’d you tie him up?” He asks. “Spite.” Reggie replies simply. The next panel shows Mac finishing to removes the rope from Herb’s torso, as he sighs and says “thanks”. Herb is stood up, smiling nervously and pointing his fingers at Reggie. “And uh.. no hard feelings about the cold calling, right?’ He asks. The next panel shows Reggie glaring back at him, still obviously holding onto the grudge. Herb is still frozen in his position, unnerved by Reggie’s glare, as Mac steps up beside him with a grin. “Not at all, I’m totally stroked for a new case. After all, the supernatural symptoms you described sound like your dearly departed might be a poltergeist.” Mac then lifts his hands to his face, looking dreamy as he says “or I hope it is. Maaan, do I love poltergeists. In terms of what we call the spectral scale, they’re the most ghostly ghosts that ever ghosted.”. He then steps up to Reggie, holding up the doll he was haunting from before. “You wanna hide inside Izzybelle for this job, Reggie? Or are you gonna be out and proud dead?” He asks. Reggie looks back, saying “I can’t exactly stroll through the streets as an apparition.” Mac has leaned back to Herb, holding up his hand to his face once again, startling Herb. “He almost always haunts Izzybelle on the job. Between you and me, I think it’s a self conscious thing.” Reggie, once again, lean from behind him to angrily point out, “RIGHT. HERE.” Non too phased, Mac looks back with a smile saying “oh haha. Yeah, I have no special awareness.” This is shown to be true as he leans into Herb, who in turn leans back. Mac steps back up to Reggie, asking “Whaddya say, Reg? Ready to commit some friendly fire once again?”. Reggie replies, “For a handsome fee? Of course.” Mac is shown running away from Reggie slowly, his hands above his head as he says “yaaaaay”. He is running towards a wooden coffin propped up against the wall, that has more baby doll heads and bones scattered on the floor around it. Cobwebs and spiders cover it, and written on the lid is text reading “here lies Mac”. The door slams shut to show Mac is inside, before it begins thrashing around. A few rustles are heard before a loud CRASH and a BANG emit from inside. Mac is also heard saying “oops”, “ouch” and “my bad”.
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (Part 7/9)

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, a continuation of my last 6 posts. The ghost levitates the vampire, whose body hangs clumbsily in the air. He is suddenly dropped onto his face, with a “THWAK” sound. With his face still in the ground, he asks “a little to the north?” while pointing upward. He’s levitated again, properly this time, back onto his feet. “Thanks” he says with a grin. The next panel shows him digging through a box labelled “Little Box of Horrors”, throwing multiple disturbing creations and sculptures behind him as he tries to find something. The vampire smiles as he finds something in the box offscreen. “Oh, perfect” he says, before showing Herb a small sculpture of an odd looking blob. It has beady eyes, a wide mouth, a fat belly and (for lack of a better term) man boobs. It has a single spike of hair on its head. “Here you go. Made him myself. He’s a metaphor for… something, I forget.” Herb stares at the creation in bewilderment. The vampire slides it onto his knee, saying “I’ll just leave him riiiight here”. Herb continues to stare at it, muttering out a “thanks man”. He looks back up at the vampire, asking “so you can help me.. but you won’t Uhm… bite me, will you?”. “Uh… why would I do that?” The vampire asks back. The ghost rolls his eyes, saying “your vampirism, Macwell. He’s referring to that.” The vampire holds his hands up in reassurance, saying “ohh.. don’t worry, biting humans is an urge, not a choice.” He continues to explain, saying “I get my blood fix from the local abattoir. Vamps needing human blood is a stereotype perpetuated by media n’junk. It’s like how they say we can’t enter a home uninvited”. The ghost rolls his eyes again, sneering as he says “which you proved evidently untrue when you moved in.” The vampire, undeterred, smiles and says “oh- where are my manners?”. He then gestures to the room by opening up his arms, saying “Welcome to the basement of our humble abode, Ghastavon Manor.” Herb watches on, still somewhat nervous, as the ghost watches on, still in contempt. The vampire leans in close to Herb, holding a hand up to his face to try and shield his words from the ghost. He explains, “If you were from Grizzlegrove you’d hear the locals call it “Cranium Castle”, but… that’s kind of a touchy subject for ol’ Reggie.” The ghost, Reggie, leans out from behind the vampire, staring angrily. “I’m right here.” He points out. “And this is he; Reggie Ghastavon. Great guy. Cooking show fan. Dead.” The vampire says, as Reginald looks down at Herb. “Reginald will suffice” he says, correcting. The vampire, leans in front of Reggie, smiling giddily as he points to his face with both fingers. “And Mac is me. Mixed media artist. Horror fan. Also dead.” Herb, smiling apprehensively, introduces himself too. “Right. I’m uh, Herb. Store Clerk. Radiohead fan. Alive”. Mac listens on with a smile, saying “good to know you, Tyson”. “No it’s- never mind. Hey, can I ask why I’m tied up?” Herb asks.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (Part 6/9 (haha))

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, a continuation of my last 5 posts. Herb is sweating as he tries to reason with the ghost. “I was just looking for these ‘paranormal experts’ ok?! I have a ghost I need to get rid of!”. The ghost looks down at him, unamused, as Herb, continues “… no offence.”. He continues to frantically explain himself as the ghost and the vampire watch on silently. Text on the vampire’s hoodie reads “Mortuus Intuus”. “My point is, I clearly came to the wrong place and I’ve clearly awoken some ancient evil and I’m clearly REALLY SORRY! Please just let me go!” Herb cries out. Non too phased, the vampire asks “who said you’ve come to the wrong place?”. “Wh-huh?” Herb stammers in response. The next panel shows a slightly more polished and coloured illustration of the ghost and vampire’s designs. “I take it you’re looking for Reginald and Macwell’s Paranormal Services?” The ghost asks with a firm expression and his arms tucked formally behind his back. “That’s us” adds the vampire, smiling with his hands out at either side. “You’re.. paranormal experts who ARE paranormal?” Herb asks, confused. “Right on, brother. That’s why I put “paranormal experts” in the ad.” The vampire says matter of fact, the word “paranormal” is emphasised. Herb looks mortified in response. The vampire steps forward, holding a finger to his chin thoughtfully. “Figured I’d warn people before hand… hasn’t seemed to work too well…” he crouched down with a toothy smile in front of Herb, who looks cautious. “Buuuut, lucky for you being dead hasn’t stopped us from being supernatural agents to our core. Why should it?”. The next panel shows the vampire’s features in a slightly more discomforting way, as he continues to say “Who better to deal with the dead than the dead themselves, right?”. Juxtaposed to the last panel, he holds a finger up slightly more cheerfully as he says “oh, oh- and that makes you our 8th ever customer. This oughta be commemorated.” He tells Herb to “hold tight, don’t move”, who in turn looks down at his restraints and says “sure”. The vampire tries to stand up, only to be pained by cracking and popping sounds coming from his legs. “Urk- ouch” he mutters. “Hey, Reggie… can I have a hand?” He asks the ghost, who floats behind him unamused.
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (Part 5/9)

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, a continuation of my last 4 posts. A subtitle reads “7 minutes later”, and the next panel shows Herb is still screaming in horror. The vampire and the doll continue to sit and watch, the doll disillusioned and the vampire vacant. “By god.” The doll says. “Man, this has to be a record, huh?” Says the vampire. The doll responds back, “Yes, I-“ but interrupts itself to point at the fluid resembling blood dripping down his chin. “Oh well THAT’S not helping!”. “Whuh?” The vampire responds. “The name on your face! You’ve been eating it out the jar again, haven’t you!?”. The next panel shows a levitating handkerchief dabbing the jam from the vampires mouth, who tries to avoid it. “Hold still!” The doll says. “Bleeeuuugghh.” The vampire groans. “I said, hold-!” The doll is cut off again. The vampire and doll have stopped bickering to see Herb has stopped screaming. He is staring back at both of them, terrified and panting. “Wait.. he’s stopped.” The doll points out. There’s silence for a moment, only broken by Herb’s panting, before the vampire breaks the silence. “Hey.” He says with a smile, which prompts Herb to begin screaming again. The doll, furious, shouts “oh will you cease the theatrics & STOP THAT RACKET”. Herb obeys the command, closing his mouth with a “clamp” sound. The vampire approaches him with a grin “don’t mind him. Being a ghost’ll make you cranky sometimes”. “A g-g-g-ghost?” Herb stammers. “No, see - it’s pronounced ghost”, the vampire responds. The next panel shows the doll falling to the floor, expressionless and seemingly no longer sentient. Its voice is now speaking outside of its body, off screen. “You can imagine my unfamiliarity with modern etiquette…” the voice begins to say. Herb looks down at the doll in shock, as the voice continues. “So tell me…” it says, as Herb looks back up to see an imposing figure partially off screen. “Is it acceptable in the 21st century to arrive unannounced, banging and screeching at a stranger’s door?”. The voice’s owner is revealed in the next panel, the ghost that was haunting the doll. “Or are you as much of a halfwit as I think you are?” He says, staring down at Herb. He’s an apparition of a tall young man, dressed in smart Victorian era clothing, with mild acne on his face. The vampire stands next to him, continuing to grin. Herb looks up in horror. “I-I’m sorry!!” He stammers.
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (4/9)

Will be posting the rest tomorrow. Thank you for reading 👻🩸

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, and a continuation of my last 3 posts. The first panel continues to only show text, with text showing person 1 saying “wait- shush! He’s waking up”. The subsequent panels show that Herb has been passed out during this conversation, explaining the lack of visual illustrations. It shows his point of view, as he opens his eyes he sees a blurry face. As his vision focuses, he sees the vampire from before, only looking a lot less intimidating. He looks rather lazy and gormless, but what seems to be blood is still running down his chin. The next panel cuts away from Herb’s point of view, showing the vampire leaning over his with a lazy grin, as Herb looks rightfully terrified. The vampire speaks, “hey”. Suddenly Herb starts screaming again, and the vampire (wearing a hoodie, sweatpants and slippers) flops onto his side from shock. Herb sits up, still screaming, to see his torso and ankles have been tied up and he can’t move. He looks over, still screaming, to see the doll from before staring at him while sat in a chair. This page shows the room Herb finds himself in. It’s a tall basement, with a single lightbulb illuminating it. Baby doll heads hang from the ceiling with wide disturbing eyes, one of them has a long smiling grin with switches bounding its mouth shut. A garland hanging on the ceiling is made up of teeth. Two shelves show multiple disturbing sculptures of odd, monstrous characters. A scratched up old workbench has baby doll hands lying on top of it, with a disused nuclear waste bucket holding a large hammer and saw. Multiple spiders are crawling across the room. Herb continues to scream, of course. As Herb continues to scream, the doll speaks, with its eyes lidded. “Excellent. He’s making that noise again”. The vampire sits up, next to the doll with the same lazy smile. “Just give him a minute Reggie” he says as the two turn to look at each other “I do this when I wake up to”. “Yes,” the doll replies “I’m well aware”. Herb is still screaming.
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (Part 3/9)

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, as a continuation of my last 2 posts. Herb is shown running from the doll frantically, shouting “Heard! Understood!” as the spirit’s ghostly, wispy auras surround and follow him. The auras open the door to support his escape, and the outside exterior of the garden is shown. There’s a gate in the distance, with dark shadows surrounding the crescent moon in the sky. “C’mon c’mon c’mon” Herb speaks to himself frantically. “Gotta get out!” He repeats to himself over and over, as he runs and gets incredibly close to escaping. Before he can, a dark figure swings upside down from the door frame. He is staring at Herb wide eyed, with pointed ears, dark hair, a bite mark on his neck and what looks like blood dribbling down his chin. Lighting cracks dramatically from behind him. The vampire licks the blood from his lips with a “shlurp” sound effect, before the final panel shows another shot of the mansion. Lighting continues to crack, as Herb is heard screaming. The following 2 pages have no illustrations, only text on a black background spoken by two off screen characters. I will refer to them as 1 and 2. 1: you put our address in the papers!? 2: well yeah, you wanted buisness right? Look’it that, it worked 1: I said I wanted business, not intruders! 2: chillax, Reggie. He seems pretty harmless to me… he’s wearing a polo shirt. 1: again with that infernal tendency of yours… if you must insist on opening your mouth, I beg of you, use words found in a dictionary. 2: ohh yeah, that kinda slang was before our time, huh? Must be all those 90s film nights. 1: Ugh, don’t remind me… if you make me watch Clueless one more time, you’ll find out what it’s like to die a second time 2: gosh, he’s really pink isn’t he? Even for a guy who’s like, totally passed out. 1: for the last time, Macwell. Step away from the oaf. You don’t know where he’s been. 2: aww, just two more minutes? I almost forgot what humans look like up close.
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle 2/9

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page, as a continuation of my last post. The room is suddenly illuminated by lamps hanging from the ceiling, lit by a ghostly blue light with a “fwooosh!” sound. Herb stands looking up at them in bewilderment. Herb slowly staggers back, only to turn and spot something that terrifies him. At the bottom of a staircase, he sees a Victorian doll sat with its back turned to him. It is shrouded in darkness, wearing a dress with its hair in a braid and a bow on its head. The next panel zooms in to show the back of the dolls head more closely, before its head slowly turns on its body to face herb, with an elongated “crack” sound. “Get out” it whispers Herb steps back in horror as he watches the doll start to glow and levitate. “Ohohooo noooo, not agaiiin” he whimpers, before the doll screams “GET. OUT”. Two glowing beams of magic blue flames burst out from behind it.
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Mac & Reggie: Cranium Castle (Part 1/9)

I made a comic. A low effort and very inconsistent comic, truly terrible actually. I detest it. But wait wait wait don’t go please read it

#art #artwork #illustration #digitalart #comic #comicstrip #webcomic #oc #originalcharacter #spooky
A comic page. The first panel shows an establishing shot of a dark, spooky city at night time. In the foreground, a sign reads “Welcome to Grizzlegrove. Population..’. The number in question is obscured by graffiti that reads “all stone cold dead”. The second panel depicts a creepy mansion, with an off screen character saying “s-seriously?”. The subsequent panels show that the character speaking is Herb, a young nerdy man in a visor with messy hair covering his eyes. “This is the place? Oh- whatever, it suits the brand right?” He says nervously. The second comic page. Herb is knocking on the door of the mansion. “Hello? Any one in? Hello?!” His knocks turn into bangs as he becomes more frantic. “Hey, I saw your ad!” He shouts as he lifts his hands to his face. “That’s why I’m here!” He yells again. Suddenly, the door creaks open by itself. Herb walks in apprehensively. “Hello? Look.. I’m sorry to bother you but.. I need help!” He calls out, as an old painting of a young man hangs behind him. In the next panel, the paintings eye’s are following Herb’s movements. “You’re the ‘paranormal experts’, right? I’m from the next town over, but I was your address in the papers… are you there?”. Herb continues to hear no one reply. “I think the convenience store I work at is haunted, ok?! Stick flying off the shelves, lights flickering, voices over the intercom… actually that might’ve just been my manager, but-“ As Herb continues speaking, he doesn’t realise the door is creaking to a close behind him. “Trust me,” he continues “there’s other stuff! Like this horrible wailing before closing and-!”. Before he can finish, the grand entrance hall is shrouded in darkness as the door suddenly slams shut. “.. doors slamming shut”, Herb says weakly as he finishes his sentence.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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#art #artwork #digitalart #illustration #drawing #sketch #darkart #surrealart #horrorart #inkart #penandink #blackandwhite #monochrome #creepy #macabre #weird #surrealism #artcommunity
July 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Fanart for MeatCanyon’s wonderfully horrific Melvin’s Macabre
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#art #artwork #digitalart #illustration #procreate #darkart #horrorart #comicart #fanart #meatcanyon
May 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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He is risen 🌟 happy belated easter again (and thanks for the appreciation on the wip last sunday!)

#art #illustration
Digital painting of the resurrected Christ as a brown trans man with rays of light bursting from his top surgery scars. He holds a trans flag instead of the conventional red and white cross banner.
April 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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I’ve replayed Undertale for the first time in 10 years and it’s made me want to ugly cry. I don’t forgive Toby Fox.
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#art #artwork #illustration #sketch #digitalart #fanart #undertale #sans #frisk
April 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Art of Hotel Transylvania → bit.ly/2sI2wmJ

#animation #conceptart #modelsheet #characterdesign #visdev
April 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM