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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin!
@joymakesmonsters.bsky.social
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Disabled weirdo making stuff! she/her.
COMING TO KICKSTARTER SOON: The Binding of Polly Bowler, a comic of myth, horror, and love.

My art site is joymakesmonsters.co.uk

No A.I, not always suitable for children. Or anyone else.
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I do quite like the logo I put together for CAWS. We're fundraising in December to get a skip at the allotments so we can clear historic flytipping and dead trees to make the micro-reserve. Jumble sale 8/12/2025 at Luna City 7 in Stockton!

#animalwelfare #rescues #nature
a logo for cornforth animal welfare society showing a black circle outline with a tree branch silhouette with a cat sitting in it .
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Self portrait.

I'm hot.
a melting man
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Bit of a cheeky ask - if a professional knows about #UK #law and would be willing to give feedback on these signs, I'd really appreciate it - we're trying to dissuade hunting and dumping in the village, but the parish isn't well-off.
A sign that reads: parish allotments private parish property. this is a non-hunt area. permission for any hunting, including related equipment or paraphenalia on display, must be provided in writing by Cornforth Parish Council.this is private land and access is not granted to non-allotment holders for any reason. access may be requested from Cornforth Parish Council for legitimate concerns. clerks contact email. cornforth parish council reserves the legal right to bring action under: the hunting act 2024; the hunting of badgers act 2022; conservation of habitats and species regulations 2010; the wildlife and countryside act 1981; the hedgerow regulations 1997; firearms act 1986 and;Section 61(4) CJPOA (trespassing) . A sign that reads: parish allotments private parish property. this is a non-hunt area. permission for any hunting, including related equipment or paraphenalia on display, must be provided in writing by Cornforth Parish Council.You may walk dogs through, on condition they are controlled. no dog-fouling permitted. no fly-tipping. clerks contact email. cornforth parish council reserves the legal right to bring action under: the hunting act 2024; the hunting of badgers act 2022; conservation of habitats and species regulations 2010; the wildlife and countryside act 1981; the hedgerow regulations 1997; firearms act 1986 and;Section 61(4) CJPOA (trespassing) .
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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No Squeak. It does NOT fit.

She screamed at me because she wanted to sit on the ibuprofen box.
A very sweet natured but painfully stupid black cat tries to sit on a small ibuprofen box.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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post you from a different era

Before environmental and community work, I was an artist of a different kind - a burlesque stripper! 10 of the best years of my life!

(tagged as adult, but fuck knows Modsky is weird)
me, burlesque dancing as a skinny little young woman . Good times .
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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2019-2025

Fuck 🖕🏻 AI
Painted in 2019 Boris Johnson as a cartoon topper in a sundae shouting help I'm a eton mess . painted mid 2025 a strangely glowing cracked mirror with a fancy frame . each broken section shows different worlds and monsters . from the ttrpg daggerheart supplement wondrous environments . Early 2025 painting of a monster called the withered man who looks like melting glowing wax . from the coming ttrpg supplement pantheon of fear .
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Is this spelled correctly folks? Shame UKGE don't really seem to care about ttrpg players and creators anymore. Saves me about 2k in tables for other places though.
Message to UK Game Expo: Hi, I was looking to book tables and previously emailed about it - please remove my details. As an artist who works across the ttrpg, art and comic spaces, I cannot in good conscience provide funds to an organisation that is willing to support the sort of people willing to steal my work, and the work of others. I've been part of many Kickstarters and individual projects, that made less than the AI slop games - it was still enough to get paid and create a beautiful game book. That you've shown yourselves willing to cause harm to ttrpgs as a whole, in order to support people who view ttrpgs as nothing but 'product', shows that you no longer care about the scene. I sincerely hope you gain some basic decency in future.
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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I send you morons to make you feel a little better.
a black cat called Squeal in a basket, a black and white cat called Jiggy in a basket and a big black cat called Sharpe in a basket .
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Feeling much less achey this morning, but have developed a cough (happens often when my back goes as the lungs get a nasty shock), which is going to be hilarious, as I have meetings.

Busy day of painting! Look at this old image I made for a cooking horror game about cannibalism and romance!
a rough picture of a young woman with black hair in a pony tail, pale skin and blue eyes .
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Going to have to try and stand up long enough to cook, because hungry. I really need a robot body XD

Anyhow, my bookmark game "Cut Off Your FACE" has just been delivered!!! There's going to be PHYSICAL ones available, and I am so pleased.
Physical copies of the bookmark game Cut Off Your FACE .
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Four books to get to know me.
the cover of the bizarre alternative travel guide Atlas Obscura that shows strange, hidden and forbidden places around the world . the romantic comedy lgbtqia book a con affair, which starts with a filthy booty call scene and ends with you really wanting them to get together . the cover of The Anatomical Drawings of Andreas Vesalius, who stole and dissected hanging corpses in order to teach himself anatomy . based . the official novel for the Darksiders series The Abomination Vault showing Death looking pensive as War rides out on his horse Ruin . It's got a pretty fun bait and switch and as a prequel doesn't really matter in regard to having played the games .
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Painting creepy Celestials - landing page for a very small #dnd #ttrpg supplement should be open tomorrow! If we hit our strechies, we all get to enjoy a bigger boss battle and new characters like "The Faithful".
a painting of a Phim celestial depicted as a greyish floating head with wings forming from where the eye sockets should be . a human member of the faithful class, this particular form allows for premonitions she is wearing a cream robe, reddish brown corset, red and gold hooded veil and has bright glowing spheres where her eyes are .
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This #SelfPromoSunday, I am mostly working on the insert page for "The Binding of Polly Bowler" #comic book!

I SWEAR, it'll look less shit when it's done - I want my historical calamity lesbians story to look good!

What you guys working on?
#wip
a comic book page rough showing rough lines of a woman walking through a dark forest through a river, while a human-like creature with a birds skull for a head closes its hands around the forest .
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Other than that, I'm working with @thebeardedhalfling.bsky.social on a Celestials 5/5.5E supplement that brings in a celestial heiarchy, followers, npcs and one-shots. It goes live for early birds/following on Monday!
Introduction page of the Bearded Halfling and Joy Makes Monsters .
October 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Dear God, any you do or don't want to pick, I have SO MUCH stuff cooking! XD

Thank you for the space to let me info-dump A LOT.

Firstly, I'm super-stoked that Daemon Eater, a project I did internal art for, is getting close to shipping!!!
a nude woman is floating upwards by a demonic cloud .
October 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Timeline cleanse - have a dumb little robot I drew.
a dumb little robot i drew looks shocked .
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Artists, QRP with your favorite portrait ✍️

I know I need to get more done, but I love this monstrous being so much:
a painting of a woman bathed in red light with long dark hair and glowing eyes .
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Having a small rest today, so working on my "Bob, Space God" print, and the Halloween print. All hail Bob!

#art
an octopus in space moving planets around . his name is bob .
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Been a busy bunny! Sorted more roughs for the excellent #ttrpg #daggerbrew supplement Wondrous Environments AND made a micro game on a bookmark.

I would love to provide physical versions, but the cost is out of my range atm. Digital okay?
an image of a bookmark with a white background and newspaper cutouts of ears nose eyes and mouth with the red makers mark reading joy in the top right corner . the title at the bottom reads cut off your face .
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Painting up a weird spooky mansion. Anyhow, I still quite like this picture I did for Wondrous Environments #ttrpg:
a very toothy fish with a hanging and glowing lure moves out of the depths .
October 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I'm not joking:
stacked blocks against a sunset gradient . base colours starting to be added to the blocks, with some linework to add details . base colours done with first set of details . completed picture .
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Rustles my old lady jammies - I just whack blocks where I want things to go and work from there. If you've seen the thing/person you want to draw your brain will gradually fill in the gaps.

Best thing folks can do to draw is just have a go.

I drew these using guessing, looking, and faffing.
a woman with long dark hair . a blue chibi robot looking shocked . a painting of a melting monster called the withered man . a cracked mirror where each crack shows a different place or creature . from www.kickstarter.com/projects/thewelshdm/wondrous-environments ttrpg .
October 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Look at my poor little Beans!
A white ferret with a bad head wound .
October 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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As I need to make some extra cash quickly (thanks vandals), I'll open up 3 emergency portrait #art slots. They're £35, the samples below are what I do. Commercial rights included.

I had closed off #commission work due to #ttrpg work, now I have to make time so nab yours while you can! (Please 💗)
a painting of the withered man, a melting monster made of wax-like flesh with glowing orange eyes . a woman from comicbook the ladder with long dark hair and glowing eyes.
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Honestly, so incredibly angry atm. All of our #animals are #rescues. They're not #pets, they're family.

I have to try and find £100 for gate posts (I have a spare gate, thank goodness). Not including any vet bills we end up dealing with.

Sharpe is pissed off too.
a large angry looking black cat .
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM