Nightmare
@nightmaremantis.bsky.social
36/He/It
🏳️⚧️/♠️
Mi'kmaw/Acadian
Non-theistic Satanist
Canadian bug artist who occasionally posts art. Working on an original comic. Sometimes post about my cats. Occasionally nsfw so no minors. Hyperfixated on my OC Peal, the silver eyed mantis.
🏳️⚧️/♠️
Mi'kmaw/Acadian
Non-theistic Satanist
Canadian bug artist who occasionally posts art. Working on an original comic. Sometimes post about my cats. Occasionally nsfw so no minors. Hyperfixated on my OC Peal, the silver eyed mantis.
NEW FRIENDS ACQUIRED. They're a breeding pair of giant American millipedes. Haven't decided what to name them yet but the larger one is quite chill about being grabbed while the little one is like "pls do not". Glad they survived the mail okay.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW FRIENDS ACQUIRED. They're a breeding pair of giant American millipedes. Haven't decided what to name them yet but the larger one is quite chill about being grabbed while the little one is like "pls do not". Glad they survived the mail okay.
When you're on pain medication 5x more powerful than morphine but still too restless to sleep so you work on an embroidery stitching kit instead. I'm stiff as hell but seem to be bouncing back way faster than I could have predicted, lol.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
When you're on pain medication 5x more powerful than morphine but still too restless to sleep so you work on an embroidery stitching kit instead. I'm stiff as hell but seem to be bouncing back way faster than I could have predicted, lol.
When you crush it so hard you accidentally do a speed run.
October 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
When you crush it so hard you accidentally do a speed run.
I've been replaying the OG Hollow Knight to see how the difficulty compares to Silksong and holy shit, I am just crushing it. I am become too powerful.
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've been replaying the OG Hollow Knight to see how the difficulty compares to Silksong and holy shit, I am just crushing it. I am become too powerful.
Woe, Lacenet be upon ye.
Also something something Shoujo Kakumei Silksong.
Also something something Shoujo Kakumei Silksong.
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Woe, Lacenet be upon ye.
Also something something Shoujo Kakumei Silksong.
Also something something Shoujo Kakumei Silksong.
I love him for the same reasons I love Grimm and now Karmelita: fabulous.
September 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I love him for the same reasons I love Grimm and now Karmelita: fabulous.
WHAT
HOW AM I STILL ALIVE???
HOW AM I STILL ALIVE???
September 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
WHAT
HOW AM I STILL ALIVE???
HOW AM I STILL ALIVE???
Taking a break from Silksong to draw Peal in a Hollow Knight -ish style. Kind of funny because Peal started out as just the name I gave the pre-infection Traitor Lord. I turned him into an OC because I didn't want to lose that part of Nugget's backstory, and now he's my main boy oops.
September 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Taking a break from Silksong to draw Peal in a Hollow Knight -ish style. Kind of funny because Peal started out as just the name I gave the pre-infection Traitor Lord. I turned him into an OC because I didn't want to lose that part of Nugget's backstory, and now he's my main boy oops.
OH NO IT GETS SO MUCH WORSE
September 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
OH NO IT GETS SO MUCH WORSE
NOOOO GREEN PRINCE THAT'S SO SAD
September 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
NOOOO GREEN PRINCE THAT'S SO SAD
I came across this really cute interaction you can do with the Bell Beast in Silksong so I had to record it, lol.
September 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I came across this really cute interaction you can do with the Bell Beast in Silksong so I had to record it, lol.
I've let her loose now because she was starting to roam, but she is indeed a female cicada. Quite a rare find because they don't "sing" and only make occasional little clicks. So they're much harder to track down than their very loud male counterparts.
July 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I've let her loose now because she was starting to roam, but she is indeed a female cicada. Quite a rare find because they don't "sing" and only make occasional little clicks. So they're much harder to track down than their very loud male counterparts.
I have been blessed by the bug gods! Found this screaming potato nymph on my evening walk and by the time I brought it inside it saw fit to start emerging. It's an annual cicada, common here but rarely seen. I'll be letting it loose when it's ready to fly.
July 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I have been blessed by the bug gods! Found this screaming potato nymph on my evening walk and by the time I brought it inside it saw fit to start emerging. It's an annual cicada, common here but rarely seen. I'll be letting it loose when it's ready to fly.
WIP time! I'm not great with drawing indoor scenes but I wanted to draw this particular memory to work through some complicated feelings I have about it. I'll explain more when I've finished, but this experience stands out because a friend witnessed it. I just never told her it wasn't a dream.
July 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
WIP time! I'm not great with drawing indoor scenes but I wanted to draw this particular memory to work through some complicated feelings I have about it. I'll explain more when I've finished, but this experience stands out because a friend witnessed it. I just never told her it wasn't a dream.
Oh yeah, this is the actual rosary I'm holding in that second drawing I posted. I won't get into the significance of it in that context but I've had this since I was 4 years old. I used to include it in my art a lot as a symbol of carrying the weight of one's past in the present.
June 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh yeah, this is the actual rosary I'm holding in that second drawing I posted. I won't get into the significance of it in that context but I've had this since I was 4 years old. I used to include it in my art a lot as a symbol of carrying the weight of one's past in the present.
I've been... hesitant to talk about this. But I can't seem to stop thinking about it all of a sudden, after over a decade of basically willing myself to forget. A decade of nothing happening; not even dreams. You see I'm an experiencer, or what people rather mockingly call an alien abductee. 1/9
June 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I've been... hesitant to talk about this. But I can't seem to stop thinking about it all of a sudden, after over a decade of basically willing myself to forget. A decade of nothing happening; not even dreams. You see I'm an experiencer, or what people rather mockingly call an alien abductee. 1/9
Got lots of progress done today. I'll be trying to get at least the clean sketches done tomorrow.
June 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Got lots of progress done today. I'll be trying to get at least the clean sketches done tomorrow.
Found this old sketch while rearranging some things. I think it's at least 10 years old but it's kind of funny how the way I drew these guys has bled into how I draw my bug characters. Perhaps I should revisit them after I'm done with the mini comic.
June 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Found this old sketch while rearranging some things. I think it's at least 10 years old but it's kind of funny how the way I drew these guys has bled into how I draw my bug characters. Perhaps I should revisit them after I'm done with the mini comic.
This is the last video I got to take of Ishna. She liked to sit directly on my chest in the morning to say hi. She was deaf so nothing ever really bothered her and she made the most dramatic noises possible any time you picked her up. I'll miss the little lady.
June 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is the last video I got to take of Ishna. She liked to sit directly on my chest in the morning to say hi. She was deaf so nothing ever really bothered her and she made the most dramatic noises possible any time you picked her up. I'll miss the little lady.
Something small but it is a start. I plan on slowly adding more shit as the season progresses, lol.
June 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Something small but it is a start. I plan on slowly adding more shit as the season progresses, lol.
Coloured sketch of @vivithemoth.bsky.social 's boy Darian!
June 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Coloured sketch of @vivithemoth.bsky.social 's boy Darian!
Look at this stupid position Count Dracula fell asleep in. I don't think he's quite figured out how this whole cat thing works yet.
May 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Look at this stupid position Count Dracula fell asleep in. I don't think he's quite figured out how this whole cat thing works yet.
Don't think I posted this sketch here yet. I drew this as a baseline average for the differences between male and female mantises in my comic. Maybe someday I will make a full on guide about how their culture works.
April 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Don't think I posted this sketch here yet. I drew this as a baseline average for the differences between male and female mantises in my comic. Maybe someday I will make a full on guide about how their culture works.
Kittens are at the stage where they're starting to become active and play. I've got Merlin and Dracula wrestling in my lap right now and they're just so cute.
April 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Kittens are at the stage where they're starting to become active and play. I've got Merlin and Dracula wrestling in my lap right now and they're just so cute.