The Thing That Lives in the Swamp.

MY MOTHERFUCKING BABY RIGHT HERE.

Ugh where do I start, 'cuz there’s a bloody story with this sucker. My second art class assignment, in which we were allowed to do anything: to show our passion in art. So of course I made up a mutant meerkat in a horror setting. With that being said, meet the love child of Korn, Marilyn Manson, and my fucked-up imagination. :') This is really my very first piece in which I (by my standards) succeeded in scenery, FUCK I'm so happy.

Because I was behind in class (this was taking me a while), I had to eventually take it home to further work on. Soul. Died. When I came home from school the next day. Because listen to this shit: This was during hot weather, so my window was open, but a screen was in place to prevent bugs and such from getting inside. Well. One of our cats (presumably Loki, how suiting) evidently jumped up and knocked the screen out of place (when we got home, it was) and got into my room. Teddy’s always in there, and although he is in no way violent/frightening towards the cats, a cat jumping through the window is bound to get a dog’s attention. We don’t know exactly what happened, but clearly, Loki got onto my highest shelf where the picture was, inadvertently knocked it down, and eventually jumped back out the window. Got home and found it on my floor, chewed up on the bottom left, Teddy being the only reasonable culprit; the bites clearly weren't from a cat, and only Teddy was in my room.

I shit you not, the only time I cried harder than that was when Mona Lisa died: I literally thought the picture was ruined. Ohhhh jeeeeesuuuus I sobbed for a good 30 minutes and wanted to eat Teddy's soul. I didn't let him sleep with me for days, either. He was literally in the living room on the couch. >>

Once I was done coloring it, I took it back to school and cried a bit again explaining it to my art teacher, ha ha. She was reassuring, but had no idea how to fix it; I finally had an idea and just MacGyvered it the best of my ability. I got some dull green paper, taped it down, and applied a thin layer of slip to the bitten parts to give it a dried mud-like look. The best I could possibly do. And in the end, jeez I cried once more, because my art teacher was so surprised and happy with the result, too. It could ABSOLUTELY be better, especially if it was brown imo, but I did my best.

Overall, I just cannot explicate my love for this piece. I love it so, so much, and I hope you do also! <3  Critique is also very warmly welcomed; it doesn't offend me in the slightest, considering hey, I’m here to grow. Although, do keep in mind that as the "story" tells above, some things are supposed to look kinda… "weird." If you want to critique anything, don’t do it on "Freak's" design, seeing as it’s actually just how I wanted. Anything else you want to help with, hell, go for it. c:  Thanks so much for reading/viewing!

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