Snapshot of a Mind (Patreon)

Some time ago, I did what Daren the D.A.R.E. Lion always told us not to do, and I licked a toad. Well, a metaphorical toad. I won’t tell you here exactly what it was but if you know you know, and this drawing ought to be evidence enough!

I had been curious what it would do to my art and have read many interesting theories about how —toads— might have related to paleolithic human art, particularly cave paintings. It has been said that they are an early expression of psychedelic art, and after this experiment, I think there might be something to it. I went into a bizarre manic trance almost and just started swirling around the page zoomed so far in I couldn’t see the full picture, after turning the background black because it was just too bright, scribbled for what felt like months but was in reality only about an hour and fifteen minutes according to the canvas timer in Procreate lmao.

I then proceeded to die and when the toad wore off the next morning, I awoke to find that I had basically dumped every single obsession I had been feeling that day onto the page in artistic ways that I have never thought to before or since.

So… behold, a snapshot of what was on my mind one night last summer. <3