
I AM A MAN THATS MADE OF MEAT.
YOU'RE ON THE INTERNET LOOKING AT FEET.
I HATE ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT I SEE,
AND I JUST WANNA DISAPPEAR.
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REFERENCE: i actually made this so i could commission an artist (for the first time too!). it was good motivation to take up drawing again. i had a lot of this planned out in my head b4, but writing it all down exposed a few gaps. thats why i added a disclaimer that the info wasnt set in stone. the reference says hes 25, but a lot of my art of him actually depicts him younger. his age and the year hes in are a bit transient honestly. i also had to use a base for cyrus (just a blank human bod) bc i was so out of practice u_u

COMIC: i printed off a bunch of comic templates for fun, ive always imagined Cyrus' lore working best as a comic so i decided to try my hand at it irl. If u dont get the joke, hes so high off his mind he keeps forgetting about the fire alarm going off. he gets high a lot. in fact he is addicted to weed, nothing else makes the world disappear or make his self-inflicted loneliness taste sweeter as good as (too much) thc does

VENDING MACHINE DINNER: cyrus prefers to spend as little time home as possible. with an abusive father and a depressed mother and a constant air of tension whichever room hes in, there isnt much for him in that shitty little apartment. so he spends days and nights outside on the streets, showering in gyms and eating peoples leftovers and getting high to pass the time. but sometimes he gets lucky and has a few bucks to actually buy some food.

TYPE 3 FUN: rarely being sober and having anger issues and having a loose moral compass sometimes means you find yourself speeding down a highway going well over the speed limit, convinced that if you dont risk your life like this, Something Bad will happen. i know he looks scared and hopped up and distinctly unwell, but someday he'll look back on this and laugh!

SNAPSHOT: oh cyrus... that coolguy attitude doesnt save you from gunshots! at least its given him a proper facial expression. cyrus is definitely no stranger to a skirmish (if anything he'll come out on top!) but you can't rlly play around with crazed gunmen. i know he has a gun too, but thats rlly more of a brag, MAYBE a last resort. too bad other people arent as hesitant to bring a gun to a fistfight... heres the original reference!

SEVENTEEN: the story i plan to (eventually) write for cyrus will take place from when hes 17 to when he's 27. sure, he's never really been coasting thru life, but 17 is where shit really hits the fan. im trying to push cyrus' facial expressions and use different poses bc i dont want every artwork of him to look the same. sure he doesnt emote as much as he should, but that doesnt mean his face is locked on one state 4ever! this is actually a redraw of an adventure time titlecard. i might b biased bc i love the show so much, but the titlecards are so detailed and beautiful, and despite barely showing for 2 seconds, theres so much artistry and meaning behind them. this is the one i redrew!

SMOKE SPOT: one good thing about having so much free time, legs made for walking, and a hobby that requires an isolated spot is that u find some pretty places away from civilization. this is a lowkey hobby of mine, as well, since theres a trail near my place i like to hang out in when it gets warm. and apparently cyrus thinks its a pretty good spot for a nap (its really not...)! original photo is 'graffiti yard' by rebecca skinner!

STUPID PARTY: i hate parties and so does cyrus. the forced interaction, the lack of privacy (and we all know how much cyrus loves his isolation), the loud music you have no control over, the food that you didnt pick yourself, the warm bodies pressed against you constantly... every so often he gets dragged to some fuckass party he doesnt care about, and every time hes reminded how much happier he is roughing it alone. plus, it takes away from precious weed time. if he'd smoked good ol mj at the same time the party started, he'd be high off his ass at this point! reference photo here

SHOPLIFTING IS COOL: why pay for something when can just steal it? worst case scenario is that you'll get a criminal record. they give you 3 square meals a day in prison anyway! this is one of the few bad things cyrus does that is (or would be) justified (if it wasnt alcohol he was shoplifting). he does swipe his fair share of actual food though, on the few days he actually feels like eating. but its a greater thrill to steal something as sought-after as vodka or whiskey. I couldnt find the original image this time around, but heres a copy anyway

DO NOT ATTEMPT: no guys! his idea to drill shut a corked wine bottle makes so much sense and is totally coherent! there was zero blood in the aftermath of this picture, and even if there was, he definitely handled it like a rugged soldier instead of stumbling around a stranger's houseparty covered in blood. honestly, drunk cyrus isnt as fun as stoned cyrus, but at least itll make for a funny story once he sobers up (when hes stoned, he just turns into a philosophical audiophile. at first, anyway)! once again i couldnt find the original photo, pinterest just hates properly crediting creators @_@

GO WITH THE FLOW: when you see someone overdose on the streets and see their body rot for a few days because nobody cares about a homeless junkie, you learn that maybe you shouldnt get too attached to your environment. or. i mean. when ur a super cool chill badass coolguy, you just go with the flow and let every major event wash over you like it means nothing. wait, no. i mean that its actually super hip to not care about anything, nihilism is totally in right now, and the constant desire for isolation and to live in a vacuum is what every teen boy wants. uhm. well. tldr; whatever happens, happens. its too much work to care anyway. Original comic by Robert Crumb (The R. Crumb Handbook, 2005), and the two colour palettes used

WASTING MY POTENTIAL: i didnt think of sharing this one initially. i drew it after a long night of trying to make this one artpiece work (and failing). so i deleted it and started from scratch, producing this. i shared it with some friends and to my surprise they liked it, so im sharing it here now. looking @ it now, i like the stylization and the simplicity. im also proud of my lettering. maybe i work best when im frustrated and tired. this is a redraw of this sticker sheet by @danielcalmdown

LITTLE FREAK ON THE WALL: this one is more abt me than cyrus, but its true! hes my little brainchild freak, and if u wanna be my friend u better get used to hearing about him a lot. he does mean a lot to me, even if i like making his life miserable. and yes im high in this. cyrus wld want that <3 edit of a comic by nyastche

OUTFITS N BACKGROUNDS: trying new outfits, trying new backgrounds, and somehow that took 9 hours... i tweaked out over this a lotttt, and i kept going back to fix tiny mistakes. i was using my reference photo, as, u guessed it, an actual reference instead of just tracing it lol. i got to add details that werent there in the og pic and didnt have to worry too much abt if what i was doing perfectly matched or if it was actually uggo and ill-fitting. the ref photo is joey lawrence's poster vers of the 'Nothing My Love Cant Fix' cover psst.. ignore the two month gap, i HAVE been drawing my boy, but those were collab pieces that i'll put in here once the other person finishes his part ^_^

SOME KIND OF FUCKING JERK OFF: this nerd deserves to get beat up for this bullshit. i thought i'd struggle more with this, but it came easily to me. at nerd is also nobody in particular, probably because he's such a loser. one of these days i'll figure out how to make my own font, and i wont have to rewrite all the text myself (and DONT say i can just use an existing font bc i DONT LIKE them!). the shirt and jacket textures were from ibispaintX's 'material' supply, i effervescently felt that it fit with the 60's era of the og comic, which was done on february 25, 1960 by ernie bushmillier tho of course the dialogue was edited


