Welcome to my humble chambers! Here's everything you need to know!
Name?
I'm Caligo! Or Cali if you wish to shorten.
Pronouns?
He/they!
Current fandoms?
TMA/TMAGP, Hazbin hotel/Helluva Boss <- Prone to changing and will be updated accordingly.
Other stuff I'm into?
Bones, skeletons, shady victorian healthcare, dark urban fantasy, movies, forensic pathology, mythologies and all kinds of monsters, the horrors, witchy books, old technologies, psychology, all things dark and unknown, design and development of visuals.
Asks?
Always open! I love interacting with you!
Requests?
Open at this time.
Boundaries?
Be respectful and refrain from hate/negativity towards any minority.
I'm fine with simping for my characters as long as you're not being super weird about it (like making a 50k animation type of weird.)
Please keep political discussions away.
Tag guide:
#cali rants - for my own thoughts and ideas I feel the need to vomit out somewhere
#cali asks - responses to asks/reqs
#cali art - for my work
This post will be updated accordingly to changes, and also maybe once I think of what to add lol. Thank you for reading thus far! Enjoy!
This deviates from my usual magpod content but I simply couldn't pass by the opportunity to share my Hazbin OC, Noir. He's largely inspired by Noir films and Kovacs's music I have recently aquired a taste for.
Not to be weird but your art is soooooooo good I need to print it all out, stick it into a blender, and use the results ring powder as flour for cookies and eat them, weed style
What would you say is the biggest influence for your particular art style? (Late 90s/early 00s ruined mine xD)
Oh man it's difficult to pinpoint
Hazbin Hotel definitely influenced it in terms of dynamics and expression regarding more cartoony works, but it's more of an amalgamation of different things for different aspects.
I did get influenced by Arcane a lot, especially in terms of rendering
When it comes to something traditional, I'm a big fan of Art Nouveau, such as Klimt or J.C.Leyendecker (the latter is my biggest icon).
I can't tell you a specific thing that changed my artstyle drastically, I don't think I have that. It's more of a self cultivated thing, if that makes sense '':D
I am glad that you enjoyed my question and I come with another one! What weird, obscure, and subtle warning would you give early season jon that he would scoff at and later regret?
Anon Again- Who is the last person that you would not want to be locked in a death match with? Main Character Plot defense excluded.
You know what? Gerry fuckin Keay. The dude was called "an angry goth" for a reason. Would he hesitate to hand me my own ass? Doubt it. Oh and if he knows I'm The End aligned like his mom? Dead on the spot. Head violently bashed in with his spiky Doc Martens. Gore smeared across the walls with his bare fists. Body lit on fire and left to burn like the Leitners. Bro ran around stopping rituals and burning books like nobody's business and took zero shits.
I love this dude to death but I'd rather not have a showdown with Gerry fuckin Keay.
Put me in a room with him and I'm [Dead Peter Griffin pose] in mere seconds.
Planning an OC insert AU where my character revives Gerry Keay for plot reasons after the apocalypse and interacts with JMart and other surviving avatars because I'm craving this for my fix-it needs.
Anon Questioner Back Again with a weird question that needs to be answered.
I notice that when Jon gets spooky his hair gets eyes... so my question is- does spook jon ever get tangles? If so... How does that work with the eyes? Does he have to use no tear shampoo???? Does Martin have to fight with Jon's hair????
Spook Jon's hair doesn't really resemble hair in physical touch so that's not really a problem. It feels like if you were to brush your hand through water or really dense gas. Not much feels normal about him really when he's full on eldritch.
The normal Jon though... Yes. Martin has to battle it. Even though it's bad enough for him to go full tactical. And he wins. Man's perseverance will defeat anything.
100% inspired by the lovely @caligosatchel ‘s drawings of their hellaverse oc !!! check out his art, it’s insanely good !!!
introducing my hazbin hotel/hellaverse sona, mar (short for martyr because yes i will most likely name all my self inserts the same thing)
they are in hell for war crimes, serial murder of fellow soldiers, and use of chemical warfare. those pipe bombs strapped to their chest contain a toxic gas (of their own secret recipe) that they often use in terf wars. i’ll figure out their relationship to the hazbin hotel another day, but for now, this is all y’all get <3
if you were an avatar, which do you think would call to you? what changes would you undergo (if the mood strikes you, i’d love to see a drawing). i did see the The End!Cali but i wasn’t sure if that was the one you’d choose
I am the End and the End is me
That's a joke but yeah it's The End always
All of this is pretty much the same as my regular sona so there's not much changes to his appearance. He maintains the Hot Mess™ look even into his avatar self, and his "undeadness" is a variable depending on how deep into the eldritch state he is. Is varies between Just Some Flamboyant But Malnourished Dude to the literal fucking Lich.
I imagine he likes to sit by people who are about to pass or just menacingly. Standing there. Just to add to the spook.
I just discovered your account and first of all, i wanted to say that i LOVE your art. I need it injected subcutaneously. i will break it down to its core components and get those atoms in my gullet with a glass of fruit juice.
Second of all, I wanted to ask you to rank the fears from most to least liked ! We obviously know the top spot already, but i was curious about the rest !
And to everyone reading remember to sign up as an organ donor ! Death doesnt mean your insides need to become useless, and the Flesh ™ would never say no to some nice lungs :)
Have a great day !
Oh my god hello hi!!
Asjdjskf thank you sm just don't choke please
As for the entities, I'll have to say that some of them tend to fluctuate/battle over their places with each other so don't look too strictly into this ":D
1. Terminus my beloved because ofc
2. The Vast (I was actually contemplating aligning myself to it for a while, it's very existential much like the End but just not quite there.)
3. The big ole eyeball (mostly because almost everyone associated with it is a badass)
4. Spiral!! Or not?? Who knows? Keep guessing! :DD
5. Flesh and blood and guts and bones and all that dandy icky stuff, the Slaughterhouse episode changed me forever.
6. Lights out you're blind and can't see the spooky dookie that wants to bite your ankles. Aka the Eye's nemesis.
7. Slaughter because the Piper is a funky fellow
8. S p i d e r s. I'm still internally conflicted about Anabelle.
9. The Buried. Claustrophobia is a bitch and a half.
10. Extinction I guess? We don't know much about it tbh
11. Desolation. EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE AND THERE'S UNNECESSARY DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE RAAAAH (emphasis on unnecessary.)
12. The Lonely is just straight up sad. It's ranked low because I wanna just leave it alone like it wants to be.
13. Corruption. Not a fan. Not because I'm scared of it but it's like. Stinky. Ew.
14. The hunt. Werewolves are cool and all but this fear almost feels underrepresented. Pretty much the same reasoning as the desolation.
15. The Stranger because that Russian doll would get to me SO easily. Idk just something about the stranger makes me violent. I genuinely wanna just rock the lights out of that prick.
And yes yes absolutely you all should totally hand your bones over to me. I will take good care of them I promise
Whenever I'm out for a smoke break I pretend I am Jonathan Sims who is brooding over the world ending because of him and desperately looking for a solution. I click my web-decorated lighter on and off to nervously fidget with it and submerge myself entirely in his character as if I am the one who's about to go to the Panopticon and stab Jonah Magnus. I pace back and forth clutching my thin PallMall as if it's the only thing that eases my anxiety before I face the apotheosis. I desperately wish for my own Martin to appear and lovingly caress my face and tell me it's okay.
But he never appears.
As I don't have my own Martin.
Disappointed, I return back to work with my heart heavy in my chest. The clothing hangers don't feel the same in my hand. The vintage clothing doesn't soothe my soul like it used to. And sometimes, out of the corner of my eye, a mannequin seems to move and appear a bit too alive for my liking, but I try not to pay my mind to it as I rearrange and archive the papers again.
I couldn't decide on wether to use the classic color scheme or the neon one, so I decided to just do both. So here is Noir and Alastor bringing back the swing!
Here's my unpopular opinion but I fucking LOVE Mary Keay. I love terrible terrible and utterly unredeemable women. She's nothing short of a venomous, cold hearted bitch and honestly? Slay. Just not me please.
Hello! I saw your post about asks / art requests so (if possible) could I request another Gerry because I really like how you draw him!(And i think that the way you draw him is just really pretty! x)
Here you go :3
I figured it's only appropriate to do him next after Mary.
hey… hey you… I think you should post your ponysona… I think it would be pretty swag
(ALSO I PROMISE I WILL GET AROUND TO DRAWING YOUR TMA GUY I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN!!)
Thank you so much astsutsjutsjs 😭 /pos
Wicked Wisp is real funky because he has all of the features of a unicorn except the actual horn. Without the ability to use magic in the traditional sense, he needed to improvise and instead covered his entire body in tattoos that give him magical abilities.
He also has a sorta sixth sense for skeletons hidden underground and is capable of pinpointing exactly where they are.
The pony on the last slide is my dear friend @sweetdashieart <3
hi i just wanted to say that mary keay you drew looks very nice, I think you really captured the essence of the character. and also props for including the tattoos and baldness because people forget. you also have great control of line density.
Thank you so much!
I tried to stick with her description by her husband to the best of my abilities, really wanted to encapsulate that "beautiful like a shark is beautiful" vibe. She always struck me as eerily pretty, unconventional and unsettling if you look for long enough. I must admit that the big earrings were a touch I added based on my own tastes but from my experience giant earrings look good with buzz cuts.
I just really like adding subtle details and motifs into my designs and I'm so so glad people are eating them up :>
your art style is so diverse and unique and I love your TMA designs! any advice for brutal pipe murder against same face syndrome issues?
Thank you so much!
Basically - look into character design tips! Not just outfits or body shapes, but also little details that make them unique. Going outside the comfort zone is your best friend. Have fun with shapes and dynamic expressions.
I realized I forgot to post Adon here so here he is. Something about eldritch gods of the life/death cycle and necromancer twinks having a rivals to lovers slowburn is absolutely beautiful and delicious.
I also cannot tell you how much I struggled with his design, out of all my characters he went through the most changes.
What if in the Protocol we will see the fears working together for some greater plan, contrary to them fighting each other in TMA? I am well aware that we could very much have a very different system of fears here instead of Smirke's 14 BUT HEAR ME OUT
The episode with the guy becoming a tree. Starts off with The Hunt (running away from the cops), becomes the Buried midway (entirely soiled in dirt), ends with the Corruption (the very same fear/love/obsession combo that Jane Prentiss had).
Needles contains both the Stranger and the Desolation aspects (sadistic and unfiltered violence).
Hilltop Charity Centre is big on the Stranger but also the Buried.
The more I think about this the more this makes sense, and even more so the possibility of the fears working together gives me chills.
Think of the potential. What if the Vast decides to pair up with the Web? The Slaughter with the Dark? Even if each individual fears contradict each other on the spectrum, the possibilities are endless for how they could work together. What if in the Protocol we see the lines between fears get blurred and focus on the very definition of what primal fear is? What if, instead of focusing on each individual fear like in MAG, we get to see the whole spectrum without the imaginary margins that separate them? What would the powers, known for endlessly battling each other, suddenly come together for?
Do you understand how bone chilling the idea alone is? What could the Fears be afraid of?
What if in the Protocol we will see the fears working together for some greater plan, contrary to them fighting each other in TMA? I am well aware that we could very much have a very different system of fears here instead of Smirke's 14 BUT HEAR ME OUT
The episode with the guy becoming a tree. Starts off with The Hunt (running away from the cops), becomes the Buried midway (entirely soiled in dirt), ends with the Corruption (the very same fear/love/obsession combo that Jane Prentiss had).
Needles contains both the Stranger and the Desolation aspects (sadistic and unfiltered violence).
Hilltop Charity Centre is big on the Stranger but also the Buried.
The more I think about this the more this makes sense, and even more so the possibility of the fears working together gives me chills.
Think of the potential. What if the Vast decides to pair up with the Web? The Slaughter with the Dark? Even if each individual fears contradict each other on the spectrum, the possibilities are endless for how they could work together. What if in the Protocol we see the lines between fears get blurred and focus on the very definition of what primal fear is? What if, instead of focusing on each individual fear like in MAG, we get to see the whole spectrum without the imaginary margins that separate them? What would the powers, known for endlessly battling each other, suddenly come together for?
Do you understand how bone chilling the idea alone is? What could the Fears be afraid of?
Since TMA I've had this hc that the Fears are somewhat aware that they can die and are afraid of it, making so that the End actually feeds of them and is absurdly powerful, even for their standards.
So my answer is Death, they are afraid of Death.
I don't mean to The End Avatar on main but HELL YES
Hey I'm sorry I rebloged ur self insert saying "I'm so attracted to this man it hurts" (or something to that effect) I didn't realize it was an insert I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable have a lovely day
Nope it's totally fine! I'm absolutely okay with my characters being simped over as long as you're not being like super super weird about it, so you have nothing to worry about!
I clean them properly and I keep the bones in moss-decorated glass boxes
Your bones are gonna have a luxurious existence outside of your body and definitely aren't gonna take part in my master plan to take over the world I promise
"Ew, why would you ruin your perfectly good body with some ugly tattoos?"
NICE TRY, AVATAR OF THE FLESH OR THE CORRUPTION OR THE STRANGER
Now, the worms think the ink in the skin tastes bad, the stretched patterns will look ugly on your stupid ugly flesh flowers, and you can't put my skin on your ugly ass mannequins just like you wouldn't put on a secondhand sweater that's been painted over.
THIS MEANS I WON. FUCK YOU.
User @slasherbog you are the reason I woke up cackling this morning and I love you for this
