Hello!

[tombofnull]

Hello!

I go by Null [they/them] online, under the moniker TOMB of NULL. I'm an artist-illustrator-maker fellow for fun and funds [but I'd much rather focus on the just the fun stuff while over here]. Most of the stuff I make for myself is usually centered around critters, creaturefolk, and the worlds they inhabit. I happened upon Melonland by accident while browsing Itch.io. Seems like a cozy place, so figured it wouldn't hurt to hop on. :]

Aside from drawing, I also like collecting zines, fiddling around with my website, and really anything that lets me make something with my hands. My latest not-art project was getting an old 3-in-1 [tapedeck, turntable, and radio] music thing from the 70s/80s back up and kind of running. Tapedeck's stuck in vaporwave mode but nonetheless working. B]

I do have a website! I treat it like my virtual gallery and studio space, hovers in an awkward realm between "professional" and "I do whatever I want", and its the primary place I like to home my stuff online. Its current iteration is a massive work-in-progress.
Also, I am not sure if it is completely in-line with the rules to share here? While most of the stuff showcased there is pretty approachable for a general audience, there are a few works that err into overt horror or heavier topics. I have said works behind a content filter so those who don't want to engage with that kind of stuff don't have it thrown at their eyeballs willy-nilly. If that crosses the line regardless, let me know and I'll be happy to remove the link.
Website

I greatly enjoy having a place in cyberspace I can tweak and sculpt as I please, away from the noise and pressures of the current major spaces online, which [while much more labor intensive] is why I tend to that space like I do over making my home online anywhere else.

Webweaving isn't my primary workhouse, but slowly I'm learning and I'm always open to talking about art-making and snails. :]

[levya]

hello, welcome to the forum! I've been a fan of your art for years, I really love your blend of dark shadows, fantastical worlds, and interesting looking characters!

also that 3-in-1 old music thing sounds really cool :o

[Melooon]

Hi Null, welcome to the forum

Ohh this is seriously accomplished work, it's a very mystical feeling! Also look at that worm go! He is doing art and we should be ready for it

hovers in an awkward realm between "professional" and "I do whatever I want"

Ah yes this is a realm I am very familiar with and I've still not found the perfect solution, we will get there!

Is any project ever really a not-art project? What's your favourite snail?

Hope you enjoy your time here!

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[tombofnull]

hellcomlo, wee to the forum! I've been a fan of your art for years, I really love your blend of dark shadows, fantastical worlds, and interesting looking characters!

also that 3-in-1 old music thing sounds really cool :o

Oh hello! That's wild to hear haha! I appreciate the complement! :D

And it is! The guts of the thing are neat to look at--all the little mechanical parts and chunky looking electronics and all. Granted it isn't a piece of hi-fi equipment, but it does the trick and got it for real cheap so can't complain.

Also I LOVE the way you organized your website's pages!

Ohh this is seriously accomplished work, it's a very mystical feeling! Also look at that worm go! He is doing art and we should be ready for it
Ah yes this is a realm I am very familiar with and I've still not found the perfect solution, we will get there!

Is any project ever really a not-art project? What's your favourite snail?

Hope you enjoy your time here!

Thank you! Oh yeah you get it HAHA, it is an interesting position to be in but I don't think I'd want it any other way. :D

In regards to Snails: Leptopoma nitidum is one of the prettiest snails out there, fire snails look incredibly cool, and the giant African land snail is one you can't not love [unless you are in agriculture, understandably], but the common garden snail's the king of snails in my heart. The are the most snail of snails in my opinion. :]