#shnikkles

[shnikkles]

This is all I care about now

[kingofooo]

by guest storyboard artist Nicole Rodriguez

[theunusuallee]

Ok now I'm at a good point with the other comic, have some more Mint King because I'm still in love with the concept

That first one is meant to be a reference to this art by @shnikkles

IDK slowly falling for the darker implications of it hah going to try tag appropriately? But only very much implied.

[ealvara7]

Hello, Beetlejuice fans! ✨️

While listening to some of my favorite musicals from the past, I stumbled across this one in my YouTube recommended. I never really knew anything about Beetlejuice before listening to the musical, but one thing led to another, I fell down a rabbit hole-

Looking at fanart, I was inspired by other artists' interpretations of Beetlejuice to create my own! Specifically, I was inspired by @creaturologie and @shnikkles' designs! I love how both of these interpretations capture Alex Brightman's take on the character wonderfully! I'd be remiss if I didn't credit them properly!

Using both designs as reference, I wanted to give my take on Beetlejuice certain features that I would prefer to see him have, such as yellow demon eyes! I also wanted his design to ride the line between feeling human while not actually being human, as it was something that I had a massive debate over while I was researching the musical and the movie.

When it comes to Lydia's design, she is primarily based on her animated version, with her outfit coming from the musical! I really love how her animated design has a spider motif, so I wanted to carry it on here! She is also half-Mexican!

Lydia and Beetlejuice also have a significant height difference! Lydia is approximately 5'1" while Beetlejuice is 6'. I always got the impression that Beetlejuice would have a very intimidating presence around others. It's the impression I got while listening to the soundtrack, and I wanted it to be very evident in my take.

I considered making a full lineup of the cast, but I feel that would be too much for me at the moment, especially when I have so many other ideas that I would like to work on. I'm very happy that I took the time to make small reference sheets for these two, as I can see myself drawing them the most.

[tranquil-slaughterhouse]

@shnikkles on boarding You Don't Know (aka Hell Is Forever Reprise)

[olexxx]

havent posted these here yet having fun drawing other peoples’ versions  RUN IN HERE GET YALLS JUICE @snaileyart @shnikkles @thespacehatter

[outer-andromeda]

Also I realized I haven't made a proper post about Beetlejuice closing on Broadway. And it HAS been like-

*checks computer's calendar*

Almost four weeks since their last show in the Marquis (oh god already!?). So uh- let's do that. Never too late to be emotional amiright.

Long post ahead. Feel free to read if you're up to it. Just a bunch of rambling and venting about the show and more. ✨

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Let's start with the beginning.

I'm not gonna lie, the first time I ever heard one of the songs was from a Tiktok video. A cosplay video. With "The Whole Being Dead Thing P. 2" playing. I had no idea the song came from a musical at the time but I remember enjoying it a lot, to the point of leaving the video on loop simply to listen to the beginning bit of the song over and over again. I had no idea where to look for it and didn't try to look for it either so I kind of forgot about it eventually.

Then October 2020 came around the corner. Halloween was approaching. And Mads mentioned Beetlejuice the Musical to me. I was sort of drifting along different fandoms at the time while also trying to figure out myself and do as well as I could in school after the first lockdown... So uh- strange and unusual times indeed. 😭

I wasn't sure what I was getting into. But then I checked Shnikkles's animatic of "Invisible (Reprise) / Say My Name" on YouTube. (I always loved this artist for their work on Steven Universe so I was still following what they were doing on socials.)

And in THAT FUCKING MOMENT. That's when the brainrot began.

And also my embarrassing simping phase for Alex Brightman which turned out to be admiration for the guy... And a lot of gender envy. But but we ain't gonna be talking about that.

After that moment, I started listening to the whole cast recording. FINALLY recognizing the song I had heard months ago on that freaking cosplay video. And then I started drawing the man. After Halloween, both me and Mads made BJsonas based on our Beetlejuice costumes... Which turned out to become, with time and a lot of character and design changes, the Veda and Zeta you know and (hopefully) love.

Then I suggested both girls meeting Beej. Which then turned into an AU. Which then became the Sequel Musical project/concept and which inspired the human AU.

The human AU (later renamed the Feral Fam AU, then the Lawrence AU in current days) was mostly made for comfort. We turned Beej into an anxious, grumpy, touch-starved cuddley guy with strong paternal instincts who was incredibly sweet and soft for the girls but who was in deep denial.

... Which... To be honest, is sorta still the case. 😭 But now the story is a lot more flushed out and has depth and work into it. And Mads and I both love how much the way we portray the guy has changed over the months. We love that he's more than what I described. That he's still a comfort character but he's also still Beej. He still has flaws and he's still an asshole but he's slowly developing into something more as the story keeps going.

(And we love character development in this household heheh >:D)

And thanks to that, Beej became a very important comfort character to me. Beetlejuice the Musical came at a time where things were getting confusing and rough. Where choices had to be made. Where changes were supposed to occur. Where something was ending and I had to move on to something else; in this case, moving on from high school and being a teen, and going to college and learning how to be an adult.

I still feel like a teen. I'm not that good at adulting. But I've matured. I've went through shit, shit that's affected me deeply. But despite everything, I'm still here. And that musical was there every step of the way. The story, the characters, the cast... They unconsciously played a big part in my life and I'll never be too thankful.

I've got to meet new people, try different things, discover new incredible artists that I still follow and admire to this day, some that I can proudly call my friends. It helped me get closer to my partner and finally start dating her (almost 2 years and still going babeyyy).

I've got to be part of an incredible, deeply loving community and I'm not planning on going anywhere anytime soon. I like to think the Beetlejuice fandom feels like another home now. I'm not well known within this fandom. Or atleast I don't think I am. I tend to draw more of the human guy than the bug beverage man himself which isn't something everyone is interested in. But still. I feel at peace here.

And I'm so so grateful I got to discover this musical. So so grateful I got to get close to so many people. So so grateful I got to experience the show before it closed. I am absolutely aware of how lucky I was to get to see it not once, but twice in a row. And the LAST DAMN SHOW.

It was a dream come true. It was the momentum I needed before the Broadway run ended. The ending I needed. I'm still sad it closed, I'll always miss the cast and crew videos of Alex and Elizabeth's bows, Kerry's lipbalm taste testing, backstage videos of the actors just being complete dumbasses and having so much fun...

I'll just miss the Broadway cast and crew so much. It doesn't feel the same without them, even with the Tour going on. It feels like a whole different show when it's the same story (with necessary changes), the same songs, the same characters... But the general vibe isn't the same.

I've been relistening to the cast recording a lot now. Appreciating every song instead of just a few ones. Delia quickly became one of my favorite after seeing the last show (If you know, you know. Leslie fucking KILLED it that night). If anything, every character became my favorite. I started loving them all a lot more than before. Understanding them more than ever. Even Beetlejuice himself, although he's the character I've focused on the most for the past two years. I finally feel like I now have a good grasp on his character, something I've always had trouble with for a long time.

So uh... Boy. This is getting long. Long story short... Thank you. Thank you Beetlejuice the Musical. Thank you to the cast, thank you to the crew. Thank you to the wonderful people I got to meet. Thank you to the friends I got to make. Thank you to my dearest partner. This musical has a very special place in my heart now thanks to all of you.

Hey guys? Love you guys. 💚🖤💚🖤💚

As for BJ content? Well... You can bet your asses I ain't fucking done drawing this man. He's gonna be sticking around for a veeeery long time.

[along-came-sonic]

"That whole being death thing!"

What if Bunbun was Beetlejuice from Beetlejuice the musical

The artist who made the original images is @shnikkles

[dynamokota]

~And they were roommates!

Purely self-indulgent art of my BJTM OC Graves and Beetlejuice himself.

Finally done with this done piece I've been working on for like three days, which is sad considering the lack of quality (though I am getting better!)

Made a few changes on Graves's design, namely trimming his facial hair and giving him some more piercings.

Also, yes, obviously BJ's design is VERY Shnikkles-inspired. Nicole's design for Beetlejuice is too iconic at this point.

[aidoodlin]

Beach time Beetlejuice I originally did for @shnikkles’ draw this in your style challenge!

[shnikkles]

HEY! Guess what! New Fionna and Cake episodes are out today! On MAX! I got to help out on episode 6, The Winter King. I boarded the Winter King's song! You should watch it, it's a real banger :D Here's some drawings for the occasion! I love these two haha

[kingofooo]

by guest storyboard artist Nicole Rodriguez

I'm back to my Adventure Time re-watch and drew the bad dad.

[uberthemeh]

HEY FOLKS!!! BEGGING YOUR PARDON I made a BeetleJuice Model based on @shnikkles​ 's design!!! I will be releasing the rigged model somewhere once I find a good place to do so, and maybe make a short 3D animation? idk

[ealvara7]

Beetlejuice Coloring Process! 🪲

Since my new artwork is gonna take me some time to complete, I decided that now would be a good time to talk about my coloring process for Beetlejuice's design! Specifically, I want to talk about picking out the palette for his eyes and outfit. It was a confusing process that's nice to look back and reflect upon.

Beetlejuice took me the longest to design... I almost gave up on completing him, but I'm glad I persevered! I really love how he came out in the end!

Since this will be a long post with several images, I will add a "read-more" link in case people wanna keep scrolling.

Otherwise, here's my coloring process!

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After I finished laying out the colors for his skin tone and hair, I started thinking about how exactly I wanted his eyes to look like. I really like designing eyes in general because I feel it adds a lot more character to a design!

My initial idea was to give Beetlejuice slightly dark scleras with yellow pupils in order to create this eerie, uncanny effect.

The problem with that idea was that it ended up feeling... too eerie.

I felt as if it was leaning a lot more on him being a demon, with not enough leeway to show a more human side of him. As a result, it made it difficult to connect with him as a character... which was not what I wanted.

My next idea was to merge the color palettes from my two artist references - creaturologie and shnikkles.

While I felt like I was moving in a better direction, this made it very clear to me that I needed to find a palette that better suited my art style, because I felt the red here was just... too much? It ended up overpowering the green which was definitely not what I wanted.

Finally, I decided to stick to the original stage production and make his scleras white. This also made it easier for me to balance his eyes with his skin tone.

As for his pupils... I started thinking about amber stones, and how they illuminate in a way that is very subtle and beautiful...

That's when I realized that Beetlejuice's pupils didn't need to be consistently illuminated in order to have that subtle, eerie effect. They just need to create the illusion that they can illuminate wherever he went or however you looked at him.

With this in mind, I created the final version!

I couldn't be any happier with how it came out! I felt as if I finally hit that perfect balance between his human and demon characteristics! You're able to connect with him better, all while he retains the more frightening elements of his character.

That being said... his eyes can very much glow in the dark, if he so chooses.

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I'd like to quickly touch on the outfit, because I had been going back and forth as to whether I wanted to add some semblance of color to his design or not...

I did try coloring his button-up with a magenta similar to the cartoon version... but I wasn't a huge fan of it. I realized I wanted more of a consistency to Beetlejuice's design.

This brought me to another challenge - how much value did I want to add in each part of Beetlejuice's outfit? I knew right away that I did not want to use pure black and white, but I still wanted to create a distinction of some kind for each outfit piece.

For this, I heavily referenced the musical - I've always loved how Beetlejuice's outfit wasn't a bright white. Rather, it was weathered out to be gray. It gave him a more gothic feel, which I fell in love with. I took it up a notch and gave him just a slight tinge of blue, as an homage to Corpse Bride - one of my favorite Tim Burton movies! I would eventually use a similar palette for Lydia in order for her and Beetlejuice to match.

With that, I completed the look of my Beetlejuice design! ✨

[storyboardinspiro]

ARTIST: Shnikkles

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YOUTUBE FULL VID: HERE

[mazthemeh22]

Old Art Part 1 (July 2021 - May 2022)

Here's all my old art, originally posted to Twitter, with their original descriptions! (Some pieces are grouped to save space. Newer posts are first to keep original order. Links to tags and ppl are removed. Find this post via the hashtag #MazOldArt)

8:36 AM · May 24, 2022 //Tried drawing a hot anime dude for the first time. It's not perfect but I think it's alright. :)//

10:00 AM · May 23, 2022 //A little fanart for /thekansta, thank you for the lovely twitch stream!//

4:03 AM · May 22, 2022 //A little late but I really wanted to draw Pugsley to celebrate the release of the #DeadEnd trailer! Been waiting for this one and very excited to watch it when it arrives! #DeadEndParanormalPark #Deadendia//

3:33 AM · May 20, 2022 //Drew a funny-lookin' bunny. I think I'll call him Grimbo. Grimbun? Pah.. I'm not good with names.//

6:40 AM · Oct 30, 2021 //First Post! Inspired by the fashion zine being organised by /Creaturologie. Was fun to make, but Beetlejuice is.. less than happy about the circumstances. ;)//

Ta-da! ✨

You've made it to the end! (Or beginning depending on which way you're reading things.) This is the very first thing I ever posted to Twitter. Congrats. Have a cookie. 🍪✨

Bonus (kinda):

Here's a drawing I did before being on Twitter but posted a lot later, so it felt out of place to put it further up the thread.

‎(Drawn 13 ‎July ‎2021) 10:55 AM · Jul 2, 2022 //Art from last year based on a prompt from /Shnikkles during a stream.. draw Beetlejuice mixed with an old famous painting. I called it 'Juice in a Pearl Earring'.. and i'm still kinda proud how it turned out, even if not perfect. :) (based on her BJ design) #Beetlejuice #Fanart//