knappen

@knappend.bsky.social

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whump and trauma and kink and a touch of hope on occasion. 25+, he/him. 18+ only!! mDNI!!!! primarily active on tumblr! https://www.tumblr.com/knappend https://knappenart.the-comic.org/ [art archive!]

full saturation pink red and blue on black, a rough outline of maniacal gnashing teeth with "CORNERED FUCKING ANIMAL" scrawled in the foreground, roughly fitted to the mouth.

a neon pink, violet and blue nightclub angst scene depicting Kit, a male sex worker with split-dyed hair slumped on a low step, wearing a sheer robe, black underwear, and platform heels, smoking a cigarette in his right hand between dances and VIPs at a strip club. His head is hung low, faced obscured, and his body language, spread legs and elbows on knees, hands limp between them, reads exhaustion and defeat. He sighs a resigned "fuck" as he exhales cigarette smoke.

tomodachi life book cover for the sluts by dennis cooper

a poorly drawn gag fanart comic. the sole survivor from Fallout 4 is using duct tape to craft while Dogmeat wanders in the background.

Survivor: "I wonder if there's a perk for finding more adhesive..."

2021

a panoramic environment illustration featuring Gage and Drew's bedroom in their run-down apartment. The apartment is cluttered with everything from trash to barbells to laundry to blankets to beer and cigarettes to discarded needles to a gun and a stolen dead end sign. in the foreground are boxes, bottles, and a cockroach looking on. in the right of the image, Gage lies on a mattress on the floor, small and curled in the fetal position, facing away from the camera. he is wearing black shorts with mismatched socks, but he is shirtless, frail, and his back bears scars from lashings.

a one-page comic in a bruise-like color gradient. panel one featuring gage, a thin young man with curly black hair, brown skin, light eyes, and scars, is eating ice cream from a cup. a friend off-screen asks "Hey gage, where'd you get that scar on your lip?"

it cuts to white lineart on pure black hatching: panel 2 shows the hands and torso of a large and unhygienic man holding a box cutter directly to the camera, the knife glinting. panel 2 show's gage's eyes as a young boy, crying with a bloody a nose and dark circles.

the final panel features gage with a dulled expression, the spoonful of ice cream in his mouth as he responds: "It's a stupid story." the friend off-screen asks "What, you faceplant or something?" Gage responds "Something like that."

a four panel comic in hospital blue. Aaron is a tall, lean trans man with pale skin, short blond hair and light bangs, in a short messy shag. He has one brown eye and one eye enucleated with stitched corners (both sides from knife slash), with healing scars and bruises on his arms and face. He has a bulk bandaged hand (each finger is wrapped for a full surface burn). He has an IV in his right arm, and bandages on his chest and shoulder from minor operations.

the first panel is a close up of the left side of Aaron's face, his eye enucleated and his scars and deep bruises on their way to healing, but still present. his expression is flat, solemn.

the second panel is a close up of Aaron's left hand limp in his lap, completely bandaged, fingers and all. This is from his burn wounds.

the third panel is a close up of the IV in his arm, disconnected from fluids but a constant presence.

the final panel is a view of Aaron from overhead, his shoulders and up. He is looking slightly off-camera, his expression flat and and exhausted.

the inner monologue is placed over the panels:

"It's been a short while since we burned everything down, and I don't know where you are. The pain is unlike anything i've felt in my life, and every day I relive that night. But I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Because if you're safe and being cared for, everything will have been worth it."

the first part of a gifset of illustrations of gage and drew, depicted as CCTV recordings. this gif depicts gage in the recovery position, as the beam of a flashlight appears to approach him. the CCTV glitches and there is a moody overlay.

the first part of a gifset of illustrations of gage and drew, depicted as CCTV recordings. this gif depicts gage in the recovery position on the sidewalk as Drew runs out of frame, his face never once visible. the CCTV glitches and there is a moody overlay.

the second part of a gifset of illustrations of gage and drew, depicted as CCTV recordings. this gif depicts gage in the recovery position as drew calls for help, arms raised and shouting. the CCTV glitches and there is a moody overlay.

the first part of a gifset of illustrations of gage and drew, depicted as CCTV recordings. this first gif depicts drew positioning gage in the recovery position on a cracked sidewalk, outside of hope county hospital. the CCTV glitches and there is a moody overlay.

an illustration in deep blue, black, red, and whitee, of Miel fully restrained to a hospital bed, viewed from above. Miel is small and emaciated, with long black hair in a ponytail and a loose hospital gown. He's covered in old scars, and he's crying, his expression extremely distressed as he cries for Stan. His restraints include shoulder straps, biceps, wrists, ankle, a lap belt, and mitts. He's visibly struggling against them.

Off to the side, nurses speak to him and each other.

dialogue:

Miel: "He..help! Stan…!"

Nurse 1 to Miel: "I understand you're scared, honey… we want to keep you safe."

Nurse 2 to Nurse 1: "This breaks my heart. It's like he thinks he's been kidnapped…"

Nurse 1 to Nurse 2: "Yeah… restraints really aren't helping. But every time we loosen them he tries to harm himself… so…"

Nurse 2: "I just don't know what to do for him… He keeps crying for Kansawa, even with everything they found in their house."

Nurse 1: "It sounds like it's all the poor boy knew. Wouldn't be surprised if he was conditioned to feel affection for his captor."

Nurse 2: "I just hope he wears himself out soon… Anyway, keep an eye on the bruising, hopefully no breaks. Just try to talk to him."

Nurse 1: "Yeah, I've got it from here. Have a good night."

an lineart illustration with a sketch background, featuring young orphans Gekiyaku and Kazehiki. Gekiyaku is pulling Kazehiki in a small child's wagon, holding a bloody iron pipe with an expression of raw rage as she cries and trudges forward. She is small, about 9 years old, and she is walking with bare, dirty feet, bruises and bloody hands, her dress torn and pattered with blood. Kazehiki, about 5, is curled up in the wagon, crying with his hands brought up to his face as they walk. His clothes are ripped and he's missing a baby tooth.

a dark and moody illustration of three men, Kit, Ryder, and Ezra, hiding out in a trashed apartment, littered with debris. Kit sits on the right side of the image, curled into himself on the floor with a backpack and his knife. Kit is small and thin in ripped black jeans, black boots, and a tight black sweater, with split-dyed shag hair, blonde on his right and black on his left.

Ezra sits on a cardboard box in the corner of the room, closest to camera center. He is large and soft with a red-brown medium middle-part shag, wearing a black hoodie gray jeans, and sneakers. he is holding a phone, tapping the screen.

Ryder is standing by the open window, leaning out slightly and viewed from the back. his thick long black hair is pulled back and messy, and he's wearing a black hoodie, patched black jeans, and nikes. each of them are surrounded by a hatching glow.

the coloring is a green-blue-gold gradient map, a haunting grimy, rainy city palette.

the dialogue reads as follows:

Ryder, out the window and to himself: "can't keep fucking doing this…"
Ezra, to both: "I'm calling Damien." "We're on our own getting outta here, but he'll send a ride for Kit."

Kit, to Ezra: "Whatever. But I don't wanna hear that asshole's voice."

a bust portrait of gage with brown skin, light blue eyes, and black hair in grayscale, overlaid with a chaotic blue/red/purple gradient map. Gage appears battered and scarred and exhausted, his expression and posture neutral as he's surrounded by a background of distorted quotes of things he has said, and other things said to him in the past, both traumatic and uplifting. each of these things paints him as a self fulfilling prophecy. the quotes are overlaid on a cracked wall image with alcohol ink texture, and a heavy chromatic aberration and RGB shift.

whumptober day 1: led to slaughter. an illustration of gage and a masked captor from Ashes walking towards camera right, into the main building after gage has been captive. gage is small and extremely thin with scarred brown skin, light blue eyes, and black curly hair, his lip scar prominent. he is wearing a dirty tank top and black underwearing, barefoot and nude otherwise. he has a black rope tied around his neck, led by a leash. His face is forward, his expression tired, not reacting. he's used to this.

the Ashes captor is in a black hoodie, jeans, gloves, and a balaclava, holding the black rope and leading Gage off screen. his posture is stark and strong but not urgent. they all know gage knows better by now.

the characters are illustrated over a cc0 photo background of the wall of an abandoned warehouse, with wide boarded windows/loading bays and overground vegetation.

the color palette is a gradient mapped muted complementary blue/yellow/orange.

WIP lineart of gage doing street art with spraypaint

A comic in sunset purple tones, featuring gage sitting between aaron’s legs on a bed with hands pressed together, comparing the sizes. PART 1/2
Panel 1: HANDS, pride 2025. Slight distance shot of aaron and gage on aaron’s bed, hands extended to compare them, palm to palm.
Panel 2: a shot of the window with intense summer light.
Panel 3: a shot of the clutter on the side table, including two polaroids from a pride festival, a gay pride and trans pride flag, aaron’s glasses, and a mug.
Panel 4: close up of gage observing their hands, scars visible but slowly fading.

aaron, gage, and drew, with names overhead: Aaron Pierce, Gage Tavera, Drew Barrett

aaron sitting curled in a hot shower, gage sitting outside it and offering aaron assurances of his safety.
A: “… all the doors and windows are locked?”
G: “yeah, they’re locked tight. no one can get in.”
A: “mmm… the vents?”
G: “we checked and closed the vents, they’re all clear. we have alarms and your self-defense stuff, too.”
A: “nothing in the drain…”
G: “promise, Big Bug, we’re safe here. this is the safest place to be.”

aaron holding gage’s hand as gage sits with his head in his knees. music plays on a portable speaker and gage’s plush cat sits next to him.
A: “is the music soft enough?”
G: “‘s fine. just hold my hand, please”
A: “i’m not going anywhere, lightpath.”

an illustration of antonio treating little gabriel's wounds; both have deep cuts from a knife attack. antonio is bleeding severely as he treats gabriel.

antonio: "you're brave, gabi. you did exactly what you needed to do back there. ... is your tummy feeling any better now...?"
gabriel remains silent.
antonio: "... you're doing great, mi cielo. ... papá left, we're safe now. this wasn't your fault. ... we'll cuddle up and try to sleep, right after we get clean."