#the grotto podcast

[7cfc00]

Matt and David The Grotto animatic HERE!!!! It's finally done!!

[moookar]

[stupidsexygrizzop]

me 10 seconds after being emotionally devastated by the grotto podcast

[pamela-lntt]

Emily?

Already listened to the new episode twice it's so good i'm so excited for what's to come !!

Like my art? Consider buying me a coffee (kofi) !

[mmmelahii]

Mel audiodrama rec list!

I'm gay sad and picky, read into that how you may - in no real order - heed each show's TWs

RED VALLEY!! LOVE THIS SHOW TO DEATH. Great beginner audiodrama, such excellent audio and writing and chemistry and woayfhhtm. Cried a lot. A good amount of existential dread. Ough

Woe.begone: lots of wbg brainrot as of late. Genuinely the most scary podcast ever to me - but only if you think about it. Don't get too attached to the ARG format of the first season. Its long, a mind fuck, and not for everyone. It took me 2 tries over a year and a half to lock in properly. Best consumed in a binge as to keep the plot threads fresh in mind. Great discord server <3 cried a lot too

The Grotto: Wbg has great music but Grottos hits different. It makes me want to teeth. I adore the writing personally, but be OK with your pov character sort of being a toxic person. He's trying he really is. This show portrays nuances of grief and mental health issues so well imo. Also great discord server <3

The Kingmaker Histories: Very very charming writing and world building. The world building is alternate history in a way that the fantastical elements occur to you naturalistically as you listen. Lovely lovely cast. Self aware about its tropes and excellently uses em to their advantage. Acknowledges a lot of the darker facets of history in an almost satirical manner to its absolute benefit

The Bright Sessions: Was actually my first full audiodrama! Was obsessed with it for a while. A good comfort listen imo, it's character chemistry is definitely a strong suit; a very human look at fantastical people

Fawx & Stallion: Narm-y but so genuinely charming. I absolutely love the casting choices, I think they're all so perfect for the characters. I'd almost call it a satire played straight, where the main characters behave in nearly caricature levels of eccentricity, but their consequences are shockingly grounded. It's pleasant! Can't wait for the next season

Ethics Town: I'm a philosophy sociology student, legally cannot not recommend. It subverted my expectations for what the format of the story would be tbh! In a neutral way, it just took me by surprise the first time. The world building is very fun and relatively unique, it gets you attached in a way that can really make your stomach drop

The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality: SO GOOD AND SO SLEPT ON!! I loved this show so much, its one of those that leave you craving for something to hit you the same way it did. One of my favourite anthology shows, mainly because of how interlinked the over all plot is to all of it, all while keeping the stories so fresh and invigorating. Listen to it!!!

SCP: Find Us Alive: The characters and cast are excellent; and I like how strained and tense the relationships between them get! It's not necessarily comfortable to listen to, but it's investing and leaves you on edge just like the characters would be. I like their personal lives breaching the strict professionalism of their work gradually. No prior knowledge of SCP really necessary

Jar of Rebuke: Really poignant in the alienation it portrays. I love the way Jared experiences the world and himself; his understanding of his own gender, the way that his innate abilities don't correlate to those of others, the way that he never feels quite like he's saying the right thing, it's all such mfmfjdndmdm good show. Unfortunately audio does sometimes tick off my sensory issues

Neighborly: I LOVE GOTHIC HORROR SO MUCH OH MY GOD. I love the narrative structure and the domestic horror of this show. The ambiance and the dreamy story telling all excellent. The one issue I have is that listening to it with headphones REALLY fuck with my sensory issues :((

Blake Skye Private Eye: Really slept on imo! The exaggerated noir setting and pacing are great, unfortunately the audio leveling does mess with my sensory issues :( is someone willing to lend me a better auditory system

Shelterwood: As aforementioned I LOVE GOTHIC HORROR SO MUCH. THE SUBLIME. THE DOMESTIC SUSPENCE. LOVE THAT SHIT. I really love the sound design here. Characters are so so real. Love them. Can't wait for more

Keep it Steady: Fuck fuck fuck man. I cried most of the way through heart brockoken this is so good I love it cant wait for more.

Speed round for podcasts I like to throw on for light hearted (to me) quick, queer fluff

- Love and Luck

- Kaleidotrope

- The Two Princes

- The Lavender Tavern

- Tales from the Low City

- Monstrous Agonies

[glendover]

like pls let me marry your voice

[honeyspotpie]

My quick little attempt at drawing Emily and Lillian from The Grotto... The sisters ever (I'm so normal about them)

[baseballboots]

I made too many tiny friends (The Grotto Gang) and ran out of places to keep them SO I MADE A CAVE FOR THEM!!!

Process pictures + Details below the cut :>

(You should look at them its the most effort I've ever put into a tumblr post ever, it will make my heart happy)

Lighting + Material Tests to make sure the lights would look how I wanted, Base sculpt + test fit.

The stones are made of stacked layers of cork sealed with white glue and then carved into cavey shapes. I then cover them with a thin layer of polymer clay, test fit it and then bake it.

Adding Cavey details like flowstone-esque shapes and a few smaller stalactites.

Final Cavey details before I began the painting process.

Basecoat of grey and... skip a few layers oopsie! Painting is done :> Another lighting test.

Now I get to turn it from a generic cave into a piece of elaborate Fanart with Grotto Elements hidden under the back edge!!.

Three cans of spraypaint, burrito, juice box, wallet, a few notes, screwdriver, finger, tiny car keys, and a knife! Tiny note is resting next to my fingernail for a sense of scale!

Before pouring the resin, I set all of the tiny object using polymerclay glaze as a glue to hold all of the tiny objects in their hiding places! Here they are after the resin has set :>

And some bonus pictures of the final build!!

[picturemecountingcards]

david and matt frantically calling each other "baby" while the other is bleeding out is sooooooo fun, actually. definitely not soul crushing or anything. very fun. i'm having fun.

[webspiraled]

guardian angel

(listen to the grotto pls it's so good)

[boombox-fuckboy]

Anyone here picked up The Grotto yet? Three episodes in, fantastically executed. It's got caving to deal with grief, diverging outcomes, deeply flawed protagonists, the sinister inexplicable, original musical features, and excellent sound design.

[7cfc00]

i stumbled into hell

found myself and crawled back

and now i don't know what is left

[The Grotto Episode 12: Shattered]

[moookar]

[stupidsexygrizzop]

do you listen to the grotto podcast. have you listened to the grotto podcast. will you listen to the grotto podcast. when will you listen to the grotto podcast.

[grottopod]

[mmmelahii]