AKA Grunk

Founder/Lead Alchemist/Aspirational Himbo/Chaos Goblin

About My Work

TLDR: Orcs R Hot + Grunk think too much and too hard about stuff so want to be more like orc.

The deeper story is that my work is a critique of the commodification of queer and neurodivergent identities by capitalist systems.

I grew up in the 80's, loving action figures, comic books and sci-fi. Being a very queer and (at the time) unknowingly AuADHD kid I clung to these stories of noble heroes fighting for what is right no matter the cost. Cruelty and bullying surrounded me and I had been told my whole life that I am too much, too self righteous, too loud, too queer and too weird. Everywhere I went the world kept telling me I was less and for a long time I believed them.

Orc.Style was created during the deepest depths of my depression in 2019. From the outside it looked like I had everything but within I was a toxic dumpster fire spiralling down into the depths of despair. It was my lifeline to agency and authenticity when I was losing the battle against mental illness, morally bankrupt corporate systems, generational trauma and disability. It was a promise to myself to start doing something for me. It was a safe space that no one could take from me.

The Sparkle Orc Universe its characters, lore, and underlying systems are all about how I discovered queer radical self love in a world that is actively trying to destroy us. I have been working on this story and these ideas in some form since I was in high school and now I am unleashing them to do good in the world. I have been joined on this adventure with some amazing friends and collaborators who have shared art and characters for us to play with.

Orc.Style exists in a universe called The Spiral and all the lore runs on an internal tabletop role-play gaming system Powered By Sparkles. I will be sharing more details about these places and systems in the years to come. Through them I hope to share with you stories of queer heroes battling to survive in a world that is rapidly falling to fascism and fear. This isn't going to be a story about why we lost, but a lesson on how we win.