tourniquet

/ˈtʊənɪkeɪ/

A medical device or tightly tied band applied around an arm or leg to restrict blood flow.

I'm the author of this blog and my words do not belong to me. I've been running this since Halloween 2025. I like scary stories and colours on film. My art is inspired by the things I enjoyed growing up.I like to express myself in art through my self-biographical frankenzombie character Oscillator. She's me, but she's also her own thing at the same time.

✭ Who the HELL are you?

I am Jackie, better known as triedkiss/tourniquettim. I'm a woman somewhere in my twenties and an avid horror fan and visual artist.

✭ Where are you from?

I grew up in China then moved to Singapore when I was a bit older. I can speak both english and mandarin. Currently trying to learn french and spanish casually through friends

✭ Why do you like horror so much?

Since I was a kid I've been bothering my parents for ghost stories to tell at night. I liked the thrill and the anticipation so I grew up interested in the evil and mysterious. Halloween was my favourite holiday. I liked that it happened in the cool days of autumn and I loved the Halloween parties they had in my primary school. So naturally as I got older, I gravitated to more mature versions of what I already liked. Movies, art, comics... whatever it is, they'll all have a taste for terror.

✭ What is it that inspires you the most?

Music I like, and other artists that I can tell share my thoughts and feelings. I'm also largely inspired by a lot of films if you can't tell

✭ How did you learn art?

I started drawing as a way of making more content of the things I like. Eventually I graduated to making my own stories. I learned my skills along the way being mostly self taught, while art lessons at school let me explore art through an academic perspective.

music, film, art, graphic design, comics, paranormal

♡ Internet horror, going to the cinema, listening to music, Halloween, going to raves, DIYing fashion, collecting CDs, visiting museums, collecting Calico Critters figures, designing typography, pubbing, schizoposting