Artist Profile: /u/Rojom

Quick Biography
Reddit Profile: /u/Rojom

Instagram Profile: @jars.arts main page, @jars.drawings for Garfield-related works

Website/Art Purchase: Main Page, The Gorefield Collection

Special Honors in /r/imsorryjon: ~144.8k combined post score, 10 Gold, 15 Silver, "Artist of the Lord" Flair

Reddit user /u/Rojom is a prolific poster of art to /r/imsorryjon and a community favorite, with submissions ranging from 6.9k to 36.3k upvotes. In his work, Garfield appears in many different forms talking to Jon, offering him help, wisdom, or protection. All of /u/Rojom's works are created using Procreate on an iPad 2018 with an Apple Pencil.

He claimed in a comment that his main inspirations for his Garfield works are /r/imsorryjon itself, Ghibli movies, Monster Hunter, Soul Sacrifice , Fullmetal Alchemist (presumably Brotherhood as well, judging by another comment), Guillermo del Toro , Junji Ito , and urmom.

Works
Beckoning Garfield, The Helpful (10.8k upvotes, 1 Silver) was posted on May 16, 2019 and depicts sharp-fanged Garfield with many legs and arms as well as faces in His chest. He offers a mangled humanoid hand to Jon, saying, "Let me help you, Jon." There was no lore posted by /u/Rojom, but in the comments of the post he says that the work was heavily inspired by Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, presumably the character Envy. Note that the title of the Reddit post itself is "Give me your hand...", while /u/Rojom's stated title of the artwork is Beckoning Garfield, The Helpful.

Enlightened Garfield, The Omniscient (20k upvotes, 2 Gold, 2 Silver) was posted on May 17, 2019 and depicts many-legged, Hindu-god-style many-armed Garfield with tentacles spurting from His chest. His grotesque tail punctures the forehead of a horrified Jon who is upon his knees looking in the same direction as Garfield, saying, "Open your eyes, Jon." In the thread comments, /u/Rojom claims the work took him six hours to complete, posting a gif of a timelapse of the creation of this work.

Sloth Garfield, The Collector (34.8k upvotes, 2 Gold, 3 Silver, "Mod Favorite" Flair) was posted on May 18, 2019 and depicts a dinosaur-like Garfield with gaunt faces between two rows of spinal spikes bent down and smiling at Jon while cupping him with claws, saying, "I will keep you safe, Jon." In a comment, /u/Rojom says "When Garfield knows no bounds, his depictions are also limitless", that "He [Garfield] just wants to protect Jon. It's nice of Garfield, really". /u/Rojom further claims that this work was inspired by Gluttony from a Fullmetal Alchemist movie (though it was not stated whether the movie was Fullmetal Alchemist or Conqueror of Shamballa) along with Envy from the show.

Grateful Garfield, The Engorged (6.9k upvotes, 2 Silver) was posted on May 21, 2019 and depicts a massive, bulbous Garfield on all fours with two trunk-like forelegs, opening a gaping maw at a knelt Jon who raises a pan of Lasagna in offering, saying, "Thank you, Jon." In the thread comments, /u/Rojom praises /u/FelixMordou 's fanfic lore of the picture. In a comment, /u/Rojom posted a timelapse gif of the creation process, which reportedly took 5 hours.

Caged Garfield, The Engorged (36.3k upvotes, 3 Gold, 3 Silver) was posted on May 24, 2019 and depicts a wolf/dinosaur-like Garfield with tentacles coming from His spine and bared ribs through which humanoids reach, with Garfield saying, "I can protect you, Jon." In a comment, /u/Rojom posted a lore paragraph (transcript found in the Lore section) along with a timelapse gif of the creation process, which reportedly took 8 hours.

Vengeful John, The Crossover (36k upvotes, 3 Gold, 5 Silver, /r/all) was posted on May 27, 2019 and depicts a towering Garfield reminiscent of Aku from Samurai Jack, with flaming shoulders and supported by tentacles on the ground. His chest and head are framed by a celestial body. In the foreground stands a small long-haired male figure in a suit, wielding dual suppressed pistols. Garfield say,s "All this for a dog, John?" to which the figure responds, "...Yeah." This work was inspired byJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, as ascertained from /u/Rojom's comment in which a lore paragraph (transcript found in the Lore section) is posted along with an Instagram timelapse of the creation process, which reportedly took 8 hours.

Lore
In the comments of Grateful Garfield, The Engorged , /u/FelixMordou posted the following text, which was praised by /u/Rojom in a child comment :

Jon's heart was pounding, the throbbing in his head would be astounding if it wasn't so constant. The bulk lying comfortably before him gazed down upon the puny man with innumerable eyes, incomprehensible thoughts filled the entirety of the space with emotions Jon could never begin to truly feel.

No.

All Jon could feel was anxiety as he carefully laid his offering of lasagna before what was once? Was ever? His cat. His body shook before the titan carved from fingers and gluttony.

"T̡͇̥̳̳ͧ͒ͦͥ̒ͧ̆͘H̙͈͖̘̳̹ͦ̀̐̀A͆͏̖̘͇̺̕Ņ̛̫̀̾͒̇̋͐̚K̶̪̻̟̙̮̥̼̬̇̇̃̒ͧ͌͗ ̰̦̱͎͕ͮ͂Y̸̟͖͖͉͐̓̄̂̐̋ͣȎ͎͙̖͕̯͙̭̗͚ͩUͮ̍̄҉̢̰͞,͙͕̭̫̖͖̠͔ͭ̆ͥ̈́͑͊̚͠ ͕̤̺̼͕̎̒̿̂J͚͙̣̩̲̍ͦͧƠ̯͉͊̾̂̃̈͠ͅN̸̛̳̦̦̙͔̜ͭ̓̐͘"

The shaking did not stop, but a slight wave of relief was enough. Today, Jon knew he would not die. Not to this particular rendition of Him at lease.

"Y-you're welcome, G-g-g-Garfield."

Y̷̥̯̙̭ͨͬ̂̀ͪͤ͞O̮͔̖̬͍͈̣͋͗͆̈ͦ̂Ủ͙̟̙͚͈͎̲͚̄̈̓ͩ̔̕͟ ̲̩͖̦̪͈̘̌̂͛̏ͫN̟͓͍͎̜͚̜͍̻̉̐̏ͭ́Ȇ̍ͭ̍̋͞҉̩̪̜ͅẼ̷͍̝̳̯́͟D̶̨̺̮̝̼͎̻̏͒̈́͌͛ͦͤ͂͝ ̡̼͈̣̟̳͚̣͚̪͆ͣ̐̅͋̌̀Ṇ̨̠͓̮̟̫͈̎̌́́͘O̡͎̦͍̘̥͊͐͗͝T̸̺̭̻͎̟̀ ̵̲̣̦̜̰̰̗ͨͮ͒̌̓̕T̢͓̹͚̗̹͉͛͜͢R̛̘̟̮̭̟̆́Ė̪͓̠͎̜̹̻̝̮̀͢Ṁ̝̻̲͕ͦͭ́̈́̍ͅB̯̰̯͎̬̑̈̔̾ͫ̑ͥ̇͐L̜̠͗͆ͬ́ͣ̆͟͞E̘͎̾ͯ͒͐̓̾̕,̣̩͉͑̿͜͠ ̨̛̠̰̥̤̽͌͊̆͟J͓̿̎ͤ̈ͩ̽̀̚Ò̙͉̝̥͎͇̫̃̅ͥ̚̕N̛̜̰͎̟̑͛͐̍ͭͨ͊ͥ̍͜͡.̲͇̲̣̱̣̾͊̏̄͑͊̎͘͟͝ ̵͉̖̪̮̘̦̜͐͗̇͗ͬI̘̜̙̐ͭ͐͗̕͠ ̡̝̬̰̝̠̠̟͊͟ͅW̵͙͙͋̐̈́͗ͅͅÕ͏͓͕̼͎͙̻͚͝U̴̮̲̬̲͔ͦ̿͛͛͗̚Ḻ̶̡̻͕̫ͨ̾͑͞D̻͉͓̜̟̬͓̦ͫ̇̈́ͯͧ ̸̴̨͈̟̜͆ͩ̆̚N̥̦̙̫̭̤̭͔̾̂ͩ͛͆̂̀O̪̻̲̜̙͈͕̗ͥ̃̔̂ͥT̴̥̺̳̩̀̋̿̑̈͋ ̶̙̥̪ͣ͗̆̒ͧ͘H̴̩͍ͭ͒ͯÀ͈̘̄̑͢Ṛ̻̱ͥͨͬ̀M͍ͦ͛̐ͪ͛ͫ̕ͅ ̨̠͔̦̫̝̪̮̥̱́̒̿Ẏ̼̘̪͎̭͙̜̩ͬ̈̑͂̅͞O̝̰̳̭̖̒ͯU̡͂̾ͣ͊͘҉̜̦͈̲̞̺ͅ.̵̮͍͒̊̂̈̅͟

Ả͔̻͎̱͎̠̬ͮ̽͛̌̒ͭ̀F͙̦̣͚̕Ț͕̺͖͂̽̅E̜ͩͥ̀R̨̘̤̫̥͓͓̋͑̈ ̣͇̪͔̜̭̈́͆ͭ͞A̼̫̭̘͇͙ͭͧͧͭ͗ͩͅL̛͎̟͕̏͐ͪ̒͋͐ͯḼ̠̠͚̤̅̉̀̇ͪͬ̋.̢̗̅͛ͮ̽.͇̬̫̲̗̆.̄ͧ͗͆̐͂

I̴̵̧̹̪͈͙͉̟̮̪̼̙̭̞̩̥̬͕ͧ̍ͥ̈ͩ͌ͩ̋̽͢͠ ̵̡̧̓̽ͨ̈́̿̚͢͏͕̩̝͉̗̦͔̱̤̮̪̜L̸̨̦̞̻̪̺̺ͥͯͣ͑̉̀͟͡͡Ǫ̴̨̥̯̥̘̫̣̥̺̮̰͎̘̱̽̇̀̈ͣ̓ͬ̽͌̓̋ͩ̍̊͌́̚͞V͙͉̙̝͓̤͕͙͓̰͇̮̲̬̣̘̦̑ͨ̆ͭ̌̉̄̅̓̐͆̂ͫ̔́ͮͭͬ̀̕͝͝͝Ȇ̷̸̵̷͔̜͙̦̻̲̓̏̀ͣͮ̑̒ͫ̋̌̍̂̚͜ͅ ̸̰̞̟͇̘͙̤ͥ́͗̚Y̧ͬ̒ͫ̌̅̈̐̓̈́ͪ̽͏̧̺̝͚̰̯̞̻͍̩͇̥̬͔͔̲̳͜ͅO̶̦̻̯̦̗̼͚͔̥̣̜̘̻ͭ͛̒̎͛͒ͫͬ̍̍͌̊̉̓U̸̞̰̪͇͇̯͕͎̬̞̗̇ͫͧ̅ͧ̒͗͛̐͊͂͂͢͞͠

In the comments of Caged Garfield, The Burdened, /u/Rojom posted the following text (this is therefore considered canon):

"I can protect you, Jon" the smiling behemoth growled. An echoing "join us, join us, join us" rattled from its ribs, where yearning limbs reached towards him. There were people in there... trapped... Or were they? Jon looked around at the silk-spun bodies suspended in the sky, some still squirming, and feared a more sinister being lurked beyond the mist of these marshlands. Perhaps it would be safer within the ribcage, after all...

In the comments of Vengeful John, The Crossover, /u/Rojom posted the following text (this is therefore considered canon):

Silhouetted by the moonlight was a towering form, an omnipotent Garfield, tentacles writhing and limbs crackling as it stretched higher. Before it stood a man dual wielding pistols, a trail of expertly assassinated bodies behind him. In the being's rampage across the city, it killed the man's dog. "What could this mere mortal do?" the beast mused, bellowing a deep, echoing laugh. "All this for a dog, John?"

The man stared up at this godly Baba Yaga, this monstrous Boogeyman. He calmly reloaded his firearms, and with a calculated flame in his eyes, whispered "...Yeah."