Shädman
| Shädman | |
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| Born | Shaddai Prejean 9 September 1990 Zurich, Switzerland |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Swiss American |
| 🏫 Education | F+F School for Art and Media Design Zurich |
| 💼 Occupation |
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| 📆 Years active | 2009–2025 |
| 🌐 Website | website |
Shaddai Prejean (born 9 September 1990)[1], known online as Shädman or Shadbase, is a Swiss-American artist and former YouTuber.[2] He gained notoriety for his sexually explicit illustrations, including depictions of animated characters and public figures, which generated considerable controversy on the internet. In 2021, he was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of assault with a deadly weapon.
Biography
Born in Zurich, Shaddai Prejean showed an interest in art and video games from an early age. He attended the F+F School for Art and Media Design Zurich, but was expelled after it was discovered that his portfolio contained illustrations deemed inappropriate. After serving compulsory military service in Switzerland as a tank operator, he moved to Canada and later to Los Angeles, California, to pursue his artistic career in an environment with greater protections for freedom of expression.
Artistic career
In 2009, Prejean launched his website Shädbase and an account on Newgrounds, where he began to publish illustrations of explicit sexual content, often based on popular characters from pop culture. In 2010, he created his YouTube channel, where he shared videos of his drawing processes. His style, which combined elements of Rule 34 and shock humour, earned him a considerable fan base, but also criticism for the controversial content of his works.
In 2019, he announced that he would stop producing "loli"-type art due to the controversy and investigations against him.
Controversy
The drawing of Eddsworld
When Edd Gould died of cancer in 2012, Shädman responded by drawing Edd raped by the grim reaper.[3] However, Shädman and his now former friends, such as Psychicpebbles, RicePirate and Spazkid, defended him by saying that his art was intended to be offensive on purpose.[4]
Loli/Shota Drawings
He has also drawn art of seductive underaged girls called "lolis" (and its male counterpart, "shota"), from which he's gotten into drama. Some fans defended him, mentioning that they were fictional and that it's his freedom of expression. Later on, Shädman had said that he regrets making the drawings and promised to take it off of his website. However, he didn't keep his promise as he continued to draw multiple underaged girls such as soph, who at the time was 11. Because he drew underage girls, the university he went to reported him to the authorities.[5]
Keemstar controversy
In 2016, On Tumblr, someone asked him to make art of Keemstar's 7-year-old daughter giving Donald Trump a blowjob. He said he would do it if Trump won the election. When Trump did win, Shädman drew art of Keemstar's daughter, portraying her in a sexualized manner, to which Keemstar responded by threatening to call the cops. Colossal is Crazy invited Shädman on his stream to talk about it, and Shäd said because he respected him, he would take it down.[6]
Dafne Keen drawings
In 2017, Shädman drew sexual art of Dafne Keen, who was only 12. Some of the art depicted Keen from the 2017 Logan movie, being molested and beaten up. Leaked messages from Discord would surface of Shädman calling her a loli, prompting many of Shädman's friends and fans to question his decisions and art.[7] While some defended him by saying that it is tasteless on purpose, many would send hate towards him, being called a pedophile and edge lord. He would later receive a cease and desist from Dafne Keen's legal team.[8]
Arrest
On 26 October 2021, Prejean was arrested in Glendale, California, on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, according to court documents. He was released on bail on 10 November 2021.[9]
Prior to his arrest, Shädman maintained an active presence on platforms such as YouTube and Twitter (now X) where he shared his art and communicated with his followers. Since his arrest, his online activity has significantly decreased.[10]
References
- ↑ Haasch, Palmer. "The internet artist known as Shadman who creates sexually explicit cartoons posted for the first time since his rumored arrest". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ "About - Twitch". Twitch. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ wow-wow-wubsy (2019-03-26). "Remember when shadman drew a picture of Edd Gould getting raped by the grim reaper the day after he died of cancer as a joke and then posted it online where any grieving family member could see? I do". r/iamatotalpieceofshit. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ SleepyCabin (2015-06-04), SleepyCast 27 - [Sharks], retrieved 2025-05-23
- ↑ Turkey Tom (2020-11-16), The Sins of Shadman: An Open Secret, retrieved 2025-05-23
- ↑ Glummo TV (2016-11-20), Colossal confronts Shadman about drawing loli of Keemstar's daughter, retrieved 2025-05-23
- ↑ "I remember being in a certain discord server and seeing people defend shadman saying "it's just a drawing, fiction isn't reality XDD" and somehow I was the odd one out for thinking he might actually be a pedo - @ok_dingo - Twitter".
- ↑ Kujo_Jotar0 (2019-09-08). "Old but still an oof". r/Shadman. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ "PREJEAN, SHADDAI". UniCourt. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/KiwiFarmsDotNet/status/1458881238631079942". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2025-05-23. External link in
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