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[Character Designs as of July 2025] These five are a group of friends who live in a world of different styles and mediums which co-exist as one. They usually get caught up in (or are more often the cause of) multiple shenanigans, usually due to the nature of their world and the people they share it.

I want to begin by first apologising for the amount of time it been since I last shown anything, like with 2024 its been an unexpectedly busy year and I'm not the best at posting or being active. To start afresh, I recently created a new cast drawing for Popty and Co to showcases their current designs as I have been wanting to make one for a while.

Something I realised when making this was that this drawing ending up coinciding with the "unofficial" anniversary of these characters, so because of that fact I wanted to use this post as an opportunity to not only talk more about these characters' history, but also to talk about the future as despite these ideas being around for a long while, I haven't really talked about or shown much about this world.

To prevent post blocking, the rest of this post is underneath "Keep reading"

Not much to say this time honestly, but as it been a long while since I last made a rendered piece which wasn't a gift (over a year infact), and also since its been forever since I last drawn him as well, decided to make a new rendered drawing of one of my characters, Scrapdump. I want to try and get more drawings out this year as my output noticeably slowed down last year, but I'll guess only time will tell LOL

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May not have development comments for further rendered pieces unless I have something interesting to say, but for this drawing I wanted to keep in mind alot of the skills I've learnt through 2024 as the only two rendered pieces I made that year were birthday gifts, which due to the time frame they were drawn in my main priority was making sure it was ready for the day, while with this one I could take the time I need. I decided to use this as an opportunity to expriment an angled drawing. Was originally going to add more to the background, however I decided to keep it simple and keep the focus on Scrapdump as it have been a while.

[Not for any current project in development]

Due to me having alot of fun drawing the characters in the prior post, combined with me being unable to get either Shoe or Boiler on that canvas, I thought despite the lack of plans for the characters at the moment (let alone an actual show, I just added the logo as I didn't make a new one and it seemed fun to draw), that instead of making a new canvas similar to the last, it would instead be more enjoyable if I made a full-fledge drawing of Bass Cat and the contestants.

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Always bizzare revisiting old OCs, these guys were all designed back in 2022, and while I'm not the most keen about revisiting most of my older works, I do still have a soft spot for those projects, and it is fun drawing these guys again as a proper group!

Not really much to say about the development of this one other than I initially begun by sketching out the cast, with the majority of the background choices and decisions being made after I finished drawing the characters full, with the textures used for the background this time being drawn by me instead of using my own texture library like with the last post, been a while since I've done a background like that so apologies if it isn't the most polished LOL

- Extra Note:

I feel that that it is in good faith to note that the composition got inspired and influenced from Sonic Battle's and JetSetRadio's artwork, along with this fanart by "Brandokay" linked below (The original artwork seems to be deleted, but here's a link to where I initially found it: https://youtu.be/L-2ufHb06Mc)

[Drawing Finished 18/09/2024]

Hello, I'm back yet again, some of these guys are from projects I have ideas about, some are from projects which are long dead. Just thought it would be fun to draw some of my characters again from various projects I made and thought of throughout the years, choosing to also draw said projects in the art style I last envisioned them in as well as it seemed fun, that's why each section is in its own style LOL.

Been a while since I just sat down and drawn purely for the fun of it and not as a production piece (as that all I've been doing for the last few months), which ended up demotivating me and tampered with my enjoyment with drawing overall. As a result, not only was it really refreshing to just draw for dumb fun, but also helped me regain some passion for art again! Really recommend doing a similar task if you're also finding yourself burnt out and unmotivated when it comes to drawing!

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This canvas originally started as one for me to update R's and Pot's design as I haven't drawn the two in a long while, however while drawing, I found myself having fun rethinking these designs and drawing them with my current experience, and decided to redraw some other characters from different projects, drawing each section and characters in the art styles the projects used (or in BCBS case, a style I was planning but never did use for it back in 2022 / 2023). For the backgrounds of each section, the textures were from photos I took myself.

I was originally gonna add more characters along with other projects to this canvas, such as Shoe as he's a BCBS contestant, along with a few characters from other projects such as OFFTOPIC, MPES and Popty, however due to literal technical limitations I could not (ibispaint kept crashing when I tried to make the canvas larger likely due to file or canvas size), so if I ever feel up for it I may continue this in another canvas as this was alot more fun than I initially expected, here's hoping Tumblr didn't compress the image too much as well LOL

(Also apologies for posting this over a week after I finished it, been busy and forgot 💀)

Updated July 2024 Designs

These are updated character designs for a series I had in my mind for quite a while now, revolving around Popty and his group of friends getting up to hijinks in a series which can only barely classify as a "slice of life"

SERIES SYNOPSIS: "Popty The Series is a “slice of life” series taking place in a bizarre world where many different styles and mediums live together as one (for the most part). The series mostly revolves around Popty, a pop art donut, and his group of friends, Abby, Annie, Cuby and (usually) Brickoo just living their lives…. Which normally include multiple hijinks and ending up in countless shenanigans due to the nature of the world and the people within, whether it be finding a one-up for the occasionally deceased Brickoo or trying to keep a beloved celebrity out of the Public Domain."

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Funnily enough I think this is the first finalised drawing I made this year, the majority of them have been sketches or unfinished drawings, and it really does feel like it been forever since the last, fingers crossed these guys won't have another design update soon LOL This one took a long while to figure out and make, with there being an unfinsihed earlier version of the cast image which I drew earlier this year but it kept getting stuck in W.I.P limbo due to me not really liking how it was turning out. So I decided to restart the drawing in mid June, which meant fully redrawing Popty and Annie, and from there everything started to click together and it eventually lead to this!

First of all, sorry for not posting for months, alot have happened during that time and there were more important things at hand. Here's a technical MPES update, although I am unsure of the show's condition at this moment, this was done back in March using both Microsoft Paint and Adobe Animate and I only now realised I never did share it here:

Test animation finished March 2024 (Around March 25th if I remember correctly)

For more context of what a MPES even is, click here to view my original post about it

Overall I am very content with how this came out, and while I'm not sure if MPES will even be made, and I'll be straight up honest, I don't think it will (atleast for the time being, due to reasons such as personal stuff and me not being sure if I currently can handle a seralised show like this, so if it is, probably will be a long while from now), I thought I should atleast share some of what I did even if it is quite old now, and hopefully if I do make any more MPES related stuff, I'll try my best to share it here, but remember that never will guarentee that this show will exist LOL

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Following what I said in the original post, my goal for this new iteration of MPES is to try and make it feel like Microsoft Paint as much as I could, and the most authentic way of doing that in my opinion was trying to animate in the actual Microsoft Paint as much as I reasonbly could, with me optint to compile all the drawn character sprites / finished animation in Adobe Animate afterwards. This begun with me opening up a new canvas in the Microsoft Paint, and using it to draw and store each character sprite, with an onionskin being achieved through recolouring the outlines and using transparent selection. Once a character sprite was done, I use Paint.net to make the sprite transparent, before compiling the animation in Adobe Animate in a similar vain to traditional sprite animation. The Microsoft Paint UI in the animation was made using edited screenshots of MS Paint, and was added while compiling the animation in Adobe Animate. While tedious and time consuming, this process was quite some fun, and does leave a sprite-sheet looking canvas in Microsoft Paint itself afterwards which is kind of funny to look at!

Decided to bring this idea back! (hopefully... no promises-)

For context, Ms. Paint's Epic Show (MPES) is an object show idea / concept I had a while ago, and despite me being a fan, it was kind of placed dormant by other projects and life, however it's (hopefully) back now, and way more ambitious and high effort than it was before LOL

The show is a light-hearted, comedy focused competition based show, with the animation being done in Microsoft Paint itself outside of a few exceptions (such as Tweeny and Cursory, the former being animated with tweens and the latter being canonically a mouse cursor)

As stated before, the characters are both drawn and animated in MS Paint (with transparency being added with Paint.net) with Adobe Animate mostly being used as the compiling tool for it outside of certain characters and situations (such as ever slight rotations).

While a project which will need a lot of time, effort and attention (and once again no promises that it'll even release LOL), I feel like I should share some progress here as there are some stuff I do want to show what I've been working on for this silly series, been working on a very short test animation and hope to share it here soon LMAO.

SERIES SYNOPSIS: "Long time teacher, Ms. Paint is planning on hosting an object show, and not just any old show, one which apparently people can deem "epic" (oblivious to what others think of the word). Hosting it in Untitled.png in the Paint window, she gathers up 8 contestants, such as a mouse cursor and an alien, to battle for a glorious prize, with chaos shortly following in tow"

A Character Card / Sheet I made for Annie May, very unsure if there'll be a Cuby one but hey I didn't expect to make it past Popty's LMAO

CHARACTER BIO: "Annie is a human woman drawn in an anime art style (although what specifically the anime art-style she is can vary between shorts). Annie shares many traits with Popty, such as being extroverted, however unlike him, she can be a bit snarky, normally tries and thinks things through, can be quite bold thinking along with being a bit nosey of others when she thinks is justified. Annie is more of a thrill seeker than a “fun seeker”, which at times does lead into situations not even Popty is willing to take straight away, along with this, it's also not difficult for her to become competitive either, which can escalate things even more. Despite this, she cares just as much as Popty for her friends, and normally shows it a bit more as well… even if she can be a bit of a show off and a daredevil at times."

A Character Card / Sheet I made for Popty Arthur himself, nothing else to really add LOL

CHARACTER BIO: "Popty is a donut drawn in a pop art style. He is (if not almost) always the main lead of each instalment in the series, whether it be a short or comic. He lives in Diveram along with his friends. Popty is an extroverted, impulsive, loud thinking and confident person, who while his actions may not be the best, his heart is almost always in the right place (if not, it’s then typically for fun). Popty is normally someone who seeks fun, occasionally even going after it despite seeming dangerous or isn’t the brightest thing to do to a point. Just like his close friends, he does care very much about them, even if he has a hard time showing it at times, and even when put into a very unwilling situation, will force himself to go through with it if one of his friends is in immense danger."

A sheet where Popty, Annie, Cuby, Abby and Brickoo were finalised to their current designs! These are designs for a series idea I had for a while now, which revolves around Popty and his group of friends getting up to hijinks in a "slice of life" which really does not feel one LOL.

SERIES SYNOPSIS: "Popty The Series is a “slice of life” series taking place in a bizarre world where many different styles and mediums live together as one (for the most part). The series mostly revolves around Popty, a pop art donut, and his group of friends, Abby, Annie, Cuby and (usually) Brickoo just living their lives…. Which normally include multiple hijinks and ending up in countless shenanigans due to the nature of the world and the people within, whether it be finding a one-up for the occasionally deceased Brickoo or trying to keep a beloved celebrity out of the Public Domain."