#ant expressions

[theswedishpajas]

Snailtenna is great and all but has anybody considered the obvious ant in the room?

(I spent way too much brain power and layers on playing Frankenstein with his sprites and then re-creating them by hand in clip studio, It's not difficult to do but these are all flat layers and not 3D, I don't even know how to work in 3D programs)

Reference and a bonus doodle below

[slimespecter]

wanted to draw some of my fav tennas

[premamelody]

remember when i said i had this one dr wof au

yeah i revamped it now. changed a bit of stuff in the au from....4 years ago in 2021. woaha

also ralsei more prone to accidentally just saying prophecies now moreso specifically later in the the 4th dw moonwatcher style. but now im stuck between the floating window pane thingies saying it and ralsei just randomly being zapped with a prophecy to say in the specific moment. maybe a pane could be a trigger idk

susie is nudging kris with her wing thumb thing i didn't know how to communicate that without drawing the full body

[fluentisonus]

in tears over "have not polked this season". why is this the funniest thing i've ever seen

[jesskasb]

i feel like i'm going crazy please spread the word.

[stingray-art]

i loved how creature they looked in their first appearances in the manga!!

for the black and white enjoyers like myself:

[ilovetenna]

One of the most interesting things to me is Tenna’s ability to change size (and shape, though that is considerably limited). This ability isn’t the most consistent thing in terms of its context and application, so this is trying to make sense of it beyond simply “it’s just funny.”

First of all, Tenna’s size changing is dependent on his emotions. I feel this is relatively clear considering what happens in Ch3, but I think it’s worth reiterating since there are some confusing things involving his emotions and the fun meter.

Now, at first glance we could argue that his size is dependent on this fun meter. And I feel that on the surface this tends to add up. Generally, the higher the fun, the bigger he is, and the lower the fun, the smaller he is. But there are some variations in this that show he isn’t fully bound to the fun meter, and instead is more dependent on his overall emotions. A good example of this is the dead fun meter during the doom board sequence.

As you can see, he is full size. However the fun meter is fully depleted for obvious reasons. I feel that this shows the fun meter is separate from him, like a show prop of some kind. Though I still like interpretations that bond him to the fun meter, it can make for some silly jokes.

Nevertheless, this raises some questions. If his size is dependent on his emotions, then what emotions specifically make him larger or small?

The answer, from what I can tell, is that all strong emotions will make him bigger, but sadness and hopelessness are the ones that make him shrink.

The moments in which he is at his smallest always show him despairing. Whether it be a silly despair like in his introduction sequence, or after his fight, it’s still sadness nevertheless, and once he lets it consume him, he shrinks into… A tiny ant.

This is an important distinction to make between negative emotions and sad emotions. If he shrank with all negative emotions, then fear would also shrink him, and I don’t believe that to be true. During the whole TV world situation, he can be seen experiencing various forms of fear, like when he is trying to find Kris & Co. after they escape, or when he is begging people to not leave him. It is very clear that he is afraid in these scenes, as he talks frantically and misses details going on around him in order to fixate on one goal. If these emotions shrunk him, he would be much smaller way more often.

So now that we have narrowed down what technically makes him shrink and grow, let’s talk about why this is narratively interesting.

I have seen a variety of jokes about Tenna being a child of divorce. While I feel that is only one interpretation of his character, it is something that I find to be… An accurate description nevertheless. Not to get personal, but I am also a child of Divorce, and I can see very clearly how the impacts of fighting parents are reflected in Tenna. I think that this reading of his character is also supported by his size changing ability.

Think of it this way: When Tenna gets sad or upset or hopeless, he shrinks. He looks pathetic. He, intentionally or not, becomes small and vulnerable. He almost becomes “childlike” in that vulnerability, which parallels the idea of a child despairing through splitting parents. In his intro sequence, he very vocally expresses his distress to Kris & Co., but was surprised when they actually wanted to play with him. His smallness is trying to express his loneliness and despair so that maybe, just maybe, someone will care. However, whatever happens, he becomes complicit and follows along even if it means certain despair. His associations with childlike fears, emotions, and wants is something that, I feel, should not be ignored.

Considering Deltarune has a lot of themes about childhood neglect, abandonment, etc., Small Tenna’s behavior is not there for nothing. In a way, in those moments, perhaps he represents a Susie who wasn’t able to get over despair and make a friend. Perhaps he represents a Kris who was isolated and lonely during the divorce. But that’s getting into fanfic territory, and is stepping away from simply pointing out some observations on the source material.

When Tenna is large, we can see that he is much more capable of handling and managing complex things. He can run a show, even. But his smaller self does not want for grander things, and does not wish to make these larger things real. He wants simple things; love, attention, connection. If you are familiar with psychology, you may recognize these as “basic needs” in some models of thought.

That’s preeeetyyyy much all I have for this one. TLDR: Tenna Small = Sad & Hopeless Tenna. Tenna Large = Any Other Emotion Tenna. His mood is very visible and I feel that his sadness parallels other character’s struggles too.

[fagbearentertainment]

[meshimellow]

i really love funny ant so much i made a picture

[owl-art-blog]

Reblogs appreciated!

[dailyhtfboards]

Day 121

Today’s board is:

Eh, screw it we’re ants posting tonight.

(From TV episode 11B Tongue in Cheek)

[randomgamefan]

4C rouxls kaard....

4F susie utdr....

I just think they all seem fitting in some variety /lh

They definitely fit 100%

Chaos…. Spots still open!

[headfullof-ideas]

some more doodles. Placed in order from low effort to more effort than initially thought

Okay, so brief rundown. The first one was just a random doodle for fun. The second one was my way of incorporating the way Ant and Kari met in my canon timeline of The Deep. In this crossover, they grew up in the same village, but I just needed to bring in some way of Kari punching Ant, and I did it at poor Abel’s expense during his babysitting days. The third one is dear Minervyn Ingerman, my iteration of Fishleg’s mother.

Okay, this last one was NOT meant to get this crazily rendered for a random doodle of Abel and Ingrid when they were younger, and I don’t even know how to feel about it, I just wound up going nuts with color. I lost myself to the colors for maybe an hour? Under an hour but over twenty minutes? Anyways, so there’s two versions of it, the rendered one and then the soft one

I just noticed Ingrid’s shirt hem is off, that’s gonna bug me

[pannacottababy]

A bit cloudy because I forgot to wipe my camera, but I kinda dig it!

A piece for @greedislandchallenge , the prompt was "Afternoon: Playful, Sarcastic and Curious". I think I am not too good with expressions but I hope I got the point across ^^

[mrmeepsmadmind]

SOCIETY KEEPS KILLING ONE OF THEM BCS THEIR FRIENDSHIP WOULD BE INCAPABLE FOR GALAXIES TO HANDLE !!!!!

[crabbypalsart]

Me when gatito !!!🐈