#buggy chatter

[bug-maniac]

To my fellow ancient tumblr users, I am so sorry. To anyone younger, this is what we call a "demotivator" and it's how we did memes back in the before-times.

Anyway, what kind of bug is this? 😭

@onenicebugperday Can you get me somewhere in the ballpark of what this guy is? (I can't send an ask, this is a sideblog, RIP.)

[whimsical-sonic]

@sonic-oc-showdown

well, i said that i'd make a post breaking down stings design if he made it to round 2 and so! this is it! this is that post

without further ado, let's talk about how i designed my boy!

warnings for (drawn) close-up images of scorpions:

let's start off with his head!

the vast majority of sting's head comes from scorpion anatomy! his eyebrows are based off of a pair of a scorpion's walking legs. scorpions have 4 pairs of walking legs which are attached to the head/thorax. i can't represent all 4 pairs but i could at least represent 1, hence why his eyebrows are Huge and stick off of his head

the pair of darker red tubes that go from behind his eyebrows to the back of his head, those are meant to be pedipalps! pedipalps are actually part of a scorpion's mouth, but for sonic character design purposes i used it to resemble hair. as for the actual pincers, thats what the two things on the back of his head are. if you were to translate it to hair, it'd be like a tight, messy bun

the other part of a scorpion's mouth are the chelicerae! his mouth originally took more inspiration from how a scorpion's mouth is supposed to look, but due to how difficult it was to consistently draw + emote in general, this was changed to be more beak-like (using mimic for reference). his "tusks" are still reminiscent of the tip of the chelicerae, only they turn up to help his mouth look more distinct!

as for the 2 pairs of dot markings on his head, those are meant to represent eyes! scorpions have at least 6 eyes, 12 at most. the 2 pairs of markings are meant to give the impression that sting has 6 eyes!

next up is his clothes! since sting specializes in close-combat fighting, he doesn't really wear loose clothes as he doesn't want to risk tripping over himself or getting caught on anything. that's why he wears a simple torn tank top and some pants

his belt is fashioned after the segments on a scorpion's abdomen! thats why there's all those lines on it

his shoes, the golden edge of his shoes with the two little protrusions, those are meant to resemble a scorpion's paws!

as for sting's tail, the reason why it's so thick is because he is a highly venomous scorpion! it's also why the pincers on his head are so small: scorpions with thick tails and small pincers are Very Venomous while scorpions with thin tails and big pincers are mostly harmless! i went for a more spherical shape with his tail because i thought it looked cool. he originally didn't have a set number of segments but ultimately i landed on 6, which is the same amount of an actual scorpion (5 metasomal segments + the 1 pincer)

lastly, his palette! sting's palette is actually inspired by the deathstalker scorpions from kipo and the age of wonderbeasts! actual deathstalkers are more orange/brown, but the mutated ones in kipo are various shades of red. you can really see the inspiration in this image here

his tail has an alternating color palette for readability! it'd be harder to make out more action-y poses if it was all the same color, or if it was half lighter half darker, so the alternating colors help make it more distinct

this art is from august! it helps show the color breakdown

(flat + shade)

AND THATS IT! that is all the thought and inspiration i put into my boy. if you took the time to actually read through all of this thank you so much!!! it genuinely means a lot to me 🌟

if you really like sting, please consider voting for him in the oc showdown! you can vote here

[bugged-inverted-interrobang]

[ @character-selecton knocks on Adonis’ door]

Helloooo? Addy?

[They opened the door]

Hm? Select? Is there.. Something you need?

[joowee-feftynn]

ayo the weather kinda weird today in the forest

[cloudaxolotl07]

WHERE DID MY NOSE GO?!

[vgilantee]

i just think that shanks would have a really pretty cock is all

[ziracona]

I would so much rather play a game that is shorter and looks worse and has less area, but is complete, than an expansive beauty where they do shit like like the most beloved companion dies 99% of the time because they just cut the entire last 3rd of their questline, and didn't even patch the end to not default to a failstate.

[panicbones]

i have so much art to post its jyst that i dont use the tumblr app so posting mult imgs is kinda agony

[beagleboysinc]

I love Bunny Duckworth bc she’s neither a bunny nor a duck. That’s so silly and cute

YES! well originally she was canon character (Not Bunny) Beagle. and then she named herself(/I renamed her) Bunny Beagle. and THEN she got adopted and became Bunny Duckworth!

[Image description: A doodle of Bunny, my ducktales oc, and Duckworth. Bunny is a beagle/rottweiler with short hair and a tall bow like bunny ears. She smiles and puts a hand under her chin. Duckworth stands beside her, smiling gently and has a hand on her shoulder. Two arrows point to Bunny, saying "Adopted by Duckworth" and "Named Herself" End description]

[lone-trailblazer]

Talk to me about your Hsr thots pls 🙏🏻

[the-shy-artisan]

shoutout to @scurpmun, who bought and sent me a copy of pokemon violet. hope this doesn’t brick my switch lmaooo

[bug-maniac]

I was so excited to see this girl on my car today ❤️ I rescued her and set her on a tree, while the passing cars probably thought I'd lost my mind 😭❤️

[whimsical-sonic]

pillbug? pillbug

[bugged-inverted-interrobang]

Hey buddy! I'm back from my slumber. Did i miss anything important?

-Tros

Uh… Yeah… I did try to do Worldeater-y stuff. Don’t want to do that anymore. :]

[vampireterzo]

i have more entomology specimens coming in and i am so excited

[tahnisreu]

can there be a verse where the sully kids do like quiet espionage work behind their dad where they like find little RDA branch encampments and sabotage them? like quietly though. sneak around, take out the soldiers, damage equipment?

addis the one who has to figure out how to scramble their radios for no connection or turn off cameras or even get inside the control rooms to mess with the wiring.