#tsuchigumo

[glitchedfoxx]

okay! as promised, here's Vio and Shadow! This post with the other three got a lot more attention than I was expecting it to, I'm incredibly happy you guys like these designs

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Japanese hikeshibanten jacket depicting spider and go board, 19th Century, Seattle Art Museum

[tamakunn]

Toad and spider

[antonioballs]

Toadal dude drawing I did today! I hope you guys enjoy. (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

[dreamerkitty]

Tsuchigama icons just for you

Please credit me if used

[ziodynes098]

Toadal Dude and Arachnus!

Designs available on Redbubble!

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #FrockFriday, this was definitely one of the highlights of the #KimonoStyle exhibition at The Met:

Man's Under Kimono (Nagajuban) with Spider and Spiderweb Taisho (1912-26) or Showa (1926-89) period, 1920s-30s Crepe silk (chirimen) with freehand paste-resist dyeing (yüzen) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

"Worn under an outer garment or at home, the nagajuban frequently bore eye-catching designs that would be seen only by family and friends. The large spider perched on the right shoulder of the crepe silk robe, whose back is covered with a web against gray clouds, exemplifies such a decoration. The pattern could be a reference to Tsuchigumo [Yōkai], a monstrous, shape-shifting spider featured in Japanese myths and legends as well as in Noh and Kabuki plays. The dramatic, supernatural subject was also featured in ukiyo-e prints, which might have inspired this nagajuban's composition."

[yandere-writer-momo]

Some Tsuchigumo Sukune sounds really good right about now (He deserves the attention)

TW: Arachnophobia! Monster romance?

Just imagine a giant spider chasing you all over the mountains in Japan because you accidentally accepted his courting ritual.

You were on an expedition searching for some missing men and you stumbled across a cave covered in giant, silky webs. You were horrified when you cut open a cocoon to reveal one of the missing men… or at least want was left of them. You emptied the contents of your stomach on the cave floor, alerting its master of your presence.

You screamed when the giant bird eater spider (with a terrifying face) lunged at you. You never ran so fast in your life. You didn’t care that the twigs were scratching your body, you had to get away from this giant spider!

Poor Sukune had been lonely for years and here you were! A pretty little mate that cut open one of the humans he had wrapped up in silk. You even left him an offering of your own! How sweet!

And now he was chasing you don’t the mountain. He enjoyed this game. He even let you have a head start, isn’t he good to you? He’d calmly explain things to you once you calm down a bit. He hadn’t meant to frighten you at all.

Imagine your surprise that it’s no longer a full spider charging you, but now it was part man?

With you being distracted, you trip and fall. Luckily Sukune caught you in time because you could hurt yourself.

He introduces himself to you and calmly informs you that he accepts you as his mate. Your skin crawls from how the hair on his legs feel against the bare skin of your legs. You can’t register anything he said to you because of how terrifying his appearance was. You’ve never seen a creature such as him before…

Poor little you didn’t stand a chance at getting away from him. He was too big and he was too fast…

[pxnky-prxmise]

SPIDERRSSSSSSS

MY OLD ARTS(therye from March-April),,, I LOVEE HOW I DREW THEM SO MUCHHH

[supervgboy]

Arachnus in the Rain

[mysticstars02]

spood frog couple upon y'all for valentine's day <3

I did have something made for this year's valentine days (it's another YW couple pair but they're from a super duper underrated YW game. Expect a "grand love" post in a few days, you'll see why :>!!!)

I bless you all: some lovely Tsuchigama doods/arts I made for the past few years ❤️🕷️🐸

presenting mermaid spood and frog :>

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Argiope amoena

Debut: Real Life

A post about a real animal, outside of April Fool’s Day? Have we gone SILLY? Yes, we have long ago, and I would hope you noticed by now! However, this isn’t a post to discuss in-depth the species itself (sorry amoena), but rather to reveal its legacy! What do I mean by that? You will see.

So! Argiope amoena. A real photo can be seen here! It is an orb-weaving spider, with adult females creating a large, vertical web, which they sit in the middle of as they wait for prey to get entangled. It can be easily distinguished by its striking yellow and black striped abdomen! It is native to southern Asia, including Japan, and as a result, tends to be commonly represented or referenced in Japanese media. This is its legacy!

The most relevant amoena reference to our blog is, of course, Scuttlebug! In Super Mario 64 DS, they were redesigned from fanged gumballs to the stripey spiders they are today, though whether they have suction cups or boxing gloves for feet tends to vary. I actually learned this species’ name BECAUSE of Scuttlebug! I was on Scuttlebug’s wiki page to see if they mentioned its species anywhere, confident it was SOME kind of Argiope, and it turns out its Korean name is literally Argiope amoena. Super Mario is educational! He and his funny friends are full of funny facts! I like this Sticker Star sprite in particular, since it is the exact position the real spiders take in the center of the web!

Scuttlebug is far, FAR from the only one in the Mario universe, too! Here, from left to right, we have Suu from Super Mario Land; Paidan from Wario Land; Arachne from Super Mario RPG; and Webber and Anonster from Wario Land 3! I can’t say for sure that they are all amoena for sure- really, Scuttlebug is the only one that seems confirmed- but I can assure you every creature in this post is almost certainly based on a member of the Argiope genus!

More fictional spiders will be under the cut, be aware that while there will not be any photos, some of these may be more realistic-looking than the Mario examples!

Moving away from Mario, another iconic Argiope is the Skulltula from the Zelda series! Yes, I know I have been going on and on about the striped abdomen, and this one’s abdomen is covered by a skull, but I am still confident here! Not only are the proportions and posture accurate to an Argiope, but it exhibits another important trait of many Argiopes- their extremely fashionable leg stripes! Like Luigi’s extremely fashionable striped socks that Nintendo has erased from history. They can’t edit the striped socks out of nature, though!

In Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (the best Pac-Man game), Pac-Man can encounter an amoena dangling from a tree in town, and he is delighted to see it! After looking at it, he will become oh so jolly and saunter away while whistling. If he is feeling smug, he will get it out of the way, but with a harmless hand wave that encourages it to ascend back up. I am really impressed by how respected this spider is!

The Argiope genus is present in Animal Crossing, with Argiope bruennichi starring as THE spider! The bug called Spider! The only spider in the game besides the tarantula! If a tree is shaken, Spider may descend! What happens to Spider next is up to you...

What’s with all of these orb-weavers focusing on dangling from a thread rather than actually being stationed on a web? I don’t know. But it’s fun either way! Here is Grabber from Sonic 2, one of those lucky Badniks given the blessing to reappear in future games! Grabbers are here to grab, and if they grab you, they will explode shortly after. Fun spider fact! They do not do that in real life.

I always feel like Yo-Kai Watch doesn’t have enough spiders in it, but I think that’s probably because Arachnus, the most notable spidery character, is more of a spider-themed guy than a spider. But then he got a Shadowside form, and this is pretty awesome! He is actually a spider now! The stripes are here! I can always count on the stripes, and I like when the black is more of a purple, too.

If I ever bothered to actually use Arachnus in game, I would have realized that there was a cool actual spider there all along, as his Soultimate move shows what I assume is his True Form in the background, looking more Argiope than ever! Arachnus is a direct adaptation of the yokai Tsuchigumo, which are actually more depicted as resembling ground spiders... but also sometimes depicted as tiger-like! It always comes back to stripes! It is fun to see this one interpreted more like an Argiope, and it would be especially fun if it was intentionally a reference to the tiger stripes!

In one of my favorite Argiope appearances, we have Como from the Kirby series! While it first appeared in Dream Land 3, it was Return to Dream Land that redesigned it with that distinctive striped abdomen. And then Star Allies went and gave it its own ability and made it a full playable character! Como is easily, to me, the most special spider on this list, and my favorite.

Also look at this! An unused concept for a Spider character, superficially similar to Como, but with eyes and a smile on the abdomen, with the head becoming a sort of torso! This design is so fascinating and I really quite love it. The spinnerets become “hair”, the chelicerae become “legs”, and it gains a pair of magic-style floating mitten hands! Also the original eyes are kind of like boobs now. Is this a good thing? You decide!

There is also a striped spider in Seaman, which you will have to trust me about because I was unable to get a good image. It has a creepy face, poisons Seaman when he eats it, and you then have to speak encouraging words to him, or he will die. Please trust me.

Those are all the examples I can think of, really! But I would love to hear about any more! And now you all know to thank Argiope amoena for its service to the arts!

[tamakunn]

I got a little silly + minor drawings of venoct and squid toadal dude

[antonioballs]

You're doing great Arachnus,,,!! (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

I love yokai watch dialogue, I need to replay the game sometime..

[dreamerkitty]

I had an urge to draw Ogama as a kitty cat

Dont think too hard about a half cat half frog

[sketchnyan]

We are so back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

art pog art pog YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH