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don't mess with us a bug's life fans there's only like three of us

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Holy crap you got him done! That was fast. Also he's MASSIVE Hope you stocked up on grass seed for the big guy =p

He's finally done standing at 7ft tall! I still need to paint his details tomorrow, but he'll be sleeping with me and Flik tonight :)

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Molt: >Kicks a hole in your ceiling >Serenades you with a timeless classic >Tells you he's gay >Gets blown up by Hopper after trolling him >Refuses to elaborate further Be like Molt.

There are like zero A Bug's Life Youtube Poop's out there, but this one? This one is an absolute banger. Poor, poor Hopper. Getting exactly the amount of respect he deserves.

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Spring has arrived, a new beginning full of peace and happiness begins for our little ants. 🐜🌹🌼

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WHY DOES IT WORK SO WELL

Also Dot and Cream combined does wonderful things for my soul. The precious cinnamon rolls are one.

So naturally I had to stick Dot in Cream's duds after this. I don't think she's a fan.

Commission for @wayward-delver, Thanks for commissioning me!

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Dot knows the best walks are the ones where you don't. The best way to achieve that is to convince your two favorite nerdy uncles to take you with them on their walk, then convince them to swing you around like an adorable pendulum throughout it. Dot is a smart little princess. Be like Dot. (Bit rushed this one as it was mostly done during a stream, so definitely not as clean as I like, but I'm still happy with it.)

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Oh good Lord that Atta costume. PRINCESS DO NOT EAT THAT CHILD I have that derpy Dot plush and it is wonderfully off model. But it's also really cuddly so there's that. Also WOW did poor Molt get done dirty here. The first three entries are why we can't have nice things.

Happy Easter! Have some very cursed bug images.

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Happy Easter! Have some very cursed bug images.

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Been rather out of it the past couple days so I did a bunch of quick character sketches. I know I keep this blog pretty much bug-exclusive, but it would be wrong to deprive Atta of the rest of her cohort.

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I cannot get over all those pics of Dot's teeth poking out. It's so fricken cute and silly.

Oh those Attas are ADORABLE. I want to scoop each of them up and put all of her in a big pile. And they actually drew her SMILING! Complete with appropriately honkable snout. That's how you tell if your Atta is quality or not.

There is something really, really appealing about bug-eyed (heh) Hopper. He looks like he's about to snap at any second, especially with those tiny pinprick eyes like you mentioned. And those faaaangs. Yeah I refuse to believe he only eats grain with those things.

And Molt, good old Molt. Looking like the doofus we know and love, even back then. I love that one on the left where he looks so confused.

Hopper might be the best facemaker, but Flik right there is giving him some stiff competition.

Early concepts for A Bug's Life. Adoring the pencil work and stylization here. It's so delightfully grungy.

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"Gnarly" Yes, that's the perfect word for it. It's bizzare and otherworldly and just so far removed from what they eventually became. I always love seeing styles like this - it's one of those things that I just can't imagine how you're able to design something like that, something so alien and elaborate and just wonderfully bizzare. Yeah, the final cute bugaboo princess we got was definitely for the best, but there is something appealing about just how strange it all is. Like there's some other world where this is actually what we got, and that's just bonkers. And Atta wasn't the only one who got that treatment:

Granted, later designs were just a wee bit cuter

Early concepts for A Bug's Life. Adoring the pencil work and stylization here. It's so delightfully grungy.

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I fricken love those grasshopper jaws in the last pic. Creepy monster mouths are so fricken cool, and they look like actual threats here. Love the one with the big fish mouth on the middle right. And that orange grasshopper in the sixth pic is deliciously terrifying. Allow me to add to the concept art pile with some early Atta:

Why does she have liiiiiiips. What did they do to you, princess/

Early concepts for A Bug's Life. Adoring the pencil work and stylization here. It's so delightfully grungy.

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I keep throwing uncles at Dot in my AUs because Flik just wasn't enough. So hey, why not let our purple polkadot princess have them all over for a very exclusive tea party! She serves only the finest hors d'oeuvres at her party, featuring the most succulent boysenberry druplets and the freshest wild grains! Well, they were fresh at some point anyway. And what's a tea party without the tea? Pass it all around, make sure there's plenty for everyone! Let no one's teabowl go empty! Ignore the fact that Dot doesn't know how to make tea and that it might just be water in there. It's very exclusive water regardless.

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We found 'em! Big thanks to all of you who helped me find these things, especially @thedawner

Does anyone have and information on these strange figures? I've seen them once and never again. Were they prototypes? Bootlegs? I really want to add them to my collection because that is the doofiest looking Hopper I have ever seen and I love him. He's got an underbite that would make an Ork proud. Also pretty sure these are the only toys that actually gave the grasshoppers weapons too. Really digging the sword Hoppork has there.

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Does anyone have and information on these strange figures? I've seen them once and never again. Were they prototypes? Bootlegs? I really want to add them to my collection because that is the doofiest looking Hopper I have ever seen and I love him. He's got an underbite that would make an Ork proud. Also pretty sure these are the only toys that actually gave the grasshoppers weapons too. Really digging the sword Hoppork has there.

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See Flik? She's just helping you out! Your brain's going to be firing on all cylinders by the time you figure out where she hid them this time, and then you'll be coming up with inventions like nobody's business! What a good little assistant Dot is.

"Okay, you've had your fun. I'm gonna need those now, sweetpea. Give them back." "How do you see out of these things? They're HUGE!''

Flik might love the little princess with every bit of his buggy blue heart, treating her like the little sister he never had. ...That said, if she's going to play the role of the little sister, Dot has a duty to be a goober and annoy him from time to time. And hey, these goggles ARE pretty cool!

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"Okay, you've had your fun. I'm gonna need those now, sweetpea. Give them back." "How do you see out of these things? They're HUGE!''

Flik might love the little princess with every bit of his buggy blue heart, treating her like the little sister he never had. ...That said, if she's going to play the role of the little sister, Dot has a duty to be a goober and annoy him from time to time. And hey, these goggles ARE pretty cool!