Thursday Art Walk

 

I Sketched A Bit Today!

I would like to apologize for how late this is. Nothing I tried to do to actually put this set of images on the internet worked. I'm still trying to calm down from how absolutely awfully the upload process went (hope I didn't break my hand earlier when I hit the table because I literally could not light the image without my shadow popping through after the scanner failed for the fifteenth time)...

"The Great Indoors" sketch; 2022

These are the animatronics from the idea I had for Cooper! Each animatronic has a specific job they do, and yes, one is flipping another off. He is not around kids much, so he never had the "be nice" protocols installed lol.

"Posie"

Posie is a cottagecore opossum who is in charge of younger kids. She has first aid programming, and her pouch (she has a pouch!) is designed to hold a child up to about 100lbs in case of emergency. She wears two-piece outfits because of the pouch, but they're all incredibly frilly and quaint, and yes, she always has a flower crown. Her prehensile tail can lift anything up to 1000lbs, provided her tail can wrap around it. She's around 9'8" tall (that's around 295cm) and her favorite color is lavender!

"Teacup"

Oh Teacup. He's a short lil flying squirrel with an aviator cap and goggles and a very big attitude. Sure, he's only 3'0" (around 91cm), but he is the security system for The Great Indoors (just like he was at The Fun Zone 3000). He can move as fast as a real flying squirrel, and he is connected wirelessly to all of the video cameras. He's a lot stronger than you'd think, too, having enough strength to drag two grown adults if he had to. Teacup was only the second animatronic built, and he was never really meant to interact with the children, so he can be... rude. As rude as Teacup can be, he is excellent at his job and would defend his fellow animatronics and the guests at The Great Indoors to the death if he had to. He also likes to sneak into the daycare to nap in Posie's pouch.

"Andy"

Andy the Raccoon is quite the outdoorsman! As a 9'0" (174cm) animatronic racoon, you wouldn't really expect him to be the designated guide for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, but that's one of his duties! He has been programmed to identify pretty much anything in nature, has a built-in GPS, and he's completely weatherproofed. He loves his job, but boy, is it exhausting, and once the kids are gone for the day, he's about as cranky as can be. He just wants to unwind and rest once his work is done. Unfortunately for Andy, his coworkers are much more social and all want to hang out with him, so he's usually grumpily going along with whatever their plans are. He and Teacup have almost a Big Brother/Bratty Little Brother relationship going on, which is funny, since Teacup is older than Andy, but despite their antagonistic behavior, Andy loves him. He just wants a nap, is all.

"Howler"

Howler is technically the newest animatronic. He's also technically the oldest animatronic. As the "switchboard operator" who monitors the wi-fi, walkie-talkies, and employee phones, he's been given a reputation as a snitch and someone you can't trust with secrets, but that isn't the case at all. This 7'6" (229cm) coyote will take your secrets to the scrapyard... so long as they don't impact the quality of life for everyone living and working at The Great Indoors. Howler has no color added to his fur, and he usually wears gray clothing, but he does have one colorful accessory - an earring with a copper feather dangling from it. The feather is from his first incarnation as a Microraptor named Buddy. Buddy had been the first, but the owner of The Fun Zone 3000 literally tore him to pieces. When Buddy's AI chip was recovered, the other animatronics secretly uploaded it to the Maintenance Mainframe in the hopes that their friend could be automatically rebuilt with the 3d printers and other manufacturing machines, but... out came Howler, who was very much Not Buddy. Where Buddy had an almost childlike approach to the world (which made sense for a greeter & receptionist!), Howler is a mature yet coy being who is always just a little ahead of the game.

I can't wait to get to write more about these guys!

How about you all? How are your creative projects coming?

That'll do it for me - the struggle to upload those images was enough to make me bonkers, so I'll just settle in for the night.

Go Enjoy Something!

FC