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Pole-bear Withered Animatronic Redesigns: Part 2

Part 1 here

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Today, we have the spookmeister himself,

Withered Bonnie

Fitting with my Freddy redesign, I wanted to give Withered Bonnie a more retro, antiquated feel to his outfit. However, fitting with his general demeanor and design trends in pole-bear's works, I also wanted to make sure he kept a more fun and casual aesthetic as well. And you know what? Vests are amazing for that! I think his vest + arm garter combo give him a "Wild West bartender" vibe; this way, he doesn't look out of place next to Freddy, but he still feels like a bit of a free-spirited wild card compared to his grizzly companion. I did consider giving him darker pants to match his garter/buttons/shoes, but khakis just felt right.

As for his "withering?" I bandaged up his right hand, gave him a sock in place of his left shoe, and tore up the left sleeve to make it look like a cascade of wires.

And here's his face...kinda. Not really a face. I guess it's his head? There's not really much to say about a faceless bunny man, but he's here and ready to make face puns.

Chica's up next. :)

Pole-bear Withered Animatronic Redesigns: Part 3

Part 1 here

Part 2 here

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Today, we have the sneaky scarecrow (seriously, she never appears anywhere outside of the cameras until she's right in front of you)...

Withered Chica

For Chica, I immediately knew I had to give her a 1930s-1950s sort of aesthetic. That's just the time range I associate with retro diners. To match, I gave her a slightly fancier hairstyle than usual; Shirley Temple was a big inspiration there.

For her "withering," we've got the bandaged arm stumps. That was always something that bothered me about pole-bear's depiction of Withered Chica; they just gave her gray gloves, not fully committing to the withering like they did with Bonnie. I also included a couple scrapes on her legs and a bit of tearing in her clothes so the damage would be more uniform.

But what about her jaw?

That's where her bow comes in. It's a bandage keeping her jaw closed. She can still move her mouth a bit, but her head isn't going to suddenly break off into two pieces.

You guys know the pattern. Foxy's next.

More Pen Practice

I found a pen on the ground earlier today, and it looked like it needed a new home, so... 👀

Anyway, I wanted to test it, so I did some more pen sketches. This time, they're entirely freehand and entirely pen-based--no rough pencil draft. And of course, I'm also featuring my awesome ten-color pen from my museum trip last month.

Anyway, who did I choose to sketch?

Some of pole-bear's FNAF human designs. The classic four, of course. :)

The pen writes really smoothly (I just have a very rough/sketchy style). I like it a lot!

So yeah. This is just a little tribute to some of the most important fanart in the early days of the FNAF fandom. (I'm not kidding. These designs were everywhere back in the day.) It may be a bygone era, and there are some things that are definitely best left forgotten, but I'll always have these guys with me. They're really special to me.

Tempted to draw Pole-bear's human designs in these costumes

I did it.

I'm thinking about inking and coloring them, too.

I have to say, I'm a bit sad about this specific personality quiz being deleted from Quotev. I still have the link saved in an ancient email, and I was able to take the quiz up to last year, but it just...disappeared suddenly. Maybe the creator's account was deleted. I dunno.

Here's the (non-functional as of now) link: https://www.quotev.com/quiz/6159733/Ultimate-Five-Nights-and-Freddys-Personality-test

And a couple of screenshots of some results (my most recent ones, actually):

Do any of you remember this quiz?

I still miss it. It was (and is) nostalgic for me. If the creator deleted it and/or their account of their own accord, then I guess that's that; but if the website administrators wiped it and/or the creator's account for no reason, that's doubly sad.

Nothing I can do about it either way. I'm just mourning.

I mean, maybe we can archive the results somewhere if any of you are quiz result pack-rats like me? But I know that's a long shot. :/

FNAF is officially ten years old!!!

I can't believe it's already been this long. It blows my mind.

I was introduced to FNAF by a friend just after the second game came out. I was terrified at first, but I became obsessed with it. It was all I would talk about. I would watch all the let's-plays and Game Theory videos about it. It took over me...to the point of hurting my academic performance for a bit, but I got a hold of myself with some outside help, and it's been my strongest and most consistent special interest ever since.

Pole-bear's human designs for the animatronics are super special to me. They helped me get over my fear of the games by acting as my imaginary friends. They're still with me today, and those of you who have been following me for a while may know that Freddy is particularly special to me. That's why I chose to draw these designs in my artistic celebration of the series.

Happy tenth birthday, FNAF. We may eternally poke fun at stuff like "In the Flesh" and "Sea Bonnies," but we cherish you nonetheless and can't wait to see what's in store for your future.