◈ A "Lay All Your Love On Me" Kind of Guy ◈
I've gotten so comfortable drawing Caine throughout the year so far that I can now draw him by memory. His dramatic ass was sitting my WIPs folder for months because apparently I can't help but get carried way with the glossy rendering on his coat and pants.
◈ A "Lay All Your Love On Me" Kind of Guy ◈
I've gotten so comfortable drawing Caine throughout the year so far that I can now draw him by memory. His dramatic ass was sitting my WIPs folder for months because apparently I can't help but get carried way with the glossy rendering on his coat and pants.
Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.
If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.
Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.
For some points on the plagiarism under the read more (what I collected/organized while building up an email to send):
1) TIMELINE
RGB was created long before, over a decade before Mr. Puzzles first debuted.
(*RGB's first appearance may have been 2011, was a little iffy on that)
2) UNDENIABLY UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE
The number of traits, some uniquely specific to and representative of RGB's design, that are copied in Mr. Puzzles design are too many to be chalked up to 'just a coincidence'
Especially when you look at the designs of all of the other TV head characters out there - I collected as many as I could find (though I'm sure there's more) and none of them come even close to sharing the number of similarities that these two do.
3) TV MODEL AND DESIGN CHOICES
While looking up references for older TVs, I found that for the exact TV they're based on (small retro box TV with knobs in the upper right of the TV and an antenna) most of the references didn't have a vent on the side of them like RGB and Mr. Puzzles do.
I looked up 4 different reference terms, and still had to scroll a while before I found one that matched exactly (above collection just a general sample/example of types of TVs I found). Unless my browsers are wigging out, either the pictures that would come up for these kinds of TVs were different in 2023, or this exact combination of features are just not very common for this style of TV. If that's the case, it may be a bit strange to design a character with those features together.
Here's where that distinction is important: Mr. Puzzles as a character doesn't have much of a reason to go with this design over other styles of similar TVs. But RGB does. The vents on the sides of RGB's head aren't just an aesthetic choice - they're included as a legitimately integral part of the story-line (Negative RGB). The same can be said for a number of other choices Modmad has made, down to individual items of clothing, that show just how much thought and intention and consideration went into every aspect of RGB's design.
Which makes it that much more frustrating to see him get plagiarized in such a careless manner by people who don't even seem to put much care into their own character (common criticism I've read that SMG4 fans have had about Mr. Puzzles and his 'arc').
4) OTHER PEOPLE, EVEN THOSE WHO HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THE SITUATION FROM MOD, NOTICED
This has been noted by fans of both series since Mr. Puzzles first came out.
Some people may have found more points than this, but these are what I stumbled upon. Hopefully helps bring a little more context to the situation.
just to update that nobody from any of the relevant parties has got back to me or made any statement. please reblog this version, as @timmyreads has compiled an extremely comprehensive explanation and evidence of the theft; at first I just wanted to be left alone, but it's really not enough. every time I see Mr Puzzle or even read his name I feel physically sick, it's hard for me to type it even now. I feel violated in every way, and I need help. I can't save myself, I have tried every single avenue available. At this point I need to be saved.
For those saying please/just keep making TPoH anyway, it's not that simple: I can't. My mind and heart are broken. The story itself has stopped communicating with me. I cannot make it any more, not if this situation doesn't change, and that loss of the story scares me more than anything else in the world.
I've realized that I went (largely) radio silent on social media for seven months and the first thing I post is a full-colored illo of a sad, cartoony man with a pair of dentures and eyeballs for a head.
So if you're not normal about him like me, look forward to more doodles because apparently this Cluster B-coded fucker has saved me from creative stagnation and self-destruction.
◈ HANAHAKI VIRUS ◈
I just keep coughing up flowers
You make me suffocate for hours and hours
I put myself on display
These petals surface and scathe
Creating my bouquet
Coughing Up Flowers — Trinity Rose
🦷💧💔
◈ SANGUICOLOUS ◈
Living in the Blood...
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You may remember him from this post showcasing close-up shots of the linework details. I finally got myself an Epson flatbed scanner few months ago and finished him up to hone in my coloring skills when working in this particular style of mine. And I even found my old seal script design to play around with and see how it looks alongside my traditionally inked artwork.
I went through some emotional ups and downs while working on this, almost trashing it completely before the final touches. Not spending enough time making personal art can do that to an old creature like me, and I'm generally very critical of my own work. But I've since gotten plenty of distance from this piece to better appreciate it and share it. ♥
Meadofeiya Lung, a dragon breed I designed a few years ago for a personal project. I'm selling adoptables of them, going for $15-20 each. This is the second set with some vibrant children here to play!
I accept Paypal as payment. DM or email me if you're interested!
{ Adopt Guideline + TOS } { Toyhou.se Folder }
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#1) Meadofeiya Lung: Young / 11-20 / Vibrant Series
11: Seo ($15 / OPEN)
A prideful boy of the nearby sunkissed ocean. He found a beautiful topaz necklace draped over a coral skeleton and claims that it grants wishes.
12: Yida ($15 / OPEN)
A determined girl of the hot, sunset grasslands. She's the quickest runner around, but she will always stop to pick some pretty flowers for her best friend.
13: Skyler ($20 / OPEN)
A swift child of nostalgic, stargazing nights. They have a collection of jars containing tiny folded cranes that took them years to create.
14: Ella ($15 / OPEN)
A daffy girl of minty and sweetened green tea. She writes every afternoon, sitting beneath a tree that was planted upon he mother's grave.
15: Zuri ($15 / OPEN)
An overconfident girl of the sunset lavafield. She runs laps around the largest volcano all day until the sun goes down, chasing a ghost.
16: Micah ($20 / OPEN)
A reserved child of fiery nights and hushed voices. They know an interesting secret about you and will express their admiration by claiming it as their own.
17: Bien ($15 / OPEN)
An agreeable boy of a faraway desert garden. He loves flowering cacti and sells cactus juice in colorful green bottles during hot hours of the day.
18: Jaelen ($15 / OPEN)
A festive child of an upcoming solstice carnival. They harvest only the best fruits to season for the banquet and dance until the sky burns and falls.
19: Zhen (SOLD)
A volatile boy of devious curses and misfortunes. He has little need for gifts, but he can't ever refuse a delicious, well-brewed elixir on a moonless night.
20: Mabon ($20 / OPEN)
A helpful, spirited boy of a flaming playground. He guards his territory with illusions of wildfirres, and if you touched the embers, you will be fearless.
Meadofeiya Lung, a dragon breed I designed a few years ago for a personal project. I'm selling adoptables of them, going for $15-20 each. This is the third set with children of the earth!
I accept Paypal as payment. DM or email me if you're interested!
{ Adopt Guideline + TOS } { Toyhou.se Folder }
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#1) Meadofeiya Lung: Young / 21-30 / Earth Series
21: Naila (SOLD)
An adamant and graceful girl of the charred plains. She found one hundred burnt deer lying in the ashes, and built a memorial where the disaster first began.
22: Ohara ($20 / OPEN)
A silent girl of the painted mountain range. When the valleys are foggy and the tall grass have withered away, you will not escape her.
23: Rami ($15 / OPEN)
A clever, keen-eyed boy of deadly marksmanship. As a matter of pride, he prefers to hunt prey with flame-tipped spears, and he never misses his targets.
24: Laken ($15 / OPEN)
A weary child of a once beautiful, dried-up lake. Their home was ruined by a severe drought, and they pray day and night to bring back the water.
25: Pallas ($15 / OPEN)
A puzzling child of an ancient, twisting tree. They are always found perched among the old branches, eating the berries only they can see.
26: Taber ($15 / OPEN)
A kind, playful boy of the smallest earthquakes. He pounces down from high places to shake the ground, so he can feel like a big and mighty beast.
27: Dallin ($15 / OPEN)
A merciful boy of the brambled desert ravine. There are crude paintings smeared over the gorge walls, and he forgot which one depicts his family.
28: Eirny ($15 / OPEN)
A naive girl of the dying southern grasslands. War trampled all life that could be found in her home, but still she continued to plant new seeds.
29: Habiba ($20 / OPEN)
A beloved girl of the volcanic, crystalline rivers. In the ashes, she found you cradling a charred piece of cloth, after you were missing for years.
30: Pace ($20 / OPEN)
A peaceful child of the foggy winterland prairie. They counted every silver blade of grass in their patch and gave every single one a unique name.
Meadofeiya Lung, a dragon breed I designed a few years ago for a personal project. I'm selling adoptables of them, going for $15-20 each. This is the first set of six I made with the "Young" template, a bunch of pastel palette babies!
I accept Paypal as payment. DM or email me if you're interested!
{ Adopt Guideline + TOS } { Toyhou.se Folder }
#1) Meadofeiya Lung: Young / 1-10 / Pastel Series
1: Nairo ($15 / OPEN)
A cheerful boy of early springtime afternoons. He enjoys he chirping of passerine birds and remembers the names of everyone he meets.
2: Bai ($20 / OPEN)
A proud, zesty boy of brand new experiences. If there's a novel trivia to learn, he will covet the knowledge like treasure and gladly share it too.
3: Eppie ($20 / OPEN)
A gentle girl of bittersweet memories and regrets. She knows what you left behind a few years ago and speaks well-wishes that you have grown since then.
4: Ines ($15 / OPEN)
A quiet girl of a long-forgotten winter forest. She saw many travelers disappear into the trees and later found their names carved into the boles.
5: Cyprien ($15 / OPEN)
A serene child of a peaceful and whispering river. Beneath the surface, they are slowly cultivating a garden sanctuary for all manner of aquatic life.
6: Ainsley ($15 / OPEN)
A kind and silly child of the rolling, grassy hills. They love a good game of hide-and-seek, and their favorite hiding spots are becoming harder to find.
7: Calla ($15 / OPEN)
A lively girl of beaches and summer cold treats. She loves chasing sea birds in the afternoon and collecting bottles that contain treasure maps.
8: Rhett (SOLD)
A drowsy boy of warm breezes and daytime naps. He swears that he met some good friends in a dream a few years ago, and claims that you were one of them.
9: Gavi ($15 / OPEN)
A calm and regal child of lonely, foggy nights. They guide lost travelers out of the mist and back onto the road, but will ask for a shiny coin in return.
10: Lyric ($20 / OPEN)
An excitable child of an abandoned playground. If you find them pouncing about, be prepared to be told everything about an obscure songwriter.
Meadofeiya Lung, a dragon breed I designed a few years ago for a personal project. I'm selling adoptables of them, going for $15-20 each. This is the second set with children of the water!
I accept Paypal as payment. DM or email me if you're interested!
{ Adopt Guideline + TOS } { Toyhou.se Folder }
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#1) Meadofeiya Lung: Young / 31-40 / Water Series
31: Adri ($15 / OPEN)
A skittish boy of the new shore's crashing waves. The coastline appeared overnight, and among the seafoam, he was following something unsettling.
32: Baia ($20 / OPEN)
An aberrant girl of the western red algae bay. She crafts everything out of crimson coral and seaweed, and imbues them with illegal blessings.
33: Laguna ($15 / OPEN)
A shy, coltish boy of the sunkissed coral reefs. The warm seafloor is lined with lovely shells in a labyrinthine pattern that leads to his secret base.
34: Riolin ($15 / OPEN)
A relaxed child of flourishing tropical islands. Everyday is bright and balmy when they trot along the shorelines, and night does not exist.
35: Zambezi ($20 / OPEN)
A fiercely devoted child of the flaming rivers. The waters come alive with every song they sing, turning everything into fiery, everlaughing spirits.
36: Lyna ($15 / OPEN)
A patient girl of a gentle, misty mountain. She ventures to the sea to collect pearls and lines them along the pathway to the summit.
37: Maris ($20 / OPEN)
A reclusive boy of neon waters and oceanic mysteries. Beneath the glowing surface, there seems to be multiple doppelgängers swimming in tandem, except for one.
38: Nerida ($15 / OPEN)
A happy-go-lucky girl of sunken little treasures. She owns a museum of trinkets that have washed up into her cove, regarding them as powerful artifacts.
39: Derya ($20 / OPEN)
A reckless child of the poisoned and marbled city. With an incantation, toxins leave their patient's body and enter their own, worsening their growing insanity.
40: Aenon ($15 / OPEN)
A brisk and impish boy of a dark, cursed waterfall. For one hour every day, the water runs bloody red and he shouts the name of someone you once knew.
Hey there. I've been focused on some personal projects lately that I want to get off the ground. I recently worked up the nerve made a blog for one of them. I'm not quite comfortable with connecting my primary alias with it just yet due to its NSFW nature, but I'd like to trickle in some people a little at a time.
If you dig human/dragon relationships, you can poke me for a link and I might pass it onto you if you've been a regular in my notes.
Meadofeiya Lung, a dragon breed I designed a few years ago for a personal project. I'm selling adoptables of them, going for $15-20 each. This is the third set with children of the earth!
I accept Paypal as payment. DM or email me if you're interested!
{ Adopt Guideline + TOS } { Toyhou.se Folder }
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#1) Meadofeiya Lung: Young / 21-30 / Earth Series
21: Naila (SOLD)
An adamant and graceful girl of the charred plains. She found one hundred burnt deer lying in the ashes, and built a memorial where the disaster first began.
22: Ohara ($20 / OPEN)
A silent girl of the painted mountain range. When the valleys are foggy and the tall grass have withered away, you will not escape her.
23: Rami ($15 / OPEN)
A clever, keen-eyed boy of deadly marksmanship. As a matter of pride, he prefers to hunt prey with flame-tipped spears, and he never misses his targets.
24: Laken ($15 / OPEN)
A weary child of a once beautiful, dried-up lake. Their home was ruined by a severe drought, and they pray day and night to bring back the water.
25: Pallas ($15 / OPEN)
A puzzling child of an ancient, twisting tree. They are always found perched among the old branches, eating the berries only they can see.
26: Taber ($15 / OPEN)
A kind, playful boy of the smallest earthquakes. He pounces down from high places to shake the ground, so he can feel like a big and mighty beast.
27: Dallin ($15 / OPEN)
A merciful boy of the brambled desert ravine. There are crude paintings smeared over the gorge walls, and he forgot which one depicts his family.
28: Eirny ($15 / OPEN)
A naive girl of the dying southern grasslands. War trampled all life that could be found in her home, but still she continued to plant new seeds.
29: Habiba ($20 / OPEN)
A beloved girl of the volcanic, crystalline rivers. In the ashes, she found you cradling a charred piece of cloth, after you were missing for years.
30: Pace ($20 / OPEN)
A peaceful child of the foggy winterland prairie. They counted every silver blade of grass in their patch and gave every single one a unique name.
2025 / 3 / 22
Some concept sketches for a story project revolving around anthro dragons. Same story as the one teased here.
I'm trying to feature out the art direction I want to take with the dragon characters in the story since I tend to swing between designing them as sleek and stylized (cartoony, I guess?) or overly-detailed bordering on realism. I'd like to strike a balance between the two.
These fellas aren't of any particular characters in the story, but more of tiny sample of what the general population of dragons look like overall.
My drawings have been feeling rather sloppy, at least in my eyes. Mental illness and getting sidetracked in the past really slowed down my development. I'm trying to make up for the lost time by "derusting" and squeeze in as much personal art as I can manage per day. But that's also going against the easy-going approach that I'm aiming to take with my art.
I also have a lot deep-seeded resistance in regards to sharing my characters and story concepts publicly, hence the lack of anything substantial for me to talk about... outside of media made by other people.
Nothing I can do but continue to push through that resistance.
2025 / 3 / 20
Hey there.
I haven't posted anything here since October of last year. Kinda disappeared for a time, doubled-down on my usual lurking behavior, and went into hermit mode for mental health reasons.
I can't say for sure that I'm in a better place now than I was last year, but I've been trying to make some strides in knowing myself and find inner peace.
I want to connect with other people again, in whatever way I'm able to manage with my circumstances. I'm haunted by profound loneliness, partly due to me being pretty solitary by nature. And I'm figuring that posting more earnestly about my experiences here could be a step in the right direction.
I'm tired of maintaining a facade of professionalism on a place like Tumblr anyway. Every other platform can be pristine and tidy, but I'd rather my blog here be a more messy and honest reflection of who I am.
I don't just want to post the occasional sketch + mental illness vent. I have things that I do love and thoroughly enjoy, and want to be comfortable sharing with other people again. I miss talking about movies, shows, video games, and whatever else weird and interesting shit with someone for hours on end.
I'm going to make the effort to be more active here. I'll also be cleaning up my blog a bit, reposting/reblogging some old art of mine, since I've gone back to taking my art seriously again.
But less of the anxiety-ridden drive I used to have and more towards a healthier, cathartic, and more enjoyable direction.
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