Sorry for my very long absence. I've been taking an extended break for mental health reasons, and I really don't know when I'll be back. Apologies. 🙏😥 I love you all so much. 💙
[EDIT: I am still not posting art or being on social media very much at the moment, but I will try to respond to any asks/fan art submissions I get!]
In the meantime, if you'd like a way to help out, please consider sharing my top surgery gofundme.
There is absolutely no pressure to donate, because I know times are tough and we're all kind of in the shit heep right now. But a share or even just a like is very much appreciated.
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Hi! My name is Leif (They/He), and I'm raising money to afford FTM top surge… Leif Bristowe needs your support for Help Leif Achieve Life-Ch
Hey! I'm just letting you all know I'm still alive and well! Thank you to everyone who has sent kind messages in my inbox showing their concern and support. <3
There are still a lot of things going on in my personal life that occupy most of my mental and emotional energy, and so I will still be offline for an indeterminate amount of time. But compared to where I was the last time I posted, I am in a significantly better place thanks to therapy, self-care, and my support system. I have also been doing my best to focus on the all good things happening in the world to try and stay positive and optimistic. I do still make art (none of which is Rude-Foods-related) but I have been doing so privately so that I can create freely without the stress of making my work public. It has been very therapeutic and revitalized my passion for drawing!
My Tiktok account will stay intact, but remain privated. I wrestled with deactivating it since I learned that they started integrating AI features into the app, but since I still haven't properly taken the time to repost all of the Rude Foods content somewhere else, I decided it was best to keep it up until I get around to that. I always want there to be way for my fans to go back and watch those videos and look at that art, as I know it is a comfort to many.
If I haven't mentioned it before, I am STRONGLY against the use and the very existence of generative AI.
With it being injected into nearly every aspect of life nowadays, I have become more and more paranoid of having my art readily available on the internet for someone to steal and use to feed some algorithm, if they haven't already. (And having videos of my face and voice out there to be potentially used in some sort of scam is even scarier.) It causes me intense amounts of anxiety and I genuinely don't know the best way to comfortably have an online presence if I ever go back to regularly posting. But, with the AI market crashing and burning, hopefully things will start to get better in that regard, and we can replace all that poisoned water with tech billionaire tears. 😌
All in all, even though the general state of the world still weighs heavy on my mind at times, and my personal life still has it's stressors, I have been doing better to manage my mental health. I've made a lot of progress, and I find myself feeling optimistic for the future for the first time in a long time.
I look back fondly on the Rude Foods series, and I still feel incredibly grateful for the love it received. It was a very fun and exciting time in my life, and something I consider an accomplishment to be proud of. I do hope to revisit those characters someday and continue to build on the world and all it's quirky, edible weirdness. 🧄🍋🥩🍏🍅
There is still no Pomegranate emoji and frankly, that is a crime. 😤
I must sound like a broken record at this point, but for like the millionth time, Thank you guys SO SO MUCH for everything. For the love, support, concern, and being just the coolest lil' fandom a creator could ask for. It truly means the world to me. 🫶💕
See you around!
P.S. HAPPY PRIDE! BE GAY FOOD, DO GAY FOOD CRIMES!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜
I present...THE LOSERS TABLE ✨ which I 100% didn't on purpose pick out because it's the name of my favorite out of the Rude foods OST songs, 100%. Also, Hi fuzzy!!!!! :D
I think every few months I hyper fixate on Rude foods and at this point I've accepted it
Hi!! I am absolutely IN LOVE with the art style and these designs!! "Just a guy" got me. 😂 I love the colors as well! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Q: what would Rude foods look like but genderbend? (I luv ur content back in 2022 and 2023, I hope ur doing alr!)
I don't have art for you at the moment but as I'm going through my inbox, I didn't want to just leave this unanswered. I might draw this in the future though!
Since Apple and Meat already exist in an amorphous nonbinary state, I believe their presentations would be pretty much the same? However, a hypothetical amab Green Apple would wear skirts, dresses, and makeup more often as an act of rebellion.
Masc Pomegranate would of course still be very goth, very dark, very brooding, but instead of having a witchy Wednesday Addams vibe, he may have more of an emo aesthetic. (I hesitate to say "Hot Topic" because his wardrobe would be very diy) Also he'd identify as "Achillean" as opposed to "Sapphic."
A fem Onion would probably lean hard into hyperfem mean girl aesthetics before settling into a more sporty butch vibe. Her style would then eventually evolve into fashionable anime streetwear when she becomes more open about her nerdy interests. Cat ear headphones.
Fem Lemon still has the light academia/preppy rich girl vibe. She's still carrying around that damn suitcase like an aspiring businesswoman girl boss. Still a closeted lesbian theater kid. Wants to star in Legally Blonde SO BAD.
I saw your GoFundMe and wanted to send love and encouragement. Stay strong, so many people are cheering you on! How are you holding up through everything?No one should have to face this alone. I’m here, not just as a donor, but as a friend and supporter. DM me—I’d love to see how I can help further!"
Thank you so much! ❤️ It truly means a lot.
Things have been tough, but I have been doing better lately, as I have a wonderful support system who have been helping me get through it and not lose hope. The surgery is still a ways away, but it's starting to feel less like a dream and more of a reality. My hope is that once it is finally done, and that weight is finally literally off my shoulders, I can get back to making silly art and enjoy being in the online space again!
Briefly breaking my fast from social media just to see the Dashcon 2 posts. As a returning tumblr veteran it fills my heart with joy to see the con be a huge success!!
I sadly do not have art for you but here are some thoughts regarding the main 5 attending the event in the Rude Foods universe.
Green Apple and Pomegranate are definitely the most tumblr-savvy and understand the most references. Pom is cosplaying a personified witchy Tumblr (with a bag labeled "stolen human bones"), and Apple is undead zombie 4chan. For the Croaker/Strange duel, Apple is rooting for the Croaker and Pom is rooting for Strange Æons. They made signs and everything.
Lemon understands the least amount of references but is cosplaying Alexander Hamilton with vigor. Onion is cosplaying Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson (though I was tempted to have them as famed Tumblr Sexymen Reigan Arataka and Sans Undertale. Take your pick.)
And lastly, I can't decide if Meat is cosplaying the ball pit, horse plinko, or a raccoon and handing out candy bracelets that say "rabies <3"
Anyways I hope everyone had a wonderful time at Dashcon 2! The timeline is healing. We are cringe but we are free.
Okay I know I said I was gonna reupload my Rude Foods stuff first before posting my other OCs, but I needed to share this art I did of my D&D character Orzod expressing my emotional state from the past week.
I'm pretty excited to start sharing these sort of behind-the-scenes sketchbook pages in my re-uploads! I'm glad I thought to take photos of the original sketchbook pages, even if I didn't intend to post them til now.
Sorry, no post today. I'm rather unwell mentally and will probably have to stay off social media for the next few days. I'll be fine, I just can not emotionally handle the sheer volume of things that are going on right now.
Remember that it's ok to log off every now and then to recenter yourself. <3
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