My motm side blog!! ALL my fanwork including art, animation or stories for this wonderful au now goes here. if you'd like to go to my main blog its at @idkwhatimdoing-studios
okay so this is @idkwhatimdoing-studios and also my alt account is @idkwhatimdoing-studioz2
if you don't know me, I'm just a lil artist who does art for mainly motm, cookie run ( mostly a fankid lol ), and other things as well like sonic tho its been awhile.
i decided to make this new blog because I figured I could separate the MOTM fanworks into their own lil containment room, so I will no longer be posting motm art work on my main blog ( tho that is subject to change if this idea flops lol/jk)
some info on me! I'm 17 and go by she/her and you can call me idk or joey whichever is totally fine. I love the ships blueink, bendystraw, pupcup, inkpetals ( to be honest I'm grieving our dear beloved obsessed dandy lol ) and others.
i was a fan of the og babtqftim ask blog and I'm so glad that we now have a darker, more realistic, and well written with awesome art too boot ,remake of it that isn't tied to .... ahem... rouge.
im also in the MOTM fun club community and run my own discord server for the MOTM fan club a link will be provided below.
This is a fun club dedicated to the wonderful ask blog Myth of the machine created by nortsauce and flygutz. come join us in this inky dwell
thank you to @vanilledollette for letting me put her OC fern in this story. You have my whole heart
chapter 2.
Mugman was about to step on the gravel path before there was a sudden-
BOOOM!!
He whipped around to look and there it was. Ferns workshop with smoke coming out. As he stepped forward out came a coughing Fern swatting smoke away with his hand. He was covered in snoot and his eyes shut with force.
Mugman dropped his briefcase and sprinted towards him. “Fern! What the hell happened?”. Fern continued to cough for a bit as the smoke dispersed. A few shopkeepers had poked their heads out to see the commotion.
“I-” fern coughed. “I was trying to patch up the gears on the wood chopper but I supp- ” he started to hack something up and mugs helped him stay upright. “Well, I guess I must've aggravated something on the gal. As you can see it didn't go as hoped.”
Mugman looked back at the workshop. Most of the smoke had left and all there was left that he could see were things tossed about and burn marks on the wall.
“Fern I've said this before and I'll say it again, you need to quit with that that machine. It's been, what? Three times it's acted up.”“Youre all wet mugs. I'll get it working, no matter.” Fern gruffed as he stood slowly upright. The two looked at the workshop and fern sighed. “Though, I suppose I'll have to close up shop for today. Tomorrow's gonna be a hard nut to crack with the cleaning.”
Mugman couldn't do much but nod at that. Fern looked over behind mugs at his dropped briefcase. “You still working this late? Or are ya heading home?” Mugs looked back as well and dusted off his shoulder.“Still working. I gotta give notice to the manor about overdue books. Preferably we get em’ back but I don't see it happening, so we'll have to give em’ a fine.”
“ Ya sure about goin up to that manor Mugs? You know what you're getting yourself into.” Mugs chuckled and went to grab his briefcase off the ground.“ I'm sure I'll be fine Fern. All those rumors are baloney.”
Fern scoffed a bit. “ My scar ain't baloney.” This made Mugman pause for a second. He looked over to Fern.
He remembered it well whenever he saw that scar on Ferns left cheek. He remembered how the town was in uproar when little Fern came down from the woods bloody and scarred. His cries of a monstrous wolf in the woods, Mugman could hear them still.
He remembered him and cups trying to get through desperately to to their friend but Elder Kettle kept them back. Mugman couldn't do much then but feel helpless and he knew cups did too. Parents kept their kids inside for weeks afterwards, Elder Kettle fretted for longer than that.
Fern grew up fine, in fact he was now a respected inventor that travelers often bought from. But mugman knew that night still haunted him.
“I'm sorry, Fern.” Mugman said as he picked up his briefcase. Fern sighed and walked forward. He put his hand on mugmans shoulder and spoke. “ Look, just.. just be safe. Don't stay longer than you have to.”
Mugman gave a small smile. “ I will don't worry. You should get yourself over to the clinic though. That hacking didn't sound good.” Fern laughed and patted mugmans shoulder before heading off.
“ You worry too much, mug”
Mugman rolled his eyes and began to walk onto the forest path. The gravel crunched underneath his slacks. The tree leaves swished in the wind. It was much darker now which made Mugman a bit more anxious.
The path was straightforward, no twists or turns but that almost made it worse in a way. Mugman could feel it, the sense of someone behind him.
After awhile he couldn't take it anymore and whipped around.
Nothing.
Just dark woods and the sounds of wind. Sigh~ Mugman knew he should’nt be worried like this but it was almost innate. He turned around and suddenly there was shuffling and something shot out of the bushes.
Mugman shouted as he jumped.His eyes focused on the thing but that's when he noticed-
...
It was a damn squirrel.
Mugman just stood there as the creature scurried away into the darkness. Goddamn it, he thought. He needed to stop being scared of some woods. Do the job mugman.
As he continued up the woods the wind quieted down and everything became deathly still and silent. Around the 40ish minute mark the trees gave way to a clearing lit up by the moon. There was a stone estate wall with iron fence doors embedded in.
The fence door was halfway open when he came up to it.Mugman didn't know whether or not to go in but he couldn't just leave so he went inside.
There were hedges all around the path and a marble fountain in the middle of the path. The rushing water sounds filled the space.
As mugman looked around he noticed something. The manor was tall and grim. It was white stone with dark shingles. There were columns that held up a covering of the porch. Stairs that led up we're covered in vines. As he walked up there was a sense in the air. It was grim. The door was old wood but it was large and imposing with a iron knocker shaped like a lions head. There was no doorbell in sight so mugman was resigned to use the knocker.
Knock.
Nothing
Knock knock again, nothing
Mugman wasn't even sure if the place was inhabited. That was until he saw in a nearby window a orange flickering light. He leaned himself sideways to look and that's when he saw it.
There was a face looking at him through curtains holding what seemed like a candle. Strange…
The face soon left the window and mugman felt a sense of unease. Perhaps he should've let Azul come with him.
Suddenly the door rattled and mugman saw it open with a slight crack. There it was. The same face illuminated on the side from a candle. The area behind the figure was dark, so dark mugman couldn't make anything out of it.
The figure put his face further out and mugman knew he remembered it. It was the wolf.
thank you to everyone for the support and I can't wait to show more character interactions in this au now that we're closer to our main characters meeting. If y'all wanna send any asks while I get chapter 3 ready and written that would be so appreciated. It wouldn't be answered In story it'll be me just answering any like character questions or maybe even lore questions if they're not too confidential. Anyways thank you to the creator of Fern. Your character is so amazing and I love this gruff bunny man. If y'all want me to add your toon OCS somewhere in the story you can message me privately to tell me about them.
special thanks goes to @ehiaint2worriedabtit and @suniboi for letting me put their OCS Azul and lune into the story.
part 2 of chapter 1. Cause Tumblr has a text limit ....
He made his way to the library door. It swung open as he stepped inside, the building being warmer compared to the cold outside. It was illuminated by warm orange gas lights with that same distinct smell of cinnamon. Seems Mrs.Ortensia had brought her usual cinnamon sticks again.
As he sat down at his desk in the back and prepared to open his briefcase he sensed someone behind him.
Sigh ~
“Azul, I know it's you. Good morning.” He chuckled. He heard a laugh behind him and as he turned there they were. Azul,one of the youngest people working there but you'd be hard darn able to tell with how tall they were. Azul often teased him like this but he didn't mind. Azul was a very intellectual person so mugman is able to handle the times they became mischievous.
“SOOO mugs. Where’s the goods?” Azul said as they leaned over the desk. Mugman rolled his eyes with a smile and handed them two of the icebox cookies. Azul gladly took them and patted him on the back before heading to their own desk.
It was a good stretch of time where mugman simply did his job. He would fix the binds of books left by irresponsible patrons, fix the shelves up when he needed to, sip his coffee and eat his snack,and work the typewriter for catalog cards when he had spare time.
It was around 4:30 pm,just a wee bit before it was time to head home when Azul and him were called out by Felix. Felix was an odd character. He loved adventure books and often would tell stories of his past time as a traveler. He was also a pretty laid back cat, who often would be a bit of a space case and deep in thought.
But this was strange, he seemed nervous almost skittish. Around were two other coworkers that mugman hardly knew. He thought their names were Tom and Jerry. From what he heard before they often messed around during work. Felix began to speak.
“So as we all know there's been a wolf coming by every so often to checkout books for the drew manor, correct?” Everyone nodded. “Well I was looking over the records and, well. He checked out two books and they're now about 3 weeks overdue. Both of them. I've checked and we've sent mail warnings to them twice but no response. The books checked out are two from a series that we'd be hard darn to get more of. So what I'm saying is we need to send someone out of us 5 to get the books back. No matter what condition they're in.”
There was silence before Jerry spoke up.“Doesn't Mrs Ortensia handle the in person stuff like that? Why can't she do it?” Before Felix was able to speak, Azul chimed in.“Cause’she's sick Jerry. You should know that she's been coughing up a storm for almost a week. We can't send her all the way up there. Maybe you'd know that If you weren't messing around with Tom all the time”
Jerry and Tom looked to each other and Tom scratched his neck. Both had nothing to say to that. There was silence again before mugman sighed and straightened up. “I’ll go. I dont got much to do soon anyway and i know you guys dont like messing with the whole manor business.”
Felix looked relieved but Azul didn't seem so convinced. “Are you sure mugs? I can come with. I'm sure it would help to have the both of us there, In case this goes wrong.”
Mugman shook his head. “No, it'll be fine. Im sure nothing's gonna happen. The most that'll happen is that we won't find those books.” Felix seemed convinced and gave a smile before walking to his desk. Tom and Jerry were already messing around somewhere from the sounds of things crashing.
Azul sighed. "Fine,knowing you you're not gonna change your mind. You're just as stubborn as cup, you know that right?” They said with a smile. Mugman laughed and went to get his briefcase.
As he stepped outside he noticed it was a lot darker now, not night time but certainly close. He’d need to hurry up or else he'd be hard pressed to make his way back home. It was windier as well he noted. As he walked through town he kept thinking of the manor.
Surely it would be fine. There were no such things as ghosts, and most tales were clearly exaggerated wives tails. Though as he entered the forest path, he felt a sinking feeling. He walked anyway. Come to think of it, he'd probably need to call the house and see if cuphead is there and could pick him up later.
Thank you guys for dealing with my nonsense excitement spiral about this au and I'm so happy to get actually started writing for it. I have a lot of ideas. If you guys wanna send asks I'll answer them but it won't be answered in story it'll most likely just me answering any questions about characters, lore or other things. That is if anyone wants to send asks, tho it would be so appreciated I love talking to people about my aus hehe. Special thank you of course again to the two individual creators of Azul and lune. This was real fun to write other people's OCS into a story of mine. I would love to have them appear again if you guys want.
thank you to @ehiaint2worriedabtit and @suniboi for letting me use their OCS Azul and lune respectively. Y'all are awesome 😎
Part 1 of chapter 1 - other part will be up in a sec. Damn character limit.
Mugman could feel the sunlight hitting his face.It was warm and welcome,but his tired body couldn't quite work up the strength to get up. However,that soon would be fixed by elder kettle opening the creaking door.
“Mugsy, I made breakfast.Blueberry pancakes just how you like em’. Now get up before cups beats ya to em’." Mugman smiled as he lifted off his bed. His room was the picture of tidiness:a dustless bookshelf to his right, a desk to his front, a cabinet and closet to his left,and a mirror on the wall above said desk. Everything was where it should be.
He made sure to grab his glasses off the desk as he walked around.
The floorboards creaked underneath his steps but mugman had long since accepted those noises as part of this house. As he turned from his doorway into the hall he could hear running coming up behind him.
Sigh~
He leaned into the wall beside him to allow cuphead a way through.Looks like cup was gonna beat him to it. As cuphead ran to the living room he shot a cheeky look back at mugs.Seemed he was already dressed up for today. A rarity. Mugs rolled his eyes but his smile did not fade.
Thin light beams went through the curtains illuminating the otherwise dark house.Mugman looked around as he walked into the living room. Everything was still the same,a patchy couch,a rocking chair still swaying,and a mantle fireplace with a spark guard. The kitchen was lit up by the large windows that sat side by side to the back door.
Elder Kettle already was turning the oven off and Cuphead was sat at the table nearby. A round wooden table that Mugman remembered Cup bought from a traveler a few months back to replace their old one.
As he sat down he saw cups was reading the latest paper. “Still on the hunt for more jobs? What about that one down at the train station? Stick with that one cups.”. Cuphead looked over the paper at Mugman and simply chuckled. “Can't mugsy, doesn't pay as much as I need it. This paper says there's a farm man looking for help around his barn. Short job, oughta pay good, and I can still keep the train gig.”.
Mugman knew it well,Cuphead bounced from job to job often. It wasn't his fault,mostly,good jobs around here were hard to come by for someone like him. Mugman decided not to pry more and that's when Elder Kettle sat down himself,handing mugman a plate.
Cuphead soon scarfed down his plate and headed towards the phone. Most likely to call up that farmer. Mugman had more time to enjoy his meal and read the paper that cups left behind. It was mundane things,the train would be changing up schedule a smidge, Lunes bakery was adding a new desert to their menu, and another article about that damn Drew manor.
Mugman knew himself well,he didn't care for town gossip all that much. But it was beyond him, how much the townspeople seemed to fret over the manor up the hill. It was old and the owner never left, sure, but mugs believed that it was no ones damn business what the owner and perhaps his family did. Rumors of ghosts, rumors of a daughter gone missing, or even rumors of ancient witchcraft were all abound. Mugman didn't have any room up in his noggin to care.
His thoughts were interrupted as Cuphead entered the space again. Elder Kettle spoke first.
“well?”
“I got the gig,just if I can make it there by 8 sharp.Mugs?” Mugman knew what it was,and he looked up at cupheads cheeky face and couldn't help but smile. “Yes,yes,you can take the car. Walking won't kill me.” Cuphead shook his hand before grabbing the ignition key from the mantle. And practically skedaddled out the door as he shouted out a goodbye.
Elder Kettle chuckled before he sipped his coffee. “That boy oughta slow down once in a while.He’s all energy that go getter. Now,mugs,how's the work over at the library?”Mugman set his fork down and shrugged. “Same old, same old. Im mostly just fixing the shelves and books if they come in damaged, remember.”. Elder Kettle nodded and patted Mugman on the shoulder.
“I remember. Now tell me,are y'all still getting visits from that wolf? The wolf coming down from the manor? I can't imagine working for a place like that, the poor pup.” Mugman swallowed his last bite and wiped his mouth before responding. “Mhm,he still comes every couple weeks. Although I haven't seen him in a while.”
Elder Kettle smiled as he got up slowly. “Well, I'm sure it'll all be fine.”. Mugman simply nodded and got up as well. It took a bit to clean all the dishes but as soon as he was done he went back to his room to change into his clothes.
It was colder now, autumn had turned into winter but snow had yet to fall. He covered his sweater with a coat and put on his favorite slacks. His briefcase sat in his desk chair before he picked it up.He waved goodbye to Elder Kettle before stepping out the door.
It wasn't a long walk to his work so he could manage with the cold. The winding paths surrounded by shrubs were a good way to distract his mind.
He soon reached town. It was by no means a large town but it was one that had everything simple folk needed. A market, several small stores, the library of course, a school just a wee out from here, a bar for the more lively people, and mugs go-to spot Lunes Bakery.
As he entered there was that familiar chime of the bells.There were a few customers sitting at tables though none acknowledged him. He came up to the counter and immediately the smell of baked goods hit him in his nose.
From the door came a happy go lucky Lune. They putting something away when they saw him. A smile graced their face as they began to speak. “Mugs! Oh what a pleasure! You're a bit later than usual but don't worry I got your order. Hows cups and Elder Kettle?”
As Lune prepared mugmans order he started to speak. “Oh Elder Kettles alright, his knees have stayed the same but he just passes it off as old age, which is true but still,I cant help but worry. Cups… he's still doing odd jobs. Let him take my car today so he can go fix up a farmers barn for cash.”
Lune was working the coffee machine as they sighed. “What about that job down at the train station? He should really be sticking with that.”. Mugman sighed as well, “I know, but he says it doesn't pay well enough so he's looking for other options.”
Lune nodded along while putting the lid on.“Y’know if moneys the issue I could have him work here! It wouldn't be no trouble, I do need a bit more help around.” Mugman chuckled as they handed him the bag and his cup. “Lune, I'm pretty sure if he were to work here he'd probably burn it down trying to make cookies.”
Lune giggled as they leaned on the counter.“Oh don't be so harsh mugs.I’m sure with the right teacher he'd learn. And either way it was a suggestion. Have a good day!”
Mugman felt lighter afterwards and waved goodbye as the bells chimed with him exiting. As he sat down at a bench nearby he opened up the bag to see icebox cookies. His go-to snack along with a hot coffee.
Thank you guys for dealing with my nonsense excitement spiral about this au and I'm so happy to get actually started writing for it. I have a lot of ideas. If you guys wanna send asks I'll answer them but it won't be answered in story it'll most likely just me answering any questions about characters, lore or other things. That is if anyone wants to send asks, tho it would be so appreciated I love talking to people about my aus hehe. Special thank you of course again to the two individual creators of Azul and lune. This was real fun to write other people's OCS into a story of mine. I would love to have them appear again if you guys want.
Also I apologize if the doodles are kind of crappy in lighting I was trying not to go haywire but I kind of did in a bad way. Swear it'll be better next times.
Here's three finished colored designs , one is for Alice angel who's a vampire in this story. One with the background and the other without.
now for bendy who is our main character and vampy. I apologize if the lighting is not as good or the shading I simply was tired and didn't have as much time. Here's an image with the background and one without
btw no we won't see his face for a bit into the story. Lil man loves his hat. Btw I'm NOT making a blog for this story. It's mostly a self indulgent au where I can make art and perhaps post a answer if there are asks. I havent thought really far ahead so ... Oh well.
Now for Boris.. our lil butler boy... and werewolf. Hes sort of a stray guy that bendy allowed in his house and Boris does most chores to pay rent lol. One with background one without
I will edit this post the more designs come out.... hehehe!
some teasers for the rest of the main casts designs.
for @loud-kid2 sorry for pinging ya twice I just needed to credit you. Thanks for giving me this request for bud.
Here's the trio
I kept thinking about flower meanings while drawing these.
Bendy got a red spider lily. Dandy got a green orchid. Bud got a bluebell.
I don't think Bud really understands all the complicated history between his dads.
Btw there's a lot of symbolism in the decisions made for each piece to where they are and what they're doing. Whoever wants to write a comment and try and guess the symbolism I'll give ya a royal ultimate Choco brownie blizzard hehehe
look I know I'm milking it but 1. I gen love these goobers so much I feel really good about their designs which I rarely feel for characters I make and 2. I have a gen question about them that I think you guys would like to participate in.
I made 4 bendy fankids from 3 ships. Blueink, bendystraw, and inkpetal. And Im on a drawing energy craze so I figured I'd ask what you guys want with these characters to work around that craze.
I'm not gonna do a poll. The most voted in the comments will be what I do cause poll results are slow.
I wish they did what discord does and let you choose the time.
Here's the choices.
1.Art piece with smudge and nib
2.Grown up dollop
3.Grown up bud
4.Nib and smudge outfits showing
5.Dollop outfit showing
6.Bud outfit showing
7.Grown up bud
8.Angst regarding bud ( I love to torture this lil man ( jk I'm jocking I swear I love this lil dude )
10.Bud and dollop and nib and smudge expressions sheet.
I'm not big on the firsr choice but beggers cant be choosers
Anyway I can't wait to see what y'alls pick is soooo let's seeeee!! Btw I drank like 9 sprites.... am I okay char?
HERES EVERY BENDY FANCHILD!!! at least for the ships I'm interested in.... Hehe
first up on the block isssssss-
Blueink daughter, Dollop. Shes 8 years old and born after the events of motm. Shes raised by bendy and mugman with Boris and cup head and Shelly and pebble being the best outer family ever!!! Shes shy and quiet but also very artistically inclined. She LOVES dancing and bendy is very happy to be able to teach her. Her favorite out of the group is either pebbles or Boris as she loves pebbles which is understandable. And she's close with Boris as they're kindred spirits in terms of personality. Her favorite food is ice cream specifically mint chocolate chip. And if I had to choose a spirit animal id pick a sea bunny.
Next issss-
Inkpetals fanchild, bud. He's 12 years old. I think he's born before the events of motm during the inkpetals break up. Dandy doesn't know he exists as bendy didn't try to tell him since they ended on such bad terms ( whatever happened I have no idea until we get shown ) . Bendy tried to be a father but it's hard to when you're suffering from the blot and know for a fact ( at least until he finds out about the map) he will die. He tried to distance himself as hard as it was and Boris ended up being the most present caregiver. Bud LOVES gardening and he talks to plants more than other toons his age. Hes quiet and a loner when you first meet him but when you get to know him he's quite literally turns into a gremlin sugared up chaos squirrel. His favorite food is avocados and his spirit animal is a deer mouse.
Finally~
Bendystraw fanchildren!! They're both in their mid 20s. Their twins and were born during the journey. Nib is a performer girly at heart who loves fashion and her favorite drink is a Pinot noir drink. Smudge is a laid back guy but he's also very protective of nib as she has a tendency to get herself into trouble with her recklessness. Nib and smudge are very charismatic but both in different ways. Nib is charismatic in the way of making you feel drawn to her. Smudge is charismatic in the way of getting you to spill your deepest darkest secrets to him over the counter of a bar. Both of them don't know who their parents are and bendy and cuphead don't know they exist ( don't ask me how that works its complicated and hard to explain). Nib works as a dancer and smudge works at the same place as a bartender. Nibs favorite food is oysters Rockefeller and her spirit animal is a black cat. Smudges favorite food is some toast and spirit animal is a sheep dog
That's all for y'all!! I am glad I have these lil goobers done and I am so happy with them. You cannot fathom the shit I went through trying to design bud and nib.
So if you guys like em please comment below what's your favorite thing or even some headcanons if you have any. Sorry if that seems a bit pushy I just really am excited about these goobers and especially about dollop she's my bebe.
i decided to remake the first ever motm fanart I ever made and posted to the motm fun club community. it was what jumpstarted me being in the community and I'm forever grateful to all the amazing people who have been so kind and helped me along the way. its been a while so I figured I'd see if I improved or not, hope I did lol. here it isssss
BEFORE AFTER
and yes in the second image those are supposed to be trees lol, I suck at backgrounds that has never changed
figured I'd put up a compilation of a lot of my old motm fanart, some are memes, some are sketches and others are full on art pieces. all done in ibis paint x. hope you enjoy, I believe its from oldest to newest with a few left out cause I wanna post them on their own.
theres alot missing from the newer section but I wanted to put them up later on cause they have a design process or I wanna introduce characters. anyway, I hope you guys like the progression of my digital art lol, its probably not a big jump in ability like at all but I wanted to share my motm art history with you guys.
can you tell I love bendy?
btw there are two oc's I did drawings for that are NOT mine. 1st one is the 13th picture and is @breadthecat oc named chip china.
the other is the last picture and is from @itskindafunky and the OCS name is Rosie thorne
sorry for tagging you guys I just wanted to give proper credit again
