Shadowpuppetteer

A place to post a bunch of fanart & art. Autistic lady in her 30's being a silly doof. Shenanigans and art combine here!

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https://youtube.com/shorts/_dchO0R1PZc?si=k0Biahh1BJHrf13U

Hudson: Ya damn right

But Hudson wears pants under his loin cloth. So...more places to hide knives?

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It’s Pride month!!! Release the dragon!!

This dragon? Thought I'd combine Pride Parade with a Chinese Dragon parade float. There's alot more, but I wanted to highlight some LGBTQIA+ cartoon icons from cartoons I really like. So happy after 30+ years Lex and Staghart finally get to be courting and together in the Gargoyles canon. Even in the animation world, the creator and voice actor knew, KNEW, Lex was gay but had to hide it for fear the disney company would boot the creator off the project and rewrite Lex to be straight and give him a girlfriend. Gross corporate stuff that still happens today. Showing even in animation sometimes it takes time for someone to feel safe to come out. But the world is so much better when they do. And thank goodness for the tail end of Legend of Korra to have Korra and Asami get together in the last episode and have post story art of them together that the company could not do anything to stop it. Thank goodness for Rebecca Sugar for Steven Universe having the queer story and a gay wedding, even when the company told them they'd end the series early, the creator stuck to her guns. Thank goodness for N.D. Stevenson who not only creates amazing queer comics, but also getting the chance to tell the amazing retelling of She Ra and the Princesses of Power, rainbow all around. Not to mention the tear jerking, heartwarming, incredible comic made movie Nimona! Korra, Garnet, Adora, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline, and Owl House showed the world we WANT and NEED queer representation and made it safer for Lex and Amp to come out. Let's keep going!

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Your local infodump brought to you by my autistic brain, with the new chapter of Legend Catcher up now at:

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Brand new chapter of 'Legend Catcher' just dropped! You can go grab and read 'Chapter 6: Freak in the Streets' and all the others at:

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"Biker Mice From Mars" plus having previously watched "She Ra and The Princesses of Power" by ND Stevenson, "Voltron: Legendary Defender" by Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos, and "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" by Ant Ward and Andy Suriano. I stretched out my free will a bit and decided to redesign a couple of Biker Mice Villains...

And created a bunch of new villains cause I'm a dork.

Hey, they're mice, I HAD to create a "Pied Piper" type villain! I'm surprised they made it 30 years and haven't faced a guy like this!

So yeah, the fanfiction in my head is going great, thanks for asking, LOL!

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First I want to say I love character design of Venus De Milo every version.

Second however there is something that been bothering me about this version (she has braces). Now now for I have nothing against braces, I think she look cool in those.

My problem is lays on the fact that you need a dentist to get braces. So how did she get braces with

This whole situation? (Wish it was a gif)

But then I saw this picture from Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic.

I forgot MM/Tales Mikey wears. Though does that mean Mei made Vee braces through videos? (Huh there is really everything on the internet to be found (aside privacy and sometimes common sense), also Mei is skilled woman, I'm impressed 🤩)

Thank you! Yeah, pretty much. Mei has to take care of the lighthouse, so she's got some mechanics skill. Would not be surprised if she grabbed some videos and books on dental care. I also see her using fishing gear to jerry rig some braces for her daughter at some point, Haha!

And to add exhibit A of TMNT with teeth gear. ROTTMNT Raph in "Flushed But Not Forgotten" in head gear.

(this was actually the inspiration for Venus getting braces in her teen years)

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as someone on the autism spectrum i was drawn to gargoyles and tmnt because i loved the idea of a hero with bad publicity. like superman or spider man or batman are celebrated by people, but the gargoyles and turtles have to hide themselves from the very people they're fighting to protect since they would be feared for being different. Something I guess I found relatable even as a kid.

Agreed. Superman, Batman, and Spiderman are more like role models for people with power (mostly white guys). Superman was born with greatness, Batman strove for greatness (with money) and Spiderman had greatness thrust upon him. It was what they did with their gifts and privilege that's the real story for them. While heros like the Gargoyles, TMNT, Hellboy, Biker Mice from Mars, hell even Inuyasha, are creatures that are shunned from society and just want to exist. They also share autistic traits such as:

-sensory issues

-echolalia

Donnie: "Oh Papa, if you surrender now, there shan't be any consequences!" Splinter: "Don't listen to him! I taught him that one..." ---- Brooklyn: "Cool!"

Goliath: "What?"

Broadway: "It's a new word we learned last night."

Lexington: "It indicates a positive response."

-communication/behavioral differences/different signs of affection

Hair stroking as kissing

Using tail to secure passanger/hold them close

-masking/human disguise

-Halloween and conventions being safe spaces because it's normalized to be "weird"

And so many many more (believe me, I have a long list, LOL). In short, I also relate to these guys way more than Superman, Batman, and Spiderman. These are heroes that are different but do good despite society rejecting them. And the world is better because they, and we, exist ❤️

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Mona Lisa thinking Raph's just wearing a merman costume xD

"Nice tail! Where did you get it?"

"I've...always had it?"

When you're date realizes you are not in costume and you are, indeed, part shark, and those sharp teeth are real 😆

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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8bEgjJk/

There were such good episodes of "What We Do In The Shadows" that talks about this and how they get familiars to pretend to be their parents so they can feed!

Yeah, any immortal that is stuck as a child tend to be the most vicious and prone to being a bastard.

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Little Mermay fun with mer-Venus De Milo inspired by jellyfish.

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Dis guy vibes!

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Question for the neurodivergent community! Why do you think neurodivergent folk (Autistic, ADHD, ADD, Down Syndrome, DID, Bipolar Disorder, etc) are drawn to monster media?

Stories that depict monsters or have monsters as main characters?

Lemme know your thoughts and theories in the comments!

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I recommend you find an OC to throw plot stuff at just to see the look on their face.

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it's mermay again! love your tmnt merman au 🧜🏻‍♂️

Happy Mermay! Time for some Merman Raph/Human Mona Lisa shenanigans!

LATER:

First panel has (left to right) human forms of... Mona Lisa: Shadowpuppetteer — Really wanted to play around with redesigning Mona... Sibylla (the one on the far left) and Goya (the one on the far right): Shadowpuppetteer — hey what do the characters from RotTMNT Venus fan...

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Ugh, so this gal on pinterest,

stole my chibi gargoyles design

and is trying to see them as pins or something? But I tried messaging her to ask to take it down and that that design is mine, but she ignored me. So now I'm letting you all know, she did not ask for my permission to use my art or post it onto pinterest.

And don't buy anything with that design on it either. I don't use it for merchandise cause I don't want the mouse company to sick their lawyers on me, so if anyone is trying to sell you these gargoyle designs, it's fraud. Hope this helps, and please, don't steal from artists. At least talk to us.

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Signal boosting.

Gargoyles fans take care of their artists and Gargoyles fan artists take care of each other.

Message this person, if you are able to, and let them know that we do not tolerate art thieves in our fandom and our community!

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Oh my god! The amount of support from this fandom has been staggering! This post started as a way to warn folks of this scam and art theft and has turned into a wonderful gesture from this community.

Had to draw what this feels like. Like someone lending a wing to cover you from the rain. To this fandom and community, thank you.

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Realized I didn't draw newly mutated Yoshi yet, so a sketch turned into a scratchy digital painting of this new lil family. It was fun to sort let loose and not worry about making it perfect. It was just good, messy, painting.

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Ugh, so this gal on pinterest,

stole my chibi gargoyles design

and is trying to sell them as pins or something? But I tried messaging her to ask to take it down and that that design is mine, but she ignored me. So now I'm letting you all know, she did not ask for my permission to use my art or post it onto pinterest.

And don't buy anything with that design on it either. I don't use it for merchandise cause I don't want the mouse company to sick their lawyers on me, so if anyone is trying to sell you these gargoyle designs, it's fraud. Hope this helps, and please, don't steal from artists. At least talk to us.