#undertale artbook

[thejestofit]

I'm giggling, i'm looking through the UT art book and I found this 😭

"Everytime someone calls final-boss Asriel hot an angel gets its wings"

"An angel of death"

Also look at Flowey, he so cute awwwwww🥹🥹🥹

I want to violently kill him🥹🥹🥹

[uselessundertalefacts]

Could not think of anything to write for day one so instead here are some art book frisks. All but the last two are by Temmie, the last two are by Toby.

[artsyyumeyume]

It's so cold... Yet you remain DETERMINED. The ice caves were of some challenge, weren't they? No matter, the cold road ahead proved harsher.

[toothlespoggers]

the prodigal son returns

I think the majority of the deltarune fandom has 2 problems, the first of which being that, unlike undertale, we already know what toby fox is capable of, we know about the characters and we’re watching the progress of deltarune take place, giving us time to overanalyse. Where in undertales case, it came in one piece as a surprise to everyone, making it one of the best indie games to ever exist because of that subvert in expectations. But in terms of deltarune, there’s going to inevitably be a let down no matter what happens with the rest of the games, BECAUSE of the intense fanbase around it watching it’s construction, there’s no longer an opportunity to be surprised because everyone hyperanalyses everything based off of Toby foxes previous work.

I’m not saying that the deltarune community is bad or that toby fox isn’t an amazing writer, what I’m saying is that the deltarune fanbase forgets that the game *is* a game and what happens in the game has to happen in a way to make the game playable, overanalysing certain things within the game make no sense from a narrative perspective because they’re trying to make connections or explanations for things that happen BECAUSE it’s a game, not a storybook.

for example; Ralsei saying he sensed a dark presence and rushed over, people over analyse this despite the fact the game would not function if ralsei WASNT there. Same thing for the kris knight theories etc. the actual time it takes for kris and Susie to go from the school to the library isn’t as short as it is in the game, it HAS to be like that in order for the game to be playable.

it’s like how EVERY SINGLE RECREATION of any undertale or deltarune location is built exactly like what was in the game instead of considering the fact that the lore and world is different to the actual gameplay, for example; Snowdin is actually a sprawling town with much more in it than what’s shown in the game, as confirmed by Toby in the undertale art book, the same can be said for toriels house, or the sprites for knightknight, etc. they’re there BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE GAMES CREATION. Not because Alphys’s lab actually has a box that turns into a bed.

the undertale and deltarune fandom are really really really stupid in this fact as they continue to think that everything within the game IS THE WORLD, when in fact it’s not, yes the story elements and everything important IS PART OF THE WORLD. But a lot of elements that are implemented are in there because of the situation toby was in when creating it, there’s a frowning demon but toby forgot to add it, ETC!!

[de-spite-everything]

I bought the UNDERTALE artbook (and lowkey sobbing over how much I love this game), and I’m learning so many hilarious facts (and deleted bloops) about the game:

- Sans taking you to Grillby’s? Toby calls that the “sans date.” ((So we got him, lads. We dated him.))

- Papyrus was going to be an incel, wearing a fedora, have zero redeeming qualities, and constantly nag you after you go on a “date” with him. Toby was happy that he changed his personality.

- Sans had a “towel” to sit on at Grillby’s, since he’s such a regular that he has his own designated seat, and he’s also such a messy drinker, it gets all over the towel.

- Papyrus would use his lips to play the trombone. Sans would not.

- Sans “somehow eats with [his] mouth closed.”

- When Toby first designed Undyne, she was supposed to have an interest in fashion and singing.

- Mettaton’s robot design was inspired by the robot from Wallace and Gromit’s “A Grand Day Out.”

- Everdraed, the guy responsible for helping design the terrifying “final boss” visage of Flowey, begs you all not to forget about the worms he added with the tubes. He’s very proud of them.

- Sans was going to make way more skeleton puns, but many of them were not as funny as Toby initially hoped.

- For about five minutes, Toby gave Asriel boy band hair. He dropped it, obviously, but he’s happy that he’s managed to convey that Asriel is the kind of kid who would do that.

- “Everytime someone calls final-boss Asriel hot an angel gets its wings.”

- “An angel of death.”

- Lesser dog came to being when Temmie drew a “mini version” of Greater Dog and Toby, noticing the slightly long and poofy neck, decided to annoy her by continuously email her about “very important concept art” but it was just the same dog with its neck extended more and more 

[paddie-ut]

This early version of Toriel from the artbook is so adorable, I had to doodle her

[spectorhare]

From the Undertale Artbook

They may get their own blog, they were too cute. Someone has to give them love!

[sparklinggiraffe]

let's all thanks toby for this artbook and the things it offered to us