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More Pen Practice

I found a pen on the ground earlier today, and it looked like it needed a new home, so... 👀

Anyway, I wanted to test it, so I did some more pen sketches. This time, they're entirely freehand and entirely pen-based--no rough pencil draft. And of course, I'm also featuring my awesome ten-color pen from my museum trip last month.

Anyway, who did I choose to sketch?

Some of pole-bear's FNAF human designs. The classic four, of course. :)

The pen writes really smoothly (I just have a very rough/sketchy style). I like it a lot!

So yeah. This is just a little tribute to some of the most important fanart in the early days of the FNAF fandom. (I'm not kidding. These designs were everywhere back in the day.) It may be a bygone era, and there are some things that are definitely best left forgotten, but I'll always have these guys with me. They're really special to me.

Defcon 1 Boredom

I drew on the back of the daily checklist since today has been so slow. My drawings are kind of sloppy since they're freehand pen sketches (no erasing to correct small, stupid mistakes), but I had fun with them. :)

You get a peek at my idea of Withered Foxy, too!

Toy animatronic designs by pole-bear, Withered animatronic designs by me, inspired by pole-bear

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You know what

These looked fun so imma try it! >:D

Reblog this/leave an ask with a picture of your F/O (only up to 2 characters please!) And I'll give you a movie+genre to watch for a night with them!

OC #2, BOIIIIIIII

I made a FNAF-sona, mostly for fluffy self-ship purposes (I've come this far, I might as well try to be out and proud about it...in a community full of like-minded people, but I digress) but also as a cure for boredom. I'm still trying to finalize the animatronic design, but the human form was really fun to put together.

Anyway, this is Bubbles the Bear.

(Pardon the garish colors. I love my 10-color pen to death, but it isn't good at creating variations in shade or saturation.)

Bubbles was intended to be a sort of showtime/event announcer for the Toy band, but they were scrapped for being a bit redundant design-wise; Toy Freddy took precedence in the "brown bear" department. From there, they just sort of vibed in Parts & Service.

Are they haunted? Probably not. However, as per Fazbear Entertainment tradition, they do have a programmed personality. They were programmed to be kind and helpful, enthusiastic but not necessarily outgoing. After all, we don't want the announcer upstaging the performance. Offstage, they would have patrolled the arcade and party rooms to ensure everyone's safety.

Outside of their programming, Bubbles has become close with the original Fazbear band due to spending so much time in storage with them.

Especially Freddy.

While Bubbles and Freddy have their fair share of differences, they love each other to death and would do anything to make the other happy. They enjoy snuggling, stargazing, and playing board games together, among other things. Bubbles is the more excitable and easily impressed of the two; Freddy loves to play into this and effortlessly stun them with his suave, princely charisma. Bubbles can sometimes turn the tables, though, and charm him in their own unique way.

That's all I've got for now. Feel free to drop an ask if you have any questions!

Withered Redesigns, Part 4: Two-for-One Spooktacular

Part 1 here

Part 2 here

Part 3 here

Content warning, just in case: blood

Hey, remember how I said several months ago that I would share my idea of a redesign for pole-bear's Withered Foxy?

I finally did it...and added a bonus to make up for making you all wait so long.

But let's focus on Foxy first.

I took inspiration from Captain Foxy's design, particularly for the blue color of the coat. The elaborate shoulder pads are meant to be a reference to/evolution of classic pole-bear Foxy's shoulder pads, and his neck cloth calls back to classic Foxy's cravat. The huge hole in his stomach is represented by a bandage around his torso, and his exposed facial endoskeleton is represented by a torn left ear and a scar going down the left eye.

How about Goldie?

I wanted this Golden Freddy to look similar, but not identical to my Withered Freddy; after all, FNAF 2 is where the two gained some defining physical differences aside from color. To reflect this, I gave my Goldie an open jacket and a cummerbund around his waist. The purple in his outfit comes from Fredbear and Nightmare Fredbear, as does the white ribbon on his hat. As for the blood around his mouth and chest? Well, you know what happened at Fredbear's Family Diner in 1983.

This was fun! I'll have to do this again for the Nightmares and Funtimes.

My FNAF Movie Experience

I was so excited to see the FNAF movie on opening night. I had my mom with me, we had our snacks, and of course, my costume:

I'd been waiting for this for over 8 years. The hype was real--and not just for me. I only saw one other person in full costume (dressed as Afton), but plenty of others brought their plushies and wore their best merch.

Did the movie live up to this massive anticipation?

For me, yes. It has flaws, but as a tribute to the FNAF fanbase, I adore it.

LOTS OF SPOILERS BELOW. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.

There were so many nods to the fandom. Here are the ones I can remember off the top of my head:

Dream Theory appearing as a book Mike reads

Chica's Magic Rainbow being the mascot/logo of an ice cream place at the mall

The Balloon Boy jumpscares. Annoying (but surprisingly effective) every time, just like the real BB.

Afton (as Steve) over the phone telling Mike, "See you on the flipside," referencing the "Phone Guy is Purple Guy" theory

Sparky/Fetch appearing as a spare suit

CoryxKenshin making a cameo as the taxi driver (My theater FREAKED OUT at this.)

Matpat making a cameo as the waiter at the diner, even saying his famous line, "But hey, that's just a theory." (Again, the audience was very pleased.)

The aforementioned diner being called Sparky's

TLT's FNAF song playing during the end credits

The animatronics were, of course, stunning. I mean, it's the Jim Henson company. Of course they were going to be awesome. (Oh, and Bonnie gets a plaid tie instead of just plain red. Adorable.) The actors inside the costumes did really well, too, mimicking their slow, deliberate, robotic movements. Except Foxy. He wasn't played by a suit actor at all, probably because of his skinny legs. So for that, massive props to the puppeteers. Oh, and his little "dum diddly dum" song? Kellen Goff sings it here. Amazing work from Mr. Goff as always.

I know some people were disappointed by the lack of on-screen gore, but honestly, I like how the violence was handled. FNAF has always been relatively blood-free, so it's only fitting. And honestly? That silhouette of Freddy biting Max in half was chilling, and I think it wouldn't have been nearly as good if we had seen it in full.

The horror as a whole was on the tame side, but it was still enough to spook my mom. Take that for what you will.

The Balloon Boy jumpscares were hilarious. So was Mr. Cupcake. The fact that Mr. Cupcake was the biggest threat out of the main animatronics was kind of awesome. Goofy? Heck yeah. But it's so silly that, at least for me, it loops back to being awesome.

Mike and Abby had an adorable sibling dynamic, and I am SO GLAD that Vanessa didn't end up as a love interest for Mike. Mike communicating with the children's spirits and taking damage from them through his dreams isn't something I expected, but I found it interesting. The Golden Freddy kid being the de facto leader of the missing children (and a manipulative little troll) was very fitting, too.

Art, specifically children's drawings, was a notable focus of the movie; the drawings seemed to symbolize communication, imagination, and escapism. I thought this was a creative way to incorporate the children's drawings that we've seen in the background since the first FNAF game.

Matthew Lillard as William Afton/Spring Bonnie/Springtrap doesn't get enough screentime, but he absolutely kills it when he's in the spotlight. I just wish there was more of him. Same goes for the animatronics.

Overall, while this isn't a perfect film, I love it so, so much. I can't wait to see what the future holds in terms of sequels, too; at the very end of the credits, "My Grandfather's Clock" plays, and a Speak 'n' Spell spells out "C O M E F I N D M E." FNAF 2 and the Puppet are at the very least being teased!

And with that, I declare all of the pole-bear designs canon in some capacity. All of them.

mike's inspirations for the five nights at freddy's movie

I did it.

I'm thinking about inking and coloring them, too.

I have to say, I'm a bit sad about this specific personality quiz being deleted from Quotev. I still have the link saved in an ancient email, and I was able to take the quiz up to last year, but it just...disappeared suddenly. Maybe the creator's account was deleted. I dunno.

Here's the (non-functional as of now) link: https://www.quotev.com/quiz/6159733/Ultimate-Five-Nights-and-Freddys-Personality-test

And a couple of screenshots of some results (my most recent ones, actually):

Do any of you remember this quiz?

I still miss it. It was (and is) nostalgic for me. If the creator deleted it and/or their account of their own accord, then I guess that's that; but if the website administrators wiped it and/or the creator's account for no reason, that's doubly sad.

Nothing I can do about it either way. I'm just mourning.

I mean, maybe we can archive the results somewhere if any of you are quiz result pack-rats like me? But I know that's a long shot. :/

FNAF is officially ten years old!!!

I can't believe it's already been this long. It blows my mind.

I was introduced to FNAF by a friend just after the second game came out. I was terrified at first, but I became obsessed with it. It was all I would talk about. I would watch all the let's-plays and Game Theory videos about it. It took over me...to the point of hurting my academic performance for a bit, but I got a hold of myself with some outside help, and it's been my strongest and most consistent special interest ever since.

Pole-bear's human designs for the animatronics are super special to me. They helped me get over my fear of the games by acting as my imaginary friends. They're still with me today, and those of you who have been following me for a while may know that Freddy is particularly special to me. That's why I chose to draw these designs in my artistic celebration of the series.

Happy tenth birthday, FNAF. We may eternally poke fun at stuff like "In the Flesh" and "Sea Bonnies," but we cherish you nonetheless and can't wait to see what's in store for your future.