"Do you think we're nemesisis on every universe?"

"Theoretically no, and it's 'nemesis' by the way"

A little gift for my mutuals' and also added some Aus I liked. You can't imagine how sad it was to see a lot of abandoned or one-time-only Aus :( BUT I still wanted to add some. I think there's a lot of great Aus in this small, Tawog Tumblr community, and I wanted to draw some of these together as a sign of unity in the fandom. Yeah, we can fight for stupid things, but in the end we all share our passion for this silly show. (Ik Rupaul is a fusion, not an Au but fuck it they're fun to draw)

Credits of the characters/characters desing:

Rupaul by @atomicpirateperson

Voidballs by @wreckrinho and @askdannysroleswapau

Caspian by @glitchadeli

Stagehand Rob by @o-crud

Reaper Rob AU by @dazedwebbings

Also if I didn't add more variety it's because I just love drawing Gumball and Rob in particular :3

What kind of villainy do you like?

i totally stole the "evil murder wall" joke from Nimona but in my defense its a really good joke and you should go watch Nimona (go watch Nimona go watch Nimona go watch Nimona go w

just realized i should probably say this:

Robin’s intro comic is gonna be delayed more bc tech week is happening and the show will be running from the 25th to the 27th. hopefully by the time it’s over, i’ll have my vision back! don’t wanna get any hopes up though (even mine).

in the meantime, be patient and kind to yourselves. take everything one day at a time. please know that this too shall pass. you are not alone, and it’s okay to ask for help. stay safe, because someone out there really does care about you.

A bit from the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels AU for WIP Wednesday!

Ed grins. “I was just going to suggest it.” He cocks his head to one side. “How about a deal – I’ll teach you how to keep yourself afloat and out of jail, and you teach me about how to pass myself off as old money?”

The idea that there’s anything Ed can learn from him hits Stede like a two-by-four, and then he’s smacked again at the idea that Ed will really teach him what he knows about grifting. It’s amazing. It’s the kind of opportunity someone in that sad little life he left behind would never get.

“Oh my god, yes, brilliant,” he says, taking the hand Ed offers. They shake on it, and he starts to feel wobbly. Ed seems a bit wobbly too, and they both look back out to sea. “Whoa,” he says softly, and Ed makes a noise in the back of his throat that seems to be in agreement.

[Signal received. Gumball is now aware of the Ask Box available for asks!]

official intro post for the roleswap au ask blog!! took a while to set up, but i'm excited to have it up and running!

since this is the first post, here are some rules and tips!

don't ask any rude/gross/invasive things. be sensible, please and thank you

outside of that, you can ask pretty much anything! relationship statuses, feelings towards certain people, favorite things, hobbies, current/past appearances--its all free game!

you can also ask me questions! though i doubt very many of you will, lol

outside of universe, i'll be referring to the titular characters by distinct names to distinguish them from their canon counterparts. i'd advise against using these names yourselves, however. neither Voidball nor Protag Rob will take it very well if you call them these names to their faces.

feel free to ask for everyone's pronouns! they'll be happy to tell you :)

if you want to talk to a character who is currently unavailable, try asking the current character about them!

7. do not attempt to provoke obscured memories. 8. nothing is different. nothing is wrong. nothing is different. nothing is wr̵o̴n̴g̵.̴ ̸ n̴o̸t̸h̵i̵n̴g̷ ̷i̴s̴ ̸d̶i̴f̴f̴e̶r̶e̶n̶t̷.̵ ̶n̶o̸t̴h̴i̴n̵g̶ ̶i̴s̴ ̸w̶r̵o̴n̴g̵.̴ ̸ n̴o̸t̸h̵i̵n̴g̷ ̷i̴s̴ ̸d̶i̴f̴f̴e̶r̶e̶n̶t̷.̵ ̶n̶o̸t̴h̴i̴n̵g̶ ̶i̴s̴ ̸w̶r̵o̴n̴g̵.̴ ̸n̷̡̚o̸̡̿ẗ̵͔h̸̦̚í̸̞ṋ̸̋g̴͕̀ ̵̙̾i̴͈̍s̷̘̈́ ̴̧͘d̸̼̕ḯ̴͚f̵̠̏f̵̥̔e̵̠̚r̴̙̄ē̶̙n̴͖̚ẗ̷̲́.̸͚̂ ̷̝̀n̵̖̕o̶͕̐ț̶͘h̸͖̆ǐ̵̲ň̴̺g̴̹̒ ̵̩̒i̵͈̍s̶͈̀ ̶̘͝ẅ̶͔́ṛ̷̃ŏ̴̰n̴̤̔g̵͎̕.̴̨̏ ̷͙̈́n̸̘͗ò̸̲t̶͚̕h̸̹̓i̵̓ͅn̴̘̕g̷̖̎ ̷̛̯i̶͘͜s̶̬͌ ̵̮̓d̸͙̏i̴͔͛f̷̢̋f̶̣̄ḙ̴͑r̷̤͠ȩ̷͌n̴͇̄t̵͈̍.̸̯́ ̵̹͐n̸͎͘ò̵̼ṭ̶̀h̴̝̀ḯ̸̭n̸͕͂g̶͙̍ ̵̞̏i̵̻͝s̵̟̋ ̸͔̀w̴͙̍r̵̼͂o̶̝͗n̸̩̓g̶̻͘.̸̗̋ n̸̯̊́̅̍̒̃͊̅̍o̶̞͈̳͇͕̣̿͝ṯ̸̨̈͒̏͝ḫ̸̛̠̺̪͎͍̳̇̚͘i̴̞̮͉̭̟̇̒͌̚͘n̷̢̯͈̣̬̺͉͙̟͗̑͗͐͐͘͘g̷̨̗͔͍̈́͊͒ ̸̡̬͚̙̮̥̇̓͐̇̎̔̽͘ͅī̴̝͚̯͕̫̙̙̲͝š̶̡͓ ̶̖̟̣͚̦̟͖̒̓̆̔͘͝͝͠d̶̢̫̺̫̮͓̙̮͍̀̀̉̔̋̚ī̶̹̘̤̝̠̘̺̂͒ͅf̴̞̖̅̽͋f̴̰̱͓̿̈́́́̌̚͝e̵̗̞̽̐̇̔͛̚͝r̵͇̘̅̽̂̏̌̈͌̕ę̴̺̦͈͓̗͔͍͇̊͊̏̑̄n̶͓̳͍̻͈̞͆̌̈́̉ͅt̴͎̲͌̉̓͋̄̌́͒͝.̴̫̬̒͂̎ ̴̪̟͎͓̎̃n̶̞̭̺̱̹̯̍́̔́͂͘͝ͅo̶͉͉̩̞̍̆̓̅̑̿͘͠t̸̛̪̥̲̀͊̑̾͘ḩ̷̨̟͍̟̜͙͒͜͝i̵̛̤͑̄̕n̶͍͔̪̱̤̒̍̾̿̄́͘͠g̵̛̖̱̰̻̬̥̱̬̒̇̐̿͛ͅ ̷̨̘̤̹͇̘̖̻̈́í̶̧̛̱͎̈́͐͐͂͊̂͝ṣ̸̌̾̌͒́̕ ̶̩̳͓̩̓́̉̀w̴̹̲̒̒͛̏͂̃̔̉r̵͙͙̀o̷̞̞͖̾̌̅̋̆̚͝͝n̶̨̩̯̖̖̐̉̾̚̚g̵͕͕̥͈͖̝̉̆̆.̶̯̗͔̐̐̐ ̷̫͓̲̲̥̯̺̪͛̀̄̌͐ṉ̴̹̲̅͗̈́́̌͌͑͆͝ǒ̴̡̝̬̤͐̓̈ṯ̵̘̫̥̤͙̜̆͂̌͂̇̓h̷̢̖̫̮̱͂̂̀ͅî̸̟͌͒́̏̓͘̚��̣͎n̶͓͕͍̻͓͇͚̊͌g̵̢̛̙̲͕̓̎͛̐͆ ̶̡̳̱̟̖̲̯̍̀͛͑̾i̷̢̢̫͆̀͗͛̒̔͛̉ș̵̪͈̟͎̮͕̭̠̄̍̓̒̓̾͝ ̷̪̎̀̂̀̈́̆̅d̷͓̘̩̈į̷̖̭̲̥̠͚̪́͂̏̈́̀̒̓̋f̵̫͋̂f̷͍̫̝̘͚̥͚͛̀̆̊̇̌̍͝e̵̺͈͊̄͌̉r̵̡̺̘͔͕͕̿́̑͊̀͂̔̀̕e̶̗͙̲̪̰̳̘̎͝n̸̛̝̭̑̓͋̑͝ţ̶͖̖͕̬͎̟̰͍͌͐̄̉̈́͆̆̌.̴̮́̃͝ ̷̝͍͔͗͐n̵̼͚̯͔̒̎́o̸̰̣͐̽̉ͅt̷̨̯̳̮͔̹̙̦̣͋͆͂̽̎̈̏h̸̗͕̹̳̿͂̒i̵̛̲͔̤̺͓̹̝̼̿̃̀͛͘ņ̸̧͕̍͝g̸̗̣̞̟̜̻͚̥̈́̍̓̇̃̐͝ ̷̹̘͊̂́͗̓̚i̸̧̳̹̬̺͗́͋̿̈́̚̕ş̸̫̜̜̗̥̘́̆̀̆̕͝ ̸̻̪̣̟̯͈͇̓͒̄̓͂̽ͅw̵̡͇̟͈̿r̵̯͚̘̞̓̿ő̷̡̤̩͇̰̱̖̤̩̐̌̒̑͐n̴̻̯̼͕͓͂͛̕ğ̴̛̲̻̓̀̉̂̄͝.̵̳̓̈́̓͋̍̀͗͠ n̴̮̰͒̀̏͑̈́͠ơ̵̧̢̡̬̘̱̫̜̹̈̌͂͆̅̓t̴̫̭̦̯̙͚̫͗́̊̄̾̀͆̃̂̕͘ḩ̶̥̔̂͗ḯ̴͎̈́̉̑̀͘̕͝n̷̟̘̭͚̤̠̥̬͔̘͕͊̑͗̈́̀͐g̸̡̨̛͕̝͊̇̈ ̵̨̨̛͍̠̻̣͍͋̑̃̽͑̅̕͜͠͝i̷̼̳̗͉͎̺͒̿̂͆̉͊̕̕͘͝s̵͖̮̱͉͉̳̫̰̀̓̉̊̍͛́̄͠ ̵̧̛̟̣͎̬͙̺͓̇̽͒͝͝d̶̪̠̺̽͊̈́͗͂͋̊͘͝i̸̡̢̳̟͓͖͔͙̪͔̮͗͗̈f̶̡̛̦̤͕̝̠̻̝̠̠̺̎̐͋̿͗̏͛͝f̴̧͙͕͔̬͈͙͔̞͇̀͂̇͊̆̒̇̏̚ȅ̷͍̪͍̼͙̺̱̠͕̕r̵̰̞̟̗͈̹͖͚̓͋͌̊̈́͘ͅe̸̡̥̼̳̜̬̍̓̐͠n̷̞̙̾̊͂͂̐͝t̶̫̥͇̭̯̯͖̪̬̓̿̎.̴̧̭͍͔̮͖͙̣̩̱͇̋ ̶̱̞̗͈͒̉͋̐͐͋͒͑͗̋̕n̶̼̰̟̈́̋̎̈́̒͛̉̆̏̔͂͜o̴͈͓̳̖̒̈́̉̉̐͌͜t̵͚͕̥͙̰̟͖͚͎̭͆̔̏͐́̓̂͛h̵̗̘͙̘͍̮̐̐̅ì̷͚͖͙̲͇͜ǹ̸͚̱̹̲̪̘̼̖̺̠͜g̴̨̭̗̰̰͔͉̱̣͙̈̃͛̇̌̒͂͂̂̽̚ ̸̟̞̻̫̦̀͊͒̀̔̿͝ì̸̧̛͔̏͑̎̀͋̋̑̔̾s̶̛̼̻͓̯͈͓͕͍̼͂̀̃̚̕ ̴͍̻̓ẅ̷̾͊̈́̎̓̏̋͠͝ͅŗ̶̟̲̯̭͇̈́͊̓͐͗͋̑̇̚ͅo̷̥͚̻̟͖̎͐́͌n̶͓͔̹͙̱̪̟̓̀̍͊̿̎̉͘g̷̨̼͎̟͚̻̣͔̪̖̈́̀.̵̲̦̰̼̣͇̮̝̌̂̎̌̋̆ ̴̨̧̨͚͍̳̗̯̫̈͗̾͗̌͂̄̎̚ͅn̷̢̪̝̤̾̀͌̔̄͘ơ̸̧̳͖̖̦̻̞͈͇̣̗̈t̴̢̪̪͚́̿́͂̈́̈́̎͒͂͘ḥ̴̡̠̩̥̲̓i̴̧̺͖̩̱͖̥̰̻͚̋̌̃́͛ņ̵͈̘̜̫̫̎̆͂ͅg̶̠̰̹̗̩̖͚̳̔́ ̴̡͙̺̰̇͛ͅi̶̛̭͖̮̞͔̥͓̔̀̈́̅͆̎̔s̶̳̩͓͉̃̇̉̀́͆ ̸̮͖̲̟͈̗̤̂͆̃́̏̈́͂͝d̸̛͍͓̬̠͉̤̻̂̋̈̚ͅi̸̺̯̟̭̓̍̂͂̓̈̂́͋̒f̵̱̜̤͕̪̜̰̐͜f̷̭͉̊̋͑̅̂͒̕͝͠é̸͓̭̪̮̞̺̝̪̈́̎̇̊̈́͆̉r̵̘͍̜̾̑̇̑̇̉̂ͅè̷͇͙̩̳͕̠̠͎̖́͋̅̈̓̾̂̋̓͝n̴̮̦̠̗̜̭͖̘̬̩͍͐̑̽̽͝t̶̙̽̒̓̈͝.̷̨̗̂̿̌̊̓̽̒̕ ̸͚̮̘͙̝̭̭̯̒̀͐͘n̶̢̲̱͛̅̏̾͗͂͌̈́͗ǫ̶̗͙̬̜̣̤̦͆̆̽̀̈́̈̆̃̅ͅţ̸̡͔̺̦̲͉̊͐̋̍́͗̒̊̕h̷̡̢̗̫̱̓i̵̺͊ṅ̸̨͓̫͚͑̌̔͋̓̊͛͝g̷̢̛̮̣̤̘̠͇͈̗̱͆̎̌̈̌̕͠ͅ ̶̱͉̗͈̫̪̬͒̈́̈́ḯ̵̺̦͇̘͉̐s̸̢̛̤̙̘͇̝̥̥̽̄̈́͐̂͒̀͘̕̕ ̶̧̡̙̼̬͉̦̬̐̎͝w̶͕̎̽̀͑̾̈́̕ͅͅř̸̛͕̘͖̟̭̈́́̓̈́̈́̒̎̂̚ͅȏ̶̭̯̬̮̬̻̘̱͈͚͉̈́̀n̶̨̩̼̹̼̣͛͐̈̇̿̊̇͝g̶̛͉͉̺͐͝.̵̢̛̼͓͇̦̓̉̈n̷͕̲̮̦̮̻̗̼̽ͅo̷̮͚͓̊̑̋̉͛̌͊͌̀̊t̶̢͚̱̻̬̺͒͒̊̓̅̓̾̅͒͝h̸̨͒̈́̾̑̚ĩ̶̡̠͓̮͖̙̣̀͝n̵̗̄̂́̃̈́̐̆̿͒͆̊͂͑ģ̵̩͉̱̾̇̀̎͑͒͛͗̌̈́͘͝͝ ̵̘͖͗̓̀́̎̆̎̾̕̕̚͝ḯ̷̡͎͖̗͊͛͆͌̚͜ṣ̸͚͚̌͝ ̸͍͒͊̎̕͝ď̵̤͍̹̖̒̉͗̓̽͆͒̂̽̕̚ḭ̶̢̟̳͚̥̰̳͙͑̑̂̅̾͗͐͝͝f̵̨͖̱͇̘̒͆̒́f̴̧̺̲͈̲͈̠͋͛̒̀̂̍͘e̵͔̼̰͈̱̯̳̳̱̳̱̋͑͋̈́̈̐̉̓͒̈́̕͝͠ŗ̴̦͙̫̼̝̮͙̫̣̓̾ȅ̷̪̬̠̫̞̖̿̊̑̇̉͐͛̿͗͊̚͠n̴͙̊̊̚t̷̥̮̳̓.̴͈̩̬̺̝̬̗̫̩̯͉̼̈͒̈͆͘͜͝ ̷̛̭̈́̓́̂ñ̷̫̠̊́͊̈́̃̏͋̃ͅo̸̡̨̧̜̹̦̫͉͉͍̹͗̌̈́̓̈́̋̅̃̕̚t̸̢̛͙̼̯͙̪̮̽̽̈́͛͐͘͠h̴̠̍̌͋͑͊̓͘̕͝ĭ̵͈̄͝͠͠ņ̸͎̱͙͍̠̫̌͊͑͗̽̈́̐̈̇̐̄̊͘g̴̦̒ͅ ̴̡̻̜͉̙͖̼̟̠̝̻͕̎̐̊̏͆͘͜į̶̘̭̦̩̱͔͎̠̱̮͋̑͂͘s̸̡̢͙̻͙̲͉̱̻̬̼̊̒́̑͑͗͆͜͝ ̶̡̢̝͉̲̟̑̚ẁ̷̡̢̛̛̳̥͍͇̰̥̩͕͊̉͆̇̿̆̕ṛ̷͇͚͕̟͝ô̴̯̟̳̯͆̓͐̌́̌̉͛͘͝n̵͇̱̫̊͊̌͘͘͜g̶̛̘̲͓̯̼̿͑͒̑.̶̧̥̖̕ ̷̢̛̠͙͎͍͚̙͙̥̯͔͇̐͐̇̊̂͋͌̌̏̒͝ͅn̶̨̖̪̼͓͓͈̮̝̺̎͑̔́̈̋͐̐̐͜͝o̶̡͖̙̱͚̠͈̗͓͈̿̒̽̔̅̉̕̕t̷̛̘͖̐͐̇̑̉͝h̸͇̲̩̜͚͍̞̆́̿̃̉͠i̸̘͎̗̯̣̘̔n̶̨͚̯͎͔̭̊͗̓̔̆͘g̷̨̛̱̪͇̙̰͈̮̥̯͖̀̃̆̌̊̽̓͊̈́̐́͊͜ ̴̦͉̝̯̭̑̈́͐i̵̞͈̘̹̩̅̀͋̑̅s̵͙͒̊̅̈́̎̔̂̽͋̕͘͝͝ ̶̛̠̹͍̉̔̀̏̋́̿̇̔͠d̷̡̧̧̧̞͔̮͍͉̗̻̲͔̾̑̔͛̌̄̑͆̅̏̕͘ĭ̶̢̛̪̪͕͉̙̖̖͕̹͔̬͋̄f̸̹̻̣͚̫͓̬͍̹̣̰̄f̶̛̬͖͚̜̺͋͊̇͑̄͝e̶̩͓̩̪̻̯̻̟̫͆̐̓͒̂̎͝ͅŗ̷̛̗̰̤̪̤̞̫̙͙̦̻͛̋͆̓͂͌̇͗̈́ȩ̵̧̛̯̳͈̬̳̰͉͔̩̌͂̀̓͊̊͂̽̂̒ṋ̷̢̟̳̣͔̝̯̣͚̖̈̎̆t̸̡̨̢̛̼͎͉̭̠̠͒̅̉̉͝.̸̛͉̰͋́͘ ̵͙̪͇͇̱̬̣͇̓n̴̡̢͕̟͍̰̯̥̘͐͠o̷̧̪͚͓̭̺̪̺͕͂͗͌̈̽̍̿ţ̶̡͕̪̳̈́͂̋ḩ̶̦̞͉̙̞͖̂̒̃͋̊̈́̚͠ǐ̶̡͓̱̣̗̱̼͆̾̇̄̂̏͋̔͘͜n̴͐̇͘̚͘ͅg̷̡̛̫̦̝̙͚͎͓̉͌̍͐̎̂̈́͐̑̈́͂ͅ ̴̧̧̬̯̖̟͚͔̜͓̙̟̈́̅̊͜i̶̮͖̮̦̫̺̓̊́̃̽͐͆̈̐̅ͅs̸̭̀̔͛̋ ̸̧̨̗̜͍͇̞̫̲͚͈̭͊͌̀̓̓̍̄͝ŵ̴̲̮͌̈́͐̑̓͘͝r̸̢̯̼̩̠̄́̇͗̀̒͜͜͝ͅo̴̟̗̬͑̒͑̈́̉͋̍͋́͠͠n̷̯̝̞͙̳̩͙̬͑͂̽g̵̩̙͉̯͚̳͐̂̎̍̈́.̵̨̧̨͉̟̱͚̝̣̻̙̾̂͊

Hey Gumball! What's your relationship with Rob? Like, are you two nemesis (nemesi? Nemesies?) Friends?

not fully satisfied with the word bubble placement on the second one but its late and i'm tired so i'm just gonna leave it lol

roleswap au doodle dump!!!

sorry if some of these are blurry, i tend to draw SUPER tiny so a lot of these pics are zoomed in lol. you're gonna see a lot of variation in voidball's design in these :3

this ^ sketch features a very longstanding design for voidball! i'll go over their full design in detail some other time :3

unrealized sketch from august of last year. i might come back to this drawing at some point, but for now it lives in my sketchbook :)

a pair of doodles featuring real quotes from the show

and then we have some sillies with quotes from the SnapCube Sonic Fandubs (Sonic 06 and Sonic Riders, respectively)

(you can see a tiny snippet of the drawing i made for @wreckrinho in this photo :3)

and some expressions/headshots! idk why i like drawing surprised/annoyed faces so much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

JULIUS! do ya know him? What happened to him? 🤨 are you.. friends? Or does he bully you?

don't worry, the only enemy voidball has is robin!

quick and VERY messy doodle of what i mean by this bc i have to go to bed

lol. lmao, even.

hey guys so i'm just gonna be straight up with you

my printer hardcore malfunctioned while i was trying to scan all of the comic pages and long story short i... don't have them anymore. the whole thing was really demotivating for me and i honestly dont want to touch this AU ever again.

but after the last time i abandoned an AU (sorry Lucid Terrors </3) and subsequently felt bad for leaving my audience in the dark, i decided i was never gonna let people down again.

so i've decided to just spill the beans and tell you guys everything. everything that happened in the comic and everything that would have happened if i was still going forward with this.

yeah, anti-climactic, i know, but its the best course of action.

the whole thing is long as shit so you can check it out under the cut. i'm sorry it had to be this way :(

APRIL FOOLS!!!!

THE COMIC IS DOIN' JUST FINE AND I AINT SPILLIN' THE BEANS FOR NOTHIN' BABYYYYYYYYY

i know everybody is itching to see more of Robin but there's some signal interference i'm putting a lot more work into his intro that i did for Voidball, so in the meantime here are three Robin drawings from 2022-onward!

heres the first draft of his design from before i went "wait he shouldnt have bangs. his hair would be in his eye all the time". unfortunately this would take me a year to realize.

next!

VERY OLD drawing from November of 2022! Voidball looks like SHIT here but i dont care anymore LMAO

The Ex is one of my favorite episodes of all time and with their character dynamic it becomes so much funnier.

i really ought to dig up the reference sheet i made for Voidball's design here... NO NO NO THIS POST IS ABOUT ROBIN ITS ROBIN'S MOMENT RIGHT NOW

ANYWAY here's a better look at the drawing of Robin from this blog's banner! i drew him very cute here :3

that's about it. i have more, but a lot of them have spoilers so i cant post them (yet). as compensation, here is a drawing of Robin i just made in three minutes with my mouse.

his hair is down because i got used to drawing it like that for the comic and i forgor he had a ponytail. rip 😔

old roleswap art ft. robins first design (back when he had bangs for some reason💀)

severely underestimated how long it would take me to make Robin's intro comic............

it doesn't help that i've decided to challenge myself on this one by making it a fully-fledged page as opposed to multiple disconnected screenshots loosely strung together

GUMBALL!!! How do you feel, little one? :D

Is it weird to have parts of you literally floating around? Or have you gotten used to it? °-°

would've had this one done yesterday if my hand hadn't started cramping up. curse you, carpal tunnel syndrome!!

writing by hand is fun and all, but i might switch over to typed text if this continues to be an issue.

anyway this joke has been in my brain for a long time (its almost as old as Voidball themself) and i'm very happy to finally share it with the good people of tumblr.

i wrote a short blurb about this on their very first reference sheet, which i made back in (checks file) WOWZA! september of 2022!

if you're interested in seeing this (now outdated) reference sheet, let me know! there's a lotta fun stuff on there :)

"proof of concept" design for Voidball + some pupil designs from '22 (back when he still had a tail)

quite a lot has changed! a few key design details have carried over from this one (chipped ear, singular eye, and the heart-shaped hole in the torso), but many aspects have since been scrapped or reworked

design notes under the cut! but be warned! its just a little under 1k words

before we begin, there's this phrase that i'm going to be using a lot and you ought to know what i mean by it!

the phrase is "design philosophy" and in simplified terms, its a set of rules or principals one follows when designing a character. there's a ton of different design philosophies and they vary wildly depending on the medium, the team behind it, the art style, tone and even country of origin!

the one i used for Voidball is a mix of my own observation/analysis of Rob's character design and some principals that the team of Across The Spiderverse used for The Spot. here are the rules i eventually settled on!

remove as much recognizability as possible from the character's appearance, save for their physical stature and select features (eye/mouth/hair/ears/etc.) the end result should be almost entirely unrecognizable

details such as textures, markings, or accessories must either be done away with or heavily simplified

use sharp angles wherever possible, rounded shapes must be sparse (can you tell which part i gave myself more leeway on lol)

do not clutter the design or over-complicate it; principal of Occam's razor

now, let’s get started!!

Head and Ears

i set out with the intention to give him a similarly complicated head shape to Rob, but i quickly dropped this idea because i hate drawing complex geometry! the slice taken out of the head, however, ended up sticking around! you can see some examples of what was dubbed the "sliced melon" head in the doodle dump post.

you can see that the ears have stayed about the same, although i now avoid drawing them with super defined geometry. out of all of the details carried over from this design, the chipped ear is my favorite :)

Eyes

those pesky eyes! i wanted to keep the singular eye, but at first i was unsure of what to replace it with. you can see here that i initially replaced it with an isolated box of static. this looks bad and is not visually appealing!

as i began to imagine static functioning as more of a viscous, liquid substance, i decided to cover the left side of his face with a constantly dripping river of it, obscuring the eye completely. this is both easier to draw and more visually interesting! plus it removes recognizably, which was very important to the design philosophy.

as for the right eye, the pupil shape depicted here has two sharp triangle indents in it.

while it was an interesting idea, it looked too similar to the eyes you see on rubber-hose animated characters, which wasn’t what i wanted. the other three ideas i sketched had similar ideas regarding negative space, but all of them would eventually be scrapped.

as it turns out, the original pupil shape works for a reason! i learned there that going against the original philosophy would not end up working in my favor. i went on to pull many future design elements directly from Rob's design, such as the doubled pupil!

Upper Body

his left hand was originally disconnected/fragmented from his arm/wrist. while cool in concept, this was eventually dropped because it was too difficult to draw consistently. oh well!

his torso/waist were originally more cylinder/sphere-shaped to contrast how Rob's design is made of squares/polygons. again, i have since decided to follow the original philosophy instead of going against it.

my favorite design detail for the torso is the heart-shaped hole in their chest! it is by far my favorite thing to draw :3c

Lower Body

you can see that their waist was more of an elliptical shape here; the legs were also cylinders devoid of much static and largely maintained their patterns.

also notable are the missing portions of the legs. the right leg prominently features a jagged empty space below the knee and a missing section near the hip. this aspect was dropped to simplify the design and remove recognizability

not so much as a note as it is a funny tidbit, but the feet aren't meant to look as if they've been attached at the heel. i just drew the legs before the feet and didn't bother erasing the overlapping lines.

this design wasn't meant to be super solid or well-thought out, i just needed to get the general idea down on paper, and that's what i did! :)

Tail!

ah, the static tail! the visual style of the tail was meant to hearken back to the scan lines you see on old VHS tapes.

as cool as this idea was, it conflicted with him needing to have gained a pig tail in The Future, which i consider to be crucial to the story progression. hah! i love getting to write stuff like that.

having a tail also made him more closely resemble Gumball, which conflicted with rule #1 of the design philosophy. on top of that, i had already used the static tail idea in The Sister, and i felt like recycling it for another character would cheapen the impact of that moment.

and so i revoked his tail privileges. a tragic, yet necessary sacrifice 😔

and with that the notes are done! i don’t know if anybody will actually read this, but i sure did enjoy writing it!

Gumball!!! How’s life man? Anyways what’s your opinion on Mr Small? :3

can you tell i drew each of these panels on a different day lol

GOD i am SO nervous to post this one 😭 the whole time i was drawing this reply i just kept feeling like this post

How's Rob doing? Also, how's Darwin? (If you even still talk with him)

hah! wouldn't that be weird!

sorry for the delay everybody! hopefully i can get all caught up on asks this month lol