#Octonauts Barnacles

[urautismdiagnosis]

Captain Barnacles my beloved (click for higher quality)

<reblogs appreciated :>

My glorious man, my most wonderful guy ever

random thoughts about him under the cut

Sob I'm so many years behind in octonauts episodes I'm barely scratching the iceberg lmso but my general vibe of octonauts above and beyond so far is that "Holy Sht Global Warming" and also My tiny Friends Have Grown!! Like dude I'm so proud of them all lol

Honestly to me the captain is just in his 30s, somewhere in there, idk what his role is in the found family (father figure?? big brother???) but honestly I adore his relationships with each of the octonauts (esp with dashi ahahhagugugh!!!! and peso too augdhbf Theyre so precious he's so proud of them) I love how he and tweak just get eachother and kwazii is just like His Favorite Little Guy??? and shellington, my god-

Like this guy just adopts everything in sight istg- <3

Im starting to realize that either my autism is blinding me or maybe he's autistic too and like??? Theater kid ahhh playing the accordion and bursting into song?? Mr "I am so full of obsession and love for all of this and all of you", Mr " I got my gup struck by lightning, my arm crushed by a clam, stung by a jellyfish, nearly attacked by barracadas, thrown around violently on the back of a wall, crashed into a sunken ship, and then nearly drowned and Hahaha Yes Im Fine did you all need anything?" LIKE SIR???

Also you just know he went out and got his whole nautical fit, with the hat and everything, and just went "oh crap I cant be the only one uhhhh" and then gave EVERYONE THE CUTEST FREAKING MATCHING HATS!!!

this guy had dreams and they're coming true and all his dreams are BEAUTIFUL-

also my partner was helping me figure out his design and went "omg am I just helping u make him a dilf" and I went "nah we making him a papi" and like damn cuz- sobbing can you tell the conversation happened at A Late Hour At Night.

i gave him a single lower lash this sticks out stylishly and totally didn't give him natural polar bear eyeshadow, I also like to think that he's somewhere on the aro ace spectrum but that might just be me projecting lol

ignore the pic of a compass I stole btw that doesn't matter

i think the design might still have some room for improvement so if I've made it this far lmk if u think it could use any fun touches

(also this guys body type KILLED ME it took me sooo many tries)

ᵃˡˢᵒ ᶦᵏ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᵇᵃʳⁿᵃᶜˡᵉˢ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ ᶦˢ ᵏᶦⁿᵈᵃ ʳᶦᵈᶦᶜᵘˡᵒᵘˢ ᵗᵒ ᵃˡᵒᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵖᵉᵒᵖˡᵉ, ᵇᵘᵗ ᶦᶠ ᵘ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᶦᵗ, ᵇʸ ᵖᶦʳᵃᵗᵉ ˢᵗᵃⁿᵈᵃʳᵈˢ ᶦᵗ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵇᵉ ᵃ ᵛᵉʳʸ ˢᶦᶜᵏ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶦⁿᵗᶦᵐᶦᵈᵃᵗᶦⁿᵍ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖᵒʷᵉʳᶠᵘˡ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ. ᶜᵘᶻ ʸᵏ, ᵏᵉᵉˡʰᵃᵘˡᶦⁿᵍ…

i bet he misses bianca alot poor guy,

also here's my most cursed head canon: he's a polar bear and is often in very warm environments, so y'all think he just like.... cuts and thins his fur?

Im so sorry y'all but I can just imagine him at 2 am just crying next to a pile of his own fur because oh God this is so hard, I imagine the whole process of doing that to ur whole body routinely with tools that break is probably similar to the process of undoing protecting braids for folks who have afro textured hair, but I wouldn know personally I've just heard how much the process can be time consuming and be kinda tiring 0-0

Also I cant believe I haven't mentioned this yet but I think he's like 8 feet tall, which compared to most of his crew being at smallest 4.7 to 5.8 he's just huge compared to them XD. I tried to make like conversions based on irl animals and etc, but the captain is like literally The Tallest A Person Can Be. Like y'all know polar bears are The Largest and Tallest pawed mammals to exist??? like 13 feet tall irl

im just so proud of him he is so compassionate and supportive and cares so much about everyone and everything-

fanny pouch ahh belt

[mildy-vibing]

Combining me two favorite childhood shows :]

Never ask me to draw vaguely in the Octonauts style again. This was too hard.

[calamaroo]

Good boy meme with my human au designs for Barnacles and Kwazii💙🧡

This is an older drawing, and I've since updated their designs, but not by much, and I'm still proud of this one

[wyattlife]

I... am Barnacles

What have I done

[hers-underwraps]

Everyone’s out here calling kwazii a theatre kid

BUT LOOK AT HIM

Like his dorky ass is breaking out into song and performing like a lil goofball every chance he gets

[astro-nautic]

Are these anything??

[teedge]

"It's too cold for pirates"

Silly Kwazii, it's not that cold.

I was mimicking an art style of a really good book I read as a kid. If you recognize the book then you'll understand the style.

[ajaxbleachishere]

Look at the sillies sillying about

Look at them

[hoodypisded]

octonauts - a morning post sleepover !

[snakesarelovely]

guys look at the way kwazii looks at barnacles and how they're standing in the same pose 😭😭😭😭

[cynthiadasorceress]

Octonauts Headcanons because they consume my brain (sleep edition)

Shellington cannot sleep if he isn't holding something, usually a plush toy or his own paw.

Dashi takes a while to get comfortable, tossing and turning for up to an hour.

Captain Barnacles has a special cooling blanket because polar bear.

The vegimals will routinely sleep in one big pile of the greenhouse floor for no apparent reason.

When stressed, Peso will make a nest out of blankets and pillows to sleep in.

Kwazii will knead his pillow before he goes to bed.

Tweak is a very active sleeper. She's a sleep-talker and -walker.

Inkling will occasionally fall asleep in the library. His little ear things will also twitch if you touch them.

[kupofdoodles]

my fav polar bear and cat duo

[mildy-vibing]

FINISHED THE REST OF THE TEAM

Alright! So, before anyone asks, no, I will not redesign the vegimals. I can't add upon perfection.

However the rest are free game.

Tweak gets a more mechanic and engineering appropriate attire. So of course she has oil stains on her overalls and more faded clothes. I also made her bulkier and a bit more on the muscular side as a side effect of working with metal and building ships.

Shellington is the absolute dad. He is tired and exhausted wearing the simple wool sweater and pants with muted colors. His satchel is used to carry books and such, but the badges on it are made by each of the vegimals. He also carries around some pictures they made for him.

I seen Dashi's hair clips and ran with it by keeping a softer pastel look with lots of stars. From the patterns on her skirt to her hair clips. I gave her longer fluffier hair and shoes vaguely bases odd some Doc Martens I used to have.

I didn't want to add too much to Inkling since I already loved the way he looked. So I kept him the way he is and just adapted him into my style.

Now, onto some side characters and head canon art >:]

[calamaroo]

1 am biblically accurate Barnacles and Kwazii :

Kwazii is a handful always

[choco-leche]

Some sketches based on the first comic idea I had