#batim: illusion of living

[culssi]

The men, the myths, the legends. Said by my best friend

I’m actually super proud as this is the first time I’ve done this perspective, or even attempted perspective.

So more joey and Henry. Yeah I’m feeding a joey drew simp. (She knows who she is.) @llserenell

More underneath! + sketches and stuff

Me and my best friend wanted new matching profile pictures so I decided to draw one. I had a clear image of a summer beach themed one because why not.

I’m having so much motivation to draw at the moment! And my art style has gotten better.

Sketch + lineart.

All together it was quite easy although I struggled a bit more with Joey but yeah.

I’m not showing the reference because the reference was actually just me. I took two pictures of myself for the two and put them into one.

My friend split it for us. Theres them on their own. Don’t mind Henry with his whole chest out.

All together it took 3 hours and 4 minutes which is pretty good because usually it’s 5 😀

Hope you like it! Have a good day/night!

[glossytoothpick]

So I moved recently and thought that for the fun of it I’d take a picture of every Bendy thing I own

I have more Bendy stuff, they’re all just from independent sellers and not the official Bendy team. I’ve been a Bendy fan since 2017 and got my first piece of merch on Christmas (it was the Bendy umbrella shirt fun fact). Most of these I collected when I was younger but some of it is more recent. My biggest flex is having the original release of the Bendy plushies (this they have squeakers in them.)

[doxxed0367]

Being the main Grant Enjoyer in the bendy fandom is funny sometimes bc I notice details most don't see and I have NEVER seen ANYONE mention this but from what I've seen of the books, Joey calls everyone by their first names, or a nickname based off of their first name...EXCEPT FOR GRANT. Joey just calls him "Cohen" and all I can think of is how much Joey must hate his ass to have him only refer to Grant as his last name XD (examples below)

(I also think its inch resting that the only times Grant has been mentioned in the bookverse has been via Joey)

[hascious]

Chapter 7 of Cycle 360 has been dropped on a whim

i only read over it a few times so lmk if you see typos or something idk

this was probably one of my favorite chapters to write tbh... as much fun as rise was i love the dynamic between these 3 bozos so much. the main part of this chapter comes from part 4 of The Illusion of Living by Adrienne Kress, so be warned, there's spoilers for that. if you for some reason havent read the books, i'd highly suggest it, they're amazing. TIOL specifically was one of my favorite (if you couldnt tell)

and heres some bonus art i've made since the last post, unrelated from cycle 360:

also!! i havent directly said this here but if there's any questions at all about cycle 360, and i mean any, send them my way!! im more than happy to answer, especially given how long its taking me to write these chapters. worst case scenario, the answer is a spoiler and i'll just give a vague hint. or even if youve just got something to say, feel free :)

[somewhereinthemilkyway]

👿📖

[inky-lacuna-numinous]

Today is a GREAT day to be a batim fan!

Happy Halloween

[archer-kacey]

[mickeys-malarkey]

Y'know… sometimes, I think I should just share my Thoughts exclusively in drawings instead of tryna write 'em out & ending up posting analyses as long as the Empire State Building is tall… 🤔

A Love Letter to TMATM + the Rest of Bendy by Domino Effect Part 4/8:

“A Fitting Prison”

“Fatherhood”

1 • 2 • 3 • [You are here] • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8

[moon-art123]

“A letter from Henry. You might not think I’d keep such a thing, but I do. I have no ill will towards the man as you know.”

The Illusion of Living is a book packed full of lies but this right here has got to be the biggest one.

“I have no ill will towards the man”

Dog, you literally spent thousands of dollars on a machine to create a whole parallel world so that you could create your own version of Henry and put him through endless cycles of pain and misery. On top of that, you stole all of his hard work, claimed it as your own and profited from it, taking all of the recognition and money that was rightfully his.

“I have no ill will towards the man”

I literally had to put the book down after reading that lol

[spotlightstudios]

The back is done!

Joey messed up a lot of people's lives w/ his company, but Sammy is my favorite of them, so he gets Art Privileges♡

(For anyone who missed the first one, I decided to draw scenes from the End Credits of batim in the front/back of my copy of The Illusion of Living! Sammy is in the back cover.)

Doing this was so much fun! Serotonin to level ten!

[randombendyfan]

[culssi]

I’m bored and sick and this is the product.

Reference + sketch

Not much to say on this, I cannot explain myself on this.

Have a good day/night

[reanimationstation]

SINCLAIR MY BELINCLAIR.... i cant believe it took me so long to draw the guy ever!!

[bendy-n-stuff]

Some information I think people should be aware of, I’m pretty sure Nathan Arch is Joey’s Sugar Daddy.

DON’T LEAVE YET I HAVE PROOF!!!

In The Illusion of Living, we learn Joey and Nathan are friends via time served in the military. Nathan comes from old money. They go out for drinks what seems pretty regularly. Paying for a friend every once in a while is fine, but every time? Expense one

In the first game, we know Bendy Land was a thing and needed lots of steel. Like, 12,000 dollars of it. And who do we know is a steel tycoon? Nathan Arch. That’s expense two

In Boris and the Dark Survival, we get an audio log of Joey calling Nathan while said man is on vacation with his wife. For money. Y’know. Like a sugar baby would

SPOILERS FOR NEW BOOK! In Fade to Black, Nathan has paid for Joey to get a whole tv show. A whole tv show! In the 50s! There’s only like 4 channels on tv!!! Nathan ALSO hosts the opening party! Yeah, sure. Friends.

Finally, in Bendy and The Dark Revival, Nathan buys the entire studio. ���It’s for his son!” I hear you cry. Sure. Sure it was my friends.

All I’m saying, is that Nathan paid for Joey in sooooo many “convenient” ways. That’s a Sugar Daddy and I don’t think Nathan even knows it. Joey does, but Nathan sure doesn’t. Might also explain why Wilson hates them both

[ask-thelyricist]

Dear, Jack

Sorry I haven't been writing much. My unit has been moving around a lot. Who knew RCAF would move around so much? Well...actually...

I'm doing fine, and made some friends in the force. My nickname is "Mouse". Can't say I'm fond of that, but at least I'm part of the gang now.

Good news and bad news:

Good news is that I made it through my second battle.

Bad news is, my plane got hit.

I'm fine, and so is my co-pilot. However, I'm still stuck in the hospital. Due to policy reasons, I can't tell you where I am, but I can tell you that I'm making an alright recovery. Good thing I have a thick head, eh?

But no seriously, I hit my head on the windshield during the impact. It still hurts and I can still weirdly smell smoke.

Other good news is, since I survived the crash, the guys around here are actually starting to respect me.

Maybe I should get shot out of the sky more.

Felix (co-pilot) says "hi". His room is next to mine and he won't shut up about his new lady.

Anyways, How are you doing? How's the studio? Any new tunes to share? The guys here are a fan of your music (I shared those music sheets you sent me, hope you don't mind).

In all seriousness....

I'm... scared for surgery. Among other things.

Yours truly,

Hudson

(Sorry wanted to write a letter that was if Hudson went to war, because why not :3)

Hudson,

Thanks for writing, buddy! Things get busy real fast, especially for you, I’d imagine; but it’s nice that you’re making friends.

I hope your recovery is going well, we certainly can’t lose you yet. Preferably no time so But at least you got something out of it, heh.! Seriously though, stay safe. Do what the doctors tell you and whatnot.

Work’s been about the same on my end. I think you were right about all that bankruptcy stuff, Joey’s gotten more and more frantic over the weeks. Sammy won’t talk to me about what’s wrong.

But I found my bow on my desk when I came in yesterday. It’d been missing for a few days, I think he might’ve gotten it repaired for me. Maybe some sort of apology. Whatever it was, my fiddle’s never sounded better, so I’ll take it!

On the subject of music, I’m glad you guys liked the music I sent in! I attached a record of me and Sam’s newest piece, it features Ms. Pendle. Really hope it doesn’t get broken on the way… Hope you guys enjoy this one, even if it’s not our best.

Keep me updated as best you can! I’ll always be here to reply!

Lyricist and wit,

Jack Fain

[salpho]

Joey only hated Henry because he loved him. Even in spite of Joey's negativity, he fails to hate Henry and still manages to compliment and praise him and his aspects. The only reason Joey was so hurt by Henry leaving was because he loved him.

This text is subtle but I can easily see the praise within the negatives Joey lists

"Henry Stein was one of the biggest factors behind the studio's idea and the teams behind the product *remembers he's a hater* BUT he also didn't make a huge long impact. He helped create the entire studio and controlled what our product's identity was though."