#flatland OC

[invertedshroom]

figuring out flatland designs and also some oc ideas (idk what to name them yet)

[astro-cattus]

A Change of Perspective

I was not expecting so much attention on my latest Flatland artwork, as I´m writting my biggest post so far it´s about to hit 400 notes.

Thank you to everyone for sharing my artwork, following me and thanks to everybody leaving comments on them, I truly appreciate what you have to say about my work!

So, I wanted to write a little about my personal relationship with this novel. Although small, it did help me create a point of reference for my growth over these years.

I knew about this novel since 2016, after the 2016 Bill Q&A mentions Edwin A. Abott. Of course my curiosity got the best of me and I decided to figure out this world. I ended up falling on a 4th dimension theory and Mathematics rabbit hole.

Since a lot of conversations surrounding the book where around theories on the 4th dimension, rather than giving political comentary on the book. As it´s rediscovery was made in the year 1920´s, one could imagine why that was the case. For the most part, due to Einstein´s main interest being how Edwin A. was able to somehow predict the 4th dimension´s existence.

Thanks to this, I didn´t take Flatland´s themes into consideration, and just read a few chapters out of order.

July 2024, The Book of Bill releases. Once again, there´s a reference to the novel in one of the pages. And for old times sake I decided to revisit Flatland. Curiously it´s when I got recommended the 2007 Flatland movie to no end, I eventually, after a long weekend of College work, decided to watch it as I animated.

After that, I decided this time I would finally give myself the time to finish the novel. With an older and more open mind I was able to finish the book and understand it´s themes; critiquing bigotry and seeing the world through a whole new perspective. Makes me wish little me finished the book instead of taking its message for granted, could’ve helped get over some mayor denial I had back then.

I believe things happen a certain way for a reason, maybe it was for the better that I didn’t finish that book back then, at least it gave me the opportunity to better appreciate it :^]c

I hope this community keeps on growing. And I hope to see more people create more content for this interesting world!

[katiekatdragon27]

Guys what is this book and what is the Bill on it? All I know is gay shapes-

A. Sphere: I'm not calling you "Good Boy" A. Square, that court case was SHIT.

Me earlier: Wow! The Book of Bill just came out, that's cool ig.

Everyone recently: *being super active in the tag, watching the movies, relogging and liking my art*

Me: *me carrying some small doodles over* WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE???

Thanks for bringing me back to brainrot by spam-liking all my old posts guys I forgive none of you (/J I LOVE YOU ALL)

More stuff below cut (BE WARNED NEW FLAT-PEOPLE SOME OF IT IS LOWKEY SPOILERY):

A. Square and A. Faux Line: Damn, that circle kinda a hottie- ...

I had this silly idea after my 29374th time watching Flatland that a majority of the first part of the movie is just A. Sphere watching all the shit go down like the worst telenovela you've ever seen. Also, that A. Line was originally going to be the apostle, but... uh... she can't really do that anymore, so he banks all his money on A. Square.

Also, I thought it would be super funny of A. Square and A. Faux Line both crushed on A. Sphere when he first showed up lol. Crazy smooth priest spawns and everyone swoons.

Older Hex doodles too. I love Hex, they're such a real one the whole time. With all the faults of Sphereland, I do like Hex maining in that one. But I also like picking and choosing which things I take as canon in my own work, so you get young adult Hex with their totally not-romantically-involved-with-at-all partner Punto (P. Octagon).

It's been a bit since Flatland happened in this hypothetical, so A. Square's still around. He's trying to be supportive of his masc-nonbinary kid who likes kissing boys, but still has to be annoying with dad jokes and the occasional backhanded compliment. He means well tho.

A. Tesseract: Hello A. Square!

A. TESSERACT OH HOW I'VE MISSED YOU POOKIE <3333. She's probably one of my most favorite ocs I've made (and the one that gets the most art <3) She's also the one I feel the least awkward about shoving into the source material lol. I yearn to work on A Heightlander's Escape again, but we'll see.

I just wanted to draw something cute between her and A. Square. She may or may not be the voice at the end of the movie hmmmmmmmm.

At least A. Square would end up in good hands.

"There is always something beyond. There is always INFINITY."

Just a little doodle of smth I may or may not render cuz I really like how it looks. There is always something greater after all.

Thank you all for the recent support on those old-ish drawing, y'all made my week tbh. I have a new AU cooking for this so look forward to that lol. Have a good one :)))

[cosmocosmiccosmivech]

Irregular figure (Rayelle) attempting to infer the figure of her square brother (Silas) by sight

OC test animation of I made a bit ago that I was rlly proud of so herek

[starmilkman]

me and some friends in fatland + the yaoi

[shapesenthusiastz]

Roblox Free Draw goes crazy. Why is the brush so good😭😭 (there's more but its not GF/FL related so nahhhh)

[polkadotti]

flatland ocs!!! cylla belongs to my wonderful amazing girlfriend @rustedtusks but I made the art for both!!! :D

[entraptz]

yayy Arachna

mhhmm trying to cram a mute character into flatland (which is why her husband accidentally bumps into her once)(he brags about this scar)

In short this couple work as hired killers under the cover of an ordinary jewelry store with curiositiess (although they make a decent sum of money from both employments)

[pippengin]

[ranmagender]

A Visit to Numberland

I had another dream of a place so strange that i question my own state of mind even putting the experience of it onto paper.

As I relaxed and slowly succumbed to my slumber and fell into a state of dreaming i noticed something peculiar about my surroundings, the comforting edges of my house were gone, instead of the familiarity of my neighbors i noticed strange shapes. the first one i noticed was irregular, or at least it was my impression.

I saw an edge then what appeared to be a large dip that left but a small dip of grey and then another edge. Part of me thought my eyes were failing me and i was seeing multiple people perhaps, two women and a female child but the more they moved it became apparent that this was a singular being.

"Who are you?" I asked.

The being came closer and the edges of it were of grave concern, not only was this being tall but it appeared as if parts of it were round and others straight. this vulgar amalgamation of parts to me suggested some kind of weird abstractions monster, an irregular rectangle with square sections, likely the result of some form of awful breeding mishap.

"What do you want?"

"I don't want anything. im minding my own business. What pray tell are you doing in my garden?"

"Your garden?"

"Yes, i just planted some pluses, please do not step on them"

"Answer me please, who are you?" I asked.

"I'm Duo" this being said. "I'm a two as you should've been able to derive from my smell"

"Your smell? two?" I felt like i was out of my depths, i wanted to just shoo this likely criminal away but his talk of pluses and smells intrigued me enough to refrain from trying to find the nearest policeman to report this being.

Every fiber of my being wanted this being immediately destroyed but my curiosity was even greater than my revulsion.

"Yes, I'm a number 2" the being said. "the smell of two is a pleasant lavender aroma, don't you smell it?"

I didn't say anything because this didn't really tell me anything. While I could smell the lavender scent, it told me nothing about it.

"What shape are you?"

"I'm no shape, I'm a number. The number 2. A small number but at least I'm a whole number. What number are you? you smell like nothing. Are you perhaps a fractal? Not judging, but you smell strange"

"No, I'm a square"

"A square? that's nonesense. I'm far more willing to believe you are a fractal, standing and trampling over my pluses than I am willing to believe that a table has suddenly gained the ability to talk"

"No, I'm from Flatland, is this not Flatland?"

"You say silly things talking table, but no this is Numberland"

with that i was bolted awake in terror. That creature was hideous and said such strange things. I was back in my room.

[ID: image of a large bold number 2 drawn as a shape to the left. to the right is a simplistic drawing of a square on their sides like a diamond with the left corner acting as an eye. From the eye a line is drawn from the eye to the top of the number 2 and another from the eye drawn to the bottom of the number 2 in the middle of this is a dotted line that goes straight forward to the middle of the 2 END ID]

[invertedshroom]

WOOO I LOVE BEING CRINGE THIS IS SO FUN

five is a 4d pyramid btw (also called a 5-cell or pentachoron), i've been really intrigued by the 4th dimension lately and although it is incredibly hard to comprehend its soo coooll so i wanted to make a 4d flatland oc :D 4d miner is a really cool game about the 4th dimension btw highly recommend im obsessed with it right now

also some paper doodles under the cut (sory for bad quality)

[astro-cattus]

I like to believe, as A.Square got older, he begun forgetting not only what he saw on the third dimension, but also how the Sphere looks like

Based off a conversation with my gal friends

Whatever, go my brainworm

[katiekatdragon27]

Transcript:

A.Tesseract: *Thunk*

A.Sphere: What the- Who are you???

Sometimes I like to think of an alternate reality to "A Heightlander's Escape" where, like in Sphereland, A. Sphere survived the war but was super shunned by everyone as a result and more so after learning about the reality of the 4th dimension.

In this reality, A. Tesseract meeting A. Sphere was a complete accident. She just intended to pass though, but miscalculated the area she was phasing through, and as a result getting caught by A. Sphere.

Since she never shows him the "real" 4th dimension, she looks like a floating growing and shrinking cube more than a 4D being. A.Sphere got flash-banged by the explosion and damaged on his right side, so he has glasses and a brace. (The glasses are only for reading tho)

Below are some "spoilers" kinda sorta for Sphereland. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it, especially if you liked Flatland but thought the obsessive amount of misogyny was kinda wack (it's still sexist but it's like better-ish... Plz don't clip that-):

In the book, the Sphere visits Hexagon like 70 years after basically kidnapping and traumatizing his grandpa. So I guess taking people from their original plane of existence and spreading the gospel is only done every 1000 years because of ... principle?? Idk, it didn't make sense, but it makes me think.

Also the idea that the Sphere is so lonely and isolated that he decides to track down the grandkid of the dude he kidnapped jst so he had someone to vent to basically is both really funny and super-duper sweet. I love that for all of them honestly.

So that but A. Sphere and Hex's fam lol.

Mind you, Hex is a grandpa here and A. Sphere is like middle-aged (40s). Doen't halt hospitality tho, what a chad.

Also, these things are the greatest things ever. Everyone needs to like these things.

Have a good day chat and read Sphereland on the Internet Archive or smth.

[cosmocosmiccosmivech]

Geometric Yuri haha

Idk what to name the cube but the geometric ray is Rayelle. I came up w them as Flatland ocs during geometry class awhile ago.

Haheahehghgjgh stupid shapes I hope thjey both die! (and they will.)

[dayo-doodles]

Hello smol friend!

Just checking in on you with surprise hugs! How have you been?

-Spooki 🖤& Bill 👁️

Dayo: "Fine. But much better now your here!! Thanks for the hug!!"

[alslikes]

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