#weird little guys

[tkingfisher]

Just a little doodle of something small and odd and fierce.

[byelacey]

poke of mons

[nickyroethemarinebiologist]

Sometimes I think I’m funny

[sarahmackattack]

Last night while making a lecture for my class, I learned about these fluffy little nightmares.

Meet the blind mole rat. It spends its life underground, where it eats roots and burrows by chomping the ground with its huge teeth.

Their eyes are super small and covered in a layer of skin (yeesh). Their eyes can't form pictures in the same way ours can, BUT! They are able to detect the magnetic field of the earth- this is called magnetosensation! This is not an x-men skill, just a thing a little burrowing weirdo evolved. Sick.

Pic from Максим Яковлєв on our ol pal wikipedia.

[possumcollege]

Enjoy a few of my favorite Crittertongue background creatures.

These are typically one of the last things I draw on a strip. Most are just doodled in off the top of my head. Some are just shapes with faces (aren't we all) but some really capture my heart. I've probably erased thousands of them over the years for being too dumb or overly complicated. There are a few I might like to bring back or flesh out as characters but the real fun of them for me is filling this place with weird little guys.

[70sscifiart]

Ralph McQuarrie + weird little guys

[mxstixdraws]

I'm watching the first couple episodes of Columbo and boy did they film the first episode and then go "Okay, good character, but what if we make him MORE of a weird little guy? Just really crank it up?" And boy, yep, episode 2 they ruffled his hair up and increased the slouching and lurking by like 100%.

[lucybellwood]

Found a lot of good stuff while clearing out a storage unit full of untouched family ephemera from 50 years ago, but this little guy might be the best

[aleatoryw]

I've been listening to this podcast about alt-right weirdos and it's kind of like... radicalizing me against social anxiety in an unexpected way. like what do you MEAN these emotionally stunted, openly bigoted, fascist incel LOSERS are just wandering into chatrooms and forming close bonds and finding like-minded freaks to be their friends. and meanwhile I am worried that asking an acquaintance to grab coffee sometime!! is too weird!!! NO actually I'm so normal and liked and good at socializing! "aaa it will be awkward" are you being nice?? are you not a fucking nazi-cult freak??? it's probably fine!

[xolasdoesntknow]

Weird they/them kids ❤️💙💛

[titleknown]

Finally, an article that discusses the real issues of the day...

[elleskinner-justart]

And now for something completely different... I'll be in a gallery show here in Portland called Sounds of Summer! A collection of art made with 7" vinyl records that opens 8/2/24 at Variable Creatives I have not played with acrylic in a hot minute and I had a blast painting these little guys dancing to the tune of their own drummers

[goatmattersinc]

I was asked recently to name 10 of my favorite fictional women. I rose to this momentous challenge, with flying colors if I do say so myself.

Now I have compiled anogher list. A more important list. A list truly reflective of my soul. I ask you now..

(Disclaimer: This is obviously not a comprehensive list.)

So now I request of you, tell me some of YOU'RE favorite Weird Little Guys ™️. Please note that Weird Little Guy ™️ is not gender exclusive, nor is it necessarily even size locked. It's mostly vibes.

Tagging @i-chew-on-pushpins @spaceswordblaster @angryfuturerobot @ghosthierophant and anyone else who wants to spread the love and joy of their Weird Little Guy ™️s.

[plasmahallucigenia]

[wordfather]

hey its okay so many slimy animals that daily top 10 channel had to list 20

[possumcollege]

Bless Tumblr for being the least soul-rending of my social spaces online. I'm hoping a lot of it is just that I don't engage with the horror in here and try not to reward the devs more misguided ideas but I appreciate the environment that others also build here.

Less

- existential horror

- ragebait

-trollfarming

- grief-fuel

- doomposting

- trad-propaganda, glorification of toxic masculinity

- hazardous levels of sarcasm* and outrage-porn

More

- soft happy beasties

- sincere affection/appreciation for the inhuman

- emotional vulnerability and openess

- unhinged queer joy

- better* kink-literacy

- opossums

- accepting of nsfw material , when management aren't being cowards

- beautiful poetry for my heart to snack on

- all the little guys that you think about constantly want to show us

- benign* goblin activity

- vague documentation of things that are but shouldn't be crimes

- cringe-venting, oversharing, guilty pleasure show 'n' tell

- shit that makes me cry in a positive direction

* we be sarcastic and snarky as fuck here but every first n third post isn't 'imagine being this deluded/shitty/stupid,' about something.

* kink can be extremely hard to suss out for a lot of people. There's a lot of bad takes and bad actors, and problematic camps even within pro-kink circles. On average, this place handles it better.

* Tempted to say some of y'all need to have a pan of water thrown at you from time to time but there 'fore the grace of dog go I and I can always just hide a post or flag out a topic for myself.

Anyway, I appreciate the hell out of my mutuals and the delightful weirdos that I follow. Keep up the nice work.

I'm sure as hell not making this shit for normal people.