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repost cause i made him bald on accident

Sometimes I forget that Flatland is something I can interpret as my own thing so I'ma do that now.

Ik these look very inspired by Flatland 2007, cuz they lowkey are, but I just really like how A. Sphere looks I'm sorry (ik the creator is bad but I can't help the brainworms). I wanted to add quirks tho so it's better imo. My versions of the characters if you will. More fun to draw for me and less ugly (on A. Square's end).

They have actual names and design purposes for each thing. Abel's glove to prevent contamination into himself from Flatland, Anthony's glasses and front hairs being makeshift arms, all that has a reason lol.

More explanations of stuff below cut:

The Flatland parts of Flatland the book stay the same mostly. I'm not changing much there. I do want to flesh out Spaceland tho, so I'ma do that cuz I'm super self-indulgent.

In my version of Flatland, I think it would've been fuunier if out of frustration, Abel Spherious ("A Sphere"), grabbed Anthony Squaur ("A Square") out of Flatland and yoinked him out without thinking about the consequences. He realizes shortly after that he probably shouldn't have done that, and it will probably have horrendous consequences later down the line.

Abel almost kills Anthony on accident, so uh, yikes. But then after bringing him out of Flatland, he decides to work with it, taking him back to his office to do his report on Flatland. He sorta keeps him hidden, but on the last day Anthony gets leaked to the public and the war starts over it rip. However, the span that this is like 3 days, so they get time to chat and develop communication skills n stuff.

Also, since the gravity is so harsh on Anthony's body, he struggles with talking, only emerging little squeaks. Eventually he's able to use a device to get his thoughts across (probably like a telegraph or smth), so the first day or so of being out of Flatland was a terrible time for communication. Especially when you're so entranced with the idea of seeing your "god's" insides.

Also, Abel just kinda finds Anthony gross in general (cuz he looks like a bacteria) and rejects all advances until Anthony learn to properly yap though morse code. When Anthony writes the Flatland novel, Abel translates it for the world of Spaceland to read and not want to obliterate Flatland. However, that is after his misadventures in the fourth dimension (boo a Heightlander's Escape reference tomato tomato).

These are some studies of the two. I really like the hairs on Anthony, it makes him so much more expressive. Also, Abel is a slaying king, I love him sm.

Also, Abel is like the last person who should be in charge of a company. That shit goin down the drain in a week I swear (he came to work high every day his first month of being CEO). I'll probably change the name a lil I just have to cook.

Also, silly joke of how Anthony and Abel met lol.

Have a good one broskies :)))

are those flatland(2007) doodles. yes. yes this is. i watched it with my friend today and also i cant draw normally anyway

edit: thank you so much @/accessible-flatland-art for the image id!! in the alt text

I really suggest watching flatland!!! Its highly interesting, please give it a try!

Me when the land is flat idk I’ve never watched the book

A hidden irregular, if you will.

Me when I discover the 3rd dimension

Anyways The Flatland movie was awesome! :oD

Now THAT'S Thinkin' In 3D!

HHEHEHEE HAH FLATLAND FANART BE UPON YE

I think a lot of people haven't actually read Flatland so you may not realize A. What Bill's eye mutation means and B. What precisely Bill did to destroy his homeworld.

Bill's home isn't completely the same as Edwin Abbott's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (notably, women and men can be both polygons #feminism) but we can assume most of the mechanics are the same. The basic premise is that the world is 2D. Everyone perceives the world in a 1D way, along the plane. There's a part of Journal 3 that describes this pretty well.

Bill can see up to the stars because his eye is on the flat surface instead of on the side like everyone else, like this:

(He's also slightly 3D, as we can see in the show.)

But there's one more important Flatland detail. The denizens of Flatland (and therefore likely Euclydia) do still have organs "inside" their bodies. Since there is no depth, they're just on the inner radius of their bodies. The 2007 Ehlinger movie adaptation shows that:

If Bill wanted to "give his world a new perspective" and "show everyone what they were missing," he wanted to get everyone to look upward.

Meaning he probably tilted the entire world.

Meaning everyone not only slid off of the plane, but all of their organs spilled out and everyone died.

...Hence "so much blood."

(The only issue with this is that it doesn't account for the number of times Euclydia is referred to have been burned ("saw his own dimension burn / misses home and can't return", he only has ashes leftover), but I'm sure the act of turning an entire dimension upwards expends a lot of energy.)

renata my gal

Flatland(1884) Fanart in the year of our Lord 2024.

Date

Niche Fandom moment

Random Doodles

doodles for the flatland characters of @zarxen and @glitchachu-trap respectively

trying other brushes

One of two pieces I did for Art Fight this year xDc Better than nothing, and I had fun! Focused on going with the flow and exploring.

This is my dear friend @mintytrashcannot's character Albert (and his alien dog Spluty)! I felt he seemed like a rather traditionalist guy who would stand by his country's greyscale palette even after color was legalized, so this is kinda meant to highlight that contrast between his natural color and his conservative values

(Hope that makes some kinda sense...the lore is a bit complex)

oh right, I can post things on tumbly :D So, uh, I had my first year of art fight :]! And it was absolute banger to meet so much cool peeps, I think I attacked a reasonable amount but wish I did more xP. In any case, revenge for coolest bat fren out there @chiiroptereh with Teddy, Bob and fluffy thang named Pillow :]. Dunno why kitty is not so happy, he's just politely knocking on the window in the middle of the night, you should totally open it, that's just basic manners!

HEHESHRHRHE TYSM U'RE TOOO

my friends r so talented. rb if ur friends are talented

doodles. They are all happy for once

EQUIDISTANCE RAHHH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈‼️

I love them so much and it makes me so sad that they don't get a happy ending, so have a art trade I did where they do!

Some fanart for @presidentcircles-assistant , go check them out now, this is a threat.

KABOOM 💥💥 DOODLE SHEET

Arggahshbfb I'm falling back into loving him. I love angst.

I made this and then instantly forgot I made it.

Here you go, an entire month after I drew it.

A Flatland mouse being chased by a cat, which is being chased by the ancestor of a dog, which is being followed by human hunters.

[ID: A simple digital drawing for the setting of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, showing a group of three people following a dog, which chases a cat, which chases a mouse. All of them are two-dimensional beings that we look down on from above, so that we can see their insides, which are blobs in different shades of pink, purple, and red. The three humans are different geometric shapes with purple blood and grey exoskeletons. One is an almost right triangle, one is a diamond, and one is a shape almost like a quill or old-fashioned ink pen. Rather than limbs, they each have multiple pairs of thin black cillia for swimming. The dog they are chasing is light grey, with five tentacle-like fins in place of legs and tail. Its mouth is in the center of its head, with an eye and a spike on either side reminescent of ears.

The cat is orange and white, and of similar layout to the dog, but smaller, skinnier, and with a more pointed mouth and four spikes on its head rather than two. From the front of its head extend thin cillia like whiskers. The mouse is the smallest, and is grey, with a rounded body and thin cillia like the humans rather than fins. End ID.]

assorted doodles

Walking through the streets reminds them of the time they used to walk together as children.

( mini version of this drawing)

Villains

I wanted to give them villain vibes.

kinda like-

I’d do anything for you, Mrs. Highness

[ID: a digital painting of two original stylised Flatland characters, named Atlas and Chief Jr.

Atlas is a stone grey isosceles triangle with a navy tail with a V-shaped end, navy limbs, one eye with a star-shaped pupil, a bushy black eyebrow, chipped top and bottom right corners, and scars on his left side and eye.

Chief Jr. is a light grey and dark purple circle with a crescent moon pattern on his body, dark purple limbs and a tail that ends in a C-shaped tip, a glossy eyelid and long beaded eyelashes. He is wearing a black crown.

Chief is walking in front of Atlas on a dirt path and looking over to the left, as if looking back at Atlas. He is posed mid-stride and both of his hands are held away from his body. His left hand is loosely pointing the index finger at nothing in particular, and his right hand is held out to catch a falling raindrop. Atlas is running towards Chief and holding out a black umbrella to cover him with. He is looking straight at Chief and has a slightly panicked expression.

The background is a dirt path cutting through a lush meadow. The sky is blue, but fades to white closer to the horizon. Some green hills are in the distance. There are some light raindrops falling from a cloud just out of view at the top right of the scene.

End ID].

detail close-ups / small symbolism explanation / silly thing under the cut

[ID: four close-up shots of the above image. The first shows Atlas’s arm. The second shows Chief’s leg and arm. The third shows the umbrella. The fourth shows the grass and shadows. End ID].

Obviously the biggest and most prominent aspect of this is Atlas doing his best to shield Chief from the rain with the single umbrella as quickly as he can, at the expense of being soaked himself. He sees Chief’s comfort as being far more important than his own, so he’ll be the one to provide that comfort to him. He could choose to cover both of them with the umbrella, but he prioritises getting Chief completely covered first (or even just partially covering both of them).

Another thing being their placements; Atlas is farther away, and thus seems smaller than Chief. Something something smaller = less important, despite the fact that Atlas is physically much larger than Chief when stood side-by-side.

The grass near Atlas is yellower than that near Chief. Chief is surrounded by dark green grass. In essence, the grass is in poorer condition near Atlas, while it is healthier near Chief to symbolise the different paths in life they’ve lead thus far.

also some potential endings especially for my two pathetic little guys <3 romantic walk through the meadow ruined by natural causes

[ID: two digital monochrome doodles of Atlas and Chief Jr. on grey backgrounds.

In the first image, Atlas is holding onto the umbrella, that has turned inside-out due to strong wind, while being dragged along and scrapping his heels on the ground. His eye is closed and he has a strained expression. Chief is stood in the back with an unimpressed look.

In the second image, they are stood together with Atlas holding the umbrella over Chief. They are both looking at one another and blushing, with Chief’s tail wrapped around Atlas’s. The rain is hitting off the umbrella and Atlas. Under this illustration is a smaller one, showing Atlas and Chief in the same poses but with their tails separated and their umbrella obliterated after being struck by lighting.

End ID].

VERY COOL CHARACTERR, I LIKE HER ROLE

I wanted to add about "I kinda thought it would be funny if I made a character that only appears like once with a single line based on the fic and then dies brutally"… Very familiar plot. Giza as additional character to the same fanfic was first conceived as that mysterious lady with her own business, with whom Nora spoke in the same "Utopia", then as the daughter of that provider with whom Bill collaborated (it would have been another temporary foster family in her life buut yeah).

Now I'm in thought, but stillll

Behold! My flatland/gravity falls oc in honor of the Book of Bill coming out soon. And finally, some explained lore!

TW: Ref sheet contains slight gore and blood, body horror (Linked under)

Loreen 'Ipsum' Loremere is a woman (of course) and by such a basis, a line among all flatlanders, despite how much she hates being considered one with her biological gender- once a woman, always a woman.

Born not too long before the third millennium, she was born two a suprisingly happy family near the southern edge of flatland, even if her father was an illegal runaway that had come from a higher class, and a mother who was just as low class as anyone working class in the slums. She grew up relatively normally, and was raised into the family buisness of running a family owned inn and tavern, under her father's alias- Loremere, which is taken to be her last name alongside the one her mother had, Ipsum. (Yes. The last name ipsum is a pun, kinda intended her to be like semi-npc like)

Corresponding to the plot of flat dreams, Loreen is originally encountered as a barmaid working shift at "Utopia". I kinda thought it would be funny if I made a character that only appears like once with a single line based of the fic and then dies brutally. She was never close to Bill, and had bad vibes from him since they ever met, and since Loreen had to drag Nora off of someone's throat.

It turns out she was right. Once Bill came back from interdimensional jail, Loreen unfortunately died in the crossfire (cough cough, Pyronica) protecting her family, which ultimately came to no avail.

She exists as a spirit now, occasionally 'leaking' out from the remains of the second dimension, and is relatively harmless. More of a guiding spirit that leads children back home to their families, mourning the loss of her own. She still absolutely loathes Bill though. (My girl holds a NASTY grudge)

She's so silly!! I tried to cram as much lore as possible into a short summary, and enjoy trying to comprehend my handwriting!

// Book of Bill spoilers //

“I looked up and saw the stars. And I was ready to be one„

Draw Liam and Bill catching up (aka if Liam survived being murdered, the dimension exploding, etc and the two haven't seen one another in years)

Happy ending yay :D (Nora also lives bcs Im biased w/ her and I'm coping.)

Aaaaa Im so sorry for the very messy drawings for the comics, those were actually supposed to be sketches but I got lazy lmao😭😭 Anyway tqsm for the request! I haven't drew the Cipher brothers in a while so this was refreshing ^_^ (and it hurts.)

Upwards, yet not Northwards.