“Being near tactile couples…”

And yet, you’d be surprised to know I might sometiiiimes enjoy some love reality show. 👀

*Fun fact: Valentine’s Day is called “Saint-Valentin” in French. And, for the pun you might encounter the expression “Sans-Valentin” which means: “Valentineless Day”.

The Fork.

Oof, edible cutlery… what a concept.

Artwork initially started back in summer 2025. But I took a (long) break, so… here it is, eventually, in 2026? :’)

Happy New Year 2026!

To be fair, I’ve spent the whole afternoon working on this, to make sure to post something this Sunday… and I’m glad I got it done! (I wasn’t sure I would make it… and now my wrist somewhat hurts, ah haha)

So, here we go… 2025 is behind, and… yep.

Not like I feel like much has changed to be honest. I don’t know how you are living it… seeing years pass by.

But, I have to admit that was the mood, sort of. Sometimes, you may feel too slow in some aspects of your life, compared to what you’re expected to do.

However, I suppose a few steps made throughout the previous year might serve at some point. But you don’t realize it right away… right?

Have a great day! And take care, everyone!

It’s true whenever I’ve been mentioning TADC, it’s been mainly about the human protagonists. But now I wonder…

PS: To be honest, I haven’t checked the existent fan theories about this character.

Originally posted by doeythe-doughman

“On The Verge of Breaking Down”.

And what if Jax also needed a piece of Kinger’s wisdom?

“Jax (no context given)”.

After making a fanart featuring Pomni and Ragatha, I was thinking: “Why not Jax, after all?” so that’s what I decided to sketch for this Sunday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well, let’s say Jax has quite… expressive eyes!

(And DeviantArt suggested “expression” amongst the tags for this fanart, which I found somewhat funny…)

While he might seem kinda confident at first sight (pretty much like the bully of the team), we don’t know much about his past… which he has refused to talk about so far.

It just seems like corns scare him away, and he might perhaps be a bit insecure about his masculinity (?)

He also seems to be affected by this friend he’s lost…

Some of his reactions might, however, just be the result of a certain immaturi-

Pumpkie: Heeeey, haven’t you already burst out of anger for something similar?

Sam: For wha-? Errrrrr… nah, let’s say the context was different. I was surprised (and upset) someone who’s been seeing me for awhile misgendered me that day.

Pumpkie: Not just that day, you sometimes get hostile when someone questions your masculinity.

Sam: Well, gender dysphoria sometimes makes me… impulsive I guess. You know, I’ve struggled for years to be accepted…

Pumpkie: Sounds fair. The fun part of being a transman, I guess.

Sam: That’s it.

Ironically, although I’m aware it might be for different reasons, some time after watching the 5th episode of TADC, I told myself: “Oh crap, so I might have similar reactions as Jax?”

Because he’s definitely not a character I would have identified to at first. (In terms of personality… whut? ÔO)

Pumpkie: That’s what I just said.

Sam: Now, to go back to the artwork per se, something that annoyed me while I was working on it was that I thought I had kinda destroyed the lineart with that marker! But, now I look back at it… it doesn’t look THAT bad I guess? So I can find some sort of satisfaction… 🤔 (And frustration at the same time…)

Regardless, Jax remains an enigmatic character, finally!

But what is he up to?

I’ll leave it up to your imagination! 😄

“Pomme-ni (and Ragatha)”.

Well, I have to admit it has been difficult for me to work on my computer and make some proper digital art, so… I thought I might as well go back to some ol’ traditional art in the meantime, and why not a new fandom to explore artistically!

I was rethinking of this sketch I made a few years ago of SMG4, and I thought I could go with a similar style.

The Amazing Digital Circus is a show I randomly discovered as I was looking for something new to watch months ago. At first, I thought it was another of those horror games (as I saw YouTube singers post things about this but didn’t check the ref), while I also noticed the jester like design of the main character (Pomni), which made her quite recognizable.

Then, one day… I found this amongst my Netflix suggestions and I told myself: “Why not!” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As I first watched it, honestly, in the beginning my retina was being assaulted by all those colors and my brain was somewhat confused about what seemed to be some sort of nonsense, but then.

I noticed in the last episodes GLITCH posted, they seemed to try to elaborate more the personality, the insecurities, and the relationship of the characters. So, I guess (and hope) there might be some sort of evolution throughout the story…

Anyway, this series is still quite recent. :’ )

Pumpkie: So you drew… Pom… Pomni, Pomme-ni…

Sam: You got the idea, Pum-Pum.

Pumpkie:

Learn French with Doey, I guess?

Look at that, now you’ve got some bread (dough) offered by the big dough baby!

That will have been one Doey themed weekend for sure! ÔO

I made this one, because… I’ve actually talked with at least three people whose birthday was this month, and who loved this character!

(Well, as for me, my birthday was in March anyway, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Also drawn as a little banter, as we mentioned “French Doey” at some point in the official Discord server, aaaaand you know…

Pumpkie: Ahh yeah… How many fanarts have you made of this character, already?

Sam: Uhmmm… one, two, three… four? If we count the traditional sketch I made before the digital artwork… 🤔

Pumpkie: That’s a lot, for this time interval, Sammy!

Sam: Well, no worries. I think that will be the last one for some time now. But that was definitely fun to experiment!

*PS: Note that “Doughman” can be translated in two ways:
✔️ “Bonhomme de pâte”: the word “bonhomme” being less formal, more generic… also applies to humanoid characters (for example: “bonhomme de neige” means “snowman” in French).
✔️ “Homme (de) pâte”: the word “homme” being more formal to say “man”. Also usually refers to an adult.
Anyway, I guess it depends on how you consider this character!

“Tap Tap Doey Sticker”.

Ever wanted to pat that big dough baby? Well, here is this sticker I just made today. It might as well serve for Discord, I guess. :’)

*PS: My previous fanart:

“The Remaining Piece (The Fourth Entity)”.

And what if Doey the Doughman… was more than the three subjects used for an experiment?

So, here is a fanart of Doey! A character many might have found quite attaching with his friendliness.

And honestly, finding something original to draw (and write) about him has been quite… challenging! (Well, there are so many cute fanarts of him all over the Internet!)

Yet, I didn’t want to just give a “mainstream” interpretation.

So I’ve spent awhile trying to elaborate my imagination, and interpretation over this character. 😆

Well, the fanart also turned out to be… somewhat spooky! ÔO But, isn’t Poppy Playtime supposed to be a horror game, after all?

But first, here are three random facts:

1) I have to admit I used to think “dough” was pronounced “dahff” in English, till only recently! (Well, considering this isn’t my first language, I guess there is still something to learn… :’)

2) Ahh, yeah. This fandom definitely helped to move on from previous things that used to consume me mentally.

3) Uhh ohh, wait a minute. HIS HAT IS BLUE?! (Why have I been thinking of it as black…) Ôo

Buttanyway!

Writing this whole thing has taken awhile (to think and rethink). 🤯

Just think a major part of what you are about to read has been already written weeks before I started working on this fanart! (There have been times when I just found it “cringe” and wanted to delete a big part of it! But, I just ended up thinking it would be a waste if I did, so… here it is anyway)

*Disclaimer: This post contains trans related references and some nerdy stuff, so don’t read the following text if you feel uncomfortable around this type of subjects. However, if you’re interested, be my guest. (To read at your own discretion)

To begin with,

A fun fact about the “fourth entity” is that what inspired me was my new knowledge about… anglerfish! (Thanks, Facebook I guess!)

I’ll let you check, if you’re curious enough… but I just found this interesting scientifically speaking. It might seem somewhat “horrifying” from our human perspective, though. .-.

Well, while obviously (and thankfully) the context is quite different, I just kept the idea of the big creature living with tiny subjects incorporated into it.

But, one thing that remained unclear to me was if the humans’ consciousness was actually still living inside of Doey… or if they were plainly dead and just a part of them were used?

(I might sound silly, but…as I was reading the fandom Wiki pages of the subjects used for the experiment, I was reading “deceased in 1993” when Doey was born. And it seriously confused me! 😅)

Well, I guess if you take a look at the three humanoid heads showing up after Doey transformed to chase the protagonist (aka “the player”), you might notice they looked pretty much similar (which technically would be strange if the subjects initially looked different, and weren’t even the same age to begin with), so… my guess would be that those heads may not have been part of their actual bodies, but just the phantom “embodiment” of the subjects’ personalities used to make Doey. Doey also seemed to keep their memories at a certain extent.

These bits of personalities didn’t seem that fusional, but quite distinctive.

They seemed to interact with one another (Doey started arguing with “himself” before chasing the player, for instance), but Doey has been referring to himself as “I” and not “We” throughout the game. (scratches his head)

• A) After some thinking, perhaps we could assume their human bodies had been killed, but their consciousness kept living somehow inside Doey (there is a note in the game written by another patient who mentioned waking up in a body that wasn’t hers, which might also apply to the other experiments? Anyway, it seemed to be part of Dr. Sawyer’s ambition: transferring consciousnesses into bodies).
• B) Another interpretation could be that eventually… their consciousness was never transferred, but Doey kept a “phantom” part of their personalities and memories, a bit like a copy (which might look like some sort of personality disorder from outside, as the switch between them might be drastic and conflicting). Doey would then NOT be the humans per se, but he would have somehow internalized a part of their personalities.

(As bits of memories would have been injected into Doey, he might sometimes sound mature, but he would also have childish “patterns” that would stick to him throughout the years: for instance, he was crying for his parents to go home as Jack would have… while technically, the events happened over a decade ago!)

✔ In both cases, you could still imagine the concept of the fourth “entity”, being more or less the dough per se (it would have directly emerged from it, unlike the three other entities that came from the human subjects). Perhaps an extra part and/or the conductor, that would make Doey… actually be Doey, identify as Doey, behave like Doey?

✔ However, in the first case (A), I would imagine this fourth “entity” would be more strictly separated from the three “living” subjects, while in the second (B) it would perhaps be more like a different personality amongst the four (?)

As I was discussing this with someone IRL, we were thinking: if the three subjects are typically represented by the fan community as yellow (Jack) 🟡 , orange (Matthew) 🟠, and red (Kevin) 🔴, this fourth entity could be concretely represented by the color blue of Doey 🔵.

Regardless, I guess the game might just be open for interpretations with its mysteries! And that’s also what makes it interesting?

(Or at least, I hope they will leave some mystery in the next chapters, so this universe remains open for different interpretations! :’)

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Pumpkie: Hey Sammy, you made a fanart about Mommy Long Legs before this one, right? Do you also consider we could think of “Doey the Doughman” as two versions: the conceptual version, but also the result of the Bigger Bodies Initiative?

Sam: Absolutely! Doey, as the conceptual version would just be… a jolly, friendly dough creature, working as one single individual I suppose. He would be pretty much clueless about the experiments in the factory, as he wouldn’t have been there, nor would he have gone through any trauma.

Whereas, as the result of the Bigger Bodies Initiative, you already know the story: to our current knowledge, three subjects were used, and he happened to be the result of this experiment in Playtime Co.’s labs. He has interacted with the protagonist (player), and the other characters in the game.

Now, I guess the note incorporated into this fanart actually applies more to this… latter version. As for the drawing… I guess it can apply to both? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(Well, it doesn’t mean you can’t think of Doey as his conceptual, original version in the 50s, and headcanon him however you want! It might actually be more flexible as the character’s backstory remains unclear… aaaand, honestly, you might as well be less annoyed by the angry part of the fan community)

Pumpkie: Yes, as complex as it seems, what you wrote indeed seems to… apply more to, you know, the Bigger Body version of Doey. And, I can’t help but notice you mentioned anglerfish as a source of inspiration!

While I guess the tiny anglerfish that “fused” into the big one are like the subjects incorporated into Doey’s dough, could you imagine the dough’s inner organs could be female? You know, because if I’m correct, the big anglerfish are fema-

Sam: Uh oh… alrigh’, alrigh’. First, I indeed talked about internal organs. Because, you just simply… can’t see much from outside (not at first sight at least), he looks very “neutral” and can change his shape anyway (at least at a certain extent).

Now, if there were (let’s say) something similar to internal female organs in some sorts, and the consciousness of the three subjects still lived inside of him, would they necessarily notice this specific detail? Only the “dough” would know, perhaps… as these organs would be constituting it/him per se.

Nevertheless, wouldn’t the dough, as the fourth entity, communicate with the living consciousnesses? And at which extent?

Conversely, if what’s left inside were just three “phantom personalities” existing amongst the four, I guess you could imagine things a tad differently: either Doey would know… either he wouldn’t. (I guess it would also depend if these organs would “affect” his life at some point, remain dormant or not, etc.)

Anyway, I’d assume he would have a funny karyotype. Perhaps XX, or… XXX? (Typically called “X trisomy”, but considering Doey is one of a kind anyway…)

Pumpkie: And what if it was XXXX?

Sam: Wow, that’s a lot of X, Pumpkie! Three BIG X is already a lot, but four…

And where would that fourth X come from, anyway? ÔO

Pumpkie: I dunno… I’m toying with you, but what if there were an impostor?

Sam: Errrrr… if you really want to have four X, I mean… that DNA sequence could come from an external agent? This “extra” X you would like to add, anyway…

Now, if the karyotype was solely made out the three subjects, one might have had a chromosomal irregularity? (And not the usual XY, which could only give three X)

We could also imagine one of them was born a girl (XX), but wouldn’t it be a bit… I mean, to my knowledge they were pretty young… and yet, not the same age.

At the same time, I’ve seen trans teenagers, so I guess it’s not such an irraaaaational thought, if one was indeed at least a teenager before the experiment. (Is it reasonable to imagine at least one of them might have been a transboy..? 🤔)

I guess in Playtime Co., they might also have changed the name of some orphans in their files after all, and kept some details more confidential. (Once again, there is room for your imagination!)

I wouldn’t think of Jack though, considering his context.

Alongside, Kevin had behavioral issues but good physical abilities (according to the tests he had passed), while Matthew wasn’t “gifted” physically but more mature apparently. I thiiiink Matthew was the oldest, though (if I’m correct).

Anyway. That’s a lot of thinking!

For now, I’ll rather focus my interest on the possibility of the “dough”, functioning as a fourth entity. :’)

Pumpkie: OK, Sam. I’m a bit puzzled, but knowing you enough… with all of what you said previously, do you think we could headcanon Doey as a trans man, then?

Sam: That’s a bit complicated concerning Doey… I guess it really depends on your viewpoint. But, perhaps at least a part of him?

Perhaps the dough as an entity per se, I guess? If we assumed it/he was “born” with inner female organs, but identified as a man. We could, maybe, put it up this way.

 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You could also think of the “dough” as the true Doey, and the three subjects (or phantom personalities) as something extra, incorporated into him?

Anyway, there is a character in Poppy Playtime who’s non-binary: a Nightmare Critter called Poe. So, why not after all? I don’t know… 🤔

But, you know what? Come to think of it, Doey somewhat reminds me of the logo of “Trans Gentlemen Art”. He kinda fits to be honest. T__T Look at this little hat and… the blue stains. That logo isn’t that recent, but… now I find this comparison actually funny. :’)

Pumpkie: Oh. That’s right: that’s somewhat inky… aaaand I dunno, those arms kinda remind me of a scarecrow?

Sam: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pumpkie: Well… now I start getting why you found some interest in this character. There are things that might feel familiar…

Talking about art and inner organs, there is that one detail in your fanart…those things, there. What did you draw? It looks like there is something inside of him.

Sam: Good point, which I almost forgot! 😃 (chuckles)

Yes, those are organs inside of him you can slightly see by transparency…

Not regular human organs per se, but they might have a flexible consistency (they probably carry DNA though, and might have grown out of the dough): basical things that enable Doey to be alive at least. As for the dough’s opacity, this looks like a smol detail in the game, but here is this fun screenshot of it. :’)

He is trying to sneak his head first into that crack on the wall.

Another thing is: I guess he can retract his teeth? ÔO

Pumpkie: Ohh, right: he’s got sharp teeth!

Sam: Yeah, at first I thought it was just a thing in the fanarts, as in: people like to imagine him with those while he is in his “basic” form, but then I found out it was ACTUALLY in the game.

Pumpkie: Ah, right, the fan community… You have been in the official server, haven’t you? Do you plan to share this… you know, interview, this post in there?

Sam: Errrrrrrrrrrrrr, you know, after some thinking…. I’d rather not. Perhaps the artwork, but not the whole publication? 😅

As I have been observing some reactions, I just decided I might just want my peace after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pumpkie: Sounds fair.

Sam: Anyway!

That was a lot of… talk over that Big Dough Baby (phew!)

I hope you enjoyed it (I wouldn’t have the confidence to call these “theories”, but at least “headcanons” or “potential perspectives of representation”? :’)

As for my future art projects, I don’t know yet, as this one happened to be… the last of my current list! But, I might as well take a break. I’ve been going out less these past weeks… and my body would probably thank me for seeing the sunlight, and make it exercize some more.

(I’m also a human on my own, after all! And have to take care of my physical health, I guess! :’)

Take care, everyone! 👋🏻

“This Type of Morning”.

And here is Mommy Long-Legs!

Technically, my second fanart of the year, and my first of Poppy Playtime! 😃

I don’t think she is my favorite character, but I still found her design captivating.

While I was drawing her neck and her waist, something crossed my mind: “How does food go down there?”

Well, I guess it miiight have the same girth as the small intestine (at least, when it doesn’t stretch), so I might suggest that could be an extension of that… or perhaps of her esophagus? Of her duodenum? 🤔

Something in the digestive tract, solely protected by… this layer of skin. :’)

Not sure either if her organs would be exactly placed where a spider’s would have been… but then, she remains somewhat humanoid after all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Another fun fact is: I found it a bit confusing when I noticed she talked about herself in the third person, calling herself “Mommy” in the second chapter, but then… 😆

Pumpkie: She definitely looks like some sort of spider…

Sam: I’m abouuuuuut sure that was the idea. “Daddy long-legs” are actually a species of spider, so I have learnt!

Pumpkie: Oh. So, this is it. But, I have a question: would the conceptual version of “Mommy Long-Legs” actually be aware of what’s going on in the factory?

Sam: Uhmmm… probably not? As she wouldn’t have gone through any of these experiments, and I would tend to think no human would have been used to create her. She would have been just born as an anthropomorphic spider on her own.

Pumpkie: Oh, no trauma on her side or weird use of orphans.

Sam: Nop!

Pumpkie: But, which version does this fanart apply to, then? The conceptual, oooor… the Bigger Body? I feel like she could be the result of the experiment, but could also be that innocent mother who invited you.

Sam: Well… in this case, I guess it really depends on what the viewer wants to imagine. :’)

Pumpkie: Now you’re done, what’s next?

Sam: Ohh, the Big Dough Baby, I guess!

Pumpkie: The… who?

Sam: Doey the Doughman.

Pumpkie: Oh, I think you’ve already mentioned him before!

Sam (clears his throat): I guess I have, a few times.

However, I might need to go easy… as my physical health has been a bit complicated, these past days… So, I’m not sure how long it’s gonna take. But, if you’re curious: I have written 5 pages about him! The only thing left is the fanart.

Pumpkie: Didn’t the doctor you saw today suggest you to be more careful with your physiological needs, by the way?

Sam: Errrrr, well… anywaaaaaaay, I’ll take a (short) break before the next artwork! 😄

“The First Winters”.

Here is a little Bendy discovering the (chilly) sensations of winter, I suppose? ÔO

This work is technically my first fanart of 2025!

And, I thought I may want to incorporate little notes to these first fanarts of characters I’m about to make.

I would say that I discovered Bendy and the Ink Machine (and Bendy and the Dark Revival), only recently this year as I was watching Markiplier play these games.

And, to be honest, it kinda helped to go through some time of my life where I needed to find things to distract my mind (from obsessional thoughts…)

But at the same time, I actually discovered this fandom waaay before! I wasn’t familiar with it, but… as I started using Pinterest and posting stuff involving Pumpkie, I guess the algorithms made a link with Bendy.

Pumpkie: Heeeey! So Pinterest thought I came from this universe?

Sam: I don’t know, but it suggested a lot of artworks coming from this fandom!

Pumpkie: Uh oh… I’m not that inky, though.

Sam: Lemmie think… perhaps the grin and the black skin? You also have some yellow… and this game has a lot of yellow (sepia). ÔO

Pumpkie: Oh! That’s right. Well… but, still. Don’t you actually like drawing… inky stuff?

Sam: Inky stuff? Uhmmm, yes… I suppose?

Heh, when I look back at this drawing, I guess Bendy has actually been an interesting reference to draw at least once in my life (that is today). 😆

Anywaay! I’ve heard a movie was being made out of this universe…

The first game was released in 2017. It’s not new, but not thaaat old either… and we don’t know that much about this universe after all, for now. There might be more games?

I was also wondering: does Bendy know about the Ink Demon? Can he control him, or not at all? 😮

From my memories, he looked somewhat lost when Audrey was observing him after he turned back into his “normal” self. Yet, he didn’t come back to her, he disappeared afterward…

(Was he ashamed of what happened? Or was it to not cause any more harm?)

He reappeared at the end of the game, though, with her, in a friendly way. Which would make you think he is kinda innocent after all.

He might not really have been able to control that Ink Demon (who’s quite powerful to say so).

Pumpkie: And now he left this sepia world…

Sam: I guess he gets to discover new things… such as colors, or seasons? Ah haha.

Anyway, that was definitely an interesting initiation. To say so, it’s been awhile I haven’t made this type of digital art.

So, for my next art projects, I’ll start working on fanarts! Pretty much a way for me to experiment on new fandoms I guess.

In my plans:

• 1) Bendy from Bendy & the Ink Machine (current WIP),
• 2) Mommy Long Legs from Poppy Playtime,
• 3) Doey the Doughman from Poppy Playtime.

Let’s say Doey will technically have a more elaborated post (about 5 pages of writing). :’)

Well, I hope reactions won’t be too bad (when I see how angry fans can be about theories… 🤯), but as I usually don’t have a lot of visibility, it might just discretely pass amongst the numerous fanworks made by other artists anyway.

Come to think of it, I recently joined Poppy Playtime’s official Discord server out of curiosity… Honestly, I feel a bit off compared to the rest of this community. And I sometimes feel discouraged…

But I keep reminding myself that at the end of the day, I can still do stuff on my side after all. It might be worth it. I guess I should keep on with my art plans…

“All Boys”.

When you have siblings… and you feel like you had to be the “weird” one. 😅 (Naah, and what if each was just weird in their own way?)

Also a fun way to introduce a new character: a simple man who’s sharing his dad life! Well, a tad talkative, but friendly for sure! (I haven’t found any name for him yet)

The double X chromosome… :’)

Also a good way to promote my new Tumblr community untitled “Trans Gentlemen Art”, after all?

Pumpkie: I wonder, though… did this guy end up drinking his coffee?

Sam: Probably, but I’m not even sure it was still warm when he did, to be fair.