#Bits & Pretzels

[gillionmeowstrider]

continuing my jrwi riptide tshirt series

#jrwi riptide fanart #pretzel jrwi #jrwiblr #i’ll probably tweak this a little bit before posting on my redbubble #but yknow

[homicidalbrunette]

Wanna touch but mustn't touch but okay gentle sneaky touch

#katya zamo #these are all from the one piece episode where they were really in these two positions the whole time #which is unusual for them because theyre usually moving around a lot #especially Trixie and her bottom need to sit in pretzel positions #but katya is hand outstretched to her the whole time #either almost hidden gentle touch #or flexing her hand and being so close to touching her #i had to add the bits with the boa because shes not usually a fidgeter like trixie is #but there was definitely the need to touch Trixie's metaphorical feathers #lesbian moms #trixie mattel #grabby hands #pet pet #mama #malishka #katya #cj post #katya zamolodchikova #trixie and katya #i like to watch

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

I know you probably won't answer this, which is fine.

But, I just wanted to say thank you, for everything you do.

Whether it's a simple shitpost, a artistic comic about gay puppets, or even a life update about sprinkles, everything you make brings me joy.

Life's been pretty shitty lately, and I just wanted to thank you for everything you've done.

I can't what to see what else you post, lol

jokes on you, I'm Answering This! ha, get pranked

but really, that's one of my big goals, i'm going to be honest. it's why i started posting fic & now art - i wanted to provide for people the joy and escape it all gave me over the years. if i can make One person's day better, it's worth it!

so... really i should be thanking You! it warms me to know that i've brightened your hours even a little <3 KITTEN BLAST:

#keep with it dude <3 there's always good things #i hope to continue providing this little service! #thank you for your support and enjoyment <3 #i may not have much art or writing to share currently #(work is taking all of my spoons and bending them into pretzels you see!) #but! perhaps i will have other things. silly frivolous things #the Whimsy. the Whimsy! #cat pictures perhaps... crochet updates... Odysseus liveblogging... #that last one is a jest im in too far to start liveblogging Now #also may i recommend listening to Hozier's latest album Unheard??? #the songs Too Sweet and Fare Well go very hard and make it a bit easier to feel Delight in living imo #rambles from the bog #i hope your day tomorrow (today? both!) treats you kindly

[embracedfire]

At war with Art block, I am currently losing.

BUT GILLION TIDESTRIDER HAS ME COVERED EVERYONE LETS GO

#no but seriously #art block is kicking me while I’m down #anyway #gillion tidestrider #jrwi #jrwi riptide #jrwi show #jrwi fanart #jrwi gillion #jrwifanart #charlie slimecicle #slimecicle #I do a bit of doodling #pretzel jrwi #jrwi pretzel #pretzel the frogtopus

[collineato]

Mspaint doodles from mostly ep 86!! Also the fish and the chip just cuz

#gillion tidestrider #jrwi riptide #jrwi #jrwi chip #jay ferin #chip lastname #jrwi ollie #jrwi pretzel #jrwi spoilers #jrwi fnc #we ball!!!!! #cant wait 4 mext ep frfrfrrrr #jrwi fanart #I cannot draw guns #like not even a little bit #just gettin that out there #my art

[fullcravings]

Kitchen Sink Cookies

#kitchen sink #cookies #sweet and salty #chocolate chip #pretzel #kids #recipe #nuts #peanut #brown sugar #toffee #toffee bits #justataste

[wolfram-but-art]

Gillion is fucking dead crabrave

hey, here's a couple zoom-ins because i'm pround of my damn work okay

#reblogs > likes #its that brief bit from the back to zero episode where Gill just colapses from exhaustion #and an old sketch i made while watching that episode #i might draw Gill at the festival too if i have the energy #gillion jrwi #gillion tidestrider #chip #chip nolastname #chip jrwi #jay ferin #jay jrwi #pretzel jrwi #jrwi riptide fanart #jrwi riptide #incoming unrelated rant in the tags #i struggled with gill's feet for a bit but i think they turned out pretty good #i'm trying out these outlines to make the characters pop a little more #i also worked on this drawing on and off... #it's been hard to find motivation to do something more than a doodle #i just have to get trough this phase by just drawing whenever i can i guess #but i kinda stopped being intrested in tf2 recently and i guess it's nice to draw something different #feels fresh yk #again sorry again to all my tf2 followers for such an abrupt change in fandoms i cant control it fgyusgufe #gillion brainrot is becoming too strong again #i really like how some details turned out ngl #uh these tags have become long sorry

[ollierachnid]

a couple of sdmi things

#pretzel's art #scooby doo #scooby doo mystery incorporated #ricky owens #barty blake #fred jones sr #technically also featuring fred jr and daphne but theyre just babs #mister e #i am a little bit of a sucker for the older gen in the show like.. those freaks are behaving in ways #shout out ricky absolute victim of bear death #fred sr chest hair supremacy that is all good night

[stardestroyer81]

I've noticed some of my Pizza Tower posts as well as my Star Tower overview post have been getting some attention as of late, and I simply couldn't be happier on the matter, especially seeing how much people like Star Tower in particular!

And seeing as I've had art of the lot sitting around for some time, I've decided to whip up six individual icons for each of the five Fruitins as well as the Super Key as it's been quite a while since the Fruitins have all been seen together on this blog! 🍒🍊🍈🥨🍌🔑

#⭐ Star's Art ⭐ #Star Tower #Pizza Tower #Pizza Tower AU #The Fruitins #Cherry Fruitin #Orange Fruitin #Melon Fruitin #Pretzel Fruitin #Banana Fruitin #Super Key #Icons #Aseprite #Sprite Art #Coolness #Ladies and gentlemen and all in between... THEY'RE BACK! #My friend giftboxxworld particularly adores the Fruitins and so I thought I'd showcase them again for newcomers of my blog #For a bit of trivia... these particular drawings of the Fruitins (Save for the Super Key) were drawn for Star Tower's rank screens #Where instead of all five being separated they're bunched together in a neat little row #If anyone would like to see the only rank screen I have drawn right now (That being the D-Rank) do let me know #I'd like to wait until every rank screen is drawn to post them in bulk but I'm not opposed to sharing what I have right now #Sometime in the near future I'd love to draw a group shot of all of Star Tower's bosses #Or I could just draw Charley Chuck again what with all the hype surrounding The Noise lately #I've put a lot more thought into playable Charley than you might think. My bestie Pan can attest to that!

[enderspawn]

while i know the dash has been talking abt the guest characters already personally i love to think abt every riptide guest all somehow getting together and joining the same crew(?). like they're all hanging out together in the background. maybe not as a pirate crew but they're there.

upon leaving seamart clorten immediately got lost again and just kinda floated island to island. at some point he ran into la alma while grocery shopping and after discovering they both knew the riptide crew they decided to stick together for a bit (clorten hoped having la alma guide/sail would make them less lost. it does not. his helplessness knows no bounds)

eventually the two sail up upon dooke and meet duke dukem who invites them to live w him (bc like dooke is chill but all the living plants and shit are kind of annoying and he doesnt like them and hes going a BIT mad here alone). they just like shrug and accept it.

after like a month together tastrius washes up on their shore, like full family guy death pose covered in seaweed (dooke picked him up and put him there). duke is like "hey dude welcome to my island. whats up." and tastrius gives this big long and elegant story abt how hes cursed to live forever and he's been drifting in the sea currents but at least he could finally set his crew to rest and after theres this heavy pause and duke is like. "cool wanna join my town theres 3 of us" and tastruis just goes "....yes".

so now they're all just living on dooke and its a semi-functional group situation they're like a sitcom

#la alma is the only reason they have Not Starved #(clorten before was living solely off fantasy cups of ramen) #(duke just had a massive horde of pretzels stashed up. he was running out and was like. 'well thats going to be a problem' then ignored it) #la alma and tastrius get along best #duke and clorten also get along p well (in the sense clorten awkwardly plays along best to dukes demands) #duke and la alma butt heads a bit #and like you'd think duke and tastrius is off but duke just puts off tastrius So Much it cancels out the tension. he keeps him off balance. #anyway. yes this has been living rent free in my head for like the past week and a half theres a lot of thoughts on em #jrwi #riptide #og post #clorten #la alma #tastrius #duke d dukem

[universalblips]

here she is!!! finally fixed up my pattern for pretzel, here it is for anyone wanting to make their own frogtopus (I would love to see pics if you do! it gives me the sweet sweet serotonin of online validation)

here's a pdf version of the pattern to print, tutorial under the read more!

I would probably consider this an intermediate level project and this tutorial assumes you have a general knowledge of sewing, but I tried to explain some of the little details for anyone who may not be as familiar with sewing/making plushies

Materials needed:

¼ yard main fabric (smth like minky or fleece would work best!)

⅛ yard accent fabric 

Matching thread

Safety eyes (I used 24 mm ones) 

Alternatively you could use:

Small amount of black and white felt

Buttons 

Embroidery floss

Stuffing

Other basic sewing materials (scissors, needles, pins, etc)

First off you’ll want to trace and cut out all your pattern pieces! If you’re using minky or a similar fabric, you’ll want to make sure the nap (direction that the “fur” lays) matches the direction of the arrow on your pattern pieces. Personally I also like to trace the seam lines onto the wrong side of the fabric so I know exactly where to sew (and bc I like to micromanage my seams to get the exact shape I want lmao) - you don’t have to do this, but I do recommend it for the dart lines on the body front and especially the tentacles as they might be a little tricky without that guide. After cutting out everything you should have something like this:

(If you’re doing applique for the eyes and mouth, you’ll also need to cut the mouth and 2 of the larger eye circles out of black and 2 of the smaller eye highlights out of white fabric, preferably felt)

MAIN BODY

Start with the front body piece and fold it in half vertically with the right sides of the fabric facing each other. Line up the edges of both darts and make sure the seam lines match up, then pin in place and sew along the lines. In case you’re not familiar with sewing darts, you’ll want to start at the outer end and sew in towards the middle where it comes to a point for each one. These will help give your finished plush a fuller, more rounded shape!

Here’s what the top dart looks like finished! I also like to leave a little extra thread at the end point and use both ends to tie a knot there to secure it (mostly bc that’s just smth my costuming prof always told us to do lmao)

Once you’re done with the top dart, you’ll want to do the same thing with the bottom one.

Next you’ll want to align both pieces of the back body with right sides facing together and sew along the smooth edge, leaving an opening where marked for turning later.

Lay the front and back body pieces flat and align them with right sides facing. Pin and sew all around the edges, leaving the bottom open.

TENTACLES

Next up are the tentacles! You’ll want to take two of your top tentacle pieces and match them up along the top edge with right sides facing, then sew along the straight line there, making sure to stop at the corner where the curve of the tentacle begins. Repeat for the other pair of them, and do the same with the bottom tentacle pieces as well.

To make sure your top and bottom tentacle pieces all line up correctly when you go to sew them together, you’ll also want to sew a little diagonal line going from the corner bit to the edge like this:

Clip the corner of the seam allowance like so, making sure not to cut through the seam itself. It’s important to clip your corners and curves to make sure everything will lay right and look smoother when you’re done!

Once that’s done, you’ll want to align the pairs of attached tentacles together with the right sides facing and repeat the last steps for the other two sides.

Do this for both the top and bottom sets of tentacles, and you should end up with something like this:

Take the bottom oval and pin it to the bottom tentacle piece around the center hole, right sides of the fabric facing. It helps to mark the four points on the bottom piece and match them up with the four connecting seams of the tentacles. Sew all around the piece.

Take the whole bottom piece and line it up with the top tentacle piece, making sure to match up the seam lines. Pin them together and sew all the way around, taking care around the inner corners in particular. If you’re using a machine, it helps to stop at the very point of the corner, leaving the needle in the fabric, then lifting the presser foot to pivot the fabric. Drop the presser foot back down and continue sewing along the line like before.

Once you have both pieces sewn together, you’ll want to clip the corners and trim the seam allowance. You could also clip the curves, but I find that trimming the seam allowance down to about ⅛” around the tentacles works well and doesn’t take nearly as long to do. Just be careful and make sure you don’t snip through any of your seams!

The inner corners are most important here, because you want to release tension in the seam allowance so the tentacles can spread out properly when you turn everything right side out.

You’ll also want to clip the curves and corners of the main body piece if you haven’t already (except for the seam allowance around the opening on the back body piece, you’ll want to leave that alone). Turn the tentacle piece right side out and now you should have something like this:

FINISHING THE PLUSH

Now, with the tentacle piece right side out and the main body piece inside out, place the tentacles inside the main body piece and line up the raw edges of the fabric. Match up the tentacle seams to the ones on the main body, making sure the widest points of the bottom oval are aligned with the side seams. Pin and sew all the way around.

Use the opening you left in the center seam of the back body to turn everything right side out. I found it easiest to pull the tentacles through first, and then everything else.

Now would be a good time to add on the safety eyes if you’re using them! If you’re going for the applique option (or maybe button eyes!) you could also probably do that now, or you could wait until after stuffing your frogtopus if you prefer, it’s up to you!

When you go to stuff your plush, it’s best to stuff the tentacles first, then the main body, taking extra care to push some stuffing into small areas like the eye bumps to make sure they’re well defined. Once you have your frogtopus filled, you can go ahead and stitch up the opening in the back with a needle and thread. I like to use a ladder stitch so the thread stays hidden and the final seam looks nice and clean

I used heat transfer vinyl for Pretzel’s mouth, so I’m adding that on now and ironing it in place. This would also be a good time to sew or glue on your appliques if you’re going with those and haven't already!

Add on any other details you might like, and then you’re finished! Congratulations on your brand new, extremely marketable Pretzel plushie!

#jrwi riptide #pretzel jrwi #just roll with it #jrwi fanart #just roll with it riptide #jrwi #sewing #plush pattern #hopefully this all makes sense I am by NO means a professional at this #also fun fact I was a little bit stupid and forgot to take pics of the Process the first time around so I had to make pretzel........2!!!! #so now I simply have two of them to love and cherish

[snug-as-bugalugs-in-rugalugs]

Hey fellow Murdochians, I need something new to obsess over :) So if you have the inclination, please reblog this post and put in the tags (or just normal reblogs) a piece of symbolism or parallel or some other kind of connection you noticed in the show that, even if the creators may not have intended it, makes you go a little insane :)

#murdoch mysteries #cbc murdoch #rb game #ok ill go first #ummm im sure this has been said before but other characters giving watts pretzels always seems to symbolize acceptance in one way or other #like when jackson said he 'wasn't interested in anything unusual' and seemed rather disturbed by watts' pretzel #in s10e12 #which is a bit. yk. considering watts is rather 'unusual' himself so to speak #but then in s10e15 when watts is rejected by the only family he has left #and feeling so alone and abandoned #jackson buys an 'unusual' little pretzel anyway for him basically saying like. you may be a weirdo #but we're friends now and i'm here for you #and i think a bit of unusuality might be ok #(tragic that he died before watts ever convinced him to try a pretzel himself hhfdkhfk) #also the inspector giving watts his pretzel back after beating up that guy who was hatecriming him in s15 #obviously symbolizes acceptance of him being gay #and then the most recent one with george at the end of s16 #was right after the 'despite who i am?' 'because of who you are' scene #so i think that's pretty self explanatory lol #there might be other instances but i don't remember #in retrospect the writers may have actually intended this one #its pretty straightforward. but i think its neat

[sparky-is-spiders]

There’s something so compelling to me about Jon being isolated completely… not even in the “ostracized and hated” sense (which is also delicious to be clear) but in the “no human contact ever” kind of way. And I want someone to do this to him deliberately also. I want Jon to work in the archives without assistants ever. Completely alone because Elias put him there and didn’t give him assistants. I want to put him in a box and poke tiny holes in the lid and then put the box on a very high shelf where nobody can reach and see what happens to him.

#insane and horrible things are constantly happening to Jon 24/7 in my brain #this is all an act of love btw #I want him to suffer because I love him soso much #I think making him completely alone would be fun and interesting #I don’t want to put characters I hate in the torture chamber because I don’t care to think about them #the purpose of putting a character through hell is to rotate your suffering blorbo like the pretzel #jonhate is not welcome here but jonsuffering always is. is the point #anyway maintagging my mental illness this time #tma #the magnus archives #jon sims #jonathan sims #edited to change the six months bit #it was a random span of time but also not enough actually #also i would prefer to avoid mentions of jm on this post. it’s not a judgements it’s just very much Not My Thing

[terryfuckingturniptruck]

If you have access to this brand, get it! This PB chocolate bar is where it's at!! 🥜🍃🍫

#i would have eaten this as regular chocolate and it has pretzel bits in it too #their gummies are also amazing if that's preferred #always work consistently too as i have a hard time finding edibles that work for me #so give this brand a try if you're looking for a high quality consistent edible #lmao i sound like i'm doing a paid advert #stoner #girls who smoke weed #edibles #incredibles #weed #420 #weedblr #cannabis #kfi jpg

[pretzel-the-frogtopus]

Pretzel (head)canons because I love her and have too many thoughts about her

Pretzel likes to occasionally just sneak a tentacle out of her flask and curl it around whatever part of Gillion she can reach. Just to make sure he’s there

She likes collecting little nicknacks she sees lying around while they crew is just hanging out. She collects them in a little nest in her flask. Her flask has cracked before from stuff being flung around in there when Gillion had to get action ready quickly and Pretzel had too many pretty rocks in there so now she tries to only collect things that won’t get flung around as hard in her flask. Gillion keeps her other things in a little pouch next to one he keeps his own little keepsakes in.

She saw Chip pulling out bits of Jay’s hair, so she started plucking out other crewmembers’ hair as well. Old Man Earl threatened to turn her into sushi if she did it again when he caught her so she stopped (to his knowledge :3)

There was a suspicious amount of hair in her flask nest until she got herself tangled in it one day. Gillion had to untangle her and that’s when she actually stopped plucking people’s hairs out

Gillion uses one of Apple’s shed feathers as a quill but since he’s not super familiar with how writing works he hasn’t questioned that the ink never seems to run out. Pretzel secretly refills it when he’s not looking.

When they’re sailing for long amounts of time, Pretzel will sometimes squelch her way towards whoever is manning the helm and watch what they’re doing. She doesn’t go anywhere where Gillion is out of sight though and always keeps an eye on him, no matter how entranced she is with whatever else is going on.

Gillion assigned her grampeepaw guarding duties at night while he gets stabbed by Felipe. She takes it very seriously and curls up on Finn’s chest and glares at anyone that passes by the bathtub.

Pretzel and Apple got along very well while she was still a bird. Apple would sometimes fly Pretzel around the deck, never too high up but it was a fun little joyride for both of them. The only one with enough bird knowledge to wonder about how on Mana a tiny bluebird can carry a frogtopus larger than it, is Jay, who decided that this might as well happen.

She’ll sometimes just put things in people’s pockets as little gifts. This can range from little shells and bits of driftwood to full on fancy jewellery. No one knows where she gets it from (she steals it off of random people when the crew is on an island)

#lunar lullabies #jrwi riptide #pretzel!!! #i have a lot of thoughts about the secret life of pretzel the frogtopus #this has been sitting in my drafts for a while just so I could add to it sometimes #but I feel like posting it :3 #jrwi riptide spoilers #for the finn bits

[jackalopefreckles]

Would it be insane to make both of the hot bears Im dating really intense over the top heart shaped desserts??

#one of them- a chocolate marshmallow thing #and the other one vanilla but like... I gotta jazz that up a bit right??? maybe caramel- pretzels too??? #or... or fruit filling... hmMMmm #at least one of them is easy lmao hes marshmallow obsessed and Ive wanted a reason to make them #gonna make them- possibly dye them pink still deciding- then dip in chocolate #and a cake more traditional for dude 2 #or I could decorate both cakes with marshmallow- one chocolate and one vanilla/caramel/marshmallow- OhHhhh I like this