#sophodra

[humansbgone]

PREVIOUS EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQ6EPKm_eQ

Episode eight is here at last! Thanks to all of you for your support!!! Hope you're ready for some mantis mayhem!

Yet another fantastic soundtrack composed by @theelectricdreamsofddx, with Gregorsa's theme by @zestychille!

If you’d like to support what comes next, there’s a Patreon! All patrons get to see videos early. Additionally, $1 gets you a link to the Discord, $2 gets access to early updates and some bonus content, $5 for your name in credits and more bonus content, $20 and $40 for black-and-white and colored commissions of insect or arachnid characters respectively, and $100 if you want a fully rigged, animatable model of your own!

(40 points possible this time. How did you do?)

#animation #bugblr #artists on tumblr #humans-b-gone #insect #bug #mantis #praying mantis #tarantula #episode eight #episode #rose #sophodra #Youtube

[jupiterswasphouse]

it's funny to me thinking about the sheer scale between the macrovolutes in Humans-B-Gone! and other bug characters (such as my own)- I have to wonder how Sophodra would react to classic "furry" style/anthro bugs

[Image ID: A low poly 3D render of Sophodra, a giant green mantis from the series 'Humans-B-Gone!', looking down at Sphex, an anthropomorphic great golden digger wasp, who is looking back up at her, both of them are surprised to see each other /End ID.]

#Wasp House Art #humans b gone #Sphex #sophodra

[cordycepsbian]

we don't usually post stuff from this particular sketchbook but we are releasing this one to the public. rose does not like the sloth

#humans b gone #sophodra #rose hbg #stuff i made tag

[coleopterabyte]

Clash of the indie art projects!

Tournament Masterpost

#sophodra #hbg #howdy pillar #welcome home #abp 2024

[realuity]

Cool Bug Fact's

#humans b gone #sophodra #humans b gone rose #gregorsa #humans b gone fanart #Is this a bed buge ...? #i suppose w ewill never know .

[sepublic]

Really enjoying Humans-B-Gone! so far… It’s an indie web series on Youtube, with a blog on Tumblr, and its episodes come in very short, bite-sized chunks! It’s about a world in which the power dynamics are reversed, with bugs being the people, while humans are the tiny pests they look down upon. It’s got amazing worldbuilding based on so much scientific research; Humans-B-Gone! is a glimpse into a truly alien world that nevertheless makes perfect sense from the perspective of those within it, and the way bugs view us is like a mirror of how we view bugs.

The series really highlights how us humans take for granted what we assume is normal, by framing our differences from insects as the weird and strange thing, and even being reductive in how human bodies are described; All of which highlights the absurdity of how we discuss bugs and their anatomies, and really just things and lifestyles that are ‘different’ to us.

I’m having a lot of fun with Sophodra and Rose, and… Maybe I’m just projecting, but I kinda see a lot of parallels between Humans-B-Gone! and The Owl House?

There’s a central dynamic around our main protagonists. You’ve got this older, more experienced mentor who’s running her own business single-handedly, and basically the only one of its kind; Dealing with human-related things, which everyone else views as strange and foreign. This mentor is plenty flirty and definitely has her wiles while advertising, and a business-like attitude regarding her profession; But it’s quickly apparent that she is genuinely interested this human-related stuff, and is a total and utter nerd about it, being low key feral af.

The mentor is different from the rest of society, having an appreciation for life and a particular part of the world around her that most are indifferent to, or even demonize. This thing, she goes out of her way to preserve and learn about, and is deeply passionate and defensive over. The mentor has that lanky build and those kinds of hips (and Sophodra’s voice even reminds me of Wendie Malick, AKA Eda’s VA). There’s the chaotic, F around and find out vibe that’s kinda lax about dangerous things she’s messing with, only to get into the consequences of her actions.

By contrast, you have this younger and inexperienced apprentice, who unlike the more ‘ladylike’ mentor, has a more ‘girly’ vibe and aesthetic to her. She’s still learning and it’s essentially a coming of age story for her; She’s got interests and is actually quite knowledgable, but society discourages what she wants to do and thus she’s forced to settle for something more ‘practical’. The apprentice is introduced engaging with idealistic media about a hero defending the world against a great evil, amidst a familial environment.

The apprentice meets the mentor by chance, due to the mentor’s human-related business, and after showing her knowledge, is invited to be a partner in crime. The apprentice moves in with her mentor, visiting a new place, and is frequently perturbed by some of the things her mentor deals in, to comedic effect. Nevertheless, like her mentor, she has an engagement with the world around her, and is learning.

Said world is VERY biological, a living thing, with many devices and tools also being alive as well; Humans find this place alien, especially for how red it is. Society is divided into different groups, and they are dictated by a uniform, authoritarian police force, ruled by a monarch considered divine. There’s a mysterious masked human who opposes the alien world the viewer is introduced to, on the basis of defending humanity. Hidden lore and backstory is alluded to, amidst the grounds for a greater conflict.

There’s body horror, and the story emphasizes finding beauty in what is considered ‘grotesque’ and ‘unconventional’, how strangeness is all relative. Expectations are subverted, especially with how things that seem intimidating can be quite welcoming, while those once familiar are distorted to a dangerous extent; We even have a benign ungulate reframed as something alien and dangerous to both humans and the non-humans. It’s a celebration of nerds and weirdoes in a sense, people whose interests may seem unusual, as is their way of going about these interests.

…Seriously. At this point, all we need is an equivalent to King for Humans-B-Gone! Maybe… that random Housefly neighbor? Professor Gregorsa? King did have an interest in researching demons. Plus, I’m reminded of how the original drafts for Emperor Belos portrayed him as Emperor Pupa, an insectoid tyrant who claims to speak for the true ruler of the land, whose screams only he can understand, as they have yet to emerge from their cocoon… No thanks to Pupa’s hidden sabotage. You can see the visual remnants of this in how Belos’ mask and outfit resemble a stag beetle, too!

#humans b gone #the owl house #sophodra #eda clawthorne #edalyn clawthorne #luz noceda #parallels

[kittykatchao]

Thought I’d post my doodles.

#humans b gone #charizard #Pokémon #Sophodra #Tadc #the amazing digital circus #tadc bubble #caine tadc #DnD #owlbear #dnd owlbear

[bugfuckersunited]

Humans-B-Gone! Sophodra

#Humans B Gone #bugs #Sophodra #No third option no thinking about it too hard just click

[craftykit]

I did more animal jam paintings. If I get membership I will be printing these as masterpieces to sell, most likely

#this screenshot of rebecha is actually from before i finished it so it's not exactly like the file i have for the game but it's very close #animal jam #jamblr #inscryption #humans b gone #the hex #digital art #pixel art #sophodra #rebecha #animal jam classic #aj classic #the hex daniel mullin #daniel mullins games #wildworks #the hex 2018 #image description #alt text

[humansbgone]

PREVIOUS EPISODE COMPILATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_4CVZSGIBo

Episode seven is up at last! Wow!!! Thank you so much, everyone who's helped so far!!! Hope you're ready for weevil time!

And by the way, major thanks to DDX.exe for doing the music for this episode, it wouldn't have been possible or sounded half as cool without her! @theelectricdreamsofddx

You can listen to the OST here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMbXMLM1TRR5f6oJDOdZfC3ai7ASc1JnH

As always, Gregorsa's cool, eerie theme was composed by @zestychille !

If you’d like to support what comes next, there’s a Patreon! All patrons get to see videos early. Additionally, $1 gets you a link to the Discord, $2 gets access to early updates and some bonus content, $5 for your name in credits and more bonus content, $20 and $40 for black-and-white and colored commissions of insect or arachnid characters respectively, and $100 if you want a fully rigged, animatable model of your own!

(30 points possible this time. How did you do?)

#episode seven #episode #humans-b-gone #praying mantis #mantis #insect #weevil #beetle #insects #bug #bugblr #artists on tumblr #sophodra #Youtube

[mantisgodsart]

You know, we joke a lot about the release times for HBG, but considering we've been a fan of Girl Genius for upwards of six years by now, it's probably safe to say that there's not really any amount of overly-long delay that could really deter us from continuing to enjoy some cool bug media.

#note: girl genius is not bug media but we think the spirit of it still counts #our art #humans b gone #sophodra #finished

[cordycepsbian]

putting our two favorite Giant Bug Media together, for our health. gregor and boots are a lot farther from home than usual...

#the underland chronicles #gregor campbell #boots campbell #humans b gone #sophodra #this is the most detail we have ever put into a bug face ouhg #also been while since we drew something so big it warranted a zoom in on one part #we are thinking so much about how gregor + the underlanders would react to macrovolutes. they're used to Big Bugs but not This Big #oh especially gregorsa how is gregor going to feel about the giant roach with almost the same name as him lol #for now though he has to deal with this giant mantois getting in his face and trying to grab him

[coleopterabyte]

What a matchup! I don't think Cell can absorb something that large....right....? Tournament Masterpost

#hbg #sophodra #imperfect cell #dbz #abp 2024

[revretch]

In their canon forms Sophodra is obviously far taller than Rose. Rose is actually so much bigger, though, that when I think of the anthro versions I can't help picturing her as the taller one.

#ramble #Rose #Sophodra #humansbgone

[realuity]

#humans b gone #sophodra

[hecksanontagon]

quick doodle

#sophodra #humans b gone #mantis #praying mantis #bug art #fan art