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Tinkerpup the Runt - Sonic OC Ref
Had to redesign my boy for Art Fight 2024!! I also rewrote his lore, which you can read below. The rat mentioned in this blurb is my other OC, Filth the Labrat. You can find Filth's ref on my profile if you're curious!
LORE BLURB
Tinkerpup is a greasy old man who has a burnt-out rockstar vibe. He tasted mild fame in his youth (for his work mass-repurposing Robotnik bots to defend towns after Robotnik had conquered them) and he lets it get to his head. His work was known, but not his name. It was hard, time-consuming, and thankless work that he poured years into. He felt fulfilled by it, but there is still a bitterness he feels at the fact that he was not known by name, that he was never thanked. In his youth, he took up this work partially in hopes of getting fame. Deep down, he does deeply care. Deeply. But he's the type to prevent himself from true connection because emotional intimacy is scary. It's easier to "care" through a partially-performative facade of pride and self-importance.
Tinkerpup is an individual who spent all his time developing his technical skills instead of caring for his own emotions or maturing. In his youth, he was nerdy and lonely and poured hours on end into his interest in bioengineering and mechanics. By the time he was in his 30's he had put his bioengineering days behind him and buried that secret with his shame. At this phase in his life, he turned over a new leaf by focusing on repurposing Robotnik's bots that were causing so much pain and destruction around him. However by the time he began to gain some amount of renown, an injury led to him being unable to work for a long time.
15 years later, Tinkerpup has been living in obscurity and isolation when a rat appears on his doorstep insisting he made her. Tinkerpup insisted as strongly he did no such thing and demanded she get lost. 5 years after this, and the two still lie together and are closer than ever. This is NOT the future Tinker wanted for himself, he never envisioned this. There is a sadness in having a dream, watching that dream get ripped away by factors out of your control, and knowing you're getting too old to fulfill it, no? Though maybe if Tinkerpup took on a mentee, he could vicariously earn the fame he so craved...
LORE BLURB
Tinkerpup is a greasy old man who has a burnt-out rockstar vibe. He tasted mild fame in his youth (for his work mass-repurposing Robotnik bots to defend towns after Robotnik had conquered them) and he lets it get to his head. His work was known, but not his name. It was hard, time-consuming, and thankless work that he poured years into. He felt fulfilled by it, but there is still a bitterness he feels at the fact that he was not known by name, that he was never thanked. In his youth, he took up this work partially in hopes of getting fame. Deep down, he does deeply care. Deeply. But he's the type to prevent himself from true connection because emotional intimacy is scary. It's easier to "care" through a partially-performative facade of pride and self-importance.
Tinkerpup is an individual who spent all his time developing his technical skills instead of caring for his own emotions or maturing. In his youth, he was nerdy and lonely and poured hours on end into his interest in bioengineering and mechanics. By the time he was in his 30's he had put his bioengineering days behind him and buried that secret with his shame. At this phase in his life, he turned over a new leaf by focusing on repurposing Robotnik's bots that were causing so much pain and destruction around him. However by the time he began to gain some amount of renown, an injury led to him being unable to work for a long time.
15 years later, Tinkerpup has been living in obscurity and isolation when a rat appears on his doorstep insisting he made her. Tinkerpup insisted as strongly he did no such thing and demanded she get lost. 5 years after this, and the two still lie together and are closer than ever. This is NOT the future Tinker wanted for himself, he never envisioned this. There is a sadness in having a dream, watching that dream get ripped away by factors out of your control, and knowing you're getting too old to fulfill it, no? Though maybe if Tinkerpup took on a mentee, he could vicariously earn the fame he so craved...
Category Artwork (Digital) / Sonic
Species Mobian
Size 2752 x 1339px
File Size 2.85 MB
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