Fancy Rats Part 6

[soc_puppet]

So close to the end!


Lethargic, Listless, Bored


Crappy, Crushed, Depressed


Disappointed, Envious, Pessimistic


Jealous, Lonely, Melancholy


Morose, Numb, Rejected


Cold, Dirty, Drunk


Commentary!

Well, Jealous is in conversation with Naughty, though making sure I could fit the idea into the space allotted took some wrangling.

Pessimistic is in conversation with Optimistic and Cynical; it's less sad if you imagine that the conversation goes Cynical to Pessimistic to Optimistic, with someone filling the glass with juice off-screen between the last two moods 😅

The idea with Envious is that the pigeon wants tiny hands and the rat wants wings; it makes me want to make a pigeon mood theme as a compliment to this one!

I originally sketched out Cold when my heater died in ...January? February? Very early in the year, during some ungodly cold snap.

Drunk, meanwhile, I originally drew for a fun Mardi Gras joke I made 😉 Same for at least one other rat, though I won't be officially "introducing" them until after Part 8

I think that's all my commentary for now, but if you want to know more about any of these rats, I'll be happy to keep going!

Comments

[kossai]

ratties ! so so sweet :)

[soc_puppet]

Thank you! I'm so happy I get to share how adorable pet rats are with everyone 🥰

[spiralicious]

They are so cute and expressive!

Have you heard of the rattober challenge?

[soc_puppet]

Thank you ^__^

! I have not! Please tell me more; I've missed drawing ratties!

[spiralicious]

You're welcome :)

It's an Inktober alternative hosted by thebeanbaguette on Instagram. It has 31 rat prompts. Googling rattober, rattober 2024, or beansrattober should get you the prompt list. Even though it's late in the month, it's something I thought you would have fun with.

[soc_puppet]

Ooo, that sounds like fun! I'll have to look it up. Hopefully I'll be able to access the prompts without an account 😅

[spiralicious]

If the prompt list doesn't show up for you on a Google search, let me know, and I'll leave them in a comment for you, or dm if you prefer, because I saved the list.

[soc_puppet]

Found it, thank you! I had to do a bit of a workaround by screencapping it, since Instagram wouldn't let me download the image, but I now have the prompt list saved to my computer 👍

[spiralicious]

Wonderful!

[redsixwing]

Oh my goodness, the pigeon for Envious is SO CUTE. So is the rat!

Drunk in its little cocktail glass xD Putting the tail in cocktail!

[soc_puppet]

I really want to make a complimentary pigeon mood theme; the primary thing holding me back is not knowing enough pigeon body language 😅

Had to have Drunk eating the olive from (presumably) a martini. Had to. Already licked all the salt off the rim.

[redsixwing]

I had a pet dove for a good long while x'D I'm quite familiar with their body language, and can probably provide pointers?
Unfortunately, for Life Reasons, I probably can't actually take on a mood theme right now. OTL

[redsixwing]

OH OH. You know what I can do? bury you in resources <3

Cornell U Birdwatching webcam
A pigeon body language video (Youtube) that looks pretty good, and features a GORGEOUS pigeon
Short featuring extra sweet pigeon loaf (Youtube)

[adore]

so cute, and i love the drunk emoji :D

[soc_puppet]

Drunk is certainly very popular 😂 I feel like I should mention that any of my rat moods are available for use as personal icons as well, so if you want to add Drunk to your repertoire...

Aww ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

These are adorable. My favorites include Lethargic, Envious, Cold, and Drunk.

>>The idea with Envious is that the pigeon wants tiny hands and the rat wants wings; it makes me want to make a pigeon mood theme as a compliment to this one!<<

You should totally do a pigeon theme for next year's round! :D I love the little neck-rings. And there are SO MANY kinds of pigeons -- different shapes, colors, some of them do stunts, etc. You could use a Tumbling Pigeon for Excited, a Homing Pigeon for Homesick, a white one for Blank, etc.

Re: Aww ...

[soc_puppet]

I kinda wish I'd done more with the wheel, honestly; maybe I'll figure out something for Rattober!


Urgh, I want to do a pigeon mood theme so much! They're so pretty and sweet and misunderstood! I just need to figure out where I can learn some more basic pigeon body language, so I can have a similar mix to the rat mood theme...

Re: Aww ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I kinda wish I'd done more with the wheel, honestly; maybe I'll figure out something for Rattober! <<

I thought a rat sleeping on a wheel rather than running was hilarious.


>> Urgh, I want to do a pigeon mood theme so much! They're so pretty and sweet and misunderstood! I just need to figure out where I can learn some more basic pigeon body language, so I can have a similar mix to the rat mood theme... <<

Pigeon body language video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2yc77bcO0

Pigeon Behavior:
https://dtermination.com/pigeon-behavior-and-characteristics/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00063655609475836

General bird body language:
https://mickaboo.org/resources/reading-bird-body-language

https://be.chewy.com/bird-body-language-101/

https://www.wettropics.gov.au/site/user-assets/docs/65BirdBodyLanguage.pdf


Types of Pigeons:
(This is important because they not only have different colors and shapes, but also some breeds have very distinctive behaviors, many of which would be fun to draw and/or animate.)

https://www.pigeonrescue.org/resources/types-of-pigeons/

https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/poultry-101/pigeon-types-rollers-to-racers/


Pigeon Infographics:

https://cbx-prod.b-cdn.net/COLOURBOX23088940.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/85/d2/48/85d24876703c4d0a6fa7695696e7318c.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/10/9e/5e/109e5ebcc7855eb083ea928f52eff0f8.jpg

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bb3525e7145731da6290e4/34346761-41b1-4a55-9b49-afeb9c22f128/InfoGraphic_Copyright.jpg

https://www.dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IncrediblePigeons_3-01.png

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fthis-infographic-makes-me-want-to-have-an-army-of-pigeons-v0-ddockusvok091.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D94cef0d11c7ca3c00116f5420cfa12df6eaed6f3


Pigeon Book Lists:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/pigeon

https://bookroo.com/explore/books/topics/pigeons

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/11/03/pigeon-booklist

https://www.buteobooks.com/searchResults.php?action=browse&category_id=297


Also, I have flying rats (a mad science cross of rats with pigeons and parrots) in Polychrome Heroics; see "Exist Without Permission."