Category: PHB Series

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Merchandise, Pop Fan Artist Spotlights, Uncategorized

Pop Fan Artist Spotlights: PollyCatArt stickies and more 🖼️

Agent Bubbles

Hello Poptropicans! We’ve got a few fun Pop fan artists to spotlight, featuring goodies you can hold in your hands, plus more incredible artwork from the fandom community.

Earlier this year, we covered DizzyLeopardShop, a small business whose products include adorable Poptropica-themed stickers and keychains you can snag on Etsy. Check out our Q&A with the artist here!

Lately, a couple more shops have joined in to add Poptropica fan-made merch to the market! One is a set of waterproof stickers of the “Big 4” classic villains by PollyCatArt, who currently sells other nerdy goodies but hopes to add more Pop-themed items soon. They’re currently on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

…And all of this is totally not said out of bias, because I’m PollyCatArt!

A few of these stickers have already been purchased, including by my fellow PHB writer Gentle Dolphin! Thanks for your support! 💕🐬

Shameless self-promotion aside, another Pop-inspired artwork is also up for sale: the “Computer Game Wall Art” mini print by LenaDrawsArt, showing the old Poptropica map screen with a few classic islands! This would look great above a desk or workspace (especially if framed!) so you can always be reminded of the glory days.

Besides fan-made merch, we’d also like to spotlight some recent digital art pieces from the community!

First up is this gorgeous animation by MelonBobber-Pop on YouTube. This has a very smooth loop and does a great job at mimicking Survival Island’s background and environment designs!

Next is this beautifully stylized set of illustrations of Princess Elyana and other Astro-Knights characters by snoopypilots! Also featuring some doodles of the Binary Bard who is… wait, Hatsune Miku??

https://www.tumblr.com/snoopypilots/801424581223235584/forever-love-drawing-this-island-specifically

Interested in more Poptropica fan art? Come join our Poptropica Help Chat (PHC) Discord community, where community members create, discuss, and share all things Poptropica! 🌟

Castori honorem ~ Maryann/Smart Bubbles

Fanfiction, PHB Series, The Villain Saga

“The Villain Saga” – Season 2, Episode 2, Part 2

Agent Bubbles

(Table of contents) (See previous)

EXT. DUSTY GULCH – EVENING

We’re back outside the Dusty Gulch Hotel. WIDOW can be seen through the saloon doors at the bar counter, looking much less agonized. Meanwhile, MOREAU is getting her picture taken by a photographer outside. She is handed her photo, disappointed to find that DR. HARE accidentally photobombed her while he was lurking in the background for clues, walking around with a metal detector.

MOREAU runs to him, whispering:

MOREAU

You! Put that away! We don’t need to attract any more attention?

HARE pushes a button. The metal detector swiftly folds up into a compact case.

HARE

Do you have any better ideas?

DIRECTOR D.

(Off-screen)

Over here!

DIRECTOR D. is searching behind a nearby trading post. He’s looking at the base, where an old handkerchief is laying. Not just old–its threads are coated with a strange, dark substance, similar to the one found by the ship’s mast.

DR. HARE picks it up with a cloth and puts it in a bag.

HARE

I’ll test it when we get back to the ship.

DEPUTY

Howdy there!

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Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons, PHB Series

FINAL ROUND: Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons!! 🥹🥳✨

Magic Kid

Ladies and gentlemen… The moment that has been destined to happen for eight months now…

The FINAL post for the series Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons! 🥳

Now before I show you the final batch, I need you to appreciate the glory of this chart:

Credits for this challenge: @abisalli on Tumblr

There are no spots left. I can’t believe it!

Well, actually I can believe it. I put a LOT of work in this series. 😂

Each drawing took me about 20 minutes (according to Procreate’s nifty little time-tracking tool) and there were a total of… 72 emoticons. 😳

…You do the math. 😂🙏

I actually really enjoyed it all, though! And if anyone’s curious, here’s my process with Ned Noodlehead:

Sketch
Line Art
Flat Colors+Blush
Shading and Lighting
Color inside lines and outline for FINAL!

So that’s how I draw them! 🙂

*dramatic sigh* Well, there’s no point keeping them all from you any longer… the final batch…

ROUND 10!!

H7— Sporty Runner
A6— Wild Bear
B9— Ned Noodlehead
Golden- E9
D6- Dr. Lange
D7- Ringmaster Raven
E2- Pink Star
C6- Lone Flipper
A5— White Rock

“And… wrap that up and give it to a child on Christmas, ’cause we’re done!” 😝

Typically at this point of the post, I’d just have the normal drill of “If you want YOUR Poptropican drawn blah blah blah” but since this is the last post in the series, I would like to give a special thank you to everyone who’s supported this series! Whether you’ve been here from the very beginning, or if you just found this a week ago, I really appreciate everyone who’s contributed a Poptropican and everyone who’s left a comment. THANK YOU! 💖

Over and out!

~Magic Kid✨

PHB Specials

The PHB’s Pop Masquerade Birthday Collage 🎂🎭🖼️

Gentle Dolphin

Gather ’round, Poptropicans! After twenty-nine days of drawing and posting, the PHB’s Pop Masquerade Birthday Collab comes to a close. Now, on the final day of Poptropica’s 18th anniversary month, we begin this masquerade with paper faces on parade! 🎭

We present to you… the PHB’s Pop Masquerade Birthday Collage! 🎂🖼️

A round of applause to all 32 artists who contributed to this year’s birthday collage! These internet illustrators accepted our invitation and filled the Poptropica Help Ballroom with 54 masked characters. Let us admire the attendees’ fashion and pay tribute to their talented designers. 👨‍🎨👗🧥

Before we end this celebration, let us show our gratitude to the Poptropica Creators for bringing this game to life and to Coolmath Games for keeping it alive on their website. Throughout its life, Poptropica soared to great heights and plummeted to devastating lows. Despite everything, the Creators put their all into the game while the fans showed their support. Here’s to 18 years of Poptropica! We may hide our faces tonight, but we will never hide our love for this game! 🎭🖥️

Thank you all for coming to our party, and have a good day!

—Gentle Dolphin 🐬

Fanfiction, PHB Series, The Villain Saga, Uncategorized

“The Villain Saga” – Season 2, Episode 1, Part 2

Agent Bubbles

(Table of contents) (See previous)

EXT. CAPTAIN CRAWFISH’S SHIP “H.M.S. SEA CHICKEN” – EVENING

FADE IN on the ship, later the same day. CRAWFISH has managed to gather everyone on the ship together on the deck. EDWARD is next to him with an old blackboard and a piece of chalk the size of his knuckle. Compared to the lovely weather from earlier, storm clouds are approaching once more.

CRAWFISH

All right, you lily-livered new folk!

(con’t)

I know none of you are used to life at sea, so we’re going to change that starting now!

HARE gags, still a little green in the face.

CRAWFISH

Each one of you has to carry your weight, no matter how high and mighty you may think you are.

EDWARD

None of us want to go through the trouble of training all of ye, so most of this will be cleaning an’ simple chores.

DIRECTOR D.

I used to hire janitors for this…

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