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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:

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!!

“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✨

Poppies

Recap: Poppies 2025 Awards 🏆1️⃣7️⃣🎉

July 27, 2025July 27, 2025 LJ

Greetings, Poppie-tropicans! This weekend was the PHB’s 17th birthday, and we celebrated by announcing the winners of the Poppies, our Poptropica fan awards. We appreciate everyone for joining in on the fun this month, from nominating to voting, with almost 400 votes. Wow!

We kicked off the party with a chaotic pre-show skit right before the awards, and every author was featured in our Poppies presentation, which doesn’t happen very often! You can take a look at the video below or keep scrolling for the list of winners.

Thanks to Smart Icicle and Gentle Dolphin for the video, with pre-show skit scripted by Magic Kid and LJ.

And the Poppies go to…

🔵 Poptropica Awards 🔵

🌄 Best Character Arc: Mya Wong – Poptropica Graphic Novel Series (runner-up: Binary Bard aka Mordred – Astro-Knights Island)
🤖 Best Robot: Sprocket from Steamworks Island (runner-up: Merlin from Astro-Knights Island)
😋 Tastiest Food: Cake from Mocktropica Island (runner-up: Fried Dough from Monster Carnival Island)
🏠 Best Island to Reside In: Monster Carnival Island (runner-up: Counterfeit Island)
😡🔚 Worst Ending: Fairytale Island (runner-up: Monster Carnival Island)
😄🔚 Best Ending: Mystery Train Island (runner-up: PoptropiCon Island)

*Check out our* Old Islands Guide to find out how you can play all the classic Poptropica adventures.

🟡 Community Awards 🟡

🎨 Best Fan Art of the Year: “The Bucky Stops Here” comic by cacaocheri (runner-up: “Behind the scenes of the end of Super Villain Island” by bashful-sword)
📹 Best Fan Video of the Year: “Gentle Dolphin VS Zeus (April Fools 2025)” by Gentle Dolphin (runner-up: “Poptropica was the peak of gaming and you can’t tell me otherwise (Poptropica cookie decorating video)” by Everyday Cookier)
✍️ Best Guest Post of the Year: “How To Draw a Poptropican: A Deep Dive” by HPuterpop/Andrew Wiles (runner-up: “Logging Back In: The Islands That Raised Us” by Cobalt/Koi)
😍 Cutest OC: Invisible Shadow by lookingforcuteartsss (runner-up: Super Wing by Gentle Dolphin)
😎 Coolest OC: Maroon Ring by happyclonetrooper (runner-up: Icy Fang by thebutterflyoficeandwisteria)
👕 Best Cosplay: Ringmaster Raven Cosplay by Toma/toma.ki (runner–up: Steamworks Island inspired outfit by clovermulo)

Kudos to all the winners and nominees of the 2025 Poppies, our 11th annual round! You’re all incredible. 🥳💚

It was a shame the Poptropica common rooms wouldn’t work, so we couldn’t see each other in them, but that didn’t stop us from having fun! During the party, a group of us lingered after the announcements and played a few rounds of Gartic Phone, which has always been a great time whenever we’ve played it on the Poptropica Help Chat (PHC). Check out a few of our masterpieces! 😏

*Shout-out to snoopypilots for archiving most of the drawings as GIFs.*

🎨 Best Fan Art Nominees Gallery 🎨

“The Bucky Stops Here” comic by cacaocheri — read the rest here!

Thank you for being with us on the blue carpet this year! It was wonderful celebrating Poptropica’s legacy once more, along with the PHB’s 17th birthday. Just one more year until adulthood! Until then, Poptropicans…

Pop on!

—🎆 the Poptropica Help Blog 🎆—

Wallpapers

A Poptropica Canvas 🖌️🖼️ Fan favorite characters on an illustrated poster

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 Slanted Fish

Hey Poptropicans — here’s a little treat for you!

Poptropica fan artist RainbowBrush (Tough Spinner) has been drawing iconic characters from the game based on community requests, and the result is this amazing poster-worthy art below. So cool, right? ✨

To download this poster, right-click on it and choose ‘Save Image’. Maybe even print it out and stick it on your wall if you like!

Each day over the past three weeks, RainbowBrush invited the Poptropica community on Reddit and the PHC to nominate characters for the poster. She then drew the day’s most popular choice, sharing the progress of the canvas day by day with the latest addition, until at last it was complete with 21 characters. Here’s a look at each one!

How many of these characters did you recognize? 💥

And just for fun, here’s a glimpse at how the canvas grew bit by bit over the course of the project, a gradual yet glorious expansion of color, playfulness, and nostalgia. Great work, RainbowBrush! 🤩

Love Poptropica art as much as we do? Consider joining our Discord server, the Poptropica Help Chat (PHC), for frequent doses of fan art and lots more fun with the community. We’d love to have you! 🩵

Keep on poppin’ on,
~🐠

Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons, PHB Series, Uncategorized

😝 Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons: Round 8! 🤟

May 13, 2025May 16, 2025 Magic Kid

BOO! Hey, Poptropicans, we are SO back. 😎

(The crossed out ones have already been drawn and the circled ones have already been claimed. To make it easier to find them, the ones available currently are in a highlighted circle! 🙂 )

This batch was loads of fun to draw. Thank you for submitting your amazing Poptropicans. All the designs were very epic! 🤩

Alright! Let’s cut to the chase– Here you go…

ROUND 8!

Again, GREAT OCs! I hope y’all like them. ☺️

Now, you know the drill…

How to get your Poptropican drawn next? Here’s what you need to do:

💬 COMMENT BELOW (on the most recent DYPAE post) a reference screenshot for your Poptropican (using a public image sharing site like Imgur), their name, AND which facial expression you would like them to have from the chart near the top of the post (for example, E2).

🙅‍♂️ When asking for an expression, please don’t ask for one that has already been claimed (either by someone in the comments before you, or one that has been crossed out or circled blue in the chart). First come, first served!
❗️ Please only comment ONE Poptropica character per person. BUT if you’ve already gotten one of yours drawn, you CAN comment ONE MORE character! 😝

⏳ After you comment, WAIT PATIENTLY. Everyone who comments and wants to have their Poptropican drawn will get added to a list, so no one gets missed. Each round I’ll only post a handful of them, so hang tight, yours will get drawn at some point. 😃

GOODBYE!

Over n’ Out

~Magic Kid

Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons, PHB Series

Drawing Your Poptropicans As Emoticons: ROUND 7! 😎

May 1, 2025May 7, 2025 Magic Kid

Hey guys! We’re back with yet another batch of drawings for y’all. 🥳

(The crossed out ones have already been drawn and the circled ones have already been claimed 🙂 )

Well, I don’t have much to say so we might as well just jump right into it this time! 😄

ROUND 7!!

What a great bunch of fun characters! Thank you so much for submitting them and letting me draw them all. 😁