In regards to the Jthm fandom: if you’ve been following me for a long time and remember my art/work for this shit, I’m genuinely sorry because I don’t want to associate myself with this art anymore. This has been weighing on my mind for a while, back when I started getting into Jthm again, I met an uncomfortable amount of criticism/harassment for the things I draw. During this time I was in a really bad place mentally and was in a deep manic state while suffering intense bouts of psychosis, everything felt like an attack. I was constantly paranoid.
Looking back at my old art and rants I realize how much I pushed people away and outwardly attacked people for having honest opinions about things they care about. I suppose I felt like I needed to constantly state my mind every chance I got and it makes me sick thinking about the friends I’ve lost due to being just a general dick-head.
I started making this art because Jthm is important to me and I just wanted to have fun with these weird little characters, but it doesn’t really feel the same anymore. I can’t take back all the shit I spammed during this weird time in my life but I don’t want to leave it without addressing the way it makes me feel when I stumble upon it.
Anyways, if you still follow me despite my constant ranting back then, thanks. It’s not easy learning to grow from your mistakes, especially when you’re an angry person. Everyday is another struggle.
I’m trying to figure a lot of things out about myself, Jthm will always be a part of my life and this art was a small piece of it, but it’s one I reject fully. I still think making vent art is important, but I think who you direct it at matters even more.
So this has been in my ask box for a while because I wasn’t sure how I wanted to answer it.
In my portrayals I usually allude to the fact that his relationship with his mom is a little off but never really dug that deep into what I wanted between them.
I suppose I wanted to have an excuse to see someone struggling in a similar vein a lot of people like Jimmy usually go through. You live a decent life with a decent family yet there’s still something wrong with you- only I wanted to give little hints that maybe there were cracks in his past that he never recovered from. Maybe he’s had a few too many fights with his mom about the way he is, maybe she was some what distant because she didn’t like what he was becoming, or what she made. I wanted it to be interpreted personally, basically show the little moments between them where they interact and you have to put it together based of their depictions.
Pretty much the relationship between Jimmy and his mom was to show that sometimes people set boundaries with you and you have to learn how to accept it, even if it’s your family.
Anywhoo thanks for asking, I kept coming to this now and then, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to respond with art or not but it’s a really good question that got me thinking a little harder about it.
You got it, here’s a quick doodle I did while my iPad was at 2% . I definitely want to draw him more, his feud with Todd makes me laugh so much. I’d take any ideas of two intellectuals arguing over split views and coffee.
As for pepito, not really but he is aware that he’s Todd’s friend and that he’s evil in some sense. It’s kinda where some of the tension between him and Todd comes from. Edgar is very aware of the people he’s surrounded by and treads carefully with his relationships as to not fall victim to unnecessary drama. Todd can’t help himself because his constant guilt and Edgar makes fun of him for his inability to say no to people he cares about.
I think Edgar has a lot of respect for Todd but thinks that he ruins his own life sometimes and it’s not all just his bad luck, Todd would be jealous that Edgar has his life together despite being just as smart as him and thinks Edgar is just an uncaring, god loving asshole who goes to church to much lmao.
