...And most importantly, it made us all smile! Thank you again Z&M for Smiling Friends!😃It was SQUIM-TASTIC!😃
🎶"Keep SMILING, keep shining, knowing you can always count on me...For sure, that's what FRIENDS are for..."🎵Song: Dionne Warwick- That's What Friends Are For (1985)
Smiling Friends was something special in many ways. It not only made a big impact in pop culture- it brought fans together as a community, helped ppl through hard times, creatively inspired others too! From casual watchers to super fans, everyone found something to love about it!
Once again, I know Ive said this a bunch, but Ill never ever forget what this meant to me! :D Thank you Zach, Michael, Aron, The SF Crew...for entrusting me with the task of designing Squim! For the opportunity to be a part of something so positively cool!
I have huge gratitude for that experience, it was a longtime dream to do character design for a show or even movies someday! I'm honored that Smiling Friends was my first job in TV animation! With that said, Squim is a character that will have a special place in my life forever🥹
October 2024, I got an email that had my eyes go WIDE! An email asking if I wanted to design a character for a Season 3 episode, specifically, a crazy critter called SQUIM! Working on him was so much fun, I loved every moment of it & I was excited for you all to finally meet him!
January 2022, I became a Smiling Friends fan! I loved the characters, humor, varied animation styles! It really brought me joy & laughter when I was going through a difficult time around then/the year before. And, wow, little did I know the impact it would soon have on my life!
Thank you Zach and Michael for giving us SMILING FRIENDS!
From being a fan in 2022, to later designing a character for it as my first EVER job in tv animation! Squim will always be dear to my heart!💛
Thank you for having my art be a part of this show, I'll never forget it!🥹
As far back as preschool age, thanks to growing up on Blues Clues, I was fond of blue pawprints & liked putting them in my drawings! (I even stamped some on a shelf when I was little & theyre still there LOL)
25+ years later that trait sticks around in my art/OCs & even in my watermark too! c:
Zippy was an OC of mine from Spring 2006!
Now being 20 years later, I thought he'd be fun to draw again! 🦋🐾 Back then I was still doing digital art with a computer mouse (from 2003-2006), I got my first drawing tablet in 2007! :D
I made a lot of silly lil animal characters as a kid! XD
Some random sketchbook doodles that I ended up coloring! 8D Charlie & Pim and also Gnarly & Grim too!
"My name is Rosalina. I watch over and protect the cosmos." 🌟
Here is the announcement post for it!
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I will be sharing pages monthly (here and on my other socials too!) starting in May! :D
Ive been working on a continuation comic, of Squim navigating life as a ghost with help from Charlie & Pim! :D Just a lil something fun!
I only did his design aspects hehe! Concepts, expression/model sheets and so forth! :] He was animated by another team, who did an amazing job capturing my style!
Thank you so much!!! 🥹 That means a lot! :D
In December 2025 I wrote a short comic script taking place after the events of "Squim Returns" and as of early-February I have more than half of the pages already complete!
Comic pages will be released monthly starting in May up until the end of the year! Hope yall will enjoy! :D
Squim, once known for his positive attitude & love for life has become a gloomy ghost, struggling to bring positivity to a world who sees him as an eerie wandering spirit.
Pim & Charlie's latest mission? To help the soul of a former Smiling Friend search for his joy & purpose!👻
I'd say probably Steve Buscemi! xD
Here's a side-by-side of the 2016 vs 2026! I wanted to try and keep close to the same color composition, as I liked how that originally looked, but I tried some different posing on the characters in the new one! :D
"WAH! That lizard stole our loot!"
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Redraw of a 2016 drawing I did starring Yoshi, Wario, Waluigi & I also added in his pal Boomer my bob-omb character (he first appeared in my art in 2020, then recently in 2025!)
I figured this one would be fun to draw again after 10 years! 8D
Here are some recent doodles of these two! :D
"...Do not be absurd, Father. You are the great Octavius. Everyone knows it. You must, as well..."
Ock & his talkative tentacles xP This one just sat for a while as a sketch but went & finished it up recently! 8D (The quote is a small excerpt from the Spider-Man 2 novelization!)
Canonically, Grim & Gnarly were long gone by the time Squim returned, but this is just for fun! :D You can say that Squalm has qualms about being a Frowning Friend, not really liking the idea of bringing people down! Upon hearing this- Squim wastes no time gettin him outta there!
"Curse you, Smiling Friends! That's OUR employee! Gnarly, follow that wretched yellow ball!"
While not the usual mean-spirited Frowning Friend, Squalm is a doubtful critter! He's uneasy & apprehensive with a strong conscience- opposite to chaotic & spontaneous counterpart Squim!
Thought id draw a new pic of these batty cats who debuted 15 years ago today, Edwin🐅 & Vinny🐆! I drew em as random characters on my posterboard project I did for school back when I was 13 about comparing results of different crayon brands, and they just ended up sticking around among my other OCs!:D
YEEE So many Squims!!! These are wonderful and I'm so glad you enjoy drawing him!!! :D
I think if Squim was an animal, he would totally be a Squirrel!!! xP
90's Squim makes an appearance again in a random thingy I recently drew! 8D
80's/90's Squim are direct callbacks to some of my early passes at his design from 2024 when he had a large hair tuft & funky hat as well! I thought itd be fun to bring them back for this lil timeline of Squim!
Here yah go!!! :D (Sorry I'm seeing this so late!)
Otto Octavius and his trusty robotic arms....before the fusion experiment goes amiss!
I initially drew this back in November...hence the 2025 watermark! xD But I went and added a background from the movie to it and so I thought I'd post it! 8D
