Triangle hare

Machnip's how I started all of this (I think a decade ago!) I had major depression stemming from being gay, isolated myself as a teen, and wanted to journal my thoughts.
I kept a real hidden folder on my computer (hidden in multiple folders in system files, as if it's a common place to be), planning to fill it with text documents as a journal, and draw Machnip to accompany the entries.
From what I remember, it lasted 2 text entries long! But Machnip survived, and I wrote out my entries instead of typing them.

Not sure why a rabbit, but they're cool. Don't know how the ear to nose thing works, but it's fun to draw. Originally was going to have only one eye show.
Brief bio:
Hates work, likes the idea of wandering around without having an end goal in mind; they exist. Mellow, looks a bit angry at times, but really just has their head full of thoughts.



Machnip on the ground, with their legs starting to distort outward, and text going downwards with the word what falling down the page and distorted text
The earliest photo of Machnip. I can't remember what the issue was when doing this.

Machnip sitting on a very short stool with a dull look on their face.  One lag bent in, the other out.  Distorted, stylized text is to the right of their head
Something more "close" to how they usually turn out when drawn. Sitting on the world's smallest stool.

Machnip slitting their throat with a freshly sharp fingernail.  Cartoony blood sprays from their neck as their head falls backward, in a disco-like pose
"Die happy!"

Machnip sitting cross-legged on the floor, staring at the sun, with TV static in their pupils.  One long, gravity-defying tear goes down each eye.
Staring at the sun like a fool

Machnip with a stern, more realistic face on.  They grab their ears, pulling the skin off of them to reveal Machnip under, gasping for breath, dropping the skin asside, and walking off with a smirk and a puff from the nose
"I met two personifications of god in a car. Thank you" "Shedding your skin"

Machnip on the top left corner, looking sickly.  They have a lot to say; unfortunately, it's all distorted text and symbols so we can't understand
This is where the journal aspect first really played into drawing these characters. I was so concerned about family finding these entries back then, that I wrote the text distorted and unreadable.
Funny now I'm just openly sharing them and love making patterns or shapes out of text.I usually forget what I write in all of these, for better or worse.
It's actually really freeing doing this

Machnip upside down, their ears doing the splits and cracking, with disjointed, broken legs flailing
There's something about drawing eyes like that. Was probably empty doing this one

Machnip on the floor (dead?) saying something with the text bubble above, but the text is distorted
I was having issues when drawing this, but don't remember what they were.
I just remember I was listening to Amy Winehouse's Frank album and was inspired by the pink font color (RIP)

Machnip sitting, playing a video game, and feeling drained doing so, with unkept hair and strain in their eyes
Video games were my childhood, and seeped in to adulthood. I'd escape so much just playing games, until realizing they were fucking me up with all the time spent on them.
I broke the habit and feel much better without them. I'm thankful though for the creativity and ideas they present.
I'll always adore Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5, and Dance Dance Revolution for their music and art






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