Another Day, Another Autistic Icon! Happy Autism Acceptance Month With SpongeBob SquarePants! Did You

Another day, another autistic icon! Happy autism acceptance month with SpongeBob SquarePants! Did you know that sponges are animals? They belong to their own animal phylum called Porifera. They have no tissues or organs, only cells, and they have no digestive system either— their bodies are naturally shaped to funnel in microorganisms to eat. Real life sponges are sessile, which means that they don’t move around, so SpongeBob is definitely unique in that regard. But I guess he’s unique in many other regards too, he is definitely a one-of-a-kind sponge : )

This was just a quick doodle I was gonna do before bed, until an hour went by and it was colored and shaded. That’s me with my signature, autism-issued headphones and flip-flops

also! I just got volume 1 today! I’ve been flipping through it happily : )

This looks phenomenal! I really like it! The only suggestion I have is that you texture the smooth tail a little more, I like what you did with his ears and cheeks, and the little puff of fur on his collar, so I think a few well-placed ruffles on his tail would be a good touch. Another thing you could think about is to darkening the shading a bit more. It looks very gentle, but increasing the contrast might play up the drama of the new art style!

Been messing around with a style that I like, used Roark as a little guinea pig to test it out

Any feedback or criticism would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

I’m gonna make more autism acceptance month posts because I have a lot of autistic characters that I love. Happy autism acceptance month! This is Link from the Legend of Zelda video game franchise. He is a very dedicated knight who has lived lots of lives protecting his kingdom. Here are some of his many incarnations! When I die, you will find my Link Is Autistic headcanon in my cold dead hands. Happy autism month with Link!

Here are some more autistic pals! This is Pinkie and Maud Pie, two sisters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! As you can see, they are as different as night and day, but they love each other dearly and they are each other’s biggest cheerleaders. Autism is a genetic condition, so it runs in families. Lots of autistic people also have a sibling with autism! But that doesn’t mean that their traits and symptoms will be the same— two autistic siblings may be on totally different areas of the autism spectrum, and like any other siblings, may have completely different personalities too!