Wowie my first riddle school animation

Pretty much uncolored as a homage to reference.

No wonder Zack doesnt dance-

He is good at it, though

Inspired by "Stop, Freeze!"

title says it all

I got a stupid headcanon that Phil would just have a dialogue thats stupid enough to get past her anyways

What's funnier is since the series is so long..

Isn't there just-- alternate universe Phils (more phils?)

man other than that enjoy the image

(kept art at beginning as a minor hook, and this was also basically my reaction after finally getting a response)

This took so long and I can't lie, my first response was long myself so I can't blame the guy, and I was pretty satisfied I can't really lie.

I'll work more on color theory in the future, hopefully and man..

I'm so glad-- heck, words can't even describe the rush I felt seeing the response at all.

Art stuff -

drew the piece by feeling and thought up the background after based off the todo climax jumping thing

(Context inside title)

Yeeeahhh...

Sorry about that, guys.

Hopefully this is easier.

Og post- https://www.reddit.com/r/codes/comments/1u4qs1s/code_thing_for_a_project_how_do_i_like_actually/

Catch me if you can!!

Yeah that's really it

I'll post more teaser since a lot is coming and I dont wanna leave without you guys seeing some stuff

But yeah, also this isn't a j*gabooyah song thing

Is that her?

Somethings... off...

(inspired by EXE)

(This post is also unrelated to the teaser, and I wanted to at least give a few filler posts before continuing on the big post so I can feed this community I guess)

wanted to post this earlier and stuff but ehh

Context- made this code for an upcoming project but couldn't find a balance of it being nuanced enough for people to actively search on what they need to find it, while actively drawing people in

Sorry for putting off this post so long

made the code myself here - https://www.reddit.com/r/riddleschool/comments/1u1yo54/something_new_teaser/#lightbox

"--- .... --..-- / -- -.-- / -.. . .- .-. / .-- .- - -.-. .... . .-. --..-- / .. / - .... .. -. -.- / -.-- --- ..- .----. .-.. .-.. / -. . . -.. / - .... .. ... .-.-.- .-.-.-"

something new is coming up..

and it's gonna be awesome. It's not a game project, but a concept that's cool.

thanks for reading.

the numbers have been CUT short

lmao

ah yes keeping the ongoing

shooting

I guess

(Idk what to put this)
he didn't respond yet tho so it is what it is I guess but hopefully he might soon, he's probably busy

meme is other image

first one is anni image

not as good as my original concept I wanted but it turned out ok

small update from ideas I got over the break

moar soon peoples

stuff I tried that was new

- minor shading and trying to use a bit of smiley and phils riddle transfer design along with its colors (my style ends up just translating more into that than the second part, though it's probably a hybrid of both in a sense.)

I genuinely felt guilty not being able to at least get everything outta my system before I take my break and shtuff

So yeah...

Riddle Elementary..

For the most part, smiley and Phil fit perfectly into Gregory (Phil) and Jeane (smiley) respectively.

Haven't really completed all of the characters yet tho - but might as well release what I got

(This is also my first time ever drawing time skip smiley, and time skip philwhich was cool, I hope to do funny stuff with them in the future)

But yeah

here

(Also I really ended up forgetting I wasn't supposed to color smileys hair here, but hey, mistakes happen. I'll bounce back soon enough.)

(And yes, that thing on their neck is a teacher pass/tag)

really nothing else

time to go catch some z's like Greg sleep and Mrs sleep

(Again, meme tag because they're memes)

I'm fine. (burning in hell lol)

2nd image was scrapped pride month joke image

third is devastation face (TGT)

Got a lil tired of this series, and it's noticable as I didn't produce a lot of high quality stuff as of now.

Imma take a break to hopefully restore myself to make more stuff for you guys!!

(Man, I've fallen off....)

minor things I wanna preface - this is more of a deep dive into character analysis I guess and uhh for phils part I really don't condone or say his bullying is due to this problem, but simply a terrible choice made in desperation.

honestly, take most of this with a grain of salt, I guess.

Smiley (The First Piece) - More than a 'Eager Scholar'

Riddle School is an amazing, simplistic story that at its heart is simply nostalgic and made up of choices that culminated in a amazing story.

However, this series of deep-rooted dives could probably show why almost every choice in the story is as powerful as it is.

Smiley remains a huge case of this, being the major optimist of the group.

She, despite the situation, remains an encouragement of hope for everyone, being able to emotionally be a person that is able to keep the group of Phil, Zack, and Phred together.

She was bullied by Phil early on via making a "smiley smudge", and though we can't really specifically SAY outright how long that went on, we can assume from Phil, a pretty long time.

And that, I relate to.

I was always bullied myself to this day about me being a lesser man for showing my emotions while younger, to now being called sped due to having ADHD.

To add on to this, we can also probably figure out WHY smiley liked learning...

... it was an escape.

From what we know (due to the amount of kids in the school,) she didn't really have any friends, either..

...it's the same thing I do, myself, honestly.

But yet, despite all of that, in her darkest moments when she feels as if she can't give optimism to the group again by smiling- the person who used to bully her for he smile, likes it and soon marries her.

It's beautifully thematic.

Smiley throughout everything, by being the optimist, and suffering bullying, was able to come out on top due to her resilience and power to continue to have hope.

That.. is good writing.

It feels special to me because I've hardly seen girl characters written in a way like this.

What an amazing story of resilience, and in a perfectly fitting unique way, too.

Phil (The Second Piece) - More than a 'Stalwart Leader'.

Despite the odds, Riddle School remains at heart for me as an amazing story with relatable and amazing character growth.

But Phil, despite his said sarcastic demeanor, is more than he himself lets on....

Phil, just like most other kids at school is a sarcastic (somewhat bratty) person who is simple for all things considered, and just hates his school and is bored of the constant inside of it.

I myself can relate to this feeling....

...it's burnout.

He himself (Phil), has gotten burnt out from school to the extreme point where he physically chooses to leave over staying in class.

Burnout is a terrible thing.

It has situations we usually have that feel exhausting, as each day seems the same, starting a slow descent into madness.

Phil tried to break this loop by bullying Smiley, but it just made it worse for him as a result via placing him in an even worse class.

And yet despite his struggles, he remains clear and level-headed than the rest, and surprisingly had the best grades out of the group.

He had the victory in his hands... but it came at the cost of his mental and emotional joy he gets from it.

What's the point of getting good grades when it's the same thing you get every day?

Why try when there's nothing to lose?

This is yet another reason why Phil confessing to Smiley is so narratively perfect.

Due to his renowned happiness for finally being able to come back to school, he tries to break his past by connecting with the one who in his eyes loved school the most, but had joy in it that he had lacked for a long time.

It's perfect, in a sense.

He finally doesn't feel hollow again, and finally ends the loop that has been chasing him his whole life.

The SunTree Relationship - The Answer

(really short but sweet)

Phil, throughout his burnout and hollow and emptiness at school, finally finds a person who finds joy in it to finally get his true self back, good grades or not.

Smiley finally finds a genuine person that likes her for her optimism and strength, that she despite everything had a positive outlook for the longest - and at her darkest moment, she was met with the biggest surprise of her life - a connection, that soon turned into genuine love.

I cried at the ending.

The end of it all...

Thanks for 20 years, Riddle School.

I hope to see more stuff to come from this community, and remember...

"Sometimes, even the dumbest childhood dreams..

..can come true."

Thanks for reading my stupidly deep character analysis.

Have fun looking at the other posts!

stuff I didn't get to add:

Phils fear and disdain for clocks and his noticing of lockers looking the same represents and effectively shows his slow descent as he slowly gets tired of the tiniest problems imaginable - clocks and lockers, going off (clocks) and seeing the same of it (lockers).

I'll make more shitpost meme art tomorrow, guys.

Huge thanks for reading til the end.

Zack do be suffering from fire, man.

Smiley ain't chuckling around no more, dude.

Phil ain't care about his Eggtree anymore, homie.

Phred forgot his whistle, bro.

man I love shitposting art and got motivated to draw these for some reason

have a nice day guys, not much to say here

Literally the next person to destroy the earth after viz, diz and quiz get slimed

Anyways guys enjoy the artslop made by a IRL robot fr fr

Shit posting was fun

Literally couldn't do shading for the hand because I really don't know where the hell the light source is gonna be

white triangle

I was gonna originally name this post "Smiley dunks on AI-bros", but it felt too negative as well JUST came out of the 20th anniversary so ...

yeah.

TeleVIZION.

Also I wonder if other people are really active on this reddit I find myself coming here to post alot

mashup of these referenced images

i couldve added a sword pack but ehh

kinda feels bad since its free (technically low priced)

but

it is what it is

kinda felt like the evolution of my dumb bacon avatar i used to have named sonic ninja 100

wish i could still use that thing

Title kinda says it all for the most part

And yes, TWO art posts for this anniversary - out of respect for the community and my love for this series, even though it's my first anniversary.

Left is a madness grunt - main inspiration for designs that made Riddle school 1 what it is today- the beginning of a powerful series.

Shoulda put a background around Zack, but it is what it is.

References:

Speediest animal

Earring fusion

I think u can tell third one

Tried to make madness grunts hands look like 20 and it kinda worked.