Blanky!!!

Blanky is a Precious Moments counting quilt. Blanky is my eldest child! He was born in 1995 which means that he is older than me by five years. Blanky has many animals on him and they each have a number associated with them from 1 to 10. He has a lamb, a bear, a sea lion, a pig, an elephant, a lion, a giraffe, a leopard, an ostrich, an unicorn, and a whale. There are 12 panels on him, one for each number, one to display the type of blanket he is, and one to write your name on so you know who the blanket belongs to. He has a strip of baby blue satin fabric around the edges of him. He has a lot of strings coming undone, but that is alright. He is just a very old baby blanket.

Basic Facts

I need you to know that Blanky is not a boy. He does use he/him pronouns, but he is not a boy. Sometimes his siblings call him their sister and sometimes it's their brother. Blanky doesn't really care. He's fine with either term. Blanky is a lesbian and does have a girlfriend named Petra. She is very cute.

Here are some little facts about Blanky. He can play many instruments like the viola, accordion, saxophone, and piano. He is the most musically inclined child out of the three. Blanky is also very goth. He is very interested in gothic things which includes gothic art and the subculture. Blanky does not dress in a gothic way that much, but you can tell from his one inverted cross earring that he is very serious about it. That's how he stays goth on his casual days where he doesn't feel like making an effort. Blanky is somewhat of a quiet person. He likes to keep to himself, but he is very extroverted around his siblings. He loves to play with them and he loves to make music with them. Blanky also loves to write poetry which sometimes ends up being another wonderful song of his or he might record himself reciting the poem. Blanky's got a little Tumblr blog that you can check out. It's mostly goth stuff or things that are close to that.

Here is a list of some bands that Blanky really likes:

Kittie
They Might Be Giants
Lust$ickPuppy
The Selecter
Bleed the Pigs

Here is a list of some movies that Blanky really likes:

True Stories (1986)
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004)
Deliria (1987)
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
Head (1968)

Here is a list of some tv shows that Blanky really likes:

The Monkees
Sesame Street
Rolie Polie Olie
Spongebob Squarepants
Blue's Clues

Design

No one has ever asked me why I draw Blanky the way that I do and I really want to talk about that! Obviously, he looks a lot different than he actually does since real him is a blanket and I draw him as a human being. One part of his design that I think is quite obvious is his hair color. It's blue because of the strip of blue that's along his edges. I gave Blanky vitiligo to represent all of the pictures that are on him. I needed that to be apart of him somehow and that's what I came up with. Blanky was given brown eyes because my eyes are brown and that's the best eye color to have. He is the oldest out of the three so he would be the tallest when Baby and Babysister are still kids, but then he'll end up being the second tallest once Babysister hits that growth spurt. I think he'd be around five feet eight inches. Blanky is also ambidextrous because he just seems like the kind of dude who would try to train his other hand to be as good as his dominant hand.

First Rendition - June 2018

Blanky had a version of him that was before this one that I really did not like at all so I changed so much of him and soon he became this version. Here he is at age fifteen or something around that. I really do not like his hair is done. Maybe he just hasn't figured out how to style it yet and this is the easiest thing to do, but he looks like a founding father with that little ponytail. What was I thinking?

Second Rendition - August 2018

A digital drawing of Blanky in a goth outfit. His hair is teased up and he is wearing all black.

Here is a more goth Blanky. He doesn't have as many accessories as he should have. I think the real Blanky would do a much better makeup look than that, too. I do like his teased hair, that's what he would do when he goes full goth mode. He just needs a better outfit here. He looks too simple.

Third Rendition - March 2019

A digital drawing of Blanky playing the accordion.

This is a very plain Blanky. This is what he would wear outside of his goth look. He also has shorter hair here! He could still put it in a poinytail if he wanted to, but I don't think it would fit his look. At this point in time I think I was unsure of what I wanted to do with his hair, I just did not want to the founding father hairstyle anymore.

Fourth Rendition - August 2019

A digital drawing of Blanky in a goth outfit. His hair is teased up and he is wearing all black with some purple.

Here is another goth Blanky, but with a much better outfit and with his signature purple lipstick! His favorite color is purple so he would make that his pop of color within his goth outfits. I really like his pants here and his shoes. He also has a bunch of rings which fits him a lot. I am not so sure about his little cardigan. I think something better could have been there, but it may have been all he owns at the moment and needed something to cover up when it gets cold.

Fifth Rendition - August 2020

A digital drawing of Blanky with half pink hair and wearing a beret. His bangs are braided with beads at the ends.

I wanted to showcase Blanky with dyed hair. I think he would have looked cool with a pink split dye so I gave him just that! His whole outfit looks a lot better here than in the previous ones. I think this would be more of what he would wear outside of his full goth outfits. I also gave him braided bangs like how Poly Styrene would wear her hair. Blanky would have been inspired by her to do that and would just keep doing that since it's a cool look. My one issue here is the mix of gold and silver. I think his earrings and his collar would have been silver instead of gold. I also don't know why his beads are yellow and red. I know they go with the background, but they don't go with his outfit much. I also changed his vitiligo patches a bit.

Sixth Rendition - March 2023

A digital drawing of Blanky with his hair pulled up into four puffs with braided bangs. He is wearing a spiked collar with a Boognish necklace and a blank camisole.

I love Blanky with this hairstyle so much. I think this is what he would do most often. It just looks so cute on him. His whole outfit is so cute and his makeup looks great. This would be another casual outfit for Blanky when he doesn't want to go full goth. One problem I have is that his vitiligo doesn't interact with his hair like it should. Do you think he dyes it so it's all the same color? I don't think he would do that. He isn't ashamed of his vitiligo and I don't think he would try to cover it up.

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