awww he cute in diapers

Very symbolic of what a lot of ABDLs are like. It's really interesting to think about how you can see someone on everyday life and never know the weird kinds of things they do when out of the public eye.

Even the simplest thing such has claiming to be an anthro is something embarrassing to tell people in real life, even more so if you stack it up with AB/DL. Yes, we can all relate to Drago`s pic, even me, which is why I took his request in one of my slots.

Heh, yeah... This represents me all too well..

I can totally relate to this drawing, not to the dresses part I'm not a sissy but the padding part my longing to wear soft fluffy diapers, feel little again and also the occasional milk bottle in the middle of the night while wearing those diapers especially when my whole family is asleep contrasted with how I present myself with my cool tough guy persona in real life and this picture really speaks to me, the padded skeleton in my closet that I've never been comfortable talking about unless it's with you guys and others like us.

There's many things I myself would never show or talk about in real life to anyone. We all want acceptance in life, but we also don't want others to think any different of us if they knew our most deepest darkest secrets as innocent as it may be, it may plague their mind with prejudice and they wouldn't understand. We keep to our self or keep it online because there is no consequences to indulging this way. We meet people with the same fetishes as us on the internet, and thus, there is little to no prejudice, only understanding, and even if we met people that felt uncomfortable with what we enjoyed, they cant really influence our life as significantly as someone we know in real life being privy to our guilty pleasures.

Anyway yeah, we can all relate to this in one form or another, and your one of us Artimis hehehe~!

Thank you Eliza it really warms my heart to hear you say that. Sometimes I feel like there is a competition in me, the inner child side struggling to retake control and beckon me back to return to innocence and the young adult side fighting to keep me by enticing me with the freedoms of the adult world, it makes me feel torn between two worlds sometimes, one world The world of childhood is like a giant nursery or playroom The other world the world of adulthood is like a giant dance club or house party and sometimes I feel like both worlds are pulling me back and forth in a giant game of tug of war for my soul and I am the rope made even worse from the lanxiety of my autism and some physical disabilities that cause me chronic migraines due to Lyme Disease that's why am so grateful for simple acts of random kindness from people like you. Thank you Eliza for reminding me that when I'm with you guys I don't have to feel like such an autistic outcast constantly misunderstood like the way I am at my college. when I'm with you guys I feel excepted and grateful to be one of the group.

I like it. so adorable

Thanks Nina, your words are always a source of encouragement to me ^^

your art is always a sorce of enjoyment and cute to me

Adorable and relatable. It sucks not being able to tell people close to me everything about my stories

This is a piece I have been wanting to get done for a couple of years now, so it's rather special and a bit emotional for me. The fact that people are able to connect with it and see themselves here, just speaks to how good of a job that Hokkigai did. I knew that I picked the right artist, and all of your kind words are just proving that all the more. <3

I think it's a really great concept you have overall, and Hokkigai definitely did a wonderful job conveying all the complexity of it on multiple levels. <3

And of course, I have to admit I can relate entirely as well. If you took all the art and silly costuming photos of bunny-me and set them against how I look day-to-day, you'd really never believe it's the same person. Same for demeanor/personality/etc...
Such a huge dichotomy and yet, it's all the same person. You keep aspects to yourself, you 'tone it down' and stifle, you shield what's most special about who you are from the bulk of the world in sheer self-preservation. This IS an image so many of us can relate to, and it's very sweet of you to put yourself out there to show it. <3

Wonderfully cute artwork with so much depth...excellent stuff! <3

Hokkigai Said it up above, but she is very right. We all want to be accepted for who we are deep down, but we know that the vast majority of people are never going to see that side, because we know that they can't, or that they shouldn't for free of any kind of repercussions from it. I know I'm probably not the only one who has lost friends when they found out about their furry side, or when your furry friends don't approve of your little side, and it just goes down from there. Being able to express that there are two sides of me, one out in the open, the other how I actually am when I'm fully at peace, when I'm -myself- this picture just expresses those emotions and more.

The ABDL Community has made its appearances in pop culture, even in an episode of Bob’s Burgers (the one where Tina turns 13), but it’s still underground as a whole.

I could name a couple more as well, but they don't exactly feature us in the best light. Probably can blame that infamous CSI episode for that one.

Oh I know what you’re talking about. I don’t even watch CSI. I think the furry fandom has fallen victim too. You should see the parodies on Collegehumor. I only watched 2 episodes once, since they were too sexual, but that’s the point. It was actually kinda funny because of other characters’ reactions.

Yeah, I've seen all three of them. Can be disturbing, specially when you know someone like one of the characters. But, what you don't understand, you mock, so, it all comes back to that in the end.

Yep this is extremely relevant to most I would assume. I really like it, keep up the good work.

I love it!

I love it! That's so adorable and it kinda reminds of me, because in my professional life, I work in the audiovisual sector in a sheltered workplace and I'm lucky to have open-minded colleagues, as they approve of my cubby tendencies, but I kept that lifestyle as a secret, so my superiors won't be aware of it. But still, I'm somehow scared of having my secrets publicly exposed.

So many mentions of fears of various forms of backlash/misunderstanding, so I won't go into that further... but there's also fears of acceptance from the wrong folk... not fear of being accepted for having quirks, but of others' playing into them that you might rather didn't. At work, who wants, say, a boss that demeans you... thinking they're just acknowledging/accomodating your little-side, and instead disrespecting your skillset and aptitude. And there's really no "coming back" from that point, with most anyone, once it's on the table. That's just one example... it could be totally well-intentioned, but still have tremendously negative impact.
Similarly... while it's great that these quirks are becoming better-understood in the mainstream, it also means that the mainstream is more likely to suspect others of having said quirks... e.g. a friend might talk about bouncy castles or ballpits, like to swing... whatever they're willing to share publicly... before it would just be "oh, they like to do fun things enjoyable by all ages"... but now, "it all came together when I saw that talk-show... so-n-so's a little/ab/sissy/whathaveyou!" And right back to the dilemma of before... maybe they mean well but the relationship can't possibly go unchanged with that new perspective...


This is really great work, both in concept and implementation.

Hmm... my edit didn't take-hold... I added to the end that:
It's clearly also inspired quite the conversations, above. Well-done, allaround.