In December 2018, I dabbled in fan art with a tribute to the “Bad Tina” episode of Bob’s Burgers. The piece includes an outline of Tina Belcher as she appeared in the episode’s fantasy sequence. It’s filled in with a line from her erotic friend fiction “Buttloose”:

"Everyone touches each other’s butts, and it was great.”

To complete this piece, I (shamefully) used a projector to trace an outline of Tina, because I didn’t trust myself to do her justice. Carefully, I followed the outline with a black pen, then rotated the paper to fill in the text with both black and pink pens.

The piece felt flat with a white background. I experimented with a few different options before cutting it out with an X-Acto knife, then pasting it onto a pink sheet of paper for an extra pop of color.

This version sat in my studio for months, because it felt unfinished. Meanwhile, I was too scared to “finish” it, because I was afraid that any additions might ruin it.

After staring at it in frustration, I eventually scanned it. My intentions were to fool around with it digitally, but when I saw it on the screen, I realized it had been complete ever since I pasted it onto that pink sheet of paper. With a few small edits, I was satisfied with this simple, final version.

Is this piece available?

Greeting cards are available in my online shop.

T-shirts of this design are my undisputed bestseller on TeePublic.

For additional options, this piece can be found on Society6 or Redbubble.