Who made this illustration?

[aleciabatson@mastodon.social]

@viennawriter Have you asked @Gargron? He might know.

[jeridansky@sfba.social]

@viennawriter I saved a Twitter post from 2021 which shows the image!

[jeridansky@sfba.social]

@viennawriter And this one has her name on the image!

[bottla@mastodon.social]

@viennawriter Maybe @olm_e knows who the -Jhon- is from this signed version?

Olm-e (@olm_e@tchafia.be)

Attaché : 1 image reposting this, with original author sign.

TCHAFIA (tchafia.be)

[delcj@mas.to]

@bottla find -Jhon- Mastodon! @viennawriter @olm_e

[justin@mastodon.tacoma.community]

@viennawriter
I hope you find them, that's both awesome and adorable!

[itgrrl@infosec.exchange]

@jeridansky @viennawriter the artist of the original version that uses KC Green’s Question Hound is Shirley Zhang / Shooley Art

website: https://www.shirleyz.art/

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKrqzp-F420/ (original source)

etsy: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/ShooleyArt

youtube: https://youtu.be/BUNu8MPAho8 (KC Green asked her to stop selling the image)

linktree: https://linktr.ee/shooley.art
 
 
 
attribution for the mastodon remix version seems to be lost in time…

[jeridansky@sfba.social]

@itgrrl Thank you! I sort of love that she now has a revised image on a sticker which doesn't use KC Green's Question Hound (and some other nice ones, too): https://www.etsy.com/listing/1522643927/this-is-fine-plant-sticker-meme-dog

@viennawriter

[pancho@punkstodon.de]

@viennawriter maybe @TheAtheistAlien has a clue?

🦥 Mx.Grey ☭ :verified_gay: (@TheAtheistAlien@mastodon.nz)

Attached: 2 images mastodon vs twitter (updated)

Mastodon NZ (mastodon.nz)

[falcennial@mastodon.social]

@delcj @bottla @viennawriter @olm_e omg

[personalescrito@bolha.us]

@Lazarou @viennawriter @ralfmaximus Check out https://bolha.us/@itgrrl@infosec.exchange/116695691526461281

[olm_e@tchafia.be]

@bottla @viennawriter sorry, I don't know who exactly ... this was sh* post on the base of a meme that evolved gradually (the flames replaced by the plants, then the dog by the mastodon, then I added the signature ... /o\ )

[nb@social.biblioco.de]

@olm_e
So you just added the "Jhon" signature at the bottom right? And did not create the rest of the meme?
I thought for more than 3 1/2yrs that the NON-cropped version you posted with the artist's signature was the ORIGINAL one, also because the picture is much sharper than the other ones.
The handle of the one who made the main part (replacing the dog with the Mastodon mascot) must be one of the longest unsolved mysteries on the #Fediverse. I tried to figure it out last year, but to no avail. It's also one of my most favorite Fediverse memes.
Edit: From what the other replies to this whole thread indicate, then @TheAtheistAlien must be the original artist who put in the Mastodon mascot. Unfortunately, it looks like they is not longer around here, last post is from Jan 2023 and makes one worry, hope all is fine with them
@bottla @viennawriter

[nantes@mastodon.ie]

@viennawriter Looks to be a modified version of

[deltawye@tiggi.es]

@viennawriter I love it!

[nonplayableclown@postnstuffds.lol]

>I'd like to use it for a talk about the fediverse

Like a ted talk or on a podcast?

Cc @jeffcliff