Are you in for a long read? TheTinyFarm is not a story I can make short.
For real-world purpouses, TheTinyFarm is my signature for my work and it’s even a registered company.
I know that doesn’t say much. So, do you wanna know where this incredibly silly name came from?
It all began a long, very long time ago, when I was about 14, still studying Illustration and Comic Books Art.
There, I created a very singular character, and I started doing some stripes. Since everybody seemed to sympathize with him, I began building a whole universe to wrap-up his existence.
This character, was Mamilóide (whose profile you’ll read below), a “ripped-off from the cow” cow tit that gained conscience.
His creation and his story’s setting, defined the whole tone of what was about to come, and from 1997 to 2003 he got 3 little brothers and a whole lot of things to tell.
The truth is, ideas came, opportunities went, and I never really did anything concrete with these characters. Sad, I know.
But the storyline exists, and the each one of these four have an yet unrealized potential.
The original idea was clear and the inspiration too (Tetópolis and the whole universe is based one of the smallest towns on São Paulo State countryside, where I spent some lenghty holidays and vacations when I was a kid). It was all about a sadistic, twisted take on the wild childhood far from the city, by the eyes of surrealistic and cartoony characters.
And here is how it all happened:
Uncle Zed, owner of TheTinyFarm Ranch (he was humble, he knew his property was small yet he wanted to baptize it in english, so he translated his idea poorly and litteraly), was a lonely, lonely farmer. His wife died suddenly, and all companion he had left was his flock. Well, actually, one pig (female), a cow and a bull.
Greek tragedy kept following the old man. It happens that the cow didn’t like males, didn’t like the farm (but kinda liked the piggie “Rosquinha”), and left the horny bull with no choices but to try to make love with the little pig.
Rosquinha couldn’t take it and could not fight back, so she got instantly paralyzed… and pregnant.
That was too much salvagery for the intelectual cow to handle, so as an (not less salvage) act of protest, she ripped off her own tit, right before helping the little pig giving birth, so that the overgrown baby could feed.
On this tragic night, two uncommon brothers came to Earth. The baby born was a Cow-Pig mash-up, while the Cow-Tit that was meant to feed her, took a life of it’s own (It’s made of pure protein after all).
Uncle Zed, faced the situation with optmism, and since the bull and cow left the TinyFarm, he adopted the duo as children of his own, naming the pig-cow-girl Mimosa, and the strong-cow-tit-boy Mamilóide. And with that he decided to forget about farm animals and deal with agriculture.
Focusing on planting cucumber and cultivating heart of palm, the days of endless joy would soon come to an end.
On another dark day, a swarm of crowes arrived from nowhere, devastating everything the Farm had left. On the exact moment of the attack, the son of the King Palmito was being born, the baby that all the pacific Heart of Palm colony was waiting for.
Bigger forces decided that the little Palmito should live, to serve a stronger purpouse. The divine act had a side-effect though, and the chop of cucumber that was used to fertilize the palm plantation also came to life… as a baby.
Mimosa loved the idea of having vegetable little brothers, so they also became part of the already surreal family.
Although, that was the end of TheTinyFarm Ranch. Zed came to a conclusion that it was better for everyone to move to the nearest town, and that town was Tetópolis.
Little knew him that another whole bunch of problems were just beginning.
How could these ‘kids’ be integrated on a small town society?
How could they have a normal life amongst human kids?
All these question will be answered one day. That I can assure you. Assure me.
For now, I’m gonna give a quick inside intel about each one of the four little TheTinyFarm brothers.
Hope you like it.
This Cow-Tit, was born strong. Well, his survival was an act of strenght.
But he really lives up to it: made of 100% vitamins and proteins, he has brute force on Hulk levels. No kidding.
As the quietly and misterious big brother (he was born minutes before Mimosa), he has quite a protective and tough nature.
When a little tit, he used to love watching Boxing nights with Uncle Zed, and he trained hard to be a boxer.
Too bad he could never compete (who knows now? Tetópolis has a Gym, sort of…), because he became a true monster for his (inexistent) weight. With his overgrown arms and fists, he could K.O. anything on Earth.
Nonetheless, he still can be the most intimidating brawler when it comes to protecting his brothers.
Other than that, he is more of a loner. Little is known about his faith. He is said to believe in a Godly Entity, called Tit God.
Whom may have been looking after TheTinyFarm all along. (no so carefully it seems).
The queen of the farm, the woman of the ranch, Mimosa may not have supernatural powers as some of her brothers, but she definetely is powerful.
She has the charm no pet has ever had, her unusual mixture made her somehow cuter than any YouTube kitten.
She is the definition behind the idea “elegance and sexyness come from the confidence in yourself”. More than the looks, she is the brain, the heart and the knot that hold this bizarre family together. The biggest and warmest daughter Uncle Zed could ever dream to have.
Now on Tetópolis she might have the chance to study everything she ever wanted, as fashion and arts, and be relieved of the burden of being the only girl in the farm.
My 3rd, and how you’ve already noticed, favorite character, is the infamous Bebê Palmito.
As the heir to the Heart of Palm throne, he could not cease to exist. In order to keep him alive, Tit-God (the same one Mamilóide worships) casted a powerful dark-milk-magic, the only thing that could forever protect him.
The holy entity overloaded the little baby with power, and stored in his tiny vegetable body, all of the evils of world along with the very seed of hope. Yes, Pandora’s Box. Palmito’s Box.
This action made the little baby virtually indestructible, but it also brought a curse (maybe a blessing) with it: Bebê Palmito would never grow, and for all eternity he would carry the innocence and joy of a pure infant. Meanwhile, he is one weapon of mass destruction, having power over all dark forces, known and unknown to men. And is the holder of hope too. Pretty deep, huh?
He is the gem of the TinyFarm, and must not fall into the wrong hands. Good thing he just want to sleep and learn to cook with his sister and fish with his brothers.
The last one of the bunch, Bebê Pepino, can be called a comic relief, but he exists with one only intent: Irritate.
I imagined him to be the anti-palmito, since his birth was a side-effect of the miracle that was meant for the little heart-of-palm. But then I actually saw that he would be funnier as the stubborn younger child. And based him directly on my little hellish cousin from the city which I mentioned earlier.
The typical countryside small town brat, only able to think about soccer, making fun of another kids, and turning the quiet community a living hell. He wants to take part in everything and will never admit to be left out due to his age.
He worships his big brother, Mamilóide, wishing he had half of his strenght. This way he would not be beaten so constantly for being a pain in the ass. He fears Mimosa and don’t understand Palmito, calls him a fag.
He is a born little douche, unbearable attention seeker, and that is what makes him special.
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That’s all for know.
If you have any comment, suggestion, ideas, anything, please feel free to speak your mind.
I promise you will hear more from this fabfour. Their saga is not over.
Not yet. :]
