| “ | Shy and tries to be avoided. Doesn't like being looked at, and gets jealous at people with more notebooks than him. | „ |
| ~ The description of Arts and Crafters. |
Arts and Crafters is the secondary antagonist of Baldi's Basics franchise.
Biography[]
Baldi's Basics Classic[]
Arts and Crafters is a shy and insecure character, and usually keeps to himself. He does not like being looked at and, during most of the game, will just avoid the Protagonist and the other characters as much as possible.
However, if the Protagonist collects all seven notebooks, Arts and Crafters will become insanely jealous that the Protagonist has more notebooks than him. If the Protagonist looks at him while he's trying to escape, he will go mad and angrily chase down the Protagonist. If caught, Arts and Crafters will teleport the Protagonist and Baldi to the starting point of the game in very close proximity to one another, all but guaranteeing that Baldi will catch the Protagonist and end the game.
Birthday Bash[]
Arts and Crafters is one of the few characters to not wear any birthday accessories. When the Protagonist is surprised by the others with the birthday cake, Arts and Crafters is the only character to not shout surprise, only opening his mouth.
Plus[]
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Classic Remastered[]
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Other Games[]
Field Trip Demo[]
Arts and Crafters will instead become a barrier to the Protagonist as he will come out and start attacking the Protagonist if he reach into the NO ENTERING zone, He will endlessly attempt to attack the Protagonist until he gets him, which will put the Protagonist back into the fireplace which might put him in danger if Baldi is active. He will also take away sticks from the Protagonist when he catches him.
Public Demo[]
Arts and Crafters stands stationary, sitting next to the conveyor belt. Much like before, he will attack once the Protagonist collected all eight notebooks. Once he reaches the Protagonist, he runs rapid loops around him before warping the Protagonist to another part of the level.
Appearance[]
Arts and Crafters is a white and grey long-sleeved sock-puppet sporting googly eyes (the right eye being bigger than the left), with a black mouth and a red tongue made out of cardboard.
Personality[]
Arts and Crafters is described as shy and insecure, even to the point of not liking to be looked at. He avoids contact with anyone, and usually just scurries along trying to be avoided and ignored. If he does encounter the player or another character, he will simply run past them in a silent manner. However, after collecting more notebooks than him, his personality changes drastically, becoming violent, dangerous, determined and hostile. He becomes one of the most difficult enemies to avoid, and will help Baldi catch the Protagonist if he catches up.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Arts and Crafters' audio comes from ROM corruption of Donkey Kong Country 2.
- In the Kickstarter video, mystman12 smacks the sockpuppet used for Arts and Crafters with a ruler.
- According to mystman12, Arts and Crafters was originally intended to speak. He was possibly intended to have a clown-like voice, and the clown voice was taken by Playtime.
- Arts and Crafters' design was inspired by Sussie from The Amazing World of Gumball when mystman12 tried to edit a picture of Sussie in the dark from far away.
