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[Sketch]Vampire Cosplay Malon (THE LEGEND OF ZELDA)

I had an idea about drawing Link and Malon posing together for a Halloween trick-or-treat-ing scene. I'm not satisfied with the design of the costume yet, to be honest. I want to try out some other versions before I make a decision.

October will definitely be filled with some Halloween-related content. I want to save this up for a later post. Don't want to make too many promises beforehan...

[Sketch Animation] Angry Holy Woman - L'arachel (FIRE EMBLEM)

The early stage of my first animation after a long time. It is a reference to L'arachel from The Sacred Stones, a moment from her support dialogue with Innes where she felt provoked by his rude choice of words when he approached her.

I wanted to practice a bit, so I started with only a few frames and a very rough sketch. This will be my first animation that will make use of my new animati...

[Color Rough][Crossover] Phoenix Wright and Mega Man.EXE (WIP)

Time to tackle the Ace Attorney & Mega Man Battle Nteowkr crossover project again.

Once again, I struggled with the old composition and didn't like how small Protoman and Megaman were in comparison to Miles and Phoenix, so I came up with another constellation and decided to go with a classic mirroring face-to-face-confrontation for the new composition.

I also tried out a workflo...

[Artwork] Male Alear Swimsuit and Summer Hoodie (90%) (FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE)

The almost finished color work of male Alear from Fire Emblem Engage. I struggled a lot with the initial pose and arm positions and went through an incredible load of other versions until I finally felt satisfied with the overall posture.

I still need to add the popsicle and ice weapon later. Ah yes, I forgot to mention, that I don't want to go with the Redbull idea and the tooth paste id...

[Sketches] Jusis + Fie (Trails of Cold Steel)

A warm-up sketch of Fie Claussell and Jusis Albarea from Sen no Kiseki.

I want to do more of that kind of sketches. Multiple character doodles that can serves as character theme templates later.

It can be a challenge on its own but I hope I can convey as much personality just by some simple waist-ups.

[Sepia Sketches] Character doodles - Innes' mercenaries (FIRE EMBLEM - The Sacred Stones)

Some characters from Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones.

My main motivation was to draw characters with different looking face trademarks and expressions and I thought, lumping Innes and his mercenaries together would be very fitting for this studies.

I used a very sketch-pen like brush which I also used for my recent Selena sketch here. I feel more and more comfortable with this brush...

Harvest Moon Style Exploration

I usually don't post commission works here often, but a recent one turned out to be quite interesting. The client wanted their OC drawn in a Harvest Moon like style and wished for a pencil or crayon like coloration in particular. At first, I wasn't sure if I would be able to imitate such a unique and clearly recognizable style, but I was eager to try it out for the sake of some potential new pr...

[Sketch][OC] Nezumi Gray

An insomniac girl and an enthusiast for occultic themes (but she dislikes horror movies). Is considered by other people to be very lethargic and not much communicative. Hardly anyone knows that she has a good memory for people and can remember all kind of random trivia about a person she is interested in.

Seems to be a relative of the notorious serial killer Dolorin Gray.

Her name i...

[Sketch] River Dragon Master - Dai Phong [OC]

A sketch of an old OC that got a little redesign. A descendant of the water dragooners who can transform into a holy water dragon.

I changed his initial horns and turned them into a pair of side streaks of hair. He also hasn't his pointy ears like my other dragon warrior characters anymore. Like Curry, the wind lindworm girl, his ears look like those of a normal human. I felt that the pre...

[HD Color Artwork] Male Swimsuit Alear (FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE)(WIP)

Work in progress.

Male version of Alear. While I like how the hair turned out, I felt that his design felt a bit bland in comparison to the flashy female Alear version. That's why I will explore some more designs with him and see if I can maybe add some shirts with different color schemes and patterns.

I am also thinking about giving him a toothbrush and the paste box instead of a d...

[HD Color Artwork] Female Bikini Alear (FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE) (Watermark-Free)

The female version of Alear, the protagonist of the new recently announced Fire Emblem game.

I wish I could have saved all the bikini color combinations I made until I was certain about the final version. There were quite a lot and it was actually fun to come up with different patterns and color schemes. I plan to make some new design variations of it in the next days, because exploring t...

[Panel Preview] Is this fire? (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) (Work in Progress)

A progress draft of an on-going Xenoblade Chronicles 3 related commission featuring Sena and Eunie. It is the first of three comic panels.

Both character's design really stick out to me.

Since it will be a small comic strip I didn't intend to make this too detailed but at the end the lineart of both girls ended up with many details.

[WIP] Anju - Summer Swimsuit with Umbrella (updated)(The Legend of Zelda)

Color stage of the Anju swimsuit artwork. I changed Anju's upper bikini part and added a frill segment to its design.

This illustration really works well with such a simple color palette. The color of the swimsuit resembles the color of her skirt in the official artwork. The same flame-like patterns from that skirt can be seen on the halter. The color of the flowers on the other hand are ...

[HD Lineart][OC] Pirate Captain Sharkeira

Captain of the Megalodon pirate crew. She has a big hair fin on the back of her head which she hides under her similar-shaped hat.

A hot-headed pirate lady who is also another member of the demonic Maid Squad. I have a maid design of her which I will show to you later. How did such a free spirit and rebellious lady ended up in the notorious Maid Squad? As the other maid girls in this...

[Preview] Holy Guardian Dragon Myrrh (WIP) (Fire Emblem)

Myrrh from Fire Emblem with her Holy Guardian Dragon outfit from FE Heroes.

A bigger commission project I'm working on. It was the same client I drew the other forest artwork piece with Myrrh 3 years ago for.

I was really proud of one of my rare background works back then, but looking at it...

[HD Lineart] Malon with Casual Clothes (Zelda)

I really wanted to draw another Malon artwork again. While I'm still about to refine the bikini artwork of her, I just got hit with some new inspiration and decided to create an autumn-oriented seasonal outfit for her.

I think she would be 100% suitable for some classic blue jeans. I'm thinking about giving her a rather beige or milky white tone for the hoodie and the vest. She will wear ...

[HD Sketch + Concept] Maid Squad - Dolorin Gray The Killer Painter (OC)

A short note in advance: It has gotten a bit silent around the end of the month, since I was pretty exhausted and at the same time so wrapped up in private family matters and appointments at that time that it was really hard to find some calm moments to contribute to this page. In addition, and I know it sounds a bit like a lame excuse but made me actually feel very anxious and frustrated, the ...

[HD Artwork] L'arachel & Lady Bow (Fire Emblem + Paper Mario) (Watermark-free | Updated version 1.1)

Edit: Added some details and color gradients, and refined some edges and the lineart.

Most likely, the finished artwork of princess L'arachel from Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones. I am probably going to tweak some colors later for the refinement, after sleeping a night over it.

[HD Lineart] L'arachel and Lady Bow (Paper Mario + Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones)

Just a random excuse to draw Lady Bow. Thought L'arachel as fellow Oujou-sama would make a nice pair-up. Both characters' origins are games from the same developer, Intelligent Systems, so I thought, it was a fitting combo.

I really like Lady Bow. Very cool character.

[Color Artwork] Hilda, Twigg and Johanna (Hilda series)

An artwork of Hilda, her mother and her pet companion Twigg. Characters from a very adorable Netflix series.

[HD Artwork] Shamir - Fire Emblem - Three Houses (Full size) (WIP)

Shamir from Fire Emblem - Three Houses.

Some details are still missing, like her chest belt,bow and arrow and other elements on her clothes. But I already like how she has turned out, especially her hair and har eyes. I used a very thin brush size for her eyes to make her look more mature.

Breasts are still a little challenge for me to draw, especially around the décolleté.

[OC Lineart] Holy Maiden - Dwynity Daynsleiv + Cherubim Dragon Form

Work in progress of my OC Dwynity.

I already posted a few pictures of her once, but I want to make an official concept artwork of her.

I'm still experimenting with her wavy hair and also her wings and her dragon form aren't final yet. Come to think of it, I think I never stated that she was a dragon girl before, didn't I. She is a very rare breed, since the blood of the holy ancient...

Boreara - Ice Dragon Form (OC) (WIP)+ Old Design

Boreara's design when she turns into an ice dragon. It took years after I was finally satisfied with a visual style for Boreara's dragon form.

The idea of dragon humans who can transform into real dragon existed since I started drawing manga as a hobby, and I really wanted to convey a unique type of magical girls who are also dragon girls with bad-ass looking transformations. I remember t...

[Color Draft] Kris (POKÉMON)

Almost finished color illustration of Pokémon Trainer Kris.

I tried to shade her shirt to shape out her chest a bit, but I ended up leaving this spot out to make the overall color palette look more clean and bright

There is a chance that I will change her eyes a bit, since I really like the narrowed pupils of the original designs of many human Pokémon characters.

[HD Sketch] Nell Carpenter - The Demolisher (OC)

My "Under construction" girl has finally a real name: Nell Carpenter.

Her job class is the demolisher, a specialist of construction works and also, as the name already suggests, destruction maneuvers. She is in possession of several road works themed weapons, which I'm going to show in the future.

It may sound a bit obscure, but I initially designed her as a boss enemy character for...

[Color Artwork] (Watermark-free) Fighting Summer Spirit - Mia (Fire Emblem)

Mia's summer alt in FE Heroes.

Finally done! The belts and accessories took the most time, once again. But I'm really satisfied with the results this time. Her hair has a pleasantly soft but strong contrast that works well with her bright skin. I always end up struggling with the balancing, so I'm glad that it worked out for once. Maybe I do some variations of her without the accessories ...

[Color Draft] Mushroom Girls and Wild Hunters (OC)

Some new OC faces, I guess!

The old hunter on the right side is actually one of my oldest OCs from my school days (I still have many doodles if him). He was inspired by the character Van Pelt from Jumanji. His name is Romaniolo Lagotto, often referred to as Lord Lagotto. The female explorer on the left is his assistant, Benatty.

The two girls with the mushroom hats belong to a myste...

[Fanart Sketch] Swimsuit Anju (The Legend of Zelda)

Anju from The Legend of Zelda with bathing clothes. Looking at it now, I think she would be rather the tube top or bikini knot  type.

I plan to team her up with a swim-suit Cremia (with another design than the previous Malon design).

[Color Draft] Cross Over - Mega Man Battle Network X Ace Attorney

I have that obscure idea for quite a while, that I wanted to draw a crossover including the Net Navis from Mega Man Battle Network and team them up with fitting characters from the Ace Attorney universe.

The composition process turned out a bit stiff. It was a bit of a challenge to find a good constellation. Phoenix had to make his trademark finger-pointing pose, but it takes much space, ...

Restructuring + New Patreon Content

Hello everyone.

I thought it was about time for a bigger announcement and also for a good point to give the Patreon content a refresh.

May and June had been really tough months for me, not only turning my personal life upside down but also putting my sanity to the test. I had a lot of family conflicts to deal with, first my father was seriously ill and spent months at the ICU, the n...