This Dare closes out the Character Ask block for August. I admit I took a guess here, since the dare didn’t specify which Riley should be performing it, but I based my assumption off of other characters this Subscriber posted Asks and such for. I know people like Riley, especially when he’s put into situations he doesn’t want to admit to enjoying, and this Dare seemed perfect for that. I could’ve used any guy for this, but I figured it’d help illustrate how many guys got to “walk” Riley during this dare if I used someone less common than, say, Goku or Luffy. Tien seemed like a good choice to me, since he’s got fairly recognizable pants and boots, so here he is with puppy Riley.
I feel like this Ask was likely looking to see Allister pair up with another character. I spent a lot of time thinking about who would be a good fit, maybe someone else connected to ghosts or the like, but I just wasn’t connecting with any of the ideas I was having. The whole time, though, I was picturing this image, which I really liked. I wanted to do this Ask, partly because I needed a yaoi one to break up the straight and yuri content I’ve been working on, but also because people seemed to really like his debut pic and I thought they might like seeing him again. So I went with my gut instinct, showing Allister connecting with someone but not necessarily making friends with another named character in the Studio.
The poll that lead to this fusion was focused on “bad girls”, ten villainesses from the long list of villainous women I’ve drawn over the years. Interestingly enough, the winning two were both ones I’ve only drawn a couple times, but I think the resulting character Shezula has some real appeal. I waffled a bit on her skin color, but ultimately decided to use the tone of Shego’s skin with Azula’s color, making her a classic pale raven-haired seductress type. I hope you all like her!
So, for the Fourth of July this year Netflix released an animated film called “America: The Motion Picture”. I’m not sure how many people saw it, but it was a satirical look at the founding of America, with a bunch of historical inaccuracies played for comedic effect. Think a big, dumb action movie where everyone is named after historical figures (sometimes vaguely resembling them), with the sense of humor/vibe of something like Archer. At any rate, Thomas Edison in the film is a Chinese woman with electric gauntlets, and was probably my favorite part of the film. Most of the cast is fairly sexy, but I really wanted to draw her, so here she is with the film’s version of Geronimo. They don’t have a specifically intimate relationship in the film, but they did seem to know each other before the movie, and he’s also just the hottest guy in the film (my opinion), so I paired them up.
Every now and then I answer a Character Ask that’s basically just, “Yes, as seen in this image” and then they reference whatever older pic I did where that was covered. I usually try and avoid doing them too much, ’cause I don’t think they’re super interesting, but I picked this one up because I know a lot of folks wish I would draw Todoroki more and I thought a pose like this would be cute. Even though he’s speaking on past instances, I decided to go ahead and redden his ass for the answer, too, just because I figured the Asker would appreciate it.
Adora’s probably not really a “top” star in the Near Hentai Studios. I’ve drawn her a few times, but probably not as many times as I have Eda. So, even though I framed Eda’s motivation as wanting to work with the biggest or most popular stars, in reality I just want to cross her over with whomever tickles my fancy. For Eda’s purposes it doesn’t really make a huge difference, as her goal is to raise her number of appearances until she’s in the same league as the performers who made it into the Calendar project. I think Adora’s really cute, and I kinda like her dynamic with Eda here. I’ll probably do a future entry of Eda with She-Ra, but for now this is good enough.