Jasper Character Ask 1

This is one where I think whatever I had to say about it shows up in the answer itself. Given how Gem bodies work (or at least my understanding of how they work) I’m not sure Jasper would get much benefit out of something like a gym the way flesh-and-blood types might. I thought her explaining as much would be a good opportunity to try drawing her again in a more straightforward pose.

Kenton Ray Bio

So this is the father of Ty and Kobi Ray, Kenton. Kenton has a role play much further down the line in Sunkissed Youth, but I wanted to get his design down and established while I was in the mood. I plan to do the same with Brooke’s father eventually.
SInce Kobi’s hairstyle is inspired by an Inazuma Eleven character, I thought it’d be a fun nod for his dad’s hair to be based on that same character’s adult hairstyle. I think the end result is that it gives him a sort of regal vibe.

MomSwap – Chika Watanabe and Mom

So I watched Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote, or The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio, a while ago and enjoyed it. It’s about two voice actresses who discover their private civilian identities are classmates, and through some shenanigans end up hosting a podcast together. It’s nothing terribly special, but I remember liking both of the lead girls and their moms, which is why I set them both aside for future MomSwap entries. I remember there being a few other ladies in the show I was fond of, plus it had a lot of fake anime made up for the series, like My Dress-Up Darling, which is something I always enjoy in anime about anime.
Up first is Chika, who’s the more sullen and serious half of the lead duo. Her mom is similar, being the stricter of the parents we see, but here they’re able to get a bit more loosey-goosey and have a little fun together.

Tiana Character Ask 1

So there’s probably more restaurant owners than I can think of in the Studio. Off the top of my head I can think of at least one other one, but when thinking about this Ask I was kinda drawn to bring back Himeka Manaka, the mother from PriPara who works as a chef at an Italian restaurant with her husband. Her husband isn’t in the Studio, but I liked the idea of her and Tiana’s restaurants being close enough to consider each other rivals. Now, for a few different reasons there wouldn’t be anything resembling a real rivalry there, it’s not like the real world where there’s a risk of going out of business or anything like that. But I figured it was a good excuse to bring back this character I haven’t drawn in ages, and give Tiana another left-field anime character she interacts with in the Studio.

Near Pokédex M032 – Nidoran♂

Nidoran’s a bit of an odd Pokémon. With as many as their are now, I could be wrong, but I think they’re the only Pokémon with separate Pokédex entries for their males and females. They didn’t really know how to handle things like gender or breeding in the early days, so instead of just having males and females that look different we have two unique evolution lines. I did a Nidoqueen for the female side a while back, but now here’s a male Nidoran.

ClashMe #6 – Harley Quinn

For our next villain profile, my Subscribers voted for Harley Quinn next. Specifically the Batman: The Animated Series version of Harley, which was the only version of her when I was a kid. I’ve always had a real fondness for this character, and I decided to have her give the camera a good angle for her profile. The HBO version of Harley is also in my pool of characters who might show up for a poll sometime in the future, but she’ll have a very different profile if she ever ends up in this series.