ben_10mil – Traveling to Planet Namek 08

Alright, this one’s finally done. I hope you all enjoyed the ride, but I think I’m going to take a little break from coloring ben_10mil’s work. There’s just too much pressure to get pages out with these comics, and I’d rather focus on other projects for the time being. Maybe some day I’ll come around to color a different one, we’ll see, but right now I associate ben_10mil’s comics more with stress than anything. As always, I’ve included the original version of this page down below.

Marth Character Ask 1

So, I feel like this Ask was probably fishing to see Marth paired up with a guy from another series (Asks along these lines usually are). I was having trouble settling on something that I liked, though, but I also felt like drawing Marth, so I made a compromise. Marth’s a character I’m really fond of, despite not having played any of his games, and I’d like to take a few more stabs at him again in the future.

Mia Mezzenga Bio

Like I mentioned when I did Tia, I wanted to get both Mace and Jackie’s moms out in bio form. Mia’s Mace’s mom, who we’ve seen briefly once before. She’s lead a bit of an interesting life, I think, though these days she spends most of her time either working or partying. It’s possible her parenting style has contributed to Mace being the way he is, though that’s not really a problem. After all, the Mace and Jackie series wouldn’t be nearly as interesting if he spent all his time staying home studying or something.

Arella Character Ask 1

So for this Ask, the choice was obvious to me. Arella’s interest in Raven was my favorite element of One Night in Azarath, and probably something I’ll focus on again for future Arella projects. I just love mother/daughter stuff, so that’s how Arella’s own tastes have skewed. Nothing much more to say about this one, other than I’d like to try and draw Arella again sometime soon if I can.

Rubbing Her Gem

So the other day it occurred to me that, of the Steven Universe core group, Amethyst was the only one I hadn’t drawn yet (if you count Lapis and Peridot as part of the core group, then I also need to do Peridot). I’d started a few pics with her (I have a lot of dropped SU pics in the ol’ work folder), but nothing finished, so I did this quickie as a side pic while working on comic pages. I wasn’t thinking about Amethyst’s gem placement when I started it, but when I realized her gem was being covered up by Steven’s peen I decided to add some dialogue to go with it.
I have a lot of reservations when it comes to doing shows in the CalArts style. It’s why, despite loving Steven Universe, Gravity Falls and Star vs. the Forces of Evil, I rarely/never draw them. I think it mostly stems from my habit of trying to imitate the art style of the source show, and that just not working well with these shows. I can nail the CalArts face pretty easily, but it looks weird on the types of bodies I usually draw. When I try and simplify the bodies, I feel they end up looking weird for different reasons, and I run into all sorts of other problems. I’ve tried finding a middle ground in the past (and here), but I’m still not sure how well I’m doing it. At least I know those three shows I listed (and others like ’em) are getting a lot of content from other great artists who don’t have these same issues I do. ^_^;

April ’19 One-Shot

This is the One-Shot comic script that won last month. The idea behind this one is that Midoriya get to get his dick wet with a variety of different pro heroines from his universe. Other than Midnight and Mt. Lady, these ladies are all new to Near Hentai, and I hope y’all enjoy seeing them. Clockwise from the top we have Bubble Girl (Kaoruko Awata), Mt. Lady (Yu Takeyama), Midnight (Nemuri Kayama), Mirko (Rumi Usagiyama) and Ms. Joke (Emi Fukukado).

Double Love Triangle, Page One

So, after finishing The Lovers and the Brothers, I thought it’d be fun to do another crossover comic as my ongoing project. I wanted to do something different, though, so I had anyone who wanted to nominate five characters, then I used a simple system to use those nominations and create a poll for top male and female characters. The winners of that poll are all featured in the logo for this comic (and half of them on this page). We ended up going with three threesomes just due to the campaigning of some of my fans on Discord, who pushed for six winners out of the poll. Since these comics are written page-by-page, I don’t know yet how the other three will end up becoming involved, but whatever happens I hope you all will join me in looking forward to seeing where this comic goes. ^_^

Clementine Character Ask 4

So, like I’ve mentioned before, I tend to view Clementine as more a character for lesbian/yuri content. I admit I don’t know her that well, having not played the games, but that’s just what feels right to me after watching some cutscenes and stuff for research when I’ve drawn her in the past. Like she hints here, though, I do have another “Clem x Anon” pic in the works, though I have no idea if or when that’ll actually come out.

Studio Tour 5 – Riley/Launch

This was one of the first ideas I had when I started the Studio Tour series. I ended up pushing it back a bit for a couple other ideas, but now I get to present it here. I could’ve used almost any girl in the studio for Riley’s partner here, but I wanted someone who I’ve only used a couple times and want to use more but don’t have many good ideas for. So Launch it is. ^_^

Goku and Luffy Character Ask 1

I had a bit of trouble with this Ask, not just because of Naruto’s presence (I’ll get into why he’s there in a bit), but also because I’ve had some recent troubles that have soured my opinion on Luffy. I had a lot of emotional difficulty getting through this, but I’d already settled on the idea and wanted to get it out.
So I knew the visual I wanted for this one almost immediately. Goku and Luffy double teaming a boy from some other series was obvious, and Naruto seemed fitting. On top of my continuing effort to ease my way back into being able to draw characters from his series comfortably, I think he’s appropriate in a sort of Jump Force reunion sort of way. Hopefully fans of these series (or even one or two of these series) will enjoy seeing these three main characters paired up like this. The difficult part was figuring out what I’d have them say, since there’s not much to talk about here…. hence them basically saying nothing. Oops.