A pretty straightforward Ask here, I think, but I thought doing something with Osaka would be fun. Even though Tomo’s best shipped with Yomi, I thought she’d make for a good partner for Osaka here.
As has become tradition, here is a compilation of some moments from this year’s Studio Christmas party. Hiro Hamada won the lottery to get chosen as the official Studio Santa this year, but as you can see he’s not the only one sporting the look. I had a lot of fun putting together this year’s party, and I tried to fit in an eclectic selection of characters. I hope there’s a little something for most everyone here, and I’d like to wish you all Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas.
It’s been a minute since I’ve done anything with the teachers of Azumanga Daioh. These two have such a fun dynamic, one I tried to play into the one time I drew them in the past. This Ask is leading from that pic, and it doesn’t really add anything new, but I think it’s fun to re-establish some things since it’s been so long.
Back in June of 2020 I got the itch to draw Yomi, and ended up sketching a bunch of pics focused around her. At the time, only one solo pic ended up inked and colored, but I kinda shoved the rest of them into a folder with the intent of eventually going back to them. I’m kinda shocked it took me as long as it did to dig back into that folder, but this pic is one of those from back then. Yomi and Tomo have a really fun and cute dynamic, and it’s easy to ship them. I hope y’all will like this pic, and I’m really hoping to go back to more from this folder eventually.
I haven’t drawn Osaka since 2010, and the drawing I did then didn’t really look that much like her to begin with. I liked the idea of doing something else with her in this Ask, but I struggled to think of someone who’d fit the bill. The only character I could think of wasn’t even the canon version of that character, so instead I decided to have Osaka answer in what felt like a pretty Osaka manner.
I would like to do more with Osaka eventually. I think she has the body type that can be deceptively fun to play with, and I think I could do some interesting lewds with her in the future. For now, though, she’s just kinda spacing out and vibing.
I’ve been enjoying drawing the Azumanga Daioh girls again recently, but as much as I love Yomi, Kagura was always my favorite from that series. I thought this Ask would be a good excuse to revisit her, especially since it allows me to also pair her up with one of my favorite ladies from Golden Boy. If I ever did a pool-focused update of my game, these two would very likely be on the list for it, so it makes sense to me they’d bump into each other. Being a competitive girl prone to hero worship, learning of Ayuko’s Olympic pedigree would probably make her eager to learn whatever she could from her.
Like Yomi mentions here, Tomo Aizawa doesn’t have much in common with Tomo Takino, besides their names. If I’d compare her to anyone from Azumanga Daioh, it’d be Kagura. However, I kinda had an idea for how to have Yomi answer and still provide a fun image to go with it. I’m kinda interested in maybe doing some regular yuri between these two ladies eventually, but for this Ask I think it’s fine for Yomi to defer to Jun.
Azumanga Daioh is an anime I watched a lot with my friends when I was in school. In 2020 I had a moment where I rewatched some of it, and found myself really into Yomi. I sketched a bunch of stuff with her at the time, including a couple pics with Tomo, but only one sketch from that session ended up being finished. I considered dusting off one of the ones with Tomo for this Ask, but decided to put together something new instead. I’d still kind of like to go back to those 2020 sketches sometime, and working on this Ask might be the thing that motivates me to do that (but no promises).
A while ago I had a series of random crossover ideas for Akemi, just different girls in the Studio I was considering drawing her with. I didn’t, and none of those characters are in this Ask, but I thought it’d be fun to pair her with some cute tomboyish girls like her daughter. I had a few characters I thought could fit for this Ask, but I decided to settle on two I haven’t drawn for a minute. Kei’s the tough one of Dirty Pair, and a very old crush I’ve only drawn a couple times. Kagura from Azumanga Daioh is… well, also an old crush, who I haven’t drawn since the CrossOver Yuri series back in the day. Neither’s exactly like Tomo, but both probably fit into the same category as her.
So, a while back I was watching through some Azumanga Daioh, which I hadn’t watched in years. While I was revisiting the series, I was struck by just how into Yomi I was. I don’t know what it was (I’ve always liked Yomi, but she’s never been my favorite), but I found myself really wanting to draw her. I ended up sketching a bunch of Yomi pics that day, most of them yuri with her classmates. I don’t know if I’ll ever get around to inking and coloring those pics, but I’ve been kinda stressed lately and needed a cooldown pic to work on. I’m still really high on Yomi here, and decided to ink and color the one solo pic of her from those sketches just as something fun to work on for my own sake. I hope you guys enjoy seeing her, though, and if people seem into it I might go back and pick up some of those other drawings for future releases.