Character Asks

Debbie Grayson Character Ask 1

Rio answered an Ask along these lines a while back, and I think Debbie has a similar perspective. While I do think Amber and Mark would have a better shot in the Studio than their real world, I think Mark and Eve are the “couple,” as much as that’s worth here. Like Rex, though, it’s easy to see Amber often being involved with them, and I always thought Amber and Eve made for good friends. Either way, Debbie seems to be enjoying them both here.

Erwin Smith Character Ask 2

In Attack on Titan, Erwin’s very driven, but the thing that drives him is a lack of understanding about the world he lives in. Spoiler alert, but the tragedy of his character is that he dies like right before they get a lot of the answers he was looking for. In the Studio, of course, that burden would be lifted. Studio Erwin has access not only to information about his world, but worlds he never could’ve even imagined. I imagine he’s somewhat like Nanami, in that he’s able to unwind a bit more in the Studio, even if he remains a somewhat serious person. I won’t get into why I chose this method for him to unwind, other than I think Armin owes him one.

Also, for anyone interested, here is the Q&A video I did for Subscribers last month:

Francine Smith Character Ask 2

A pretty simple Ask here, but one I thought would be fun and make use of some characters I don’t draw all that often. Francine’s kink for being spanked had its own whole episode dedicated to it, as I recall, so it makes sense to me she’d explore it more in a setting like the Near Hentai Studio. Its been a minute since I’ve done a split/paneled Ask like this, but I wanted to show her making this expression similar to what she does in the episode while also showing the inverse angle. For her partner I briefly considered pairing her with Lois again, but decided instead to pair her with a different blonde adult animated series mom with the surname Smith. Maybe it’s just from doing Halloween stuff with her recently, but I think Beth was a fun inclusion.

Gray Fullbuster Character Ask 1

A while ago Natsu rather confidently declared he would top Gray, so here’s a fun response from Gray. Now, I don’t know much of anything about these two, what little I saw of Fairy Tail did not have Gray in it, but I’ve seen enough anime to kinda get the gist. I’m basically assuming these two have a similar dynamic to the hundreds of other characters like them I’ve seen before, and I’m just rolling with that when using them.

Garnet Character Ask 2

So mild spoiler for Steven Universe, but Garnet is a fusion of Ruby and Sapphire, two gems who fell in love and eventually get married later in the series. So with that in mind, this is an Ask about couples dating, double dates, etc. I’ll talk at a later date about a different route I considered for this one, but I ended up pairing her with Winry and Ed. With Garnet’s vibe I had this idea of her kinda toying with them both while she gave her answer, which I hope will help illustrate not only her own habits in the Studio, but her partners’ as well.

Naruto Uzumaki Character Ask 2

For the longest time I always thought I’d eventually get around to drawing Haku, and it’d probably be with Naruto. Haku ended up making his Studio debut a different way, but I still thought a reunion would be nice to see. It’s been a long time since I saw any Naruto, let alone this arc, so I could be remembering it differently, but I feel like Naruto probably would’ve liked things to end differently than they did.

Ylva Character Ask 2

I had an idea for how to handle this Ask last month, but I really didn’t think Ylva’s first appearance after her First Shoot should be with anyone other than Thorfinn. So I did that Ask as part of last month’s batch, but I really wanted to do this one during this month’s while I was still keen for the idea. I’m no expert on Vinland Saga, but to my knowledge these characters never meet in the series (especially not these versions of them). That’s part of the fun of the Studio, though. Of course I had to have Canute getting pegged again, it seems like the best course for both his and Ylva’s style to me.