So two years ago I introduced another annual holiday pin-up series for New Year’s, in which a randomly-selected Studio resident would have the new year painted on their ass. Noelle from Black Clover got the first one, but then I just kind of forgot about it for 2025. I want to try again, though, so I did a randomizer for 2026 and Terry McGinnis from Batman Beyond got the spot. I believe in his canon timeline Terry would turn three in late 2026, but here in the Studio he’s on our time.
Continuing our annual tradition, here’s another Studio Christmas party! I had a couple people I thought would look really good in Santa outfits, and a few others I just wanted to draw. I’m really happy with how this year’s party turned out, and I hope y’all will enjoy seeing a handful of Studio residents living it up!
This is a Vanguard tier reward. I watched Creature Commandos not long after it first came out, and like many who saw it I really liked The Bride. I liked most of the characters, really, but I was happy to see The Bride submitted for this reward. I went with maybe a less sensual pose than I often would, but I think it suits her. As much as I like her she is a bit annoying to work with, so I don’t know how often we’ll see her, but I’d like to at least do something with her and another girl from the show I’m fond of eventually.
Last year we started a new Halloween tradition of a highlight comic set in the Studio Halloween party. Like last year, our randomly-selected costume model, Space Beth, takes the center panel while we check in around the party with the rest. I know some characters who appear here may be hard to place, especially in the glory hole panel, and I imagine some will only be identifiable through the tags in the public post. I’m pretty happy with how this comic turned out, and I hope y’all will enjoy seeing some of the Studio residents enjoying the spooky season.
So, on the surface this is maybe not the most daring dare, and might seem like it’s just pairing two random strong characters. However, an important part of the lore here lies in a background gag in Project A-ko. We only see Eiko’s parents in passing, but it’s a running joke that her parents are Superman and Wonder Woman, though they never state it outright. Now, obviously her dad isn’t the Superman from My Adventures with Superman she’s paired with here, but I think she might be able to recognize even an alternate-universe version of her dad, glasses or not. It just took her a bit for it to really click, which we see here.
This Ask jumped out to me for a couple reasons, which I tried to include here. First, this is just kinda a weird crossover, which I like. Mikasa, for as long as she’s been in the Studio now, still hasn’t picked up on every little fashion trend or whatever from other worlds. I thought her initial misunderstanding would be cute but understandable. I also think this could, potentially, spin into a follow-up Ask or something later if there’s interest. It’d require someone to Ask the right question, but maybe we’ll get to see Mikasa try out a goth look somewhere down the line.
Here we see a return of Clayface in his Stephanie persona. I still have a pic I wanna do at some point based on this episode of HBO’s Harley Quinn series, but I thought this Ask sounded fun and I wanted to play a bit into some of the dialogue from that episode. Beyond that, this is also the first Ask this version of Harley has answered, as the previous ones were done with the comic or B:TAS versions of the character.
Character Asks are a SubscribeStar reward starting at the $7 tier: https://subscribestar.adult/nearphotison
So I had two separate Subscribers looking to get new appearances from some old timers in the Studio, and I thought it’d be fun to combine them. I really love doing weird crossovers like this, and for some reason this pairing just spoke to me. Both are kinda answering for themselves here, though, but I hope y’all won’t mind checking in. I was quite fond of both of these ladies when I was in high school, so it was fun to draw them again after so long.
This is the March 2025 One-Shot, as always written by one of my Subscribers. This is another script where each panel is kinda its own scene, I assume featuring characters this Subscriber wanted to see join the Studio. The first couple panels feature some characters I know some folks have been wanting to see, namely Hiei, Kurama, and the MAwS version of Jimmy Olsen. The latter two panels feature less-known characters, I think, Isami Ao and Lewis Smith from Brave Bang Bravern and Tamada, Dai and Yukinori from Blue Giant.
