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.
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.
This is a Vanguard tier reward for one of my Vanguard Subscribers. Vanguards get to name a character every 10 months who I’ll then do a pic of. This one wanted to see Juvia Lockser from Fairy Tail, so here she is.
Here is May’s One-Shot comic and, as always, the script for this was submitted by one of my Subscribers. The premise of this One-Shot is pairing up older sisters with their younger siblings, with a selection from a few different anime. With the exception of the final panel I believe each of these pairings brings at least one new character to the Studio, which is kind of fun.
At the start of 2024 I introduced a new tier called the Vanguard Tier. The idea behind this tier was given to me by a Subscriber, and others seemed to support the idea, so I tried it out. The basis of the tier is, at $30, Subscribers get all the rewards of the $20 tier while also getting some sort of pin-up every ten months. They name the character, and I draw them however I see fit. The first person to hit this milestone wanted to see Virgo from Fairy Tail. While I don’t know much about this character, she seems to have masochism as a big part of her personality, so I went with some simple bondage for her pic.
The winning script for the November One-Shot focuses on two of the main ships in Fairy Tail. The script called for some unspecified dialogue in the last panel, and I did my best to write something that fits them even though I have only a passing familiarity with the characters. Hopefully everything here feels on-brand.
This is a Master Mini Commission for one of my Subscribers, featuring Gajeel, Levy and Sherria from Fairy Tail. I don’t know a ton about these characters, except that Gajeel and Levy are an item. Given how little reference I could find of Levy and Sherria next to each other (for height measuring purposes), I get the impression Sherria’s not as connected to the other two and might just be here to round out the number of Fairy Tail characters in the Studio. The Subscriber behind this one suggested the name for the pic. I’m not usually super into the Fairy Tail girls, there’s only a couple that interest me much at all, but Levy is one of them so it’s kinda nice to get to draw here here.
This Subscriber has been trying to get something with Wendy and Carla for a while. However, since I don’t watch Fairy Tail, I don’t really know enough about their dynamic (or even individually) to do anything with them. I only even know they’re friends because of questions submitted to them. So, even though I don’t really have anything to offer with them, here they are anyway.
Since I’ve never watched Fairy Tail, I don’t have a strong grasp of Natsu and Gray’s relationship beyond assumptions I can make from other series I’ve watched with an outgoing protagonist and his sullen friend. That being said, this felt like the appropriate response to me, and I guess we’ll see if there’s ever a more definitive answer. For now I figured this would be a good chance for fans of Natsu to see a bit more of him.
I don’t really know much about the dynamic between Erza and Jellal, since I never watched Fairy Tail, but this seems to be the canon ship for Erza. I figured some people might enjoy seeing them together, though.
Also, here’s the Q&A video I did for Subscribers last month:
