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.

Ed Sandwich

This is a Lord Tier commission featuring three of this Lord Tier Subscriber’s favorite characters in the Studio. The idea here was pretty simple, with Yuji and Inosuke catching Ed with a pincer maneuver. They wanted to keep this one relatively tame, focusing on the tension and build-up rather than the down-and-dirty action I typically draw.

Nolan Grayson’s First Dare

So with that recent Garnet Ask, there was a stage of the process where instead of Ed and Winry she would’ve appeared with Nolan and Debbie. Now, I dropped that idea for a number of reasons, but one of those reasons was I just didn’t think I wanted their first time appearing together in my work to be that. This, however, I think is a fine way for them to have their first Studio appearance together.

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.

Haruno Relaxing

I recently watched mono, and I really enjoyed it. I checked it out ’cause it’s from the same creator as Laid-Back Camp, and even features a few cameos from that series, but I liked it a lot on its own merits as well. It’s a bit less focused thematically than LBC, with the main cast trying out a variety of interests instead of one specific hobby, but that just gave it an unpredictable, eclectic feel that I really vibed with. While I like all the characters, one who really caught my attention is Haruno Akiyama, seen here. I’m not sure what it is about her exactly, as she feels different to me than my usual type, but I got really attached to her while watching the show. I wanted to do this quick little pic while she was still fresh on my mind, but I’m hoping to do more with her eventually.