Studio Santa #19 – Liara T’Soni

The Near Hentai Studio Santa for 2025 is Liara T’Soni from Mass Effect. Liara made her Studio debut in March of 2022 as a supporting performer for Tali’Zorah’s NHML pic. This is Liara’s first appearance since then, and I think she looks cute. I hope y’all enjoy seeing her here, and look forward to seeing her at the party.
You may notice I’ve numbered this pic as #19 when it’s more like the fifth Studio Santa pin-up I’ve done. That’s because I decided not too long ago to work out a list of who would’ve been the Studio Santa for the annual Christmas party every year there would’ve been one (keeping in mind who would’ve been available at the time), back to the start of my time posting hentai to the internet. I changed the numbering for these pics to reflect this mild retcon, and you can check out the list here if you’re curious: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kr1tsI6pOhKjSDfggP0PoVEp2hHOKzlpTyFYtqdyqpo/edit?usp=sharing
There’s been some interest in seeing these folks in their Santa gear. I’m not completely against the idea, although to fill out these older Santas I’d probably not bother with making it a seasonal thing, and just post a pic every now and then when I find the time. If that’s something you’d like to see, let me know.

The Bride Vanguard

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.

Alphonse Elric Character Ask 1

Of course I knew once Alphonse got into the Studio through that One-Shot people want to see him and Ed go at it. For that OS I used their end of series designs, but for this I wanted Al to better match Ed so I think this will be more like his default behind the scenes look. Nothing too shocking here with the answer, I imagine, but more just an Ask I hope will be a crowd-pleaser.

Golden Boy Episode 6

This pic conclude my series making a pic for each episode of the Golden Boy anime. This episode is unique in that it’s not adapting the manga, but rather the animation studio showcasing what their job is like by having Kintaro work at a fictionalized anime studio. The main girl for this episode is Chie, one of the animators, but another popular character is “Producer.” Like Madame President from the first episode, she doesn’t have a proper name and is just known by her job title. Her design does seem to be based on Megumi Moriyama from the manga, but they’re different characters so I can’t use that name for her. Despite not being the main girl of her episode, Producer is highlighted frequently as even gets prominent placement on DVD box covers and the like.
So I always knew from the beginning this pic would feature Chie and Producer, but as I was working on it I was reminded of another unnamed member of the anime studio’s staff, a woman only identified as “Colourist.” Now, this series hasn’t been an exhaustive inclusion of every single girl from the show, there’s a few here and there I didn’t include, but like with episodes one and two I did try to fit in characters I especially liked. I really like this Colourist lady, I think her tired/annoyed look is really charming. So I fit her in last-minute.
This concludes my main Golden Boy series, but I do hope to do more with the franchise eventually. I might go back and do stuff with some of the ladies I missed, and I’d still like to do a one-on-one with Kintaro and Madame President eventually. I expect that won’t be for a while, though, and for now I’m just happy to finally finish this little series.

Fuji Shikimori

A little bit ago I was thinking about a character type I see sometimes, that being the (usually older) brother of a girlfriend or waifu character in anime. I was thinking about doing something focused on those characters, even though I only had a handful of them in mind, but I gave up on the idea. Of the characters I had listed, two would’ve been new debuts. I decided to do little pin-ups of each of them, starting with Fuji from Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie. I always liked his vibe, he reminds me a bit of how I’d do Mace if Applebridge did a timeskip or something.

Sayaka Kanamori Character Ask 2

Kanamori has a really good personality for topping other girls, and it’s part of why she’s done it so much so far. Less of the mean or cruel type, but definitely bossy, it’s easy for me to picture her calmly but firmly drilling a girl to squealing, toe-curling release. While I think she’s a natural for that role, I don’t see her as being strictly a top or anything. I’ve already drawn her getting fucked pretty good by some guys, but she can take it from other ladies, too. I went back and forth on a few different partners for her here, but I ended up settling on Pearl. Pearl’s kinda the inverse of Kanamori, in that it’s much easier for me to picture her bottoming, but she has some room to switch it up. She’s also a tall, gangly type like Kanamori, which I think makes them natural foils and a good fit for this Ask.