Not a Competition

So I got back from my convention last night, and a spent the extra time planning a layout for the next page of Special Training and wrapping up this piece that I started about a week ago. I’ve been more and more in the mood for yuri lately, so there might be some more stuff like this in the near future (sorry, yaoi fans!).

I’m always happy when I feel like I can convey parts of a characters personality, or the relationship between two characters, and I feel like that’s the case here. I always thought the interaction between these two teachers was really funny and cute in the show, and I hope I get around to drawing more of them in the future!

Gwen Gets Fucked

Right now Gwen is excelling in my loli poll by a wide margin. I like Gwen a lot, so I threw something together real quick for her. I’m not 100% positive, but I think this is the first time I’ve done anything with Gwen outside of a crossover scenario (other than one color job not on the blog), but hopefully it won’t be the last.

The Ben 10 franchise seems to do well any time it comes up in a poll around here, so I guess I should probably be drawing more of it in general. I really only ever watched the original series, though, and I don’t care for any of the redesigns from later series, so I’ll probably only be working with those versions of the characters if I do.

Is This Gay?

This is a quick one-off commission I just completed, featuring Huey and Riley from The Boondocks. The idea was to play off Riley’s homophobia (and implied repressed urges), while also making him a bit of a tsundere. I think the pic turned out cute, and I can imagine a world in which I might draw these two again. I had always assumed if I ever drew The Boondocks it would be Jazmine Dubois and her mother, but the power of commissions changed my fate. I hope to get around to drawing those two at some point, though.

Why Do Little Boys Have to Grow Up?

This puts me two-thirds of the way through my planned “A Kind of Magic” pictures. This time Tom finally gets with his teacher, Miss Tinker, whom he has a huge crush on in the series. I don’t know how often his crush comes up throughout the series, but I know there’s one episode dedicated to him turning himself into an adult to go on a date with her (I may draw that version of Tom with her at some point). The line in this pic is quoted almost directly from the end of that episode.

I’m still planning at least one more AKOM pic of Tom and his sister Cindy. After that I might still return to the series, though, as I really like the characters. I’ve been thinking of a fourth pic of Tom with all three ladies, but I’d also like to try doing some yuri stuff with them. It’s also possible I’ll have more ideas for the characters if and when I watch more of the show.

There’s been a slight change to the comic rotation. I’m usually pretty loose with which comic gets updated when, but the commissioner of “A Trip to the Past” has forwarded some extra money to get the second page out faster (this will not be a regular occurrence with the comic), so likely the next comic update will be that. After we get that page out, I plan to focus on trying to get the next Space Emperor Slut out sometime soon.

Fuck that Witch

I recently discovered the film Grimm Douwa: Kin no Tori (The Golden Bird) online. It’s an old film from 1987 with kind of an interesting history. It was completed in 1984, then shelved for several years. During that time it gained a reputation as a lost classic, until it was eventually released in the 1987 as part of Toei’s “Manga Matsuri” film festival, the same place a lot of the Dragon Ball movies debuted (as far as I can tell, I’m no expert).

Unfortunately, there appears to be no English version of the film anywhere. Hell, I couldn’t even find the original Japanese audio outside of one promo for the 1987 Manga Matsuri. Instead I had to settle for the Greek dub (watch it here), which actually isn’t terrible despite me not speaking the language. The plot’s not terribly hard to follow, and the animation is really great. The characters are all super cute, and I feel like I’ll be revisiting this one in the future.

This pic specifically is of the protagonist, Hans (or Hansu, which I think is cuter but doesn’t seem to be the accepted Anglicization) having a go at the film’s villain, Witch (yes, that’s the only name I can find for her). The Witch has a terrific musical number partway through the film, which is probably the highlight of the movie for me. I adore her.