Shannon Valentino is another design I was kinda itching to draw, sort of a similar situation to Corinne Crane and her debut pic. Unlike Corinne I have a little bit of an idea who Shannon is and what I might like to do with her eventually. I have a Bio page planned for her, though it may be a bit before you see it as I have a couple others I intend to do first. For now I wanted to see her design fleshed out in a finished pic, from a more flattering/interesting angle than I’d usually use for a bio page.
I don’t know how many people will remember Marko here, but he showed up in an Applebridge Snapshot back in 2020. I know a lot of people immediately associate him with Mirio from MHA, for obvious reasons, but he’s actually based on both Mirio and a Pokémon character named Milo. Both have a number of things in common, and the idea for Marko was just that he’d be the same type of boy as them, even down to his name having the same similarities. Marko has a larger role to play much much later on down the line in Sunkissed Youth, so I thought it might be prudent to get a bio out for him. I have a couple more bios planned for characters who will eventually play a role in SY, so look for those sometime in the near future.
So Corey and Loren don’t really have much in common. Even within the Applebridge canon they’re removed by the tax brackets of their parents, plus Corey’s like three or four years older than Loren. Still, I thought there could be some fun in highlighting how different they are, especially since Corey recently made acquaintances with someone who’s way more Loren’s type. As for Corey’s partner here, I couldn’t think of anyone tied to Loren who would fit (unfortunately Loren doesn’t have a grandma or anything who’s been introduced), so I instead partnered him with someone I’ve meant to pair him with for a while but never had a good chance to.
Here is the One-Shot for November 2025, featuring a handful of different pairings/groupings, including a few of my OCs. Our first panel features Rocket Raccoon and Emma Frost from Marvel Rivals, and while I’m quite familiar with both in comics I know nothing about this game. Second panel is two of my Applebridge characters, Marko Laine and Casey Buckner. The third panel features Sung Jinwoo and Cha Hae-In from Solo Leveling, and the final panel sees a reunion of Applebridge’s Max and Faith Park with Jujutsu Kaisen’s Kento Nanami.
Cal’s a character who underwent a number of changes before his actual debut, though his core personality and interests have stayed relatively consistent. I think he has kinda a unique vibe to him, and I’ve enjoyed working with him where I have so far. There’s one more established member of the Applebridge High basketball team I’d like to get a bio out for sometime soon, though I can’t say for sure just yet when that will come.
So this Scenario is building off of a previous one, featuring Corey’s parents and Nanami. I couldn’t really picture Yuji and Corey interacting the same way Nanami and Max did, however I could picture this. Corey and Yuji have different tastes (although I think Yuji’d be more open to Corey’s type than the inverse) but I thought it’d be cute to pair them with a couple Studio ladies who are connected but pair up well with them. I think this turned out to be a pretty cute little interaction, and I hope y’all will enjoy it.










