Back in June of 2020 I got the itch to draw Yomi, and ended up sketching a bunch of pics focused around her. At the time, only one solo pic ended up inked and colored, but I kinda shoved the rest of them into a folder with the intent of eventually going back to them. I’m kinda shocked it took me as long as it did to dig back into that folder, but this pic is one of those from back then. Yomi and Tomo have a really fun and cute dynamic, and it’s easy to ship them. I hope y’all will like this pic, and I’m really hoping to go back to more from this folder eventually.
Like Yomi mentions here, Tomo Aizawa doesn’t have much in common with Tomo Takino, besides their names. If I’d compare her to anyone from Azumanga Daioh, it’d be Kagura. However, I kinda had an idea for how to have Yomi answer and still provide a fun image to go with it. I’m kinda interested in maybe doing some regular yuri between these two ladies eventually, but for this Ask I think it’s fine for Yomi to defer to Jun.
Azumanga Daioh is an anime I watched a lot with my friends when I was in school. In 2020 I had a moment where I rewatched some of it, and found myself really into Yomi. I sketched a bunch of stuff with her at the time, including a couple pics with Tomo, but only one sketch from that session ended up being finished. I considered dusting off one of the ones with Tomo for this Ask, but decided to put together something new instead. I’d still kind of like to go back to those 2020 sketches sometime, and working on this Ask might be the thing that motivates me to do that (but no promises).
So, a while back I was watching through some Azumanga Daioh, which I hadn’t watched in years. While I was revisiting the series, I was struck by just how into Yomi I was. I don’t know what it was (I’ve always liked Yomi, but she’s never been my favorite), but I found myself really wanting to draw her. I ended up sketching a bunch of Yomi pics that day, most of them yuri with her classmates. I don’t know if I’ll ever get around to inking and coloring those pics, but I’ve been kinda stressed lately and needed a cooldown pic to work on. I’m still really high on Yomi here, and decided to ink and color the one solo pic of her from those sketches just as something fun to work on for my own sake. I hope you guys enjoy seeing her, though, and if people seem into it I might go back and pick up some of those other drawings for future releases.