avdol and advil

 

from the POV of a person who left their meds in avdol's fortune-telling shop... for whatever reason.

this drawing was based around one single pun lol

btw i've been having a hard time getting his hair to look right and i don't know why

jotaro with a cassette tape

jojo of the eighties and an iconic item from his era.

stardust crusaders awakened me to the charm of late showa era items (although showa nostalgia is mostly about 1950s to 1970s), so thanks for that, araki-sensei

shione umi (vocaloid/utau style oc)

 

yknow i should have uploaded this earlier...

an oc made in the style of UTAU voicebank avatars and vocaloid-style original characters, especially around 2009-2012 which were heavily inspired by hatsune miku, kagamine rin and len, megurine luka, meiko and kaito. 

the art style here is made to look like something out of said time frame itself (which i have a bit of a nostalgia of), referenced from fan art archived on danbooru and zerochan.  

for some reason there seems to be only a few nautical/sailor-themed UTAUs? and thought it'd be a nice concept for such a character. it's oddly surprising that i couldn't find any character with "shione" in their name.

 

bonus: i've also doodled umi's design progression if she (hypothetically) gets gradual voicebank upgrades.

 (click to see them bigger)

jugo and jonathan

an unusual crossover between jugo shishi from kishibe rohan wa ugokanai drama (still a part of the jojo series) and jonathan joestar from jojo's bizarre adventure part 1: phantom blood.

the origin of jugo's name has two fours in it, while jonathan's birthday is today, on 4/4. a bit forced, if i say so myself.  

anyway, maybe i should try naming a character based on a math formula/equation one day. sounds like a quirky idea.

snowy owl

 

an unusually simple sketch. 

i really like how snowy owls form a blob of indeterminate shape when they're not flying, especially if the individual has few brown spots on their feathers!  

it's what some people would call "so shaped" in today's internet-speak.

here is the photo i used for reference. 

character design is hard

 i've been designing this baby for like a month and i can't get her to look right. maybe im gonna get a new idea another time around.