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I finally caught COVID-19 and spent my isolation painting and watching YouTube.

I redrew a piece from 2017 of the OG Hero of Wings inspired by Art Nouveau, and I think this reflects how much I've learned.

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I just think Senshi would appreciate Lao food

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A fun little comic idea I've been thinking about is a genre switch story where a shounen anime protagonist trades places with someone from a magical girl anime. The shounen character has to adjust to fighting enemies with his heart instead of his fists etc.

Also a talking mascot creature is present in both genres and acts as a group manager for both teams.

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ATTENTION ARTISTS OF TUMBLR

since tumblr is going to start scraping blogs to train ai be sure to glaze and nightshade your art!! Not only will both of these programs protect your art from being copied but nightshade also poisons any ai that tries to steal it

here is some more info on these tools and where you can download them:

Nightshade: Protecting Copyright (uchicago.edu)

Nightshade: Downloads (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - What is Glaze (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - Downloads (uchicago.edu)

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This is beautiful!!! You got the vibes right! I absolutely adore how you drew Aiko! This really made my day! Thank you!!!

@hairballdraws sorry if this is out of the blue! I really love your comics vibe and next time I’ll make something cheerier I swear!

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I'm working on making some coloring pages to sell. Of course I had to test one out.

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I have been trying for THREE YEARS to put out a decent Halloween monster doodle. AND HERE SHE IS.

Nika - Frankenstein Monster Robin - Bird Monster Oliver - Werewolf Monster Luke - Ghost Tabby - Vampire Monster

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It's my birthday today so have some self indulgent redraws I'll never finish

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Today's warmup is an Animal Crossing gijinka of Becky.

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I literally had trouble sleeping because I was thinking about Sabaidee-Man.

More details under the cut!

His real name is Piya Phoukham and he's in his senior year of high school. He's been protecting San Francisco since he was a freshman and tries to balance his responsibilities between school, helping at his family's restaurant, and being Spider-Man.

His story takes place in San Francisco instead of NYC because there's a higher Lao American population there. His family owns a Lao restaurant that is frequently mislabeled as "Thai", much to his chagrin. His parents are both alive and are very supportive, but have no idea he's Spider-Man. Another major supporter in his life is his Uncle Boun, a retired Muay Lao fighter.

Design wise, Piya's look is based off my beloved cousins lol. He is not a fashion expert at all, his older and nerdier cousin is the one who designed his super suit. Still working on the cousin character.

I'm not super involved in Spider-Man lore, but my mahou shoujou roots are steering me towards supernatural powers instead of radioactive. Like web generation, because of the prominence of raw silk in Lao textiles. Another idea I've toyed with is Piya using small chakram that can ignite on command.

I love making up characters can you tell?

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Hi I haven't been able to think of anything else since Across the Spiderverse yesterday.

So of course I had to design a Lao spidersona.

"Sabaidee" is how to say hello in Lao so of course I had to use that pun.

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I am so ready for this movie, no. FILM.

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Another background character's magical girl form, the lovely Chandra! She has lava/magma based abilities and was part of a team that also doubled as a dance troupe.

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An entry for @prettywarriors Mini Mahou May.

This mahou shoujo uses a fire rope thing to fight. She's part of a traveling circus that doubles as a vigilante group.

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Drew Aquamarine, aka the mermaid who made me want blue streaks in my hair and eat ice cream in the tub.

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I drew another one of the background characters in her magical girl form from my comic (read it right here).

Her hair is a nebula!

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I've been wanting to make this comic for a while now. Found out while researching that having hollow bones would not drastically affect your weight.