I couldn't find the portrait frame I put aside for this, so I modified it to be square for framing, oops. But I'm still happy with it!

Alternate angles!

Details! I had fun with their expressions.

Food details 🤤🍜🥟

The idea was always to showcase Maya and Pearl enjoying ramen together, but I played with the layout and story of the piece a bit. I thought it would be too mean for Maya to steal Pearl's food, so I did the opposite. It was fun making Pearl a little gremlin.

I didn't take many photos mid-build, unfortunately, but here are the completed girls! I used some absolutely gorgeous Japanese papers for their clothes, which shimmer in the light.

Work-in-progress of the ramen bowl, those patterns were a pain to cut out. This is the second time I've used the same bowl design from Eldoon's Noodles from Apollo Justice.

Because the pattern on the Japanese paper I used for their clothes wasn't consistent, I had to find a way to see what would look good on the piece. I did that by cutting out their clothes from a paper template and laying it down upon my patterned paper.

Goofing around with different patterns…

Here's the video tour!

Framed! This was a fun piece to work on and I was happy to finally make something with Maya AND Pearl!

I made this for the wonderful Ace Assistants Zine (@aceassistantszine) which you can now download for free! Take a look and enjoy art and writing from lots of cool people!

admittedly the case is really goofy and there's a lot wrong with it, but i am fond of it

like why would they ever suspect machi, the laws around cocoon smuggling are wishy washy, the siren is cryptic for seemingly no reason, and a lot of other things (but i think the concert video playing over and over again is really funny. especially because of orange klavier)

but! we see a lot of klavier beyond his pretty boy flirtatious rockstar persona, especially in the context of his band. it's easy to discount him as a whole because of how unprofessional he acts in court but turnabout serenade shows his perfectionist side, even to the point where it detriments others. (also i really like the one frowny sprite where he looks like >:( )

all the prosecutors up till now have been a huge pain in the ass, broody, cold, and generally difficult to work with, but klavier is so respectful and cordial despite all that happens to him in AA4. he stuck around even though he could've chosen death or sought revenge or done all the things previous prosecutors did. i think it's pretty cool. and though apollo put his brother and best friend in jail, he doesn't hold a grudge and accepts that he overlooked their true characters. though god that's gotta hurt...