A maker, a mancer, a mecha master

The Beekachu was based on this drawing I did last year. It was a part of an AU in which the transformers land on the Pokémon world and assume the forms of Pokémon, Beast Wars style. The main bit would be the human kid (who can’t seem to catch a Pokemon) stumbling across a team of Autobots who are trying to blend in with other Pokemon while talking and turning into 30ft tall robots. The human takes them on as their team and shenanigans ensue.

Kid at work asked me what my favorite Digimon was so I showed them Omnimon/Omegamon. They asked me to draw it, but I have a general against reproducing existing characters and art. Specifically, I tell the kids that I get bored redrawing preexisting characters and want to try something new or different. The kid had already gone when I started drawing this so I couldn’t ask what changes I should make so instead I brought an idea had long ago to life. The kid was really into it so I would say it’s a win.

Kid at work wanted me to draw captain America, with a Digimon tilt. Unfortunately, they didn’t come right out and say that’s what they wanted. Instead, they asked me to draw a chest around the star they drew and then a head, and maybe a body then a shield and so on. A lot of kids will ask me to draw the outline of a body and then want to fill it in themselves, but this kid changed their mind part way in and I had to work on a weak base. That’s what I get for cutting corners out the gate.

A kid at work challenged me to a drawing contest with their dad. This kid regularly comes in, looks at what I am drawing and says stuff like “it’s fine. My dad is better.” They came in yesterday and said that they wanted me to draw something to see who does it better, me or the dad. They said he wanted a Charizard, but cooler. This was the result. I handed them the drawing, they said “that is cool,” and an hour later I found it on the floor. I guess I lost?

While at New Kimia University, Artifice was introduced to the possibility of becoming a Transmetal through a phenomenon being studied in the Tradition of Onyx track. Artifice opted into a partial transmetalification as the new look for their arm would add to their story arc.

I have worked with kids a lot and, at a time, I would do white board battles with them using doodles and dice. As a general rule, I told them they had to make up original characters so if they told me to draw an existing character, I would make a pun out of it and draw a silly picture to go with it. It would get a laugh out of them.

I present Pikagu and ChuAgumon, with their baby forms Korochumon and Pikoro.

If the deployers had Digimon pendulums in place of cassettes. Maybe I’ll “finish” the image one day, but for now, it’s cute.