Floating Endlessly

here's some more sketches that I initially wasn't going to share but they made me happy because they're really self indulgent.

Hope you've have a good summer so far :>

I hope yall's weeks have been better than mine TwT. No air conditioning in either of our cars, the mechanics have been blowing us off about, AND we got sick with fevers/colds, it was miserable. I was practically withering away in bed cuz I got hit the hardest ;v;

But anyways, it's them. The boys! They're on a pier. Cuz I love the beach <3

This piece wasn't supposed to take this long! It was a digital sketch that I was gonna polish up a bit, but I ended up adding more to it as I continued.

I was loosely inspired by those dramatic "catching the love interest when they trip/fall" trope in manhwa cuz it makes me so unreasonably happy. I think its soo cute!

Anyways, I should've mentioned this before but I won't be able to do an everyday upload, more like an every other day thing. But I was wondering if yall have any Kuzusouda requests? They wouldn't be full pieces, more like detailed sketches, but I'd like to hear yall's ideas. I dunno, I think it'd be nice to do a little collaboration with you guys. (o3o)/ Inbox? Ask box? DMs? ...they're open, send me ideas and I'll interpret them :3

BONUS ART: xSplatoon

Squid kids. Man, this game had me obsessed for almost an entire year. I was there the moment Splatoon 3 released. Dunno what weapons they'd main specifically but Fuyuhiko might do well with Dualies, especially if paired with Peko and a Splatana. Kazuichi would prolly mesh the best with a Charger.

It's been oh so very busy in the real world but I'm back and better than ever. Maybe. I'll try. ...I'm not the best at keeping promises.

Anyways, here's some more art for my AU of the boys (well, they're technically men, huh). I've talked about it, but the better explanation is that it's about Kazuichi, and most of their classmates, following Fuyuhiko and becoming part of the Kuzuryuu Clan, or heavily affiliated.

I mentioned that there were two versions, but now there's three versions of this AU: the first focuses on relationships and friendships between the SDR2 cast, the second has a heavy focus on Kuzusouda and certain ships that also introduced the idea of some of my fankids, and the third is more geared to Kuzupeko and other ships I wanted to explore, with a new cast of fankids. I want to share art of these AUs that doesn't focus on Kuzusouda but I kinda need to make them first XP

Anyways, as the title suggests, today's arts are little glimpses of what this Kuzusouda AU looks like for these guys. AND I finally have some actual bonuses for you all.

For some fun little tidbits of context, the main art today was an idea of a very unfortunate meeting with the new head of the Kuzuryuu Clan, his right hand man, and some of his most trusted men. Let me know if you can figure out who's there.

\(owo)/

Really, this art was an excuse to put my newfound digital skills to the test, cuz I threw myself in a training arc during most of my free time these past months. The one thing I'm sad about is that I just couldn't make the smoke from the cigarette work.

This one was inspired by:

It was past school hours by the end of the fic and I ran with it because I've been wanting to make a golden hour-esque piece. It always makes me feel so happy, it's the time when my day is the liveliest cause I get to be home with my favorite people. ^^

But anyways, I was envisioning more of a golden hour through a window so here's an alt (ow<)/

Here's the next installment of fanfic inspired arts. It does get spicy and has some violent descriptions so read at your own discretion. But then again, anything involving the Remnants isn't exactly fluffy.

So hiii, I'm not dead, but also not 100% back. Adulting is hard, and finding the energy to do anything else is hard. But anyways, I really liked that fanfic and thought, 'wow lemme find some fanfics that inspire me to draw' and 'I should do a small series of digital arts to finish up the final week of my challenge'. I do plan on finishing it, as said before but I'll likely finish it by the end of February, at the most.

I'm not happy in the sense that it's not what I envisioned in terms of shading, lighting, rendering, yada yada yada, but I'm so proud of myself regardless because I've got a ways to go with this medium (but also i got lazy and its been three[four] days.) (>◇<)/ I prefer my traditional art but it just wasn't coming out the way I wanted! First I couldn't find decent references so I fused two pictures of myself, made the sketch on Ibis, tried recreating it on paper but in the end I got frustrated and I liked the digital sketch so! This is the end product :3

Anyways back to the boys, I wanted Fuyuhiko to be the one holding Kaz's chin, but I like seeing Fuyuhiko blush so please, accept the alt

I think it's so cute when people blush and their ears turn red <3

This piece is super indulgent for me. All of my art is indulgent but still! Here's my headcanon for it: Kazuichi would be more nervous to initiate touch at the beginning of their relationship, mostly for fear of crossing a boundary, so Fuyuhiko ends up being the one to initiate hand-holding, do a side hug or place his hand on Kaz's waist to encourage cuddling, any of the standard 'couple' or 'romantic' gestures. It wouldn't take too long for Kazuichi to find the confidence to be more affectionate but since they'd likely keep their relationship hidden for a while, any PDA that can't be passed off as regular, friendly interactions are off-limits.

I started with the texture of the wall, I think it's referred to as a popcorn texture? but the color I chose as the shadows was much closer to black than I wanted it to be when I put it on the paper. So, moral of the story is swatch your colors beforehand. TwT

Here's the full page cuz the "comic" came first

No dialogue, unfortunately. The only real idea I had was Fuyuhiko saying something like "You don't gotta give me an answer"

I had this one since like day 6 but I just couldn't figure out what to have them wear! I went through my closet and made outfits for the pair. On one hand, I wanna give them fitting outfits, but on the other, I have the power to dress them up however I want! It's all about being happy with what you create :D

Anyways, lil (long) side story, my wonderful and oh so lovely sibling took one glance at Kazuichi and promptly called him a femboy and that singular, impulsively blurted observation KILLED me. It's funny! Because I've been drawing them without referencing their ACTUAL appearances on any official art. I've been drawing them the way I wanna, like Kaz with curly and healthy hair when I know DAMN WELL that man's hair would likely make an loud crunch sound if you grabbed a handful of it.

Or with Fuyuhiko, but that's mostly because I'm not confident with buzzcuts. And sometimes I forget to add his very much prominent facial features 0x0 I'm happy drawing them the way I have been but I'm also gonna attempt to be more faithful to their original cuz my sibling's right- I've been making them, Kaz in particular, more feminine than I intended to.

My initial idea was to have them in a library setting during finals or smth. I dont really know why but I like the idea better of Fuyuhiko powering through paperwork with the power of straight black coffee. Kazuichi would try to help him, but he'd probably make the process worse, so he'll help in smaller ways and moral support. -w-

Y'know, I've been thinking about it and I'm realizing that i don't put much thought into what general age they are whenever I draw them, cuz sometimes I give Fuyuhiko his scar and sometimes I don't :v But this one in particular is definitely from their time in Hope's Peak, cuz it's inspired from the headcanon that I've seen floating around on Tumblr and AO3 that they'd part ways before graduation if they got together.