hua and bloom

I'm Hua! I like drawing fictional characters (original or otherwise) to produce the happy chemical, so I'll be drawing and posting whatever I want (all SFW don't worry).

Yes, my username is a Chinese pun. "Hua" can mean flower (花) or to draw（画）and...you can figure out the rest.

Text posts (if any) are tagged #hua speaks and art posts are tagged #hua draws.

Tags for OCs and their stories (may update as time goes on):

#error 404: player not found: 5 teens get trapped in a fantasy MMORPG and have to work together despite having never met before and being wildly different from one another

#binan to oni: genderbent Beauty and the Beast retelling set in a fantastical version of ancient Japan

OC-tober day 14: Sato Megumi

The last of my long series of characters from my genderbent beauty and the beast retelling!

Megumi is the daughter of the samurai in charge of Akihito’s…village? Town? The details are still kinda iffy but she’s rich and powerful, and you wouldn’t want to be on her bad side…

OC-tober day 13: Hamada Akihito

Finally! I get to introduce the protagonist of my genderbent beauty and the beast retelling!

The eldest son of a single-parent family unit, Akihito is determined to not only look out for his family, but also seek to better their lives. In a feudal society, he believes it means becoming a samurai, no matter how impossible or outlandish the idea sounds for a “peasant” like him.

OC-tober day 12: Hamada Natsu

Being the youngest of the Hamada siblings and physically weak, Natsu is often excessively fussed over at best, and looked down upon at worst. Either way, many people underestimate him, not realising that the anti-samurai posters strewn all over town are made by him.

If Natsu can’t fight with a sword and shield, he’ll fight with ink and paper.

OC-tober day 11: Hamada Yoko

The first instalment in my Soldier-Poet-King art series, featuring the Hamada siblings from my genderbent beauty and the beast retelling!

Yoko is the middle child and only daughter. In a society where girls are expected to be home-keepers, mothers, and nothing more, Yoko gets frustrated with her lack of freedom. Unbeknownst to the rest of her family, she’s been sneaking out of the house to learn sword-fighting from someone she probably shouldn’t trust…

Version with bl00d under the cut.

OC-tober day 10: Kobayashi Hotaru

WAHAHAHAHAHA I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!!

Today I properly introduce you to the heroine of my genderbent beauty and the beast retelling!

Shortly after the loss of her parents and childhood friend, a kitsune cursed Hotaru to take the form of an oni for all her days. The only way for her to break the curse is to fall in love with another, and for them to return the affection by her 20th birthday.

Under the cut are some more doodles of Hotaru! ‘Cause boy, do I draw her a lot!