Uncreative Insanity

I don't remember if I posted this before or not, so here's something I made during artfight two years ago. @prismportrait 's Nataku and my Aurora, Aurora struggling with the corruption of her mana. Looking at this now, I want to redo this with details changed. Like Nataku's cape having more motion, more wear on their armor, more details in that big magic circle in the background.

Ultra Moon Valerie in a kimono! Not Valerie's usual style.

Ultra Moon verse Sky! (Named Cameron at birth.) Although he was uprooted and ends up growing up in Blackthorn instead of Fall City, the change ends up being good for them! They eventually unseat Diantha from her position as champion! The only thing they dislike about being the champion of Kalos is the time difference when calling their little brother.

Moon verse Cameron! Valerie's oldest son who dreamed of fame either through music or through dragon-taming. He even is mentored by Lance at one point! But all of that is thrown aside when his world crashes to a halt with terrible news. Cameron manages to barely pull himself from his isolation to a new calling. He still hasn't forgotten what he wanted to do in the past.

The same fate as Moon befell her. But it's okay, she got better. May have lost a few things in the process, some things got changed, but she's better!! Besides, for some strange reason, she can handle the artifact that cursed everyone just fine.

Moon verse Valerie haunts the timeline, her death ultimately unanswered. Who would seek harm against a helpful Pokemon Ranger?

Go from surviving to thriving, hiding to shining.

Elite Four Valerie accepts your challenge!

First rough design of Ultra Moon version of Valerie! What you don't see under her chin is her keystone. Parts of her scar does show, but she likes the look enough to endure it. Or maybe put concealer on if it's a bad day.

Four different flavors of one person

(I might just color this. Who wants Shin'ya's nose broken in color?)

Who said coffee shop AUs were cozy? Asking for someone who worked in a coffee shop.

Changes: Simplified her jumpsuit, traded in three tails for one extra fluffy one, shortened her hair to just bangs, and gave her a clip with her namesake. That really says a lot about her old design.

I kept meaning to upload this from artfight to bsky but that never happened. But behold, @kuixotic 's Nomad! I really did say that I had to paint this while only listening to Two Steps From Hell. I don't think I'll ever get clouds to look that good again.

Notes on the design: lots of musical notations for the accessories, like breath mark and common time earrings, whole note clasp on collar, cut time pin on cape, fermata on boots, but the most important are the staff clips and the F clef clip in their hair. The jacket is fluffy, just like their ace hydreigon. Most of their height is in their legs.