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Another commission, this time for @rahuratna ! Based on a NaruHoshi fantasy AU she's been working on. This was so so fun to draw!

I commissioned my dear friend Radish to bring my Fantasy AU NaruHoshi vision of Dimensional Sorcerer Narumi and Cursed Swordsman Hoshina to life, a headcanon that's all too special to me.

Some background: Hoshina hails from a renowned clan of swordsman, but is cursed from birth such that he is unable to wield regular swords without experiencing terrible pain and damage to his hands.

Cue his meeting with Sorcerer Narumi, an unconventional genius who is searching for the secrets to his own past. Through the inter-dimensional tattoos Narumi places on his back, Hoshina is finally able to draw and wield a sword the way he desires, and joins Narumi on his journey!

I knew this would be SPECTACULAR, because it's RADISH, and in all of our collabs prior to this, their artistic vision of every scene I've imagined has been utter perfection.

BUT THIS.

Seeing it brought to life like this gives me whole lot of emotions I don't even know what to do with.

I'm fascinated by how the animators for TADC handle Caine's impossible anatomy so well. There's so much to balance and they've somehow engineered a solution for his expressions to hold during speech.