Sorry it took me so long to write this down! I’ll put the rest below the cut because it’s pretty long. 

There it is finally! The free Peacemaker Kurogane I organised with the help of a bunch of talented artists. It’s free to download on the gumroad page! While it let’s you decide your own price, I plan to make no profit so I encourage you to just get it for an awesome price of 0 dollars.

As promised!

This one covers everything near Tokyo. It’s pretty long so click the read more!

I’m currently on the job hunt but in the meantime I’m opening commissions!

Please email me at [email protected] with your inquiries. 

Also here is some basic stuff I will and won’t draw.

Will: OCs, fandom characters, portraits of real people (though no weird fan content) Won’t: full on NSFW, characters from media I consider harmful

I love that you make it sound like a guilty pleasure/scandalous request haha!

This is the result of two very welcome study breaks. With different art styles, there’s only so far you can stray away from the original design before the character is unrecognisable, so I included the parted fringe and hime cut-like side strands in most styles. Some notes:

Just the regular hair with a bandana, sort of my warm-up sketch and kinda wonky

Hairstyle for the visual kei AU of my dreams, inspired by Hizaki, best known for being the guitarist of Versailles

Just cute buns. The expression has nothing to do with the hairstyle, I just wanted him to pout

Heian era inspired hime cut, naked forehead as ordered

I HAD TO INCLUDE A CHONMAGE although you can’t even tell that it’s supposed to be Souji anymore

fuwafuwa

Unrelated but related: I want to draw ranmaru mori sometime

Hello!

Man of Starlight, since first being produced in the 70s, has only been performed regionally, so there are either no Le Cinqs, or only special edition Le Cinqs (which don’t contain a script). However, the script would be available in the original program or in one of the Shibata Yukihiro script anthologies (I don’t recall which one, unfortunately. It might have been 3? But please don’t trust that ^^;;;;). These things can both be a little hard to track down on online marketplaces, but you might have more luck with Taka-An, either on the ground or through their website.

LET’S FIND KASHUU KIYOMITSU! 行きましょう !

Kashuu Kiyomitsu was a swordsmith from Kaga domain. During the 17th century, times were relatively peaceful and there wasn’t much demand for swords. He lived in a burakumin neighborhood along the Saigawa where he was known as ”Beggar Kiyomitsu.” Still, his work was favored by the daimyo and they allowed him to keep the Kiyomitsu name and use the plum crest of the Maeda clan. His most famous sword is probably Kashuu Kiyomitsu, the sword of Okita Souji which was popularized by Touken Ranbu.

In 1967, a professor at Kanazawa College of Art produced a monument to Kashuu Kiyomitsu. The monument is in the general area of where Kashuu Kiyomitsu lived.

“Kashuu” is another name for “Kaga” and Kaga domain makes up what is now modern day Ishikawa prefecture. The neighborhood Kiyomitsu lived in is what is now Kanazawa City.

With this in mind, I went looking for Kashuu Kiyomitsu!