Inspire Me!

“hey you two! look over here and smile!” | this is my piece for the @sokaizine!!! I CANT TELL HOW MANY TIMES IVE SMILED WHILE WORKING ON THIS PIECE!!! im wishing sora and kairi only the very BEST in future games man TT___TT

closer to you

au where kairi gets chosen and has adventures  and saves her friends

Thank you so much for sharing :) ! I love hearing people’s ideas because there’s so much to explore in this au!

just an idea for the au-remember that scene where Sora sees Kairi but its actually Yuffie? I wanted to sketch out a similar scene where Kairi, missing her friends, experiences the same thing perhaps when revisiting Traverse Town :)

Kairi and her charm. For the au, I also like the idea of her carrying it because she didn’t have a chance to give it to Sora. Thus, here is a sketch of her showing her world’s sea shells to Ariel who would show Atlantis’ indigenous sea shells to her in turn :) 

More Kairi as protag au sketches! I really wanted to draw Mushu helping Kairi in her first adventure and then Kairi meeting Mulan. If anyone has any ideas on how Kairi would dress up to get into the army camp in kh2, I’m all ears :)

More Kairi as Protag sketches! I wanted to draw Kairi in Neverland because I loved that part in kh1 and I think her and Wendy would become fast friends! it’s also the moment where Sora catches up with Riku and Kairi so I wanted to do a piece based on that dynamic for this au :)

I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :)

Merry Christmas @miramelindamusings!  :)

More kairi as protag sketches! This time Wonderland and Kairi having visions of her younger self. I think Kairi would make a good big sister for the younger characters like Alice and Wendy. Since Kairi and Alice aren’t princesses in the traditional sense and since they are both lost in worlds that are so different from their home, I think they could really bond. I also like the idea of an older Kairi visiting her old friends from her childhood :)

I’ve been thinking about protag!Kairi’s feelings. If I recall correctly, kh 1 kairi seemed a little more hesitant than Sora and Riku about leaving Destiny Island. Kairi couldn’t run as fast as her friends and didn’t play fight with wooden swords. But she is always a part of their games and doesn’t like being left behind. So this messy comic is just me working through my thoughts on what could be Kairi’s doubts and fears in this au -I’d love to hear others ideas :)!

Protag! Kairi with the fairy godmothers! I always liked the idea of Kairi getting to know Radiant Garden again and, if she ever needs a stellar ballgown to help her confidently attend a ball there, who else would it be but Cinderella’s fairy godmother (I just really want Kairi to have a Disney princess moment). And of course, Aurora’s fairy godmothers are arguing about her kh2 outfit :)

The leaves have started to change colors where I’m at, and I couldn’t help but think of Kairi experiencing Autumn in the Hundred Acre Wood :)

More Kairi as protag sketches I’ve done over the last week-this time the Olympus Coliseum! Kairi didn’t play with practice swords on the Destiny Islands so I imagine that being pushed into the heroine role would be tough and scary-Phil and Herc could definitely help and there’s plenty of Greek heroines to draw inspiration from! I also like the idea of Cloud, Herc, and Kairi interacting :) (particularly after seeing Herc carry an unconscious Cloud in the original kh)

These are a compilation of protag! Kairi sketches that I cleaned up a bit since  finishing grad school. I would really love to see Kairi get angry and I feel like encountering the Beast in Hollow Bastion could unleash all that frustration that she would have at that point in the game (I know that I would find it therapeutic to see Kairi get really mad and fight her way to Ansem). And I would really love for her to be friends with Belle! Belle wants adventure and often felt out of her depth or alone - I feel like they could really bond :)