digital art from real life

It’s not like I don’t have a zillion other ideas I wanted to draw for ages (and couldn’t due to artist block), yet here I am, with a sudden burst of “I need to draw this!!!" 

Tentomon (or in this case Motimon, because I love to draw him) putting pressure on himself for being one of the few "main fighters” left after Kizuna is a topic I regularly think of…

Piyomon didn’t fight anymore anyway, but Agumon and Gabumon still seemed to be main staples in that regard. Plus, we have Takeru and Hikari + the parts of the 02 squad that are still based in Japan and capable of joining in when real life obligations allow it. Mimi is in America. Jyou doesn’t really have time to fight (even though Gomamon would absolutely WANT to). Koushirou is the main coordinator of the group, so Tentomon is LITERALLY on the spot putting pressure on himself since his best bros are not there anymore… 

And it’s not too unlikely to think he’d feel guilty when he looks at Taichi… Missing Agumon while also knowing that Koushirou will absolutely overwork himself to find a solution (as I love to indicate again and again, but I still hope that we will actually see it in the 02 movie). So he doesn’t even know where to start…

@izumikoushiroweek: Day 2 - What are your Koushirou headcanons?

I probably have way too many headcanons for him to count, so I thought I'd be talking about 12, relating to each of the other Chosen Children and his Digimon partner.

@izumikoushiroweek: Day 1 - Koushirou interacting with his parents / It’s (not) lonely at the top

@izumikoushiroweek prompt: Everybody loves Koushirou

So there it is - the last day of Koushirou week 2022. It’s been a fun ride - since I had the week off, I could let the creativity wave wash over me, even if things didn’t turn out as initially planned. The past months have been rather straining, so this was a way for me to find comfort in creating, sharing and finding enjoyable things. There could have been many more things to say and do, with all the great prompts, sharing all the amazing content that was created, honouring the wonderful host of this week, but I feel like this is a good way to close the event. So thank you all for everything.

The story behind this comic is one I have had in mind for a while - with Koushirou vowing during Kizuna that he’d absolutely find a way to prevent the Digimon partnerships from vanishing, he’d be just as persistent in finding a way to bring them all back. No matter at what cost. As we know, he’s not very good at asking for help, so he’d be likely to lose himself completely in the task, researching, going “gate hopping” on his own, knowing fully well that he may not be able to come back in one piece. So once the others found out, they’d move mountains to bring him back - for the first time without their leading strategist to guide them through, since he’d be the one to rescue this time.

@izumikoushiroweek prompt: FASHUN

@izumikoushiroweek prompt: FASHUN

@soratakenouchiweek: Day 6: Fashion

(Based on a fanfiction I once wrote about Sora helping Koushirou to find an outfit for their school festival, based on my headcanon that our favourite Digimon redheads are pretty much destined to be fashion buddies and that it was a huge missed opportunity that it wasn’t given more screentime!)

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“Sora-han, do you already know what you will wear for the festival?”, Motimon asked.

Sora blinked and Koushirou wasn’t any less perplexed at that sudden change of topic.

“Me? Oh, well…”, she hesitated, but Pyocomon nudged her lightly, squishy tendrils stroking her hand, a thrilled glimmer in her eyes, as she obviously knew more than the rest of them. “I do have something in mind. This isn’t my first time at this store and I saw something the other day that got me interested, maybe with a few tweaks and changes, but…”

“Would you like to show us?”, Motimon asked so quickly that Koushirou felt a little surge of admiration towards him like many, many times before. The small Digimon, usually in his robotic ladybug form, had no issue in recognizing and addressing self-consciousness, so Koushirou had a faint idea where he was coming from now. This was a situation he was very familiar with after all, so he observed Sora’s reaction carefully.

“It’s… Again, it may be a bit embarrassing. Part of me still thinks I should go for a traditional dress. That’s what is expected, right? But… Another part of me just… Wants to try something that’s… A little more outside the box.”

“I don’t think that it’s embarrassing at all”, Koushirou said firmly. “Processing new information can be overwhelming at first, but as soon as the uncertainty is overcome, it’s all worth it. Besides… It can’t be any more embarrassing than creating your own app to figure out suitable clothing for yourself…”

“Are you saying that you made an app that tells you how to dress?”

As light-hearted as her astonishment was, he was proud – and a tiny bit ashamed – that he was able to confess that little “secret” towards her too. Opening up to others was not a race… Even if it made him tap his leg slightly.

“… Yes.”

“Koushirou-kun, listen… I knew you were capable of many amazing things, but that is beyond impressive, even for you. And incredibly practical. Nothing to be embarrassed about wanting to look good in something you’re comfortable with when you don’t know where to start.”

“Then… Having your own idea of what you do want to wear isn’t embarrassing either, it’s just on the other end of the spectrum. If all of this here taught me anything, then it’s that you don’t have to wear a dress, if that’s not what you feel comfortable in.”

“… Do you really want to see it?”, she finally asked, her eyes a little weary – and maybe even a little watery –, but now he could at least tell that his words had reached her properly. This was his chance to take a step forward, to give it all back, to be there for her, here and now.

“Gladly”, he said with all the warmth he could gather and both Motimon and Pyocomon nodded eagerly.

“Please, Sora, let us see it, you need to be more confident!”

Upon hearing that, she shook her head with a defeated smile, patting her own knees before standing up.

“Alright, alright… You got me. Just, please… Promise me something.”

“Of course!”

“Tell me your honest opinion about it. Whatever it is that comes to your mind, the first word, it’s perfectly okay if you don’t name anything specific about design aspects, I just want to hear your initial impression”, she explained with an expression that seemed torn between determination and her very own flight instinct.

Koushirou smiled reassuringly.

“I promise, I will do my best.”

With that said, she quickly walked into the other direction of the store just to return not even two minutes later with a bundle of dark blue fabric in her arms and rushed right into the cabin next to Koushirou’s.

All three of them looked at the curtain with anticipation – and three jaws dropped simultaneously when she finally decided to lift it.

At first glance, it looked like she was wearing a normal Summer dress; dark blue in colour, as he had noted before, transparent shoulder straps leading to a heart-shaped décolleté. Around her waist was a subtle, belt-like clasp in the same colour. Underneath, as transparent as the shoulder straps, was a veil of flowy fabric – which was the main reason why it appeared to be a dress in the first place. Once she took two steps towards them, changing her angle a bit and pulling at the fabric, a soft blush on her cheeks, it became clear that it was a pantsuit, legs being wide enough to leave her room to move freely and comfortably.

“So…?”

“Oooooh, you’re so gorgeous!”, Pyocomon squealed and Koushirou was thoroughly amazed by his friend in front of him. In sum, it was still a very feminine look, both highlighting and defining her curves in a very mature, sophisticated and practical way. Fashion sense or not, he could tell that she looked beautiful – and very much like you, came to his mind. He certainly was able to pick up patterns after all.

“I honestly believe this is a brilliant way to think ‘outside the box’. And it’s definitely something very suitable for the Sora-san I know.”

“Now, now, Koushirou-han”, Motimon elbowed him, trying to push him a little. “Tell her that she looks nice already!”

“W-well, that too! Very nice.”

That managed to make her giggle, wiping at her eyes very briefly.

“Thank you so much, Koushirou-kun. I think I really needed to hear that…”

“I have to thank you. For everything.”

In case you haven’t known yet that Taikoura owns my entire heart: Taishirou and Taiora are usually quite self-explanatory, so let’s shed some light (and love) on Koura being the absolute rairpair in this dynamic, shall we?

Their dynamic would probably develop the slowest. However, a slowburn can shine even brighter the longer you let the candle burn. Between her helping him to finally find a wardrobe he feels comfortable in and him providing all the technical support she needs to make her work as accessible as possible - it’s the little things in between that make them work so well. Her being the first to eventually drop the honorific for him, the gentle teasing, the physical touch and comfort. They may have grown closer initially because they’re both irrevocably linked - and in love with - Taichi; Sora will always cherish Taichi’s hairclip and Koushirou will always try to keep Taichi updated and included once he’s away due to diplomat duty, hence creating stylish glasses instead of goggles for once to make sure they’ll maintain connected.

In which the Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna Novel included a scene that wasn’t in the movies and made Koushirou even more of a silent hero than he already was (and also foreshadowed his own sacrifice in the most bittersweet way).

All the times the Digimon Adventure novels showed us that Taichi and Koushirou are exceptionally close. [Part 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

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''there is no righteousness in suffering alone and isolating yourself from everything is never the answer because you'll eventually start to lose sense of who you are as you spiral further into depression and suicidal ideation this is why you need to let people help you and allow yourself to believe in a better future even if it feels impossible at times''