#bakubey

Another year, another birthday pic for my Beyblade next-gen OC Hiwatari Riku :3

I thought it would be a good idea to try and remake at least one old pic this year... and I wound up choosing the Riku birthday art I did in 2012 (the bottom pic) =P The remade pic is the result of 14 years of little improvements and just a bit under 35 hours of work from start to finish.

Absolutely no reposting without credit, claiming as your own, and/or using for AI training.

It started with me seeing a pic of Chiyoda's streets all lit up for winter, and I knew I had to use it as inspiration for a background in a pic. I was still lacking a December drawing for my annual art summary so I thought "why not?". Wasn't sure which couple and from fandom to draw, so turned to a random online picker... and it chose a BakuBey next-gen pairing my friend and I have: Ilya Valkov, youngest child of friend's OC and Tala Valkov (we kept the Borg/Neoborg members' ENG dub names), and my OC Hiyomura Chiharu, Katou's only child.

No copying, using to train AI, and otherwise claiming as your own, yeah? Okay.

I'm 2 days late but still posting this thing I did for Kai's birthday (Aug1).

Lineart done with a mix of Sakura and Copic multiliners, colored using Copic sketch markers.

Hiwatari Kai (c) Aoki Takao