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Closeups of Legendary Bladers, for the MayBlade prompt "Eyes" .

It's been a while since I watched Metal Fight (understatement!) so why not kick off my attempt to join the fun with something MFB related :3

Looks like that idea to remake at least one old pic this year is still going strong - because this is another remake. 😁 This time, it's Kai and Kei's youngest kids, Akira and Mizuki - or Aki and Zuki, as their cousin Mia calls them). For those who don't know my next-gen OCs, Mizuki's the one with the cap, and Akira's the one with the stripey sleeves :3

The original on the right was done in 2010, so it's actually older than the Riku remake I posted in January 😅 At this point, I've learned to use references as much as possible, especially with backgrounds, even if it means taking an inordinate amount of time rendering the background. I also tried a different way of rendering the shadows. All in all, this took almost 44 hours of work ^^;

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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.

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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.

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Aoi Valt for the MayBlade 2025 prompt "Spark".

Yes, I couldn't think of anything but Zac the Sunshine's nickname for him, "Little Spark" - so why not? XD

Finished cel-shaded commission for friend2alex on deviantArt! She wanted a group pic with her OC Aoife, Sophie, Wells and George going shopping (but we can see what actually happened lol)

I said it before when I posted on other platforms and I’ll say it again: CSP saved my butt with its perspective ruler. Composition was still a bish, though, as was all the detailing @_@ No editing, copying, reposting without permission. Okay? Okay. 

“So tell me you’ll be right here with me Hearing your voice is like hearing an angel sing Through the good and bad and all in between You’re the one that I want and the one that I need...”

I’m late posting here but better late than never, right? :3  Drew these canonxOC pics last month because I missed drawing non-D&D babs. Top to bottom, we have Kai and Kei; Tsubasa and Atsuki; Shu and Hoshi; and the lone non-Beyblade pairing Inumaki Toge and Reika (I nearly typed Rika adgkfds XD)  

From left to right: Tachibana Kaname, Takenouchi twins Atsushi and Ruka, and Rayne Layton. 

The Sinnoh remakes came out a little under two weeks after my birthday, so of course I had to get them XD  I have never thrown together several outfits as fast as I did with these ones lol. As you can see, the second pic isn’t all that different from the first; the only differences are the obligatory scarves and maybe a few tweaks to the outfits (colors switched around, added designs).