#marim23

In order: Ai, Miya, Kazuko, Kaoru, Emiko, Shiroi These are the most recent designs I have drawn (beginning of 2020 I think). I was coming out of a burn-out from a bad situation and started playing around RPG Maker (a game making engine) with Mahouseki characters! These are menu window test portraits. Unfortunately, it seems I misplaced the original PSD and have lost it, so that's the only picture I have of them lol

Those are from 2014 to 2016. Around that time I also decided to change the girls more drastically to make them a bit less generic-and-color-coded-same-face-anime-girls and more unique. I ended up giving them a hint of ethinicity and changed their skin colors a bit; most notably Kaoru and Kazuko became darker skinned (I love their new versions so much ugh) Ai was the most difficult of them all, as you can problably figure! It wasn't until 2019 that I made an outfit for her that I found satistying. She also went through haircut changes, as did everyone else except Miya. Miya somehow just... works out on the first time, always. Kazuko is pretty much the same personality wise; Kaoru changed radically. She was originally an ojou-sama-ara-ara type girl, but since Emiko was also an ojou-sama archetype... there was no need for both of them. I realized the group lacked a free spirited and humorous character, then Kaoru came in to fill that niche. Before that I considered making her an "yandere" archetype and I'm so glad I abandoned that idea... Emiko is pretty much the same as well.

These are some more recent drawings, all from 2020. One thing I really like nowadays is putting the characters side-by-side and try to make them different from each other. Kinda feels like spending time with them and figuring out their different world views, which is very fun to me! Oh, and that is also the Ai's design that I ended up with. Except her back view has already changed again... (no more weird opening and butterfly drawing) And an extra Miyuki from my sister's "show" for those who knew it!

And here is an unfinished piece of Ai from last year that I liked a lot, but lost steam in the middle of it and ended up just letting it go. I love the simplicity of it though...

An extra: here's a very fresh 3 days old sketch of Kiyotaka, the orange haired boy that was barely seem back them. This is based off one of his first versions when I wanted him to be a "bad boy"... 100% 2000's shoujo manga love interest vibes, I love it.