YOU HEARD HER!

YOU CAN'T DENY A HATSUNE MIKU

It may be horrible, but at least it's not ai

Some fan art for the very cool @cervusvo !! Hope I did your character justice!

(transparent and BG version available because woof I struggle with backgrounds)

the best part about limiting yourself to certain artistic tools is that you end up seriously exploring art in ways that might not have otherwise

had to do this whole thing with only one dark colour, with so much warm yellow and orange, how to bring contrast in figure when such limited line weight?

got possessed and had to draw aroace sokai with matching shirts

used their kh3 renders as a base but making them FUN was such a good time askjdhakjshd look at them... so fun and accessorized... they're so trans and I love them so much

What kind of fun combos could exist? Sora and Kairi, Roxas and Namine, Roxas and Xion, Riku and Namine, Terra and Aqua, Marluxia and Larxene??? Axel and Demyx 😂

And yeah if it's just a strong platonic bond given fighting form, then the combos grow larger - the Sea Salt family and the Wayfinder and Destiny Trio...so many different relationships...so many fun ways people connect. 😍

IT MIGHT'VE TAKEN THREE MONTHS TO FINALLY GET TO THIS ASK BUT IN OUR DEFENSE WE DEVELOPED A WHOLE-ASS ART STYLE IN ORDER TO DO IT JUSTICE

so three of these got art and serious thought, we might tackle other combos in the future but for now these ones had us the most excited!!

first that captured us was Marluxia and Larxene-

something so enchanting about the shapes, turning a scythe into a spear (you can tell we went more with direct photobashing references than starting from scratch like the soriku gayblade) and the potential symbolism, like... Larxene being used as a tool to hurt people while Marluxia holds the distance to try and remain in control, the idea that she's left powerless while he holds the combination weapon all for himself... like the idea of a combination attack that comes more from mutual determination than necessarily caring for each other

THEN THE AKUSAI GAYBLADE OF COURSE

this one was so fun to design omg, focused more on Axel's original chakrams to match Saïx's axe and man oh man... this shit gorgeous... if anyone wants to draw these designs btw go fucking crazy we're so happy with these, we might design more in the future but for now we got these three ANWYAYS-

imagine this one is so giant and hulking that they're constantly using it differently since Saïx naturally uses it like the soul-destroying dual-sided axe that it is, even if that means enacting insane fucking leverage on the handle that's so far off center - Axel meanwhile grabs it from the outer rings that better match how he's used to using his chakrams, and this thing would be fucking terrifying flying end over end towards whoever he's keen on fucking up

THEN DUAL FEATURE FOR AXEL CAUSE WE GOT THE SEA SALT COMBINATION BLADE-

this one is so fucking grabd but god we just love it so much... the complete mash of shapes as everything desperately connects to each other... insane protective layered hand guard while those chains hold the body together... the intimidating spike waiting to crack skulls, oh my GOD it's so fun and awesome and over-designed love it so much

was extremely fun also to focus on Roxas as Oathkeeper and Xion as Oblivion, then Axel might not have had the most focus but you know what? it's cause HE SUPPORTS HIS KIDS HE LOVES THEM SO MUCH HE'S JUST GONNA PROTECT THEM AND LET THEM FIGHT THEIR FIGHTS!!!! no I don't know how exactly they use this but they take turns and it's cool as hell

rah we ABSOLUTELY gotta explore more combination weapons in the future, like a Roxas and Xion sibling blade where it's probably two kingdom keys fused together with a bunch of extensions growing out of them... destiny trio combination with kh3-era keyblades could be awesome, and wayfinder!!! god we gotta keep playing the games so we reach bbs and properly get to know them all!!! should write an organization fic someday where low grade combination blades are a staple... oh this has been so much fun askjdhakjshdkj