#triverse

U M I K A T A

So I haven't really drawn for myself in months and that needed to change lately, sooooo for a first experiment back in the driver's seat, I decided to draw up @stitchtriverse lead Yuna Kamihara delivering one hell of a tidal kick with her hydrokinesis. Of course, I had to flex the posing and lighting again, the pose was actually inspired by a Pokemon Journeys scene going around of Korrina doing these sick kicks before Mega Evolving her Lucario. The scene in question made me look it over and go "...okay, no, that's super Yuna-coded" and thus, here we are!

For those who remember when I joined ArtFight, I crafted some new threads for Yuna's look in Main Triverse. My thought process was "everyone else looks more original in Triverse, why the heck doesn't Yuna aside from the AO-Band". Adding to the fact ArtFight allows AUs, that was my calling card to really go through with it and make something more in touch with the water elemental vibe while still being Ryukyuan in colours and vibes~

Art trade time! Whoop whoop!

This is for my homeslice @aurorabarenzu, depicting Yuna and Ami, two major characters in his Triverse saga. For those out of the loop, Triverse is a Lilo & Stitch multiverse project that sees familiar characters from the franchise in fantastic new adventures, alongside fan-made characters.

decided to draw more fankids from some of my other favorite ships from svtfoe♥

probably another AU since all three exist on the same dimenssion?? hmmm

Did a Secret Santa in a Discord server with some buddies and my part ended up converging into this wonderfully 90s explosion for the equally as wonderful @ennanena!

Featuring their Leroy clone Marko (hailing from Enna's original story project "AnyWhere") and my imaginatively chaotic idol Royal, Keiko Hubrecht (hailing from @stitchtriverse ), the two are duking it out in a powerful new level of... "Pump It Up!", albeit legally distinct from the actually game and aptly named "Pump'd", LOL!

Initially, when Enna first brought the idea up to me, it was going to be a commissioned piece, but the moment I pulled their name in the same Discord server where we held our Secret Santa... well, it was the moment I spurred right into action! It was amazing working on the aesthetics of this piece, I really dug into the era's weirdly retrofuturistic aesthetic to try and replicate what I wanted out of this and I think I aced it. Coupled with just drawing both my own Luxian lovely and Enna's lovable Experiment and it just made for a fun time that I was wicked glad they enjoyed the day of Christmas Day.

I do wish there was audio representation to this, though real talk, I think that this would literally just be Alex Newell over a backing track of a eurobeat/hardstyle dance track. Come on, even audibly, you gotta fit the "Pump It Up!" idea, right? Also, fun fact: yes, Alex Newell is my headcanoned voice for Keiko, both for speaking and for singing. Alex just kills at what they do and it was perfect fancasting.

Hopefully, you all can enjoy this piece too!