futari wa on the DVR

yayyyy i’m glad i could help spark your interest!!

the original (futari wa pretty cure) is honestly where i recommend most people start, although tbh i haven’t seen it in a LONG time lol. Not sure how well it holds up objectively, but I don’t think it’s ever a bad idea to start at the beginning 👍 (just dont watch max heart its not very good lol)

if you want something slightly more modern/reflective of the current state of the franchise, i know go princess pretty cure is a popular season for people just getting into the series (and that’s for good reason, too). gopri is ideal if you’ve seen other magical girl anime and know generally what to expect in terms of characters and story!!

I’ve talked about my feelings on hirogaru sky pretty cure before lol. i am not shy about calling it my favourite and (subjectively) the best one, and it’s the only season i can confidently recommend to most people regardless of how much experience they have with the genre. it is honestly a pretty atypical entry in the franchise in many ways, though, and it might be good to establish a baseline with other seasons to fully appreciate it.

it’s hard for me to say definitively how I’ll feel when it actually airs, but for now i can’t say i have many positive feelings lol

maybe this is a weird take for someone with an idol fanseries, but the idol theme isnt for me (and the doomer in me doesn’t want to watch precure become aikatsu lmao sorry aikatsu u are boring)…just don’t really get the hype i guess lolol

Ahhhhhh thank you so much!!! yeaaa lol prior to this all my stuff has been on the wikis only :,) very out of date too, but im happy when people recognise my fanseries regardless!!

i mentioned in a previous ask that i like to abstract objects and reuse their shapes as design elements, and i think thats my best advice for really getting across a motif in a character design! This is really helpful for cure outfits specifically, because i find theres a limit to how many plain frills and bows you can use before a magical girl looks generic, LOL

shape language is like 80% of character design, even when aiming for more realistic character designs. whenever im designing a character i try to think about how everything down their features convey their personality—from eye shape to hairstyle—and i try to think about outfits in terms of texture/fabric. silhouettes are also really important!! i pick specific pieces of clothing, for example, based on what i associate their silhouette with (this can be as rudimentary as round shapes indicating friendliness, or as specific as a dress shape evoking a specific era of fashion/art).

keeping on silhouettes, i like to keep “statement pieces” to a minimum. In my cure designs i try to pick and choose which elements i exaggerate so that they still feel grounded—to use some of the memoria designs as an example, spring’s focal point is her twintails, levin’s is his scarf, and grave’s is her hat and skirt. everything else on their designs is slightly scaled back so that those are the parts that (hopefully, if i did my job right) stand out, and ive chosen other elements that work with the silhouette of those focal points instead of against them.

In the aforementioned ask i brought up pokemon trainer designs as a really great example of abstracting motifs to create character designs, and i think thats a great place to start when learning!! theyre so simple but (particularly with the type specialists) can get across a theme so well with that limited detail through their shape language. Other places i look for inspiration are gijinka artists (rinotuna is one of my favourites) because you can actually see a direct line between the original image/object and a character design based on it. Very interesting stuff!

more old stuff, tropika's predecessor cures (elysian angels and two ancient cures as a treat!)

thank you!!! Im not great at giving art advice but i can try lol…

here are some rules i try my best to follow to this day when im aiming to improve:

make art a habit: mileage isnt everything, but it certainly helps!! It’s much harder to improve if youre rarely creating.

dont be afraid of making mistakes, but always try to understand the mistakes you make. If something doesn’t look right, try your best to figure out why!! you’ll get better at catching yourself with time.

get to know the tools you already have instead of fixating on the tools others use. i find that beginners especially tend to obsess over the brushes/programs/tablet/etc. that their favourite artists have, but the truth is that artistic skill is transferable between mediums and no single tool is going to magically make you a better artist. its very easy to get caught in this trap, and i still do sometimes!!

draw the things you want to draw, even if you know they’re beyond your current skill level. taking risks goes hand in hand with my second point—the more mistakes you make, the more you’re going to learn!! and remember that you can always redraw a bad drawing.

go into a drawing knowing roughly what you want to create. mindless doodling is an easy way to make yourself believe that you have no ideas, and it can lead you to hate the act of sitting down to draw. you don’t have to know exactly what the finished product will be like, but make sure you have a tangible goal!!

Omfg no way….tropica shine fan………….that was a long ass time ago LOL ur one of the reals…

i have doodles of civ forms here and there but id like to show them when they have cleaned up designs like the alchepre ones (thank u so much!!)

anon u have unleashed a great and terrible beast. u get more than a crumb for asking so nicely

all of my public fanseries stuff (on wikis, etc.) is so old so I spent a few hours making a few pages with up to date info...and way too much background lore as per usual lol

Alchemical is here

Memoria is here (this one is subject to change i can never settle on a story/tone i like haha.......)

yeaaaaaaaaaaaa baby.........space idol cures...

my designs for an amusement park/carnival-themed collab me and @kokoruu did last year :)