Monthly Archives: December 2018

“Driving through Mementos
In a one-cat Monabus!

Through the tunnels we go
Speeding all the way!

Metal on weapons shine
Causing shadows fright~

What fun it is to drive and sing
A thieving song tonight!”

– Jingle Bells (Phantom Thieves of Hearts version)

Happy Holidays everyone!!

I took a short break from Christmas prep and other projects to… draw something Christmassy! haha.
Honestly I loved this outfit of Futaba’s when I saw it last year, but it was too late to draw and post anything. When P5D came out I didn’t expect to love the outfit MORE??? So I took the chance to finally draw her and I’m glad I did. ^^ …Back to work now.

I was actually hoping to post something else for the holidays, but I’m not sure if I’ll have time to finish it before the new year. Ah well.

So I’m wishing you all a festive holiday season with cheer, good food and good health too!!
Thanks for all the support everyone, and see you in 2019~

Hello everyone! This is a little late, buuuut…
I’m very happy to share with you all that I placed first in the 2019 Ai-kon Mascot Contest!! ♥
It’s an honour to have my mascot selected to represent Ai-kon for another year and I can’t wait to table there again this summer!! I’m feeling super motivated to come up with new merch and stuff~

And of course, congratulations to the runner-ups and all the other artists too!!
All the entries this year were so good and I think many of them could have easily placed or even won. If any of you artists are reading this, I hope you get a table this year anyway and I’m wishing you all the best for the next Ai-kon mascot contest!

As for me, I will be taking a recess from entering the 2020 mascot contests. I’m excited to see who else will place. : )

Thanks for your support everyone. ♥

About my design:
This was… an interesting one. ^^;
I knew I needed to draw in a clean digital style or Aiko rather than using my current watercolour-inspired style… so I needed to find some other way to make it uniquely my own. All I really knew was that I thought it would be interesting if Aiko had a familiar.

So after pages upon pages of concept sketches, research, overthinking and indecision, and then more research, I ended up going with a more natural archery aesthetic as a result. The design elements kept changing as I worked on it too – even as I was adding the shading. It was an experience haha but all that was worth it and I’m really happy with how she turned out~