Kamidu

Poking Around Pt 89

And after a bit of an effort, here’s the next part.  And the end of this little interlude.

I’ll let the comic do a lot of the talking for me; hope it makes sense since I’m not exactly a salesman or anything. TL notes to follow, and my thanks aagain to everyone for continuing to support this work. Poll to follow!

TL Notes: 

• Midas is a reference to the king in Greek mythology who wished for everything he touched to turn to gold. Funnily e...
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Poking Around Pt 88

I can’t help but feel that as I worked on this page, a lot of my frustrations about the real world (at the original time of production and posting) started seeping through. And a confessional (if you can read between the lines)?   Oh well.

Kuroki’s “cincher” will be on the next page and hopefully, no more talking heads (which is rather difficult to try and come up with interesting compositions to counteract). 

Anyway, thank you so very much to everyone who c...

Bukubuku... na no?

ぶくぶく means to bulge out, like: 毎日大食していると、ブクブク太りすぎること間違いなし。 "Pig out a little too often, and you'll end up putting on more than a few (pounds)".  

A bit of a follow-up to this, mostly to take my mind off present-events and to see if I could actually draw D.K..  Not entirely sure if I succeeded but it was nice to do, so enjoy!  Thank ...

Kabedon... or Rather, Debudon?

Lemme explain.  

壁ドン Kabedon is a portmanteau of 壁 kabe (wall) and ドン don! (bang! thump!, etc).   

What is it?  You know that thing they sometimes do in anime where someone corners somebody else, either to threaten or2020-04-08 15:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post

1st April (no, it's not an April Fools Journal)

Just to say I'm officially making a start on this month's Patreon content.  

So thank you very much to everyone who continues to support me on here, as always.

Also thank you for participating in the recent poll - it was interesting to see it wasn't an unanimous decision.  But I didn't feel right defaulting to that 2020-04-01 19:59:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Snap Poll: BNApril?

Barring the protagonist Michiru for obvious reasons, Brand New Animal pin-ups for the new month?

If you don't know what I'm talking about, click this to find out.   If you don't want to meddle through any Japanese, here's an 2020-03-31 14:33:56 +0000 UTC View Post

23-3-2020

Good morning, afternoon or evening, depending on your time zone.

Whether you’re a recent patron (thank you for choosing to subscribe to me!) or a veteran for years (seriously, thank you for building me up to where I am today, especially those of you on the higher tiers), I truly am in your debt.

Thank you so much for affording me this artist career, as precarious as it is. I’m very privileged indeed to be still doing this after four years.

As t...

Poking Around Pt 87

No TL notes this time, just my thanks as always for supporting me.  Make of this one what you will.

The Beginning Bit: 1 , 2 , 3<...

"Be Right There...!"

Sorry for the delay.  But at last, the companion piece to this one.

At the time of posting this (Friday 13th March 2020) it's not been confirmed whether there are other giant wrestling monsters so that's it for this pairing... well, on the sfw side anyway.  
Enjoy!  (Re-uploaded to fix a bunch of glaring errors; sorry!)

Zalewd?

I apologise for how sporadic Patreon content has been this month insofar.  Please accept this one in a towel as a holdover.  

"Hey, you said to meet here, right?"

For those who don't know, it's a big reference to this upcoming movie.

Guy's name is Tentacular, and yes, he really is that big... Funnily enough, the location was inspired by Driver 2's (old PS1 game) recreation of downtown Chicago, metro system and all.  Enjoy!

Poking Around Pt 86

I have really mixed feelings about this part.   Bo seems to represent my inner critic, calling me out on stalling Kuroki’s job application. He also seems to be reflecting how I see myself: overly blunt and critical. It’s often said art is self-serving… hmm. Oh well. Enjoy for now, the next page is going to be a bit of a doozy, alright. You’ll see what I mean when I get there (if I ever get there… if I ever get there – it’s an old song by Coolio).

But in ...

27th February 2020

Just a quick update.

The saga of my vehicular troubles has come to an end - it has been repaired today, but I'll have to take this weekend off to travel down south to see my parents.  I've decided to swap my car for my mother's much younger car.  It's prompted a lot of mixed feelings but this ain't the space for that.  This is just to say that  there'll be a slight delay in March's content going up as planned.  I apologise for any inconvenience...

Poking Around Pt 85

This part was a pain to write and re-write, not going to lie. I got stuck for a while because I wasn’t sure how I was going to write Kuroki’s salesmanship, something I’ve rarely succeeded in during my day-job… days. But things have a funny way of resolving themselves in life, and that’s how I kinda weaselled out writing myself into a dead-end – at least for this page anyway. Not much in the way of fanservice, but eh~. I prioritised the dialogue this time and easy readability. Enjo...

Journal Update

So as you may or may not have noticed, February's been a little sparse in terms of content updates.  I apologise for it.  Given how much I was mouthing off elsewhere, I'd completely forgotten to actally post a journal here.

I'd been doing commissions with the hopes of saving up for a newer car.  Even as I write this entry today, I've had to book it into a garage because the brakes appear to be fusing - the calipers gone or something - but it's not pleasant smell...

Who Wants a Barbie with this Ken?

Barbie in this instance being Aussie slang for barbeque.

Sorry for this taking so long, had a bit of a creative block with the background and I'm still not sure if this one has worked as an illustration proper...

Anyway, the character is this guy (for once, I'm not exaggerating the proportions!), and he is based on what2020-02-21 11:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post

These Standovers are Conchy

Translated: We may look intimidating but we're conscientious about our rides too, y'know.  

Introducing the Redback Gang (or two of them at least), who only appear in Ty 3.   On the left is Jack, on the right is Russ, the leader.  The titular character mistake...

Hey, you reading this...

From the very bottom of my heart, truly, madly, deeply, thank you.

You're a truly wonderful generous individual for financially backing me.  I was watching a documentary on my country's welfare state as I worked this morning, and was chillingly reminded that I could've been trapped on Universal Benefit or working two (non-art-related) jobs at once to make ends meet.  But you saved me...

Doesn't Skip Leg Day!

This one came about by a funny coincidence.

So me and a certain somebody were catching up on Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (yes, there is a tv series based on the Tangled movie) and we were surprised to see some returning fishmen/mermen from much earlier in the series.   Simply put, the fish-folk chase down the protagonists as they try to escape in a hot-air balloon.  Rapunzel remarks: "They're a lot faster on land than they look!  Their leg muscles...

Poking Around Pt 84

Kept to my word; there’s more belly on this page!

But alas, I couldn’t comfortably fit everything I wanted in so there’ll be a slight extension to this intermission part. I’m sorry. 

Please do enjoy in the meantime, including reading between the lines. And as always, the TL notes follow.

TL Notes: 

• ̶V̶e̶s̶p̶i̶ ̶ – Subsequently: Another hard-reaching pun, referring to 2020-02-01 00:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post

O-Beast-i?

So in the first game with that purple dragon in it, within Dark Passage, there’s a certain type of enemy that grows and shrinks two kinds of enemies, namely devil dogs and armoured turtles. Therefore, I thought ‘what if that applied to the dragons?’ And here we are, with my somewhat debased interpretation, somewhat loosely...

Gnice!

Did this last night but couldn't figure out where to stick it - so here it is.

Based on this.  I realised too late the 'vest' was actually the singed apron after the barrel explodes.   Quite an upgrade compared to their original counterparts, c...

So Long and Thanks For All This Fish

Given how much I was banging on about commissions and posting stuff elsewhere, my inner critic demanded I do at least something for you Patrons.  So here we are.  I tried...  Please accept this as an exclusive holdover until I get back to working on Patreon content.

For those who don't know, it's this guy.  And it took me until very recently to realise that his name is derived from 2020-01-17 08:21:20 +0000 UTC View Post

A Sporting Gentleman

Jocosely, I forgot to draw in the boxing gloves...  

For those who don't know, it's a reference to this.  

Poking Around Pt 83

There’s a Hawaiian saying that goes “I Ka Wa Ma Mua, I Ka Wa Ma Hope” meaning “The Future is in the Past”. This was popularised by the American television show Hawaii Five-O (a remake based on the 1960s show that ran for just over a decade)

That saying is what inspired this intermission, though for a long time, I didn’t know how to transition to and maintain it beyond an 2020-01-11 22:59:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Bear-ly Knowledgeable

So, what were once these have now been reimagined as these with teeny weeny legs.  And nope, not exaggerating 2020-01-03 16:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post

"Hello Down There..."

So 2020 has officially begun and since today counts as the final public holiday here in the UK,  I felt like doing one last gift.  Mostly to make up for the lack of art the last days of December 2019.

This is loosely based on Io, an enemy from the 3DS JRPG The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the ...