#cyansketchbook

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✭ Athena Cykes ✭

(another sketch and spoilers for case 6-4 below)

Today I felt like drawing Athena because I really like her colour palette and, have grown to enjoy her character more. Plus I have wanted to do a minor re-design of her outfit for a while as there were small things I wanted to change. Main one being her jacket cuz, why tf do we have a gold button on yellow!? Maybe I'm just too obsessed with having contrasting colours in art, but given the jacket already has blue accents, why not add more? Also made her boots taller (not the biggest fan of her boots but I didn't want to change too much cuz they suit her cuz they look like moon boots imo) and gave her black bike shorts instead of the black tights cuz, the black tights just looked weird to me :/ so it was purely a personal preference thing :P

I enjoyed drawing this a lot and kinda want to do more pages like this of AA characters, but no promises! If I do more characters I'll probably start with more Wright anything agency members and branch out from there if I still feel motivated to :3

Yesterday I did the sketch above because I was in the mood to draw comics but, only did this cuz drawing comics traditionally is a lot harder than digitally (and I've yet to get my drawing tablet out of storage) so I did something simple to scratch that itch. It's of course based off that moment in case 6-4 when Simon fucken jump scares the player and shakes Athena!?

Truly iconic moment, than again Simon is so iconic for the whole case, that man is now my favourite co-counsel which I kinda feel bad about cuz all the "weird girls" are super iconic characters and I like their characters overall more than Simon (yes all of them) but, if we're talking just as a co-counsel, he's my favourite. His dialogue alone made 6-4 go from meh to good for me.

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✰ group photo ✰

Few days ago felt like drawing more AA fanart (as per usual these days X3) and suddenly got an idea of drawing Trucy taking a group photo, maybe with family? But than I wanted to add more characters, and more characters and, I still wish I could add more characters! but I didn't have the space for them :-( I'm sure if I pre-planned the composition I could've easily added way more characters but this was an impulse drawing so I didn't :3

Overall though I do really like this drawing, even after making a ton of errors and being reminded of why I prefer to draw pics with a ton of characters digitally (did miss having layers and a eye drops tool a few times, amongst over conveniences) I still think it came out really fun and cute. Though definitely need to draw more Klavier as I don't think I've found him in my art style yet but, I do enjoy the ponytail I gave him and plan on drawing with with many different hairstyles :3

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❁Pearl Fey and Trucy Wright hanging out❁

Today I finished this drawing and honestly, I love it so much! makes sense since I drew most of this with my left (main) hand (used right hand for a good chunk of the sketch to help maintain being somewhat ambidextrous) and, got to use an art medium I haven't used in almost a year, after buying some cheap alcohol markers (cheaper than sharpie's cheap) a few weeks ago.

(rest of post has minor spoilers for AA2-5, mostly AA4-5 but I do mention very minor spoilers for AA2-3)

I've been wanting to draw Pearl for a while, especially after seeing her in the DD DLC case (which is my fave case from DD) but than on the 18th I read this fanfic by Samioli and, it was so cute! It made me want to draw Pearl even more! To clarify this isn't fanart of the fic (idk if I ship Pearl and Trucy but I do see them as childhood bffs) but, I do hc Pearly as lesbian thanks to the fic and, I still wanted to recommend it cuz it's such an amazing fic and, it motivated me to draw Pearly hanging out with Trucy.

okay now back to talking about the drawing XD. I decided to re-design both girl's hair-do's and I'm very glad I did. I like Trucy's canon hair but as mentioned in this post I originally thought her official sprite had a bob, and now that I drew her with a bob I think I might continue doing so! Also I don't think she has an ahoge in canon but, I think it suits her so I will always give her one :3 (Edit, turns out she does have an ahoge and it's even cuter that the one I gave her so in future I will draw her with her canon ahoge)

As for Pearl, I dislike that her model in DD basically is just a taller version of her child sprites in AA2-3, so after making some thumbnails on a different page of hair-do ideas, I decided on a hairstyle that's similar to her canon hair-do but, more interesting imo, especially since I made the braids heart shaped on purpose cuz it references her love of romance (very on the nose, but being on the nose is kinda on brand for AA).

I also had a lot of fun designing these outfits for them both! Trucy's bag is of course a playing card and I picked 8 of diamonds cuz she has a diamond motif in canon and, was adopted by Phoenix when she was 8! Her jeans also have a two patches, one of her first daddy's hat/her hat when she was a child and a bunny, cuz that's magic related and cute lol. Also gave her a bracelet that kinda references Apollo but kinda doesn't, because it's on the wrong arm (didn't want it to crowd the hand holding pose!) and it's sliver because I didn't want to add yellow to the colour pallet :P

Pearl's outfit was loosely inspired by fairy-kei fashion as I feel like Pearl would enjoy Fairy-kei and Yumekawaii but not strictly follow a jfashion style. I also gave Pearl glasses. Not only make her look more unique compared to her canon child design but also, cuz AA doesn't have enough characters with glasses imo and I think they look super cute on her! I did consider giving her heart lenses but, I think that might be over doing the heart motif so I made them round instead :P

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Cringetober prompt 18:

Fandom AU

For this prompt I did not only one, but two drawings for @okartichoke ace attorney au, which is called ace avian! Why two drawings? Well originally I was going to just do the DiagoxMia one, as I haven't drawn these two enough and I knew they were some of Okartichoke's fave characters.

However, it turned out that at this point he hadn't yet made a design for Diago yet! I thought he did but nope, my brain just made up a post concept (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠). So I started working on the other drawing whiletalking to him about the art I was making for his au. Which lead to him making a design for Diago/Godot and sending the designs to me so I could draw Diago :D! but I still wanted to draw the backup drawing cuz I really liked the post and I enjoy drawing Mia and Maya, so I kept working on it :3.

If you want to know more about the au here is the master post from Okartichoke here, though in short, it's just ace attorney but they got bird wings :P. and I wanted to force myself to draw wings so I knew I had to draw this au for the prompt!

Overall I'm very happy with these drawings, especially the Mia and Maya one as I feel like I drew Diago a bit too skinny oops, hopefully next time I'll draw him better >:-). plus the second pic is my first time drawing Mia in a non-canon outfit so that was fun :-D. Also I didn't quite understand what tinted wings mean for the Fey's, I could of just asked Okartichoke about it, buuuuuuut I instead looked at his art of the Fey's, and took some artistic liberties with colouring the sisters wings, hopefully you don't mind (plus I still gave Maya heterochromia, even though she technically doesn't in the au cuz Okartichoke draws her with dark brown eyes, cuz I like to draw her with heterochromia :P).

Also, both Mia and Diago are touching each other's wings cuz I remember an ace avian post mentioning that was considered an intermate act in this au so I figured it should include that detail because they're so in love XD. Also idk how I feel about Mia's top being pink, maybe it should've been black or yellow but oh well ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ I should probably stop rambling now XD

[cyandreamz]

✰ Simple Wrightworth sketch that I did ✰

My left hand finally healed a few days ago so I drew some AA fanart! Originally I was just going to draw Phoenix and Miles in this pose but than I thought "no the arm looks better like this" and "they should look at each over, why wouldn't they?" and didn't realize (until doing line art) that this would greatly increase how gay this drawing would look.

Of course I have no problem with my art looking gay, many times that's the goal :D but it was a tad awkward seeing my fanart becoming more and more gay as I drew this in my local public library, especially since the only table available for my the draw at had the local paper so many old people walked by (^w^J)

That experience aside, I am happy with how this drawing looks, though I still don't feel like I've fully translated these characters into my art style the way I'd like, if that makes sense, but for what this drawing is it's alright :3

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✿ Iris and friends ✿

A few days ago I decided to do a one panel comic based off a head canon of mine, that being that Iris has naturally red hair but, after her sister goes to jail, she felt the need to distance herself from her sister even more and, began to dye her hair black. I mostly came up with this hc because as someone with dark brown hair (that's sometimes mistaken for black :/) I know how much work it is to bleach and maintain a light hair colour and, given she "dated" Phoenix for 8 months, that's going to damage her hair real bad if she's naturally got black hair and, dyed it red regularly in that time frame. Only other option would be that she didn't dye her hair and it's naturally black but Phoenix isn't an idiot, he'd notice if his gf was swapping between red and black hair (at least I think so, he can be oblivious sure but, he can also be hyper perceptive at times so I think it's likely he'd question it eventually in the 8 months time frame), so I decided to hc her as a red head, plus she looks identical to her sister aside from the black hair colour so, them being identical twins makes sense to me.

Also don't worry, Phoenix doesn't hold anything against Iris for being a red head after this scene I drew. I like to think he comforts her after her apology so she knows she hasn't done anything wrong (because having the same colour hair as your twin isn't something you can control!). He's just surprised because she's so good at makeup (another hc of mine) that her brows looked naturally black and, he somehow didn't register that her hair was naturally red in college when he first met her again or something like that :P. I also hc that Phoenix visits Iris every few months, as while I personally don't ship feeniris, I definitely can see them being good friends after case 3-5 as they probably have quite a bit in common, given they both seemed to like each other in college.

Than I felt like drawing more Iris art but with Lana Skye because I hc them as friends! Which might seem strange, given these two do not interact in the game but, not only do they end up in prison around same time (only a few years apart), they also have had to deal with being pawns for other's and probably were able to relate in some ways to each other as a result. Plus I like to hc that Phoenix and Ema talk about their respective prison friend/sibling to each other and, are both glad to hear their friend/sibling has a best friend, neither realising that the best friend is the other prisoner involved in the conversation until both girls are released from jail. cuz I of course hc they get released from prison some time after SOJ (or before, or during, still haven't finished SOJ) and at same time because, the chief prosecutor figured out they were friends and, was able to convince the right people to change one of the girls release date to match the other girl's so they can enjoy the release day together!

[cyandreamz]

☆ Sibling moment ☆

(based off a silly hc I have, I'll explain more under cut as well as talk about this silly drawing)

So if it wasn't already obvious I've decided to hc Maya as Miles sister, why? Because Misty Fey being his mother is such a dramatic plot twist I can't help but added to my collections of hcs :D!

to be clear I don't want this to be canon (as his mom being left blank is way more fun for the whole fandom imo) I just like this hc for my personal enjoyment of AA, personally I treat all my hc's as DLC for canon :P. I also hc Gregory as Mia's dad cuz again, it's a super dramatic plot twist :P

As for this drawing I drew Maya and Franziska saying hello to their big/little brother because I thought this concept was way funnier in my head than it really is (it's cuz his sisters are same age :P). I'd like to imagine Maya really likes being Miles's sister because makes her feel more justified in mooching off him because they're already steel samurai besties, Franziska would be indifferent, since this doesn't effect her friendship with Maya (Franmaya is a super cute ship I just personally don't ship it :3) and Miles doesn't dislike having another living sister (and one dead sister), however in this image he is rather overwhelmed by the situation of dealing with two sisters at once.

Also I designed casual(ish) outfits for them all cuz I love drawing outfits! And there is something super fun about fan art of characters in different clothes to me :3. Maya's outfit is of course my favourite as it's most similar to my fashion style's (though it took a while for me to figure out what her casual style would be until I decided comfort would be her biggest priority in casual fashion) but I also really enjoyed drawing Franziska's outfit, it was the easiest one for me to think of fun fact. Miles's outfit on the other hand is eh for me, sorry I just find men's fashion very boring ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Overall I love this drawing, it's definitely janky on account of being drawn with my non preferred hand but I already plan on redrawing it in future with my left hand digitally so I look forward to that future project :-D

[cyandreamz]

✧ A couple of silly AA drawings ✧

Few days ago I originally do to a page in my sketchbook that was dedicated to going wild with my fluro paints... that didn't happen and instead I decided to draw my personal hc of what Trucy and Apollo look like when they perceive. This hc is inspired by people typing joke references to the perceive ability with the two eye emojis, for example saying something like this "Apollo when he see's the witness lying: 👁️👁️" because the idea of their eyes looking so cartoonishly bit and uncanny is unreasonably funny to me XD.

Than I drew a random Trucy who's wearing a crop top with sunflower on it cuz she do be around a lot of lawyers and the cards coming out of her hat kinda have meanings, the 8 of diamonds have same meaning as they do in this fanart I did, the 7 of hearts is of course a reference to the 7 yr gap which, I see as a bittersweet time for Trucy as I'm sure she felt loved by Phoenix but at the same time, she still lost her bio Dad and didn't grow up in the best circumstances, hence why the card has hearts but is black, than the ace is a lazy reference to case 4-1 :P.

Than after the drawings were done I got out the paints and well, unfortunately the paint and glitter glue around the perceive the page got wet and some of the ink from the last page bleed threw :( than a tissue got on the page and stuck :[ I could've fixed this by painting over these areas again buuuuuut, I didn't feel like it :> and sketchbooks are meant to be messy (right?) so I think it's fine (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

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✧ My first AA fanarts ✧

(that I didn't post till' now which I explain why under the cut)

So these where drawn about a month after my AA hyperfixation started and at the time I hated these sketches! I think it's mainly because I was greatly disappointed with how I drew Miles at the time (as I thought he looked too angry, which I still agree with for the first full body sketch I did of him and, I still don't like how I drew his bangs) and, both Maya and Franziska look kinda weird imo, but for my first time drawing these characters I kinda like these sketches now. Though I think spending so much time drawing with my right hand (this was just before the wrist injury) has greatly helped me appreciate these sketches :3 plus I have since drawn all four of these characters again with improvement imo

All the portrait sketches were done referencing official art, the first full body of Miles I used this pose as a reference and the non-lined sketches I did with no references. Fun fact, I did the full body sketches to try and get an idea for these character's canon heights, I legit was staring at myself in the mirror with a 30 cm ruler on my head to measure how much taller Miles Edgeworth is than Phoenix and than used Miles and a scale for height XD

And I also did the full body sketches to get an idea of how I want to draw these characters body shapes. I hc Phoenix as beefy (thick and kinda buff) cuz he rides a bike everywhere, and Miles as a twink cuz I refuse to believe that man has time to exercise, aside from using the stairs instead of the elevator of course. both Maya and Franziska are pretty much canon accurate :P

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✧Miles Edgeworth sketches✧

Today I was in the city for a few hours and spent about half that time time drawing in my sketchbook and this is the first page I did :D

For this page I decided to draw a bunch of Edgeworth's (and a cat as a warm up) because not only is he my favourite AA character (like 80% of the fanbase lol) but also, because I hate the anime trope of characters having the exact same hairstyle from childhood to adulthood! So I wanted to try drawing the three main era's of Miles with slightly different versions of his hairstyle while trying to keep the iconic parts.

(rest of commentary has minor spoilers for AA1-5)

I enjoy the hairstyle results as I think the shorter bangs for YA Miles makes him look more bratty which fits his fanon nickname and, I've seen a few of people draw Chiefworth with a ponytail and I love that concept so much cuz, not only does it look cool af but, it also has him tie in with Simon Blackquill's design a bit which I like for DD plot reasons. So I stole the design >:-)

I also changed some minor things about Chiefworth design that I personally disliked, such as making the gold buttons sliver (it matches his hair better and, distance his design away from his young design/Manfred which I prefer personally) and his glasses to be full rimed (as a glasses wearer I hate his canon glasses! that man probably gotta rub his lenses clean multiple times a day! Also the full rimed look matches his late Father :D).

Lastly, I played around with making him look more tired/aged as he got older, this does seem to be canonish as Bratworth looks more open eyed (at least his HD trilogy sprite does) and in DD Phoenix does think to himself about Chiefworth having stronger frown lines.

I think both adult Edgeworth and Chiefworth ended up look a bit older than his canon age but I don't mind that as the man is such a workaholic and, had nightmares for a good chunk of his life so I buy him ageing faster than average physically, the faces still don't look as nice as I hoped but hopefully drawing more Miles will help fix the jankyness I see but can't quite describe lol.

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❁ Maya Fey and Pearl Fey❁

Today I was drawing some NaruMitsu but after finishing the sketch I decided to leave it to work on a completely different drawing cuz, I didn't feel like finishing it today :P this of course is the drawing I did instead!

I actually really like how this drawing came out! I'm especially pleased with how Pearl turned out as it's been years since I've attempted drawing a child character full body (as recent attempts have be shoulders or torse up). I also once again had a lot of fun designing the outfits. My favourite part was doing the plaid design on Maya's skirt! I love plaid so much :3

At first I was lost on how to draw child Pearl in casual clothes (as she's young and acts her age but, is also very formal and sometimes surprisely insightful) until I remembered that she clearly looks up to Maya and likes cats, so I gave her a shirt and long skirt to match Maya's outfit but, gave the shirt a cat design cuz kids shirts do have random animal designs and/or cartoons on them (source: I have younger siblings and play legacies in the sims), I also gave her tights and flats, cuz those seem to be common in children's clothing aimed at girls and suited the outfit imo.

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♡Miles in some frilly shirts plus WrightWorth♡

Yesterday I was feeling pretty down so after doing sketch studies and walking I felt the urge to draw Miles Edgeworth in some cute frilly shirts! Do I think he'd wear these in canon? Highly doubt it! But they were still fun to draw and, the full body Miles I think is the best Miles I've drawn yet!

Than I drew some NaruMitsu/WrightWorth because I felt like drawing cozy shipping art and still felt like drawing Miles so NaruMitsu it is! Don't have anything to say about the first image, aside from the fact that I love that in canon Miles has pink PJs! So of course he's wearing them! And for second image I drew Phoenix bitching cuz while they're both (for lack of better word) bitches, I think Phoenix is the only one between the two to openly bitch about someone to close friends and partners, while Miles would just be a condescending jerk to the person annoying him in the moment and leave it at that XD

also I have once again changed up how I draw Phoenix's hair and eyebrows, will I ever have a set way of drawing these? Who knows ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ not I

[cyandreamz]

✧ Mia and Ema sketches ✧

Yesterday I felt like doing a ton of sketching and after doing some Sims fanart I did some ace attorney fanart ✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧

Originally I was going to do one page with a bunch of ace attorney characters on one page but after drawing the first Mia portrait (the one I coloured in with crayons) I felt like I had finally found how I want to draw Mia in my art style! So I dedicated the whole page to her because I was hyped to draw more Mia!

Than I still felt like drawing but, decided to draw a different aa character on the next page and picked Ema, cuz she's a cool character and, I haven't drawn her with my dominant hand until now :3. also gave her a shirt with a myth busters reference cuz I feel like she'd at least casually watch the show ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[cyandreamz]

✭ Phoenix Wright ✭

Today I drew a Phoenix and I think I'm slowly but surely getting better at drawing him and enjoyed drawing this, especially his full body pose :3. I also found myself appreciating his AA5/6 suit design a lot more but still changed some details, like making the buttons on his vest pink to match his tie and making the vest light blue like it looks like it is in AA5 was was changed to white for AA6 which kinda makes me mad cuz a white vest on a white shirt!? WHY!? I think the white vest bothers me more than him suddenly getting blue eyes, though I think that opinion heavy influenced by fanon Phoenix having heterochromia, presumably because of the AA6 official art (cuz his model in AA6 still has dark grey eyes!? and they did the same with Maya, why???).

Now for some Phoenix hcs I have:

After much consideration I've decided I personally subscribe to Phoenix's being a Theatre art major however, I still hc him as being good at painting and I like to think he helped paint a lot of the sets and props.

He is also massive art snob, to the point Miles refuses to go to art galleries with him, otherwise he'll deal with Phoenix loudly criticizing each and every art work.

He's an only child and was raised by his Mom. His Dad and her divorced when he was a Toddler so he doesn't remember him. His last name is from his Mom.

he got his phone in 2008 as a teen (it was his first phone) and never upgraded it until 20 years later when it finally died. Trucy, Miles, Larry and Maya all bullied him into getting a smart phone.

He has ADHD but wasn't aware until Athena one day made an off hand comment towards him with the assumption her boss was diagnosed.

I also hc him as bi, cuz why no ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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◈ Franziska and Miles ◈

Yesterday I felt inspired to draw Franziska and Miles yet again. Not only because I like both characters and, have especially enjoyed drawing Franziska in my art style (wasn't expecting her to be the first AA character I felt comfortable drawing in my art style but, art is often a surprising journey, at least for me :P) but also, because I really wanted to draw Miles again in a casual outfit, to force myself to get better at drawing men's fashion, and I think I've definitely improved!

I referenced mostly 1950s fashion for his outfit for two reasons, one because I find modern men's fashion boring, plus it's definitely either too youthful or too basic for Miles imo and two, look at Miles, and try and tell me that even 9 year old Miles isn't at least somewhat interested in historical fashion, because most 9 year olds didn't wear a bowtie in 2001 lol (at least I assume so based off research into 2000s fashion for I was a baby than). Fun fact, I did originally look at 1910s fashion for reference but, it's wasn't what I wanted for him in this specific drawing but, it'll most likely influence future drawings with him :3

Also this drawing in my mind it set earlyish into the 7 year gap between AA3-4, as not only do I hc Miles getting glasses before his 30 (but needing them even before meeting Phoenix in court) but also, because I gave Franziska slightly shorter hair cuz I hc her slowly shorting her hair as she gets older until it's a pixie cut in her late 20s cuz, like a lot of people in this fandom, I think it suits her :D

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✭ Trucy Wright ✭

Yesterday I drew Trucy and I really like how this picture looks, definitely my favourite out of the 4 AA sketchbook page drawings I did and will be the last one (at least for now, may go and do more in future if I feel like it).

Didn't change a lot lot of her canon outfit aside from making the brooch gold instead of sliver, to match the gold earring, buttons(?) and accents on the cape. And I also changed her boot design as the original boots looked too much like rain boots to me (which works for her child design but, even at 15 rain boots feel too juvenile imo). So after much thought on different boot designs (even considered white Demonia's!) I realised that go-go boots look really similar to rain boots, and decided that they'd actually work for Trucy! Especially since the shape of her dress does kinda remind me of the silhouette of a lot of mid-late 60s dresses and go-go boots (while more associated with the 70s) I'm pretty sure are from late 60s so it works (hopefully!).

Now for some hc's:

Her and pearl are childhood friends

She has a really good vocal range and is pretty decent at doing accents thanks to performing Mr.Hat from a young age, I like to think Mr.Hat has a really deep masculine voice and a fancy British accent

She is bi because the idea of her coming out to Phoenix and him just going "same" is funny to me

Trucy runs social media accounts for Wright anything agency, however most posts on the WAA accounts are re-sharing posts from her Trucy Gramarye social media accounts (she manages 6-8 accounts total across like 5 different sites, how she does it no one knows), which further adds to people not realising most employees at WAA are defense attorneys.