So.... I made a mantis lady.
All I gotta say is I'd let her eat my head (both of them) i mean what
Deetz:
I gave her single toothed geta because of how many times ive seen them portrayed in asian media on fighters, also because they require great balance to be able to run/stand in and I imagine her as being a very agile character.
I tried to keep her face away from ''classic pretty cartoon female even tho shes supposed to be half animal'' but still tried to give it a feminine flair, hence changing her jaw structure and making it more bug like but giving her a bit of an eyelash. I also kept her face covered in skin, not exoskeleton, because I wanted her to be able to express emotions (i like making my characters very expressive) :3
I didn't give her a top because she doesn't have human genitals/breasts because I wanted to make her look a bit more alien like. My hc for her is that she just liked the flowyness of the beautiful fabric she saw other people wear as a loincloth and decided to try it out too. She ended up liking it.
Anyway thats it! Ask me anything love you pookies bai!
I couldn't decide whether to go with the old anime colors, or the manga, since I'm more familiar with that... (ik there are multiple versions but I'm specifically inspired by this volume cover)
Anyway, the new anime looks great! My only hope is that they eventually adapt the later chapters this time! I really want to see Konatsu and Akari, as well as all my favorite chapters that haven't been adapted!
Chapter 25 is one of my favorite for many reasons but Akane not being scared of touching Hanako to make him look at him in the eyes to be faced of what he is
vs Him putting his gloves back right away not to make a handshake with hands which were used to kill someone is really important to me
This is a pretty good point in the wip to share this, methinks :]
Map part for the hole dwelling map, starring... Not my ocs! I wanted to use ocs, but I don't have any-- so I just used the characters from a fic I was reading at the time 😂
Turns out, the symbolism was so much fun to twist into the 11 seconds I had to work with, I ended up going way more complex than I meant to. If you wanna read the fic this was based on, please do!! And tell the author I said hi! :D
Real talk, big shoutout to the animal education community on this site. Whether it's people with general interest, people in STEM, animal conservation, animal health and welfare, artists, pet owners, blogs with that one specific hyperfixation, I've learned so much from ya'll over the years and have seen the impact of you all doing your best to spread positive information about the animals you love and dispelling misinformation.