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NEW ART !? It's more likely than you think !

I've redesigned Léa's Magical form again, but this time around I've actually colored (& shaded) the whole thing ; I'll share more of my process under the read more.

Feel free to reblog this (but it's ok if you don't) !

(Léa use they/them pronouns and are agender)

So this is Léa's old Magical form, or at least the last art of it I had completed before the 2024 version :

I was going for a fancy, somewhat ouji inspired outfit that'd still be comfortable to wear, as Léa Acorn's style is all about being cute yet comfy. Their body saw no change from their regular form.

I think I was already not fully satisfied with this design by the end of 2021, but as time went on my list of grievances kept growing longer. I started to dislike how much of the design was pure white ; it's not really something I like on Magical Girl designs but for some reason I included it here, probably because I was trying to branch out and take inspiration from series like Lolirock & Pretty Cure for once. I also ended up finding the jacket kinda dumb, or at least the way it fit on top of the shirt seemed off. I had no idea how to color the shoes when I drew this design and it was bugging me more and more over time.

But while I fell out of love with the outfit, my main grievance was the staff-paintbrush-scythe hybrid, which was not only drawn poorly but also pretty boring. I couldn't help but try to redesign it just a month or two after completing the new ref, but I didn't want to redo the whole thing as back then I still made my refs in Microsoft Publisher with the help of Photofiltre, which was a slow and painful process I dreaded.

(Léa's Mobian forms 2021 ref, for... Reference)

So between my laziness, art block and the general state of my life I wasn't able to complete any new design before this year (2024). Let's break down this new design, shall we ?

This was my main inspo board this time around :

As you can see I kept the lolita/ouji influence but added some streetwear elements to it. I felt like the previous design didn't do a great job showcasing the mix of preppy prince & comfy fashion Léa are supposed to encapsulate, so I brought up pictures of a character that had only influenced their story and personality so far : Sora from Kingdom Hearts !

It's not something I bring up a lot anymore, but I used to be well-versed in Kingdom Hearts lore and Léa's story was heavily influenced by it ; they were even supposed to fight with a keyblade at one point ! Design-wise, I borrowed the length of Sora's shorts/jumpsuit for Léa's bloomers, and replaced their cropped suit jacket by a short-sleeved hoodie (which also mirrors some of their Sonic.exe world designs). I mixed these elements with lolita items for a cuter look.

Léa share my love of ties, so I've replaced their bow tie by a regular one ; it's somewhat short to showcase their shirt, which is a revamped version of the old one.

For the legwear I took inspiration from some long flowy legwarmers I saw in a few fairy kei coords, and also the shoes from this CocoPPaDolls screenshot I've taken years ago, back when the game was still up :

(I miss this game every day)

And of course I needed the shoes to be velcro LED shoes, because that's just the Léa Acorn way.

The rounded pink heart-shaped gems throughout the outfit were somewhat inspired by Amulet Heart from Shugo Chara.

Talking about gems, time to talk about the staff ! It was inspired by Amulet Spade's paintbrush, some Lolirock items, and a bunch of bootleg Magical Girl wands. Why reference bootleg wands, you might ask ? Well, since they're already off compared to the real deals, they allow me to not design wands that are too similar to ones from well-known properties.

I've been meaning to make Léa's eyes pink in their magical form for years but didn't actually follow through for a while. I ended up making their eyes brownish pink to not make their eyes too light, as I felt like it'd remove some of their charm (I already felt guilty for not keeping their eyes brown in this form). And of course, I had to bedazzle their eyes to hell and back.

Actually all this shininess and sparkling was inspired by the original drawing of Léa's Magical Form drawn all the way back in 2017 and redrawn in 2018 :

For some reason I took a lot of inspiration from Sailor Moon for these despite Léa's role being inspired by Card Captor Sakura (and Kingdom Hearts). Also Wish Gems used to be called "Magical Chaos Emeralds" and look just like the regular Chaos Emeralds, which was kinda dumb. But I loved the energy of these pieces so I've tried to recapture the "sparkly pink magical transformation void" vibes they had ; I hope I've succeeded on that front.

Anyway, thank you for reading this all the way through ! I hope this was an interesting read, somewhat.

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Something something it's a metaphor. Hair as a form of communication but also as passage of time and also as a way for letting people in and also as a detail etc etc you get it

Actual explanation in the tags btw

I'm really nervous about this comic actually, is not the best. It doesn't make sense, and the art is mid, but I put love in it and I think that's enough

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Character designs for another comic idea 👻

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Miwabiwis.......

I actually do like her official outfit! I just... had a deep need.... put that girl in a nightgown and slippers RIGHT NOW‼️‼️‼️‼️ Also it is admittedly so much easier to draw 🧍

I did try to keep in line with most of her official look though! Or add more emphasis to little details, like the red berries... other details I added, like the bloomers, keep the roundness of her og dress! BUT ALSO.... they are just so cutes.... I imagine they're made of rose petals...... I was also thinking angelic motifs. With the dress shape, and the smaller wings shaped as such!

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Simple doodle of Bumble Berry Buzz from @ask-a-grumpy-melon ^^

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here he is

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Not sure how it's gonna look once I post it but I've made a thing !

This is a sort of test for possible future dividers, made quickly but carefully today. It was inspired by my Sonic sweater design for New Horizons. Talking about Animal Crossing, I must admit my usually canvas size for pixel art is 32 by 32, but this time I've used 30 by 80. Let's see if it looks good on Tumblr ! It's a resolution closer of a DeviantArt stamp, now that I think about it...

EDIT : ZAMN TUMBLR WHAT DID YOU DO ??? 😭😭😭

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he got that ol' razzledazzle

Razzledazzle - KHSwapfell Sans

Black - General Community Fellswap Red/Blackgggum (I think)

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Nicknames

(Speaker tags listed below the cut)

In absolutely no particular order, at all (headcanons bolded):

Aoi ⇒ Splinter (the lovely, precious source)

Berry-Blue ⇒ April

Leo-chan ⇒ Usagi

Sensei ⇒ Casey Jr.

Champ ⇒ Raph

Pepino ⇒ Señor Hueso

Nardo ⇒ Donnie

Leon ⇒ Mikey

Blue One ⇒ Casey

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I found my old oc BACK IN 2019!!!! I redesigned her and now I love her to bits 🍄 🌺🥩🍰🍓 [reblogs>>]

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Defiance

Good heart, bad attitude

Simple doodle of Bumble Berry Buzz ^^

@ask-a-grumpy-melon @allyooops

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OC art!!

These are two of the antagonists in my oc lore.

INFO DUMP!!

Volta is a genderless bug alien with shapshifting powers and has the ability to drain others' magic. They are inspired by Queen chrysalis(mlp), double trouble (shera), and the Butt Witch (twelve forever). In my head, they are voiced by Matt berry.

Libidine is a genderfluid succubus/incubus(half human but doesn't know that yet) that has the ability to seduce people and feeds of sex. Inspired by noel fielding (in the early 2000s) and 6arelyhuman. In my head, she is voiced by noel fielding.

Volta needs to get more powerful so they can get off earth and back to their home planet they do this by draining the powers of other monsters/creatures. Libidine is contracted by asmodeus to go to earth and basically corrupt as meny humans as possible. She does this by using a human form and becoming a famous rockstar because who doesn't want to fuck a rocstar? They met as volta could sense how much magic power libidine had, but they became friends and eventually started dating (but volta only planned on using libidine as a kinda feeding source of magic). Libidine is very much in love and would do enything for volta, so he helps volta by finding sources of power so they can get home as he also wants to get off Earth because then the contract will hold no power over her.

However, the pair tries to capture the vampire king, vitsca (who is the main character of my oc lore) as he has very powerful gemstones. They try two times, and on the second try, volta realise that they are not powerful enough to fight vitsca, so they drain all of libidines magic, and confesses that they never loved him and was using him the whole time. But when volta drains his magic, it's revealed that he is half human. Draining his magic just made him human, but he had never taken care of his human needs, making him extremely malnourished and sick.

Vitsca and his friends defeat volta and take care of libidine, giving him his powers back.

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