#what is a kigurumi

[iamhereinthebg]

Happy Lunar New year!!

[peachypine]

the roomies!!! i originally designed this ososan oc trio in full about a year ago to write on an rp blog. it's not really active rn, but i still want to talk and post about 'em, so here they are! just basic rundowns, but i'd be curious to hear which one (if any) is your fav of the three (feel free to leave it in the tags?? if u want!)

bonus transparent of them all together:

aaand some rambling under the cut about their designs

anzu:

i wanted to use orange as a character colour bc it's one that wasn't already used in the matsu rainbow, and i had a concept of a gyaru character named anzu kicking around in my head for a long time as well, so here we are. miwa from the mixer ep inspired the eyeshadow (orange rather than miwa's blue obv, to keep with her colour theme) and delinquent totoko's design inspired her ombre dyejob! i went with a blonde-to-orange look as a nod to anzu's namesake fruit (apricot).

the strands framing her face are split into 3 sections at the end (2/3 are grouped together and 1/3 flips in the other direction) which is a little nod to her being one of 3 siblings (eldest), as well as the "三" character used in her surname (mikado) meaning 3. the rest of her hairstyle is just because i thought it looked cute, though.

ososan's style is more simplified, but i wanted to convey makeup that was a little bold, but cute (long false lashes, eyeshadow, & and a soft pink or nude glossy lip). clothing-wise, she mixes and matches a few different substyles (agejo and onee are prominent, with some ane, tsuyome, and general old school gal influences as well?), with a particular fondness for animal prints, esp. tiger print. (that said, orange tiger print doesn't seem all that common in gyaru clothes, so in-universe i like to think that the top pictured above was originally a black-and-white zebra(?) stripe print she thrifted and dyed at home--close enough!)

her nails day to day are usually medium length since she has a lot of hobbies that involve her hands and anything longer makes those things a bit more cumbersome. sometimes they're decoden/bedazzled, sometimes they're just painted a cute colour/pattern, depends on the day! and i think she opts for press-ons over extensions for longer nails, since it's cheaper.

ran:

i'm just a bitch who loves purple, that's the reason for this one. i think the hime cut with shorter bangs is nice because you can showcase the eyebrows (i think eyebrows can really elevate a character design so i gave all 3 their own brow shape) without worrying about the lines for the eyebrows and bangs intersecting in an annoying way when you draw it. i like shorter, slightly sharp eyebrows like these because they're easy to draw, lol. i think they're usually furrowed like she's displeased with something, but that may just be her resting face. i also thought this blunter, sharper-looking cut (bold, standoffish) was a fun contrast to anzu's flippy half-updo (bright, bouncy) and yuzu's short, wavy hair (languid, relaxed).

5 piercings on each ear (2 spiked helix & 3 lobe) = 5 siblings including ran (4 older brothers). the other reason for this number of piercings was that her namesake flower (orchid) had--i thought--5 petals, but as it turns out i'm a fool, it's actually 3 petals (including the lip) and 3 sepals??? ah, well.

clothing-wise, influences from various punk/vkei styles alongside some rokku gyaru. (maybe anzu introduced her to this one?) this brash style is the total inverse of how she was expected to dress growing up. (when she and anzu first met, she was an OL with no piercings, undyed hair, and positively miserable, but that was a number of years ago now.) i'm really not reinventing the wheel with "small and angry", but y'know, we have fun here.

yuzu:

is teal distinct enough from blue to count as its own colour? i think so. for yuzu, i really loved the concept of a deadpan-looking character who is very much not the straightman, who in fact wants very badly to be the funnyman 99% of the time. that kind of straight-faced but silly comedic character is always really fun to me.

half-lidded/heavy-lidded eyes paired with thick brows are always a winner to me fsr, and i wanted to give her a more "handsome" looking face with a bit more of a defined jaw than you typically see on women in ososan. as a treat. i wanted her to look a bit like a mysterious prettyboy, but she's not actually mysterious, she's just a space cadet. (and very straightforward about her thoughts and feelings, saying them with little fuss or thought.) expectation vs reality, people deciding what you're like based on their own perception vs what you're actually like, etc. etc.

i don't have anything deep to say about her hairstyle, but maybe that's how yuzu would like it, what you see is what you get. (again, eyebrows vs hair... let that eyebrow scar that i gave her for no reason shine.) as for clothing, she prefers things that are easy to move around in, so her style is the most "matsuno"-like (t-shirts, hoodies, basketball shorts, sweats, etc.). in particular, she likes shirts with phrases, usually in english, that are funny or almost make sense but not quite ("for background visual gags" and "for the english speakers in the audience").

[carrion-art]

Ponds and Bly!!

[smile-files]

i couldn't pick an animal for anthro kirby to be, so he's just kirby! he's very baby-shaped!!

[waraueuphoria]

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[rigby7997]

DAY 11

It's lazy because I'm actually for real tired from the shit I've been getting hit with.. sigh, oh well!

No sketch

[brawltogethernow]

Discarded concepts for my TGuest Tarvek Tuesday:

• Tarvek after the composition of some fancy old painting of Sleeping Beauty in an easier version of that thing I didn't finish from 2015 (could not find one that sparked enough joy/looked like what I had in mind, though I stared for some time at Maxfield Parrish's enjoying the pillars)

• Tarvek, his outfit destroyed by adventuring and still actively being chewed on by a monster, exhausted and surrounded by daydream bubbles of himself in different gimmick outfits (too meta, literally how much free time do you think you have this has a DEADLINE—not because of the prospect of ~15 chibis (easy) but interacting components and background conveying a narrative (difficult!))

• Various concepts that would be better with the entire OT3 because I'm completely habituated to planning around them as a set

[thatsalotofsemen]

The finished product of my first commission!! 🎪This was such a challenge and joy to work on. It features a squeakable nose and tail end, along with easy access to remove stuffing in the tail 🧼🎪

[robinspinknest]

[cure-icy-writes]

Friends. Homies. Mutuals. what are your plans for Halloween?

[tallsuperstar]

Plumeria in a kigu and/or sorry I just have to… Leif in a maid outfit :3c

I had no idea how DIFFICULT maid outfits are to draw I have more respect to people who draw them often

[princess-viola]

[takohebi]

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THERIZINOSAURUS KIGURUMI!!!!!

🐰 OC in a kigurumi of their favourite animal

[roughentumble]

starting a lil Jaskier but I don't know what to have him wear

im sorry but im crying with laughter over t h e b e a n

[strifetime]

i have 20 days to figure out a Halloween costume for a friend's party 🫠

[sharonaparadox]

[Images: fanart of various characters from Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss in their costumes from the official Halloween 2024 merchandise.

The first image has Vox frowning slightly and raising an eyebrow as Velvette poses with him to take a selfie as she grins and kicks one leg up behind her. Vox is wearing a shark onesie while Velvette is wearing a cat ears headband with a dark outfit consisting of a collar with a bell, a sleeveless crop top with a heart-shaped window over her chest, a miniskirt with a curled tail attached to the back, mid-calf heeled boots, and fingerless opera gloves.

The second picture shows Charlie and Vaggie kneeling on the floor near an open wrapper with chocolate upon it as Charlie grins and leans forward to feed a piece of the candy to her girlfriend, who is closing her eyes and opening her mouth with a smile. Charlie is wearing a light purple angel outfit consisting of a faux halo above her dark curved horns, a low-cut sleeveless dress with a ruffled skirt and wings attached to the back, opera gloves, and thigh-high heeled boots. Vaggie is wearing a black demon outfit consisting of a red demon horns headband, a low-cut strapless dress with bat wings attached to the back, fingerless opera gloves, and thigh-high heeled boots.

The third and final image shows Octavia posing with a smile, one leg kicked up behind her playfully as she extends both arms to reveal the pink inside of the bat wings attached to the sleeves of her dark dress over black boots, a bat ears headband completing her costume. End description.]

happy halloween 🎉