My Part Of An Art Trade With @melkychi!!! Yay!!!

If Riku's canonically a Dream Eater, then it stands to reason he'd look like one in Monstropolis yeah?? (monster-Sora already looks like a Chirithy, notice)

Anyways some design notes

He's the same (or adjacent) species as Dean Hardscrabble from Monsters University-- though not a centipede taur for Reasons

(SquareEnix probably prefers consistent proportions across world specific models to make rigging easier, and therefore would not design him Like That)

His wings and elytra are at his waist since from my observation, they like to put things at waist length in Riku's designs. When folded flat against the thigh it looks like pockets.

He would use the lower wings mainly for gliding, to generate extra lift (given the length of his tail)

I'm debating moving the position of the Spirit sigil to his back, between his wings-- 1) that is consistent with its placement in DDD, plus 2) his wings would also contextualize it like a Nightmare

"And don't you dare leave me still in love with you. Nothing's fair when love is war."

Do you use a service to print your books & buttons, or do you press and collate them yourself? I really love your work and I'm curious how you approach self-publishing as a full-time independent illustrator!

Hi there! Thank you so much for asking!

All of my buttons are made via a manufacturer! They're often very cheap to have made. I 100% recommend this merch resource list created by Lily Grace if you're looking to get merch made and need a place to start! :) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mk9wl0LiYNStnXxwHAE6hd4-uzDMhfvnHsh819KlQeA/edit?gid=0#gid=0

As for books, I'm currently using https://www.grekoprinting-comixwellspring.com/ as a printer for my one little soriku book. I'm still a novice when it comes to physical print, but its a really nice option to have when selling at conventions! If you're considering printing an art book or comic book, I'd recommend having a digital option for accessibility, too! ^^

Making your own merch is still totally a valid option, if you're willing to invest in the resources to do that! There's plenty of good reasons to do stuff in house. I personally prefer to not have the extra workload because I'm already so bad about dragging my feet on the simplest of work tasks LOL!

NOT JUST A NØBODY❌

i FINALLY FINISHED IT RAAAAAH my version of Ruby and a redraw of that iconic shot in the Red Trailer

I my Ruby redesign I V V

I now have an exact stock for how many double-sided Soriku prints will be available for sale in late May!

There will be 14 prints for sale total. There are perfectly seven of each variant:

2-layer (red label) will be sold for $17

3-layer (teal label) will be sold for $16

The distinction between 2-layer and 3-layer is barely noticeable. The values on Sora and Riku just differ slightly.

Follow the #soriku risograph tag for updates ^-^

After making a 10 minute ethnographic documentary on the “cropped mgs meme” for an anthropology course I kinda fell in love with them and wanted to make Kingdom Hearts versions

Credit to @gummi-ships for many of the background screencaps, and to Cropped mgs memes on Twitter for the memes which inspired these

WHAT?!

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Valentine's day quick sketch