Fanart Corner - Buono!mon Red Version

Buono!mon (Red Version) - Miya

A while back, I noticed that Buono's Renai Rider colors matched the first generation Pokemon games (except Blue, which was a limited release anyway. I'm going by the Japanese releases.) So Miya, as Red, I drew in Charizard's pose from the box art. It would really rock if there was an actual tie-in like this, with a song and Pokemon inspired outfits. (Two of my biggest loves, H!P and Pokemon!)

Momo

Caricature of Momoko Tsugunaga. Hee, her pinky shtick connects her to Dr. Evil, thus the pose. Even though I've followed her as a favorite for about four years, I still don't think I've mastered drawing her unique elfin features.

Fanart Corner - Trollololo-ing

Whack-A-Mole

Okay, so this is pretty mean. It was drawn months before Yuuka announced her graduation from S/mileage (I drew this last Spring.) At the time, Kanyon was my favorite member and Yuuka, my least favorite, got more attention from both fans and whoever is in charge of S/mileage. So as a jealous disgruntled fangirl, I imagined what "evil brat" Kanyon would do. I hope this wasn't too offensive to Yuuka fans (if I liked Yuuka more, I'd probably make meaner jokes about her, actually.)

Sakichy

Caricature of Saki Ogawa. Another girl with unique looks that was easy to caricature. I think I drew this when she was twelve, possibly thirteen, so it was before she got her short Oha Girl haircut (or before I noticed it, because at the time I was only casually into S/mileage. I liked their music, but didn't follow the girls much outside their music videos.) When Sakitty/Sakichy was announced as a member of S/mileage, I thought she was cute, but troll-like. I don't mean any offense by this! I thought she was cute. It's sad that she was the first to leave. Especially after her reactions to the new member business (which supposedly happened because she wanted to leave, but still suspicious.)

Fanart Corner - Punk and Pansy

Sayaka Akimoto

Another AKB48 illustration, this time of Sayaka Akimoto. I tried to accentuate her athletic and muscular nature, but I think I can do better on that aspect now. Right now the slight hint of abs looks strange. But I think her face looks alright. Not perfect, but enough for me to remember who I drew (can't say the same for some of the other AKB48 members I drew.)

Dawa

Caricature of Ayaka Wada, Dawa. S/mileage's original screech (which I made fun of in the background with broken music notes.) She's grown up a bit since I drew this, and changed her hairstyle, but she's still the cute, perky, sunshiny brat she's been since the beginning of S/mileage. Though now her trademark seems to be hilariously grotesque faces. I'm iffy on this caricature. It looks like her, but ten years younger. This might need a major re-draw.

Fanart Corner - Silent But Deadly

Junko a.k.a. JunJun

Junko the Chinese Assassin. I miss JunJun so much... and they didn't really utilize that one nickname. It would have been a wonderful running gag to keep up. I actually don't know what I scribbled on the back of her top. It could have been a dragon or a bunch of bananas, knowing JunJun.

Yuukarin

Caricature of Yuuka Maeda, Yuukarin. I am such a terrible person, always making references to her neck mole. But I think I portrayed her other features well (for a caricature) and portrayed the snobbish nature I perceived in her. (At least she's happy here! I usually think of Yuukarin as grumpy!) Her shirt is supposed to say "She's All That", like a movie title I heard of (the girls have worn Avril Lavigne shirts, so why not?) But the words on the shirt got cut off in the scan.

Fanart Corner - Forehead Adventures

LinLin

A tribute to LinLin. Besides her unfailing cheerfulness that would make her a great infomercial presenter, I'll always remember her for her love of One Piece. Sure Mari Yaguchi has more One Piece nerd-cred (Oda-sensei's autograph, a huge Chopper toy, and she even sang a theme song.) But when LinLin says she likes something, its like there is nothing better in the world. If enough people paid attention to LinLin, she may have helped the already insane One Piece fandom grow.

(But I don't have time to be part of the One Piece fandom or keep up with it, lolol.)

Maimai

Mai Hagiwara caricature. Maimai, Hagitty, whatever fans are calling her these days. Because she has such unique features (and a big head), she was pretty easy to draw and I think this actually looks like her. One of my better "caricatures."

Fanart Corner - Big Sweaty Panda

JunJun

A tribute to JunJun. She's eating a banana while a panda appears to be eating her. It's really supposed to be hugging her, though. I actually didn't like how fans (and even H!P) always associated JunJun and LinLin with pandas just because they are Chinese. Fans even called them "the Pandas." I found it demeaning. Yet I began to find myself even referring to them by that nickname and called my panda plushie JunLin. Does that make me a bad person?

Maimi Yajima

Sweaty Maimi Yajima caricature. The sweat is the only thing that looks like her, I think. In other words, she looks nothing like Maimi. She has high cheekbones and a strong jaw, but from there, her features were difficult to make stand out for me.What makes Maimi, Maimi?! Besides awesome legs, that is...