Recent Nintendo Games Really Have Been Pretty Good For Gender, Huh?

Recent Nintendo games really have been pretty good for gender, huh?

Alvis is there because even though he has been around since 2010, it was only the Xenoblade 3 DLC that really confirmed his status as enby

Alright folks had a very busy weekend but we are now back with our regularly scheduled shenanigans.

@ The. Hot spring alt concept for Kiran. My immediate thought was this running bit I have where a transmasc chara will drape a towel over the shoulders/chest and just be ass out. Pussy out kind of look. Ambiguous specifics aside, I think the towel over the shoulders could be translatable to a hood... Kiran hoarder of towels. They don't have to be ass out. They can have a little decency. A little decorum. The most audacious crime committed here is Too Many Towels.

This is all in good fun ofc ofc!! You don't gotta do anything w this information. I just. Felt deeply Compelled. 🧍👍

Oh no, that’s really good. The comedic potential of too many towels👀... I gotta sit with that one.

To give a peak behind the curtain for a sec, I did do some warm up sketches exploring the idea a little! It was mostly to practice Kiran's anatomy before going into the trenches tho lol.

Their anatomy rarely gets shown in the final drawing but man is it helpful. Both logistically and as moral support. Drawing their tummy brings me joy.

Seriously putting that idea in my back pocket tho. Noted. A secret tool that will help us later.

DAY 8: Brave!!!!

Honestly? This went WAY better than I thought it would! Extremely satisfied with my work here.

My premise for this alt started taking shape when I decided to give Kiran Fólkvangr. Initially I did this because I thought it would be funny if they're holding onto it for Brave Alfonse, but then I remembered that Kiran actually has experience with fighting his sword. They managed to fight with it so well that no one noticed something was amiss within the realm of dreams. I took that idea and ran.

Kiran had no combat experience prior to coming to Askr, so you can feel the finger prints left by the friends who taught them how to fight.

DAY 9: HALLOWEEN!!! HELL YEAH!!!

Someone really has to take these ruffles away from me.

Vampire Kiran, what else can I say! Drawing teeth is fun! Found this pose on Pinterest and decided to keep it simple after the brave alt. I wanted to lean away from a more typical Dracula type, both to avoid similarities to the bridal alt and Henry's Halloween alt. So I landed on a more "blood on the white cravat" type beat. Is going a little feral. As a treat. Might be preparing to claw your eyes out or give you a really big hug who knows.

DAY 7: Summer!!!

Kiran summer alt real!!! Much like the Day of Devotion alt, I was actually toying with a design for this a while back, but never got around to cleaning it up. Which means its bonus sketch time! Yippee!

So this started as me wanting to draw that summer Sharena design after seeing xander-wolk take a crack at it, which you can find here. It was meant to be more of a warm up sketch but next thing I knew all four of my guys are on screen.

Then I explored the outfit a little more. Debated giving Kiran more dangly bits. But I ultimately settled on what usually works when drawing Kiran; throwing a coat on it.