This Time Last Year I Made Character Art As I Watched An AA Trilogy Playthrough For The First Timeso

This time last year I made character art as I watched an AA trilogy playthrough for the first time…so I decided to recreate it for 2023!

coloured an iris sketch 💞 :>

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[ID: A cartoon digital drawing of Iris from The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. She’s grinning with her eyes shut, one hand raised to press a thumb lightly against her cheek. The shading is a warm orange gradient. The background is white— apart from a light blue circle behind her head, and a dark brown circle at her feet. /End ID]

Today vs. 3.5ish months ago! It was fun to mess around a bit with the colour overlays, and I tried to exaggerate the shapes more this time around :]

[ID: A cartoonish digital drawing of Hosonaga and Pavlova from the Great Ace Attorney series. They're cut off around the knees and frowning slightly. Hosonaga is holding a towel on his arm like his waiter sprite; Pavlova holds her hands behind her back in a more neutral pose. The newer piece has gradient yellow-blue shading and warm lighting. The older piece has only base colours and more sketchy, opaque lineart. /End ID]

🌱 Dragon Slayers: Evolution 🌱

This took a long time, but it was so fun to practice drawing full bodies (and cats 😭) for once! I actually sketched out the concept for these 3 pieces months ago— and recently decided to commit to proper drawings :D

[These pieces were for pure nostalgia, and to revisit media that was part of my artistic journey as a tween! I know the series has major flaws— the treatment of female characters, tasteless fanservice and poor relationship writing, to name a few. I despise these aspects, of course.

I want to make it clear that I drew this art to explore something that shaped my younger self's work. I don't condone Mashima's writing choices, nor did I even keep up with the later arcs of the story and the spin-off(s). Thank you for reading!]

2016 vs. 2022…where has the time gone 😭

Redrew part of some official art in my style :D after finishing dgs2 I'd forgotten how much I love Kazuma's original theme 😭 when I started the games it was the first piece I committed to memory <3

[ID: A digital drawing of Kazuma from The Great Ace Attorney series. It's a redraw of official artwork in a cartoonish style; he has longer and sharper shapes. The lighting is a warm yellow-blue gradient rather than the cool overlay of the official art.

He's posed with his right arm behind his head, brandishing his blade Karuma. His left hand is in front of his chest, as if to balance, legs mostly cut off but seemingly planted apart. He's frowning in concentration and facing the viewer. The redraw's background is a bold orange-yellow with a white circle behind Kazuma's face and shoulders. /End ID]