Dragon Samurai Christmas Special! ✝️さんのイラストまとめ

Seemed to CLASH with modern fantasy character types.

They had the combat style of "action girls" (favoring agility and fast strikes over tanky brutish strength) with the face of the "stock hero's journey protagonist" (who shouldn't be fighting physically at all) and I felt that-

I'm not just talking hypothetically, I'm talking from personal experience.

Around 2020, I was struggling with confidence in my own characters. I'm inspired by characters and designs that I love, yet those characters are often criticized by being Mary Sues and such. And my OCs-

@artist_emily Thanks! Making his love interest was a challenge but she came together

@artist_emily I made a pretty guy too. His love interest is even prettier

@_SunSpirit Br*tish people fighting the urge to mention School Shootings and Healthcare

Me: imma make Okamitsu look like a 2000s action game character!

My autistic butt: LONGCOAT

@t0newop @_Cripticon @GoatedDesign "So why not use haircuts like those two dweebs in the first episode?"

Because those hairstyles aren't all that cool. At all. In Japan the hairstyle that's seen as popular and cool would be visual punk hair. Basically longish and with a flow.

@t0newop @_Cripticon @GoatedDesign "He looks so bland there's absolutely nothing unique about him

@GoatedDesign Still waiting for Kirito...

@PLeigh_Presents "My father is Warden of my home province, but my mother's a fine champion, she taught me everything she knows in hopes that I would be stronger than she was. Of course even now she teaches me tricks and skills she picks up."

Shang Kaichee