Funari (but hyperfixated)さんのイラストまとめ

Well, almost. It would take a few more tweaks during the year of 2013, but basically, Raison came to be! And by July 2014, the rest was history~

Here. For reading through the whole thread, you get the special illustration made for Miko Month 2021!

Enter me also unsure of what I wanted to do in the real world. I was in a brief stint at a call center. I was still in the initial lecture phase when I just had...this epiphany. I started scribbling down notes, thoughts, doodled some uniforms and weapons.

Oh my god. This was it.

I started drawing up the pages on paper and then...then...Why wasn't I happy? Why is it so BORING?!
I even thought about sprinkling some supernatural-y stuff in, but it wasn't working.

I would slowly stop drawing Miko for a bit. SM and Pony art prevailed. Here's what I DID draw

Oh, you bet I was ready to start a webcomic, you betcha! It took a bit, especially moving in with Leigh, trying to get through college (and failing), and less time to art. But eventually, I thought I had it all ready. And I posted this:

I met Leigh through this silliness. She even brought out her own OCs from a different thing to have as friends for Miko. She was the sarcastic, smarmy, *half*-French (in this iteration) Sachiko Nakamura.
Also, her older brother (and INITIAL love interest for Teen Miko)...Hayato

This became my Thing for FOUR YEARS! Sure, I did regular canon Toyomi yuri and other fan art and stuff, but the Takino-Mizuharas were basically my main shtick. I coined the term "Azu-Kid." Miko's content was akin to Yotsuba's. Except lesbian moms. And Osaka as an "auntie."

DEVELOPING MIKO: As I said, I decided that she was a child of Tomo and Yomi. Because I love Tomo and Yomi. And they have a kid somehow (science!)

Her original full name was, legit, Koyomiko Takino-Mizuhara. I couldn't decide what the dorks would decide to use as a surname lol

A few days later, I would try to draw her digitally. I still used Pixia at the time...as well as tiny Wacom tablet. TINY TINY. Graphire 4 I think?

Anyway, THIS is the pic I showed to the world:

She relates to their backstories (in a way. Even as a kid, she at least associated with the "loner" aspect) and a want to help others with the strange powers they were given.

Her mom didn't like her enjoying a "boy's show," but her dad encouraged her to play.

The goal of these challenges are to, well, challenge oneself to not just practice various expressions, but to also give your character versions of those expressions that fit them

And boy, does Miko get so annoyed when Tomoko trolls her