PortfoliO
Various artworks made between 2017 and present; not presented in chronological order.
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Illustration
Creative Projects & Character Design
Misc Character Art
Misc Fanart
My recent digital drawings are made in Clip Studio Paint with an XP-Pen Artist 13.3 Pro tablet. Up until mid-2021 I worked in Paint Tool SAI & Photoshop CS4 and up until 2023 I used a Wacom Bamboo pen tablet.
My pixel art is made in Aseprite and primarily with a mouse.
All works displayed on this page © Salem Wasteland; all rights reserved. Do not repost to any website, platform, or application. Ask permission before using for non-commercial purposes (unless the art was made for or commissioned by you specifically).
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Illustration
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| Death Spiral - charcoal on paper |
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| Night Shifting cover art |
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| Ruler of my Heart (Alien Stage) |
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| Odo cover art (UTAU) - inspired by illustration by Miwasiba |
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| Go For It, Friedrich-kun!! - based on the cover of Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! by Syundei |
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| Subconcious Emulation (Ace Attorney) |
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| Two Salems & A Rainbow (self portrait) |
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| The Devil (Devilman) - for Devilman Tarot Project |
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| KICKBACK cover art (UTAU) - based on illustration by Tatsuki Fujimoto |
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| Funny Weed Baby Kills Everyone (Sonic the Hedgehog; Saltydkdan) |
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| The Battle of Love and Hate (Devilman) - based on Dante and Virgil by William-Adolphe Bouguereau |
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| Confessions of a Rotten Girl cover art (UTAU) - inspired by illustration by SAWTOWNE |
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| Authentic Self? (self portrait) |
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| Kirby (Kirby) |
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| Sorry, Try Again (self portrait) |
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| Kids and Fun (Homestuck) |
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| I Ain't Gonna Let It Get To Me (Sonic the Hedgehog) |
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| Self Portrait (self portrait) |
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| Be Careful Who You Bully in Middle School (An Unauthorized Fan Treatise) |
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| KATSU Postmortem portrait - charcoal on paper (UTAU) |
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| Galaxy Frog (commission) |
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| Ego Tripping at the Gate of Hell - fanfic cover (Devilman) |
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| Small City, Big Kitty - charcoal on paper |
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| Dark Wings (Devilman) |
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| Just Her (Doki Doki Literature Club) |
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| still life (unfinished) |
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| bottle progress |
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| Pounce progress |
Creative Projects & Character Design
Night Shifting
My "main" creative project that's gone from visual novel to webcomic and now back to visual novel. Here is some (but not nearly all) of the concept work I've done for Night Shifting, plus the first few pages of the comic.
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| webcomic - page 1 |
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| webcomic - page 2 |
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| webcomic - page 3 |
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| webcomic - page 4 |
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| Friedrich pixel sprite (not final) |
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| Ezekiel pixel sprite (not final) |
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| Dottie pixel sprite (not final) |
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| Friedrich reference sheet |
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| Dottie test sprite 2 |
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| old test sprite lineup |
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| Friedrich & Ez with kemonomimi |
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| Friedrich & Ez as Mobians |
UTAU
Character artwork for my UTAU voicebanks.
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| KATSU box art |
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| TOSHIMI box art |
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| HIRO box art |
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| KATSU portrait |
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| KATSU reference sheet |
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| TOSHIMI portrait |
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| TOSHIMI reference sheet |
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| HIRO portrait |
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| HIRO reference sheet |
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| KATSU gay pride |
Fursonas
Characters that represent me as a person.
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| Salem the Bakeneko reference sheet (primary fursona) |
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| Salem Live2D model preview |
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| Salem convention badge |
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| Meet the Artist |
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| Salem icon |
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| Salem pixel 1 |
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| Salem pixel 2 |
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| Salem in Monster Prom style |
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| Salem 2021 design update |
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| Salem alt colour palette |
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| Topaz the Dragon reference sheet (secondary fursona) |
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| Topaz Live2D model preview |
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| Topaz outfit concept |
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| Topaz pixel |
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| Matrix the Hedgehog reference sheet (Sonicsona) |
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| Salem the Chao (chaosona) |
CALIICO
Early concepts for what would become my ongoing music project CALIICO, which was originally envisioned as a more traditionally told story. I chronicled my entire design process of the protagonist, Caleb.
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| final character design |
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| rough concept 1 |
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| rough concept 2 |
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| rough concept 3 |
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| colour & expressions |
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| comic panel colour tests (top left final) |
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| age differences for Caleb & others |
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| pixel portrait (style 1) |
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| pixel portrait (style 2) |
Devilman Tarot Project
Devilman Tarot Project was a collaborative fanart project I ran in 2018 – 2019. The end result was a complete, physically printed tarot deck with 78 different artists + a variety of merch. Here is some design work I did for the project in addition to my card illustration and chibi stickers.
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| box (unused) |
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| card front |
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| card back |
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| acryllic Ryokira charm |
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| glow-in-the-dark acryllic Tako charm |
Miscellaneous
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| Skullkat reference sheet (mascot character) |
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| Skullkat Live2D model preview |
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| Scavenger (mini comic) - page 1 |
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| Scavenger (mini comic) - page 2 |
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| Necronejito logo (old project) |
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| Remy the Reuniclus (Pokemon OC) |
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| Remy reference sheet |
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| Morana reference sheet (misc OC) |
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| Morana alt colour palettes |
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| 30 styles challenge |
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| Feliscorn test sprite (original project) |
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| Feliscorn sprite progress |
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| We Do Not Connect (mini comic) - page 1 |
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| We Do Not Connect (mini comic) - page 2 |
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| We Do Not Connect (mini comic) - page 3 |
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| We Do Not Connect (mini comic) - page 4 |
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| Aura the Firefly (Sonic OC design challenge) |
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| Barbarian Princess Skye Twilight (misc OC) |
Misc Character Art
Chibis
I draw enough of these that I felt it was warrented to give them their own section.
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| Cloe (Bratz) |
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| Jade (Bratz) |
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| Sasha (Bratz) |
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| Yasmin (Bratz) |
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| KATSU (UTAU) |
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| TOSHIMI (UTAU) |
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| HIRO (UTAU) |
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| Miku (VOCALOID) |
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| Ryou (classic design) (Devilman) |
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| Akira (classic design)(Devilman) |
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| Satan (Crybaby design) (Devilman) |
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| commission for Popukoh |
Art Fight 2025 — Team Crystals
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| May for rosyelement |
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| Storm for Electrocast |
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| Viscera for NoizPride |
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| Parter for KITenokOWO |
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| Ouka for painter_burntwood |
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| Maxim for HuntingPeople |
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| Birch for vine010 |
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| Shamuel for junktoaster |
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| Eleanor & Gifford for Yohmar |
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| LMMS-chan for vlbonnie |
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| Cosain'wo for FirstProgenitor |
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| Lizzie for Snooty_the_Cat |
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| Mai for Starchanto |
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| Euma for lovi |
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| Azul & Milk for SugarySketches |
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| Ember for Petrifly |
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| Widget for Sparkydoesthings |
Art Fight 2024 — Team Stardust
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| Post-Op for NoizPride |
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| Lu for Leembeanz |
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| Sede for lovi |
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| Rigel for Sylibane |
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| Atticus & Jonah for rosyelement |
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| Rowan for 0nyxDragon |
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| Horatio for acidic |
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| Anjing for aplusod |
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| Beet for Eggvlyn |
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| Maggie for PKpotato |
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| Mazdak for AlienFromPlanetZorg |
Art Fight 2023 — Team Vampires
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| Painajainen for Nohkara |
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| 4L1C3 for kanomwan |
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| Andi for Ezraa_04 |
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| Pip for marblecandies |
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| Vanessa for Sonance |
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| Camille for Hatter-Tea |
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| Lupis for lovi |
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| Norala for Sylibane |
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| Neon for NoizPride |
OC Commissions
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| J-LYN for vlbonnie |
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| Bo for IRISCHROMA |
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| PK for IRISCHROMA |
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| Flint for Venkanto |
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| Regan for acidic |
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| Brath for RiledCat |
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| Masami for astr0nomical |
Misc Fanart
Ace Attorney
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| trans surgery meme |
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| Franziska |
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| Asoryuu |
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| Miles Edgeworth Big Suit |
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| Franziska sprite redraw |
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| Sebastian / Eustace sprite redraw |
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| Phoenix sprite redraw |
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| topping meme |
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| "how are you so small" meme |
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| "gay gay homosexual gay" meme |
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| babygirl meme |
Red vs Blue
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| revised character designs |
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| old character lineup |
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| Grimmons |
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| genderbend design concepts |
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| revised design concepts |
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| Mobian AU concepts |
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| Mobian AU armor design progess 1 |
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| Mobian AU armor design progess 2 |
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| misc armor sprites |
Slime Rancher Pixels
Mini Fancomics
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| Simon's Office (Ace Attorney) |
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| Shadilver (Sonic the Hedgehog) |
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| Hanekoma (TWEWY) |
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| Zetta Sexy - part 1 (TWEWY) |
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| Zetta Sexy - part 2 (TWEWY) |
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| Junpei Has Changed (Zero Escape) |
Miscellaneous
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| Power (Chainsaw Man) |
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| character style meme (Devilman) |
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| Ryou the Fox & Akira the Wolf (Devilman) |
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| Miki the Cat (Devilman) |
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| genderbent Smoker self-redraw (Left 4 Dead) |
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| My Stupid Jock Husband (Stardew Valley) |
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| Tails (Sonic the Hedgehog) |
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| Mercury the Hedgehog - Shadilver lovechild (Sonic the Hedgehog) |
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| Junpepei biting meme (Zero Escape) |
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| unfinished Bohemian Rhapsody cover art (UTAU) |
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| Sayu Yurika (UTAU) |
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| Miku Hatsune (VOCALOID) |
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| Portal humanization character linup |