thought i should give back to the kokonui nation today cause it’s my birthday lol a couple of ppl in tiktok asked for a koko exhibition art to match the one i made for inupi so thought i might share it here as well ! (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)♡ also it looks like kokonui are fighting each other in the anime rn but not in my art they won’t so i put them side by side 😤 (wasn’t able to do this one in my own style; i’ll save it for another day)

details: still based off shinichiro’s exhibition art bc he’s the only one from black dragons w an official exhibition art. also tried to mirror the one i made for inui as much as possible. the patterns in his outfit resemble mining areas bc his surname kokonoi means ‘nine’ (九) (kokono) and ‘well, mine shaft, pit’ (井) (i). koko loves swimming thus the presence of waves and daisy is his birth flower. he loves fortune telling thus the astrology themes in his lower garments (his and inupi’s astrological signs (aries and libra) are there along w the black dragons logo (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧). koko has no official image color so the color palette is from his previous exhibition art but red works just fine bc akane means ‘red, crimson’ (赤) (aka) and since ‘ne’ means ‘sound, noise’ (音), you’ll find a couple of music notes among the heavenly bodies (and speaking of heaven, it’s what inui (乾) means (˘ ˘ ˘)). can’t help but feel koko emulates the line ‘end in burning flames or paradise’ from taylor swift’s style (tv) lmao

inupi ver. | koko ver.

dont u worry abt not getting ur own exhibition art pretty boy, i got u covered—both wakui style and my style (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧ happy birthday, inupi !

details: based most of it on shinichiro’s exhibition art bc inui looks up to the 1st gen black dragons (the BD logo is in plain sight (⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)) and i also added the gears (like shinichiro’s), alluding to his favorite place—S.S MOTORS. his surname inui (乾) means ‘dried, cured, drought, dry, desiccate, drink up’ thus the wave-like designs and it also means ‘heaven, emperor’, thus the clouds and the sparkles. bluish purple is his image color thus the color scheme and finally, marigold is inui’s birth flower. a piece of kokonoi is in there somewhere too (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

inupi ver. | koko ver.

that lavender haze, i just wanna stay…(*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟhappy birthday to my favorite haitani ⋆˙⟡♡ (since i always incorporate smth that represents a thing or a person important to the character, the orchids are there; in fact the glow/overlay is in the color of the orchids in ran’s exhibition art ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ ✨)

aryomengrande’s 127 squad (2023 division) ᕦ(ò_ó)ᕤ

i reached my favorite milestone last year which is 127 (it’s also my angel number ♡⸜(˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝) but hardly had time to make this. i planned to post this by january 27 (which is 1/27) but didn’t finish it on time but ig today is fine (02/07). basically, these are the characters featured in my top 1, 2, and 7 most liked posts here on tumblr last year—seishu inui taking the 1st place, kokonoi hajime in 2nd place, and kakucho in 7th place. i really enjoyed making these, so i’ll do this every year except i’ll pick the top 1, 2, and 7 most liked posts across all my platforms instead of just tumblr. all of these reference nct 127’s albums (for those who aren’t familiar, nct 127 is a subunit of the kpop group nct), and i will continue to do so to uphold the 127 tradition (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ* thank u to my 127+ followers and thank u to everyone who showed these posts a lot of love ! (∩˃o˂∩)♡ stoked to see which ones place 1st, 2nd, and 7th place this year ! ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)

more details about these pieces under the cut (bc i’m a detail whore)

the album reference for inupi is neozone (n ver.). i changed the yellow into a warmer tone that’s closer to toman’s golden yellow.

i switched the nct 127 emblem into a shape that resembles a basketball bc inupi’s special skill is ball games. i also changed it to the 1st album (instead of 2nd album) to reference his top spot as my most liked post last year.

the member i used for reference for inupi and koko is lee taeyong bc ‘yong’ in korean means ‘dragon’ and both inupi and koko are part of black dragons. inupi’s drip is taeyong’s drip in nct 127’s single ‘kick it’ from the neozone album.

the album reference for koko is sticker (sticker ver.). i also changed the album order from 3rd album to 2nd album to reference him being second to inupi as the most liked post here on tumblr. i picked sticker for koko bc bro rly stuck w inupi through thick and thin. like a stickaaa stickaaa *insert whistle tones* lmao

the numbers in the barcode are the number of likes he got from each platform—215 upvotes from reddit, 269 likes from tiktok, 577 likes on tumblr, 2.2k likes on twitter/x, a total of 3261 likes.

and finally, the album reference for kakucho is fact check (storage ver.). kakucho my beloved, the brawler, is canonically a prodigy who can even go up against the invisible mikey. don’t believe me? check the facts go check that!! (¬◾_◾) i also changed the album order from 5th album to 7th album in line with kakucho being featured in my top 7 most liked post here.

the reference for kakucho is jung jaehyun in ‘fact check’; his drip kinda resembles kaku’s tenjiku’s uniform, the pants specifically.

i switched the vault safe door into a metallic yin yang to reference tenjiku’s emblem and i also like that the storage version of fact check is grey, which is his image color! ⋆˙⟡♡

woke up this morning, thought i’d write draw a chrismash (ꈍ艸ꈍ) happy holidays, everyone ! ‘tis the damn season to stan the green flags that is the twin dragons (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ

draken tag: @manjibunny

dear lord, when i get to heaven, please let me bring my man…when he comes tell me that you’ll let him in, father, tell me if you can…

romeo and juliet by sergio cupido, 2018 (drakemma’s version) ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ (happy birthday, emma ! ‧⁺◟( ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀ ))

tags: @manjibunny

money is the reason we exist, everybody knows that (kiss, kiss) ( ˘ ³˘) 💴

happy birthday koko! ^-ڡ-^ + tokrev collab w @half-baked-biscuit

izatina ⋆˙⟡♡

tokrev collab w @half-baked-biscuit

happy birthday, kazutora ! 🐯₊˚⊹♡

we never go out of style ✧˖° (happy birthday, chifuyu ! (ㅅ´ ˘ `))

MINORS DNI, AGES 18+ ONLY // (un)corrupted by @/ekteneia on ao3

behind the scenes (contains major spoilers so if you’re planning to read this don’t click) ; commission me ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

kaku-chan ʚɞ̤̮ ༘⋆⭒｡⋆ today’s the day kakucho was introduced ! wish i’d known earlier (thanks to @tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang i know now (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)) bc i wouldve made smth digitally but he’s my fav muse for traditional art as i’m trying to reconnect w traditional art so i have a couple of kaku stuff ૮(ㅅ´ ˘ `)ა⋆｡°✩♡

team edward since day 1 ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡) happy birthday to my favorite boy that is keisuke baji ! ✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡♡˚

my roman empire ‎٩(⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)و*̣̩⋆̩* (happy birthday, baji ! ♡)

happy birthday, seishu inui ! ⋆⭒˚｡⋆ (reference)

happy new year, everyone ! ◝(ᵔᵕᵔ)◜ welcoming 2024 w peach fuzz (pantone color for this year) + inupi bc my inupi art is the one that got the most love from all across my socials in 2023 (seishu inui, u will always be famous ( ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)). i took a leap of faith last year and started to put out my art everywhere (even tho im not 100% confident w it lol) and didn’t think that it would be this well-received (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)♡ if u told me last yr that i would be working on multiple commissions at once, i would’ve been cackling for hours. thank u sm for every like and reblog, for every tag (i rly enjoy reading the tags lmao some of u say the craziest shit and im here for it)—for ur overall support ! i wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for u (ง ͠ಥ_ಥ)ง may we all have great year ahead ! (ง'̀-'́)ง