no thoughts, just kiwis 🩷🥝💚

They look adorable!! 💚

Thank you so much!!! 💚💕🥹

(Drake) i spent an entire afternoon on this i overestimated my ability to draw SIX PEOPLE o...outfit swap of the red-green-blue trio and the delphi band... enjoy...!!

Image descriptions: Two images of two different groups of characters in a variety of outfits, posing and having fun. The background is a cool blue gradient with disco ball-like sparkles. RGB Trio, from left to right: Audrey, Kiwi, and Miriam. Audrey, a woman with fair skin, buff biceps, black hair in the style of a bowlcut with shaven sides, and thick eyebrows. She is leaning on one leg, grinning smugly, wearing a formal black sleeveless dress and black high heels, holding a brown violin to her neck. The violin's bow has been substituted for Audrey's sword, which appears to have cut one string already. Kiwi, a lanky tan person with pink hair, looks happy to be here, doing an exaggerated pose with jazz hands as they grin. They are wearing a red coat with a very light brown shirt underneath, and a tie, a pair of pants, and boots, all three being the same dark shade of purple. Also, a wide-brimmed dark purple hat with an reddish-orange feather stuck into it. Miriam, a grumpy witch with pale pinkish skin, blue hair and eyebrows, a long nose, is simply standing in place with her arms crossed, sporting a neutral expression with one eye closed, gazing to her right. She is wearing a purple suit with a bow, a lighter purple top underneath, a belt, and boots with heels. Delphi Band, from left to right: Viola, Manny, and Ash. Viola, a thin, fair-skinned woman with half-shaven green hair and pointy ears. She's jogging in place as she holds a violin bow in one hand, winking at the viewer, wearing a yellow scarf, red longsleeve with a black strap across her torso, black gloves, yellow pants, and black boots. Manny, a short, mustached stocky man with medium-toned skin, merrily singing out loud as he lifts an arm up into the air, the other to his chest. He is wearing round sunglasses, a green robin hood hat with a large, elaborate fluffy red feather stuck into it, a green capelet, a tan longsleeve top, black fingerless gloves, a brown belt, a pair of green pants, and brown boots. Ash, a white person with lopsided pink hair of medium length, slouches over awkwardly, smiling lightly. Though they appear a bit flustered over their outfit, which is a purple longsleeve dress with a pink cape, striped cyan leggings, and dark purple boots.

Being a large (at least in Japan) shaven headed and scary looking foreigner, warm smilies and veges pulled fresh from the garden and into my arms is an unexpected and lovely surprise yay 2022!.

There’s one particular house I pass that has the most amazing gardens- I’d call it a mini farm bursting with green goodness- even in winter.

I’d gaze at eggplants, ripe and glistening, admiring heads of cabbage and rank and file of green shades in season.

Eventually the conductor of this growing symphony noticed my attention (luckily he didn’t think I was a stalker…) and his leathery face wrinkled further into beautiful smiles as I complimented his skills with thumbs up and a cheeky grin.

This time i was on my way back from the convenience store, feelin stink because I couldn’t go to a party (plans to visit the grandparents and such...self imposed exile has a peculiar pain) when I saw the old fella having a smoke on his porch. A short greeting later and an admitted admiration of his gardening skills and he’s up and pulling green things from the earth to give to me, wreathed in smiles, tobacco smoke and good humor.

Turns out he was curious about me and asked all the usual questions which I was happy to answer and I think I’ve made a new friend. So far that’s pretty damn cool news for 2022.

I make it a point to be open and friendly especially in my hood- as a kiwi it comes naturally and smiles are medicine in this climate, we never know what someone else is going through eh. Amazing how much good mojo can be exchanged with smiled eye contact.

I wish all of you good luck and green growth this year, with good mojo and love being even more important than ever.

(Shard) rough sketches of the designs of the rgb trio, who has been thrown into delphi in this AU where they swap places and roles with the delphi band! also, a bit of some updated backstory:

kiwi is the recruiter, vibing a bit sadly in delphi. they JUST moved here, but delphi reminds them just a little too much of chismest! they can see where delphi's headed! and then they hear manny's singing and is like YOU. JOIN ME

audrey is a guitar player who plays at the eagle cafe regularly. she’s lived in delphi for a while, though she appears to have a rocky relationship with kiwi despite them being new here. she seems to be more than happy to join the band with manny there, however.

miriam is the piccolo player staying in the inn. she’s here because her grandma saphy died, and she is extremely upset for many, many reasons. it’d take a miracle to get her to leave this hotel room - how is anyone going to convince her to join the band...?

Image description: Three colored sketches of Audrey, Kiwi, and Miriam left to right.

Audrey, a woman with fair skin, black hair in the style of a bowlcut with shaven sides, and thick eyebrows. She’s wearing a red flannel longsleeve with a denim vest, a black collar, blue jeans, and yellow sneakers. She is holding a cyan guitar with lightning bolts painted on it, looking to her left as she frowns.

Kiwi, a lanky tan person with pink hair, who is wearing a wide-brimmed green hat with an orange flower tacked on, a yellow top, orange bow and belt, brown jacket, green pants, and brown boots. They are standing around with their hands clapped together, looking excited to be here.

Miriam, a grumpy woman with pale pinkish skin, blue hair and eyebrows, a long nose, is wearing a very dark purple suit with a light purple top underneath, a purple tie, cyan lining their sleeves, and dark purple boots. She is slouching with an angry, anguished expression on her face, snarling and looking down to her right as she stiffly holds her piccolo in a fist.