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My re-design of Mizu, the protagonist of Blue Eye Samurai.
The original series design for Mizu gives her a couple of expensive accessories, specifically her traveling cloak and her eyeglasses. (And yes, I realize she is supposed to have made her own eyeglass frames, but Japanese manufacture of glass was still new at that time and the lenses themselves would likely have been expensive.)
I kept the travel cloak design, but as many surviving originals are made from striped fabric, I chose to go with that.
She's wearing tattsuke bakama, rather than having separate, removable kyahan (gaiters). This was a really common style for traveling, and since Blue Eye Samurai takes place in the 1650s, I went with a contrasting, rather than matching, waist tie. That style of contrasting colors would have been a bit more of an old fashioned look at the time already.
She's wearing straw waraji instead of the black sandals she has in the series, and warajigake tabi, tabi with reinforcements in the toe split and the front of the foot that made them more durable for walking long distances.
I switched the short, samue-like jacket she's wearing in the series for an actual kimono, but used the water pattern of the fabric she is using as an obi in the series as the pattern for her kimono.
Since she's trying to pass for a ronin on her travels, I switched her hat for a sandogasa, which was a common design for traveling, and gave her a short sword in addition to her meteoric iron sword. (The lack of samurai carrying two swords in the series drove me absolutely bonkers.) I kept the un-wrapped rayskin design of her tsuka, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. 😅
I also changed the design of her eyeglasses to one that was common during the Edo period, using string instead of folding temples. The eyeglass design I'm using here is from the oldest known pair in Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu's reading glasses, but that same style was worn right up until the introduction of modern western eyeglasses at the end of the Edo period.
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I hope this will display correctly with the transparent background. In case it doesn't, a version with a white background is under the cut, along with a lineart-only version, in case anyone would like to color him themselves.
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Day 16 - "Would you lie with me and just forget the world"
If you enjoy my art this Whumptober, you might also like to check out my past Whumptober and Comfortember art. 🥰
#whumptober 2023#no.16#lyric#oc#art#ronindraws#hurt/comfort#sick#fever#whump#whump art#whumptober2023
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I finished the modern!AU image from this request and will now return you to your regularly scheduled Edo period programming.
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Kondo Isami leaving for Kyoto as the Fool card.
The Fool symbolizes new beginnings, the expansion of one's horizons, and a willingness to take risks. This card carries an essence of innocence and excitement, akin to venturing into uncharted territory with an open heart.
#ronindraws#original art#tarot#samurai tarot#art nouveau#art nouveau tarot#tarot cards#major arcana#samurai#edo period#art
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Day 13 - Cold Compress / "I don't feel so good"
If you enjoy my art this Whumptober, you might also like to check out my past Whumptober and Comfortember art. 🥰
#whumptober 2023#no.13#cold compress#I don't feel so good#oc#art#ronindraws#fever#feeling unwell#injury#bed rest#whump#whump art#whumptober2023
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Have a tiny little Soji.
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2024 is the Year of the Dragon, so it's only fair that Saito Hajime, who was born in the year of the dragon, gets to be on the picture.
明けましておめでとうございます。🥰
(I wanted the dragon to look leaf-y, but I think the leafy parts look like cabbage. It's a little cabbage dragon.)
#ronindraws#original art#chibi samurai#chibi#shinsengumi#saito hajime#dragon#year of the dragon#new year#new year 2024
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Happy Birthday, Saito Hajime. 🎁🥰 February 18, 1844.
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Happy Birthday, Okada Izo. (February 14, 1838)
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The sketch for this piece has been hanging out in my WIPs forever, taking a backseat to various other projects until I didn't remember what my actual plan for this was. So here's something a little different: manga-style with (digital) screen tones for shading.
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Day 1 - Swooning
If you enjoy my art this Whumptober, you might also like to check out my past Whumptober and Comfortember art. 🥰
#whumptober2023#no.1#swooning#oc#art#blood tw#ronindraws#dizzy#the room is spinning#about to pass out#boys in kimono#whump#whump art
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