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Quick doodle but I wanted my first drawing of 2026 to be something positive, so it's him.

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Okay, fine, I'll play along and make an Uma Musume too.

Rich Strike cost a grand total of $30,000, which sounds expensive but is incredibly cheap for a racehorse. There are cars that cost more than Rich Strike. He ran from the back, always coming from behind to get close to the winners, and he accrued just enough points to be on the waitlist for then 2022 Kentucky Derby if something happened. Something did happen - horse #20 dropped out - and Rich Strike was entered with less than 48 hours to go before the race. Wearing number 21 and starting in the 20th gate, the worst position, Rich Strike hung around in the back until the final third of the race, where he started to work his way up towards the front, weaving through traffic. An opening near the rail proved to be the perfect opportunity, and Richie took it, catching all the way up and passing favorite Epicenter right before the finish to win the race at 80-1 odds. He was the second-lowest odds horse to ever win the Derby (only one horse, Donerail, won at lower odds, 91-1, in 1913). He was so riled up after his win that he started biting the horse and rider sent to help him slow down, but he settled back down and was draped in roses, basking in his massive upset win.

Uma Musume Rich Strike would likely be a poorer girl, with clothes thrifted from stores to try to dress like the other horse girls around her, but she can't afford to be as on trend as them and they're not kind to her about it. She knows she's not supposed to be there, but she's doing her best anyway, and she proudly has her stable's logo taped to her shirt.

Her special, which grants her closing speed and extra pathfinding ability, is called (B)EAT THE RICH in reference to her name (Rich Strike), her tendency to bite when too worked up, and the 2022 Kentucky Derby win in which the real Rich Strike defeated horses worth millions.

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I met one of my longest-term internet friends last week after over 20 years of knowing each other! It was such a great moment for us. They brought their plush of Elphelt, so I brought Emmet, and they got to meet too!

Bonus doodle: Ram and Ingo are trying their best to smile too!

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I've had Engie and Conductor for four years exactly today.

I've always been reluctant to actually make an OC that was essentially me, because I grew up in the era of Mary Sue/Gary Stu fanfiction and remember how people reacted with frustration when the author expected everyone to love their cardboard cutout OCs or their blatant self-inserts. But 21st Century Unlimited is an original story that I get to play with all by myself, and so Engineer is more or less a depiction of me, namely how I see myself. I don't make her prettier than me, I don't make her thinner than me, I just write her as I am myself, with her big eyebags and autoimmune thyroid disorder and workaholic tendencies that make both of those things worse.

But this is wish fulfillment, so instead of being an archivist Engie is actually a locomotive engineer, driving a locomotive of her own design, and she gets to date the head conductor, who is, for all intents and purposes, my extremely specific taste in men down to the letter. And Conductor loves Engie exactly how she is, no changes necessary, and in turn that acceptance (as well as her friendships with the rest of the crew) actually helps Engie develop a sense of actual assurance and confidence and she really finally grows into herself in her 30s.

Writing the two of them has actually been a healing process for me, since I've never dated myself due to trauma from growing up and from an abusive friendship in college (I turn 36 in 6 days), and I just wanted to know what it feels like to be looked at like that instead of being bullied or told I was hideous by my peers. So I let Engie have it, and when I write the two of them in more private and intimate moments, it forces me to describe how Conductor looks at and sees her, and I have to describe my own body and traits positively for a change. Four years out, I actually hate myself significantly less and I'm coming to terms with things better.

Just make the OCs, everyone, it's good therapy for you.

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I did a loose mockup for a player character for a hypothetical Italy-based Pokemon region. This isn't final or anything but I do like how the design is coming along so far so you all get to see it.

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Drew this a while ago, just posting it now.

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! My friends all unanimously agreed that it would be funny to see Juliana rebel against her school's dress code as hard as she could whenever she's not in class, and so here she is - in teenage rebellion mode, with a proper style not fully established yet, but she'll get there someday!

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! Gloria's borrowing her friend's brother's hat for the fun of it. I like to think that during her school days before starting her journey she was always running around outside and climbing trees in her uniform.

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! I'm aware I drew Selene's bangs in the wrong direction, but I had fun giving her a cute outfit she could easily run around in! Maybe she picked up some accessories at ABC Stores?

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! Serena is trying out a couple of looks - one inspired by a pair of trousers I actually own, and the other inspired by sukeban!

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! Rosa is in a period piece here at Pokestar Studios - her hairstyle is similar to ones from the 1850s and 1860s, so I decided to give her an aniline dye dress with an 1860s silhouette!

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in!

Hilda has a lot, and she's the only one I did without suggestions, because she's my favorite player character and I'd been drawing her in various outfits anyway which is why I started this project in the first place. A lot of it comes from a project I've been working on wherein after she and Hilbert return from looking for N, Hilda asks for and gets an internship at the Battle Subway to further hone her skills as a trainer and learn directly from the two people she looks up to the most.

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! Dawn's outfit here is inspired by the H5 Shinkansen trainset, which runs to and from Hokkaido. A variant of the E5, the H5's purple stripes represent flowers that Hokkaido is known for!

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! May has two different ones, because I was given two different suggestions - in the first, she's a dealer at a casino, and in the second she's wearing a basketball jersey, since she generally comes across to me as outdoorsy and athletic given that her usual clothes are a cycling outfit. But as we've seen, she's not afraid to get dressed up, either!

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I took suggestions from friends in Discord servers for fun outfits to put Pokemon protagonists in! Here's Lyra! I took inspiration from mori kei and her Celebi outfit from Masters EX, which has a touch of 1920s style to it.

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