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[nicochu]

wanted to draw something summer vacation-ish after finishing alien nine, even though i don’t really like syusae I thought they would be cute for the theme. (i feel like ive finally drawn some idol fanart im proud of maybe ill scan it later)

recommended listening! 

[nicochu]

Syuko B1 or Mika A2!? im sorry for trashy tastes rip

 mika with braids is like crazy cute…anyway posting it while i still like it LMAO profile faces are the WORST

[gstarpearl]

heres the lineart aka the good part

i feel SSOOO insecure looking at other peoples taakos

[gstarpearl]

been binge-ing taz i was gonna make a mix but was too shy to ask permission for to use someone elses art for a cover so i drew my own lol

yet again the line art is far superior to my coloring 

taako may seem out of place on my blog full of idols but him being my favorite comes as no surprise to me, i am…predictable….

[nicochu]

my mushroom angel syoko!! for a trade with @your-waifu-is-trash 

my top three are pretty tied and ive been thinking a lot about syoko lately so i picked her

[nicochu]

i read some syosachi the other day and was thinking about college au’s so here i am…

syoko was fired from 346 because she was giving the company a “bad image” she isolated herself and turned completely to online college courses (specializing in fungi of course) and only gets out of the house to do paper work for school and work her job at the maid cafe where she does metal covers of 2000′s idol songs, as much as she says she hated being an idol she didnt mean it and really misses 346.

sachiko has grown in popularity exponentially is apart of many radio shows, tv productions, and movies along with having multiple albums of her own. However now that shes turned 18 her producer wants her to take a break to finish up her HS degree. The girls run into eachother on the first day of the quarter and while syoko pretends she wants nothing to do with her she really missed the friend she lost…so did sachiko and they have a lot of catching up to do.

thats all i got

[nicochu]

@akibadetectives and i came to the conclusion that Shizuku needs a GF and of all the options they mentioned Rina was my favorite, I mean gyaru and farmer? Perfection.

So yeah here they are waiting for producer for a unit gig.

[nicochu]

im working on…something……….and i drew a good chika so i colored her (well anatomical errors aside shes good lol)

[nicochu]

@thehypestidols drew this really cute kitty yoshiko……so i drew her too

this looks dramatic but in reality she probably just bit her lip with those fangs 

[nicochu]

some shots from a yohamari MV i’m never gonna finish

[nicochu]

unfinished others (and a forgotten nico)

[nicochu]

unfinished nicos

[shacklefunk-deactivated20220623]

a thing i only recently realized i knew abt character design that isnt just common sense apparently:

do not start ur character design by doing a full, refined turnaround/model sheet.

like. everyone in my childrens book il class is fuckin doing this even though most of them are illustration majors and its a huge mistake (our prof literally warned them against this, and YET)

any time you design a character, start by not caring. by just doing what feels right. dont settle on the first thing; play around. and then draw your character a shitload of times before u start a ref sheet

dont finish anything, just. do super fast sketches of them over and over and over. fill up a page or two. as you draw them theyll evolve. that will happen whether your sketch it out at the beginning or jump right into a final draft, and lemme tell u, u do NOT want ur character evolving and changing AFTER ur final draft. u want to get that out of the way early so u can get a decently consistent finished product

then when you go to do your model sheet you will already be able to keep your character on model without it bc youve drawn them a shitload of times. then it wont be “struggling to draw the character the same every time” itll just be “this is what the character looks like and i could draw them with my eyes closed bc of muscle memory”

dont just jump in and be like “shit i gotta have this full complex polished thing right out of the gate!” like. in the beginning, Do Not Work Hard. play. play a lot. and THEN do a refined drawing. your refined drawing will look way better, too, bc by then youll be completely comfortable with your design

its just a super bad idea to present a character as “heres a ref sheet” as soon as you have a concept. your concept will evolve and u have to let it, or else ur designs will look rushed/bad and your drawing will looks stiff and uncomfortable bc u can only draw ur character at a ¾ths view in a particular pose bc youve drawn them twice in ur entire life

[xigrif]

Listen up

You don’t have to like or reblog my art to show your support - I just ask that you print it out and eat it every once in a while. Thanks

[nicochu]

poolside honoeli’s ☀️✌🏻

[gstarpearl]

LOOOVE your art!! Just WOW ❤️🌸❤️⭐️⭐️

thank you!! its so sweet of you to message me even though i havn’t posted in so long c:

[nicochu]

What if Love Live was a Kyoani anime? (1) (2) (3) (4)

soooo inaccurate but im sick of working on this the BG killed me….and there’ve been better renditions of the kyoani style….HOWEVER that maki is probs the best maki ive ever drawn-so yeah i think ill do another 90′s next >:0