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Character designs, concept art, unfinished WIPs and a bunch of fanart.

[haitori]

WIP! I've been neck-deep working on comic pages for the past year or so, but finally found time to make self-indulgent fanart! I JUST FINISHED FFXVI AND JOSHUA ROSFIELD IS EVERYTHING

[haitori]

It's been a hot minute since I updated this place with WIPs of my first attempt at a webcomic and the kickstarter for an otome game (it's still in progress!)

But hoping to post more updates on a couple of my current comic projects, with WIPs and relatively longer ramblings!

[haitori]

Crawling back here to dump concepts for projects I don't have time to work on!

INFINITY ON HIGH (why yes, it's after the Fall Out Boy album) is a character design/concept creation side project to de-stress from all the other projects I have going on ;;; A ragtag group of individuals blessed with the gifts of the constellations is humanity's last hope to prevent the apocalypse: the starfall of a thousand supernova from the heavens.

CASSIAN/CASSIE is a borderline feral lone wolf who lost their twin sister at an early age, and wields only half the abilities of a full-fledged Gemini.

[haitori]

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

Download the first issue of SAGALA for free over at http://www.gumroad.com/haitori :D 

It’s a Filipiniana historical fantasy comic I’ve been working on since 2016 with the final issue to be released this year! :3

[haitori]

Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice - ready to steal your heart!  Persona’s own Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup lol

Haven’t been active here for sometime, but I’m more than alive over at Twitter!

[haitori]

Hi! I just really want to say that I REALLY love your art style and the soft way you color! It’s so beautiful!! And I saw that you put out a web comic with such and interesting premise so I can’t wait to check it out!! Like your design for Annecy got me weak bc I LOVE pink hair! TT v TT Anyway I love seeing your art! <3

Aaggh thank you so much!!! I’m glad you think it’s an interesting story I was getting worried that I’m the only one who likes these kinds of plot ;;;; thank you so much and hope you have a great day :D :D :D

[haitori]

[Pretty Please Webtoon Update]

First episode is up! Check it out and pretty please let me know what you think :>  https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/pretty-please/list?title_no=198592

Aspiring novelist and coffee enthusiast Max Monday accidentally lands a job as the secretary for Annecy, the luxury underground’s most coveted male escort – and his life is thrown into a dangerously alluring mix of high fashion and higher stakes with the City’s most prestigious clientele.

[haitori]

Ooohhh I love the prologue! It looks super promising and I can't wait for the upcoming episode!!! Your art is so gorgeous!!!!

Aaaahhhh thanks anon! I struggled a bit with writing the prologue and working with the webcomic format so it means a lot that you enjoyed it!!!! <3 <3 <3 I’ll work harder for the coming chapters! :>

[haitori]

Check out Pretty Please on Webtoon Discover! 

Aspiring novelist and coffee enthusiast Max Monday accidentally lands a job as the secretary for Annecy, the luxury underground’s most coveted male escort – and his life is thrown into a dangerously alluring mix of high fashion and higher stakes with the City’s most prestigious clientele.

Launched my first ever webcomic today, and I’m suuuuper nervous but excited at the same time!  

Please help spread the word and let me know what you think of it so far! *U* Any feedback is greatly appreciated <3 

[matchaastudio]

It’s the last 24 hours of the Kickstarter campaign!

It’s been an exhausting journey (having to make both the game and the campaign) but the support we’ve gotten over the past few days has been more than worth it! Fingers crossed for the last few hours—we’re less than AU$500 away from the Bonus Sprites stretch goal!

Also, the team has been working on the expanded demo (with the Sir San special chapter) - so please watch out for it in the coming weeks :> The chapter is available to all our regular tier backers :) See you guys at the finish line!

Cheers, The Matchaa Team

Kickstarter  |  Play Store  |  App Store

[haitori]

Last few hours!!!! LET’S GET IT

[haitori]

Key art for my upcoming full-color webcomic, Pretty Please!

It’s a story about a bratty young escort with cotton candy hair, a powerful female CEO, a beautiful and deadly bodyguard, and an unassuming intern who drinks too much coffee.

Trying to pin down the visual guidelines I’ll have for the actual story - and right now it’s a deep rose red and cotton candy pastels. It’s a snarky, fluffy, slightly sexy romance with a bunch of fun characters :3

Hoping to release the first few chapters by July, please watch out for it!

[matchaastudio]

The Last Stretch!

We’re entering the last few days of our Kickstarter campaign! We are currently at 130% funding, and AUD 650 away from our second stretch goal.

We’ve also hit 5,000 downloads on Play Store! We didn’t expect to get this many downloads in less than a month, and we’re glad for the mostly positive feedback we’ve gotten so far.

Progress Report on the Game

We’ve got some great updates for Golden Hour’s Story and Art! The entire 10 days has been mapped out, and we have some adorable new stickers from our team’s junior artist, @thedailymushroom! 

Check out the full update here.

Interested in supporting the game, getting your name in the credits, and signing up for some awesome rewards? 

Check out our Kickstarter - only 4 more days to go!

[haitori]

Campaign’s nearly over! Check it out, check it out :3

[matchaastudio]

We’re 100% Funded on Kickstarter!

We’re floored by the support we’ve gotten over just 12 days and we’re extremely grateful to everyone who’s tried out and shared about the game (especially those who have backed us!) Fingers crossed that all pledges stay with us until the end of the campaign *u* We’re now attempting to reach our stretch goals in the coming days/weeks.

Check out the campaign here and help us get there!

As a thank you to our current backers, we’re creating extra content for the demo! We’re hoping to release it within June, and it will be available to all our backers (pledging 1AUD or more gets you access to the backer community!) It’s a special scene that revolves around everyone’s favorite teacher ;)

See you in the next update~! 

Cheers,

The Matchaa Team

[haitori]

We’re fully funded! Hopefully we stay funded for the rest of the campaign (and maybe even hit a stretch goal or two!)  Please do check us out if you haven’t yet!

www.matchaastudio.com/kickstarter

[matchaastudio]

First Week Kickstarter Update!

After one week of the Kickstarter, we are now at 34% of our AUD$ 8,000 funding goal! Thank you so much to everyone for the support so far, especially to our early backers :) 

Here’s a sneak peek of SOME of the rewards for our backers:

Digital Artbook. 40-pages of Golden Hour concept art, CGs, backgrounds, character sprite sheets, and more. It also comes with character and story notes so you get to know more about our characters, Ayara High, and the City of Hayara!  (Part of the USD $23+ tier)

Original Sound Track. Get all the full MP3 files of the game’s soundtrack! Featuring the calming acoustic music featuring Interstices, Looking Back, and Escalation. (Part of the USD $15+ tier)

Character Cards. Comes in the physical rewards tier, get to know your Ayara High classmates in detail! 

Help us make Golden Hour a reality sooner: back us on Kickstarter or share about us!

Haven’t tried out the game yet? Playing our demo is free for everyone!

Play Store | App Store

[haitori]

Check out a few of our backer rewards ;)  Super grateful for all the support we’re getting so far! Help us reach that funding goal: http://www.matchaastudio.com/kickstarter ! 

[haitori]

Realized that i haven’t posted any original art in a looooooooong time!  Here’s a bunch of concepts from an original webcomic (that I hope to work on sometime this year), Pretty Please.  It’s a story about a country bumpkin who wants to become a novelist (Max) but ends up hired as the intern of a secretary (Halle) - and they both work for a pretty young high-society male escort (Annecy). But no one is as they seem, and everyone’s keeping secrets hidden underneath their sunny facades. It’s meant to be a sexy little short story - but let’s see how it goes!

[matchaastudio]

Golden Hour Otome Kickstarter is now LIVE!

Golden Hour is a free-to-play otome game for Android and iOS developed by an indie team from Manila!

Here’s what we hope to bring to the table:

Unique cultural influences expressed in art and story,

A truly mobile experience (attend classes through the calendar, keep your contacts on your phone, and access CGs through your gallery),

Crack humor from your schoolmates on the social media mode,

Friends/rivals per route (you’re not the only one after the bachelors - ala Harvest Moon)

And much more!

Please help spread the word (reblogs are much appreciated) and support us on this journey to releasing a visual novel! 

Get the demo on Google Play!

(iOS version coming in the next few days)

Love,

The Matchaa Team

CHECK US OUT ON KICKSTARTER

MatchaaStudio.com | Twitter | Facebook 

[haitori]

Our Kickstarter is now live! Please, please do check it out or help us spread the word :D 

It will mean a lot for a small team that was able to pull this together by spending weekends working at coffee shops xD

(I CAN FINALLY START POSTING OTHER ART FROM NOW ON)

[matchaastudio]

The updated demo is now out on Play Store!

We’ve been working hard for the past few months, and hopefully you enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed working on it! (You can leave feedback at our website!)

Play Day 2 of the visual novel story, get to know more characters in ASL, and try out a bunch of new features! 

Note: iOS users will also get the updated demo in a few days…we’re just waiting for App Store approval! 

[haitori]

The game I’ve been working on with some friends is finally on app store :’) Please do download and give it a try! iOS version coming soon for those on apple devices ;D