Kurenai's Assorted Stash

31 ✦ He/Him ✦ Bull-dragon furry who creates a little bit of many things, but mostly specializes in art and music. ✦ YouTube ✦ Bluesky ✦ FurAffinity ✦ Ko-fi

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Well, well, well... it sure has been a while, huh?

Anyway, hey there! This is Kurenai, your local scarlet bull-dragon, returning to this site after deactivating his previous blog four years ago.

I could've used the same username from Twitter and FurAffinity to have a little bit of consistency, but some irksome bot decided to pick it up sometime after my deactivation and all they have posted is some quote by Steve Jobs. Not sure if there's anything I can do to get it back, but whatever.

Regardless, here we are! I'll be using this blog exclusively as a portfolio to showcase my artistic, musical and miscellaneous work. With that said, don't expect me to be reblogging stuff unless it's something that was made for me, or related to me, like a contribution to another project or something like that.

Speaking of... did I mention I'm currently working of the soundtrack of four different projects? Two of them being furry visual novels?

Anyway, getting a bit off topic here, but... not sure if there's anything else I have to add, so yeah. Thanks for checking me out and let's see what awaits in the future for this blog!

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Hi! Sorry for the random message, but I need to explain something important. I've been trying to reach you, but I haven't been able to. There might be an issue. Could you send me a DM? I can't explain everything here.

You've been "trying" to reach me, but "haven't been able to"? My messages across all platforms have never been closed, anyone can send me messages as freely as they can.

Anyway, I've seen other posts online that this "important" thing you wanna talk about is a scam tactic, so kindly piss off.

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ART/MUSIC COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 🎨🎵✨

2026 has arrived, so I made a new sheet in the form of a video!

3 slots available for this batch.

If interested, please check links below. Thank you in advance!

Terms and conditions document

Commission request form

Commission queue

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August's commission batch is open!

Considering that I still have pending requests from July, only 2 slots will be available for this month.

Tip jar's here too if you wanna help without getting anything in return.

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After a heavy match at the Coliseum, Alistar is taking a break only to find his locker brimming with Bloody Petals, along with a love letter...

Who could be his mysterious admirer? 🐂‼️🐀💕

Commission for tannenboom @ Discord.

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Happy Leomon Day, everyone.

I've drawn a piece to celebrate the occasion, but since the site doesn't really like this sort of spicy stuff, feel free to watch it in full here or here.

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ART/MUSIC COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 🎨🎵✨

2026 has arrived, so I made a new sheet in the form of a video!

3 slots available for this batch.

If interested, please check links below. Thank you in advance!

Terms and conditions document

Commission request form

Commission queue

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July's commission batch is open!

Considering I barely got any customers last month, I'm in need of cash right now.

That said, if you request something today until the 31st, you can get 20% OFF! It's a win-win situation!

4 slots available this time.

Tip jar's here too.

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Star Soldier Medley

So, here's something a bit special that I've made to specifically cater my nostalgia.

When I was a kid, I didn't actually get to own an original NES. Instead, I owned several of those Chinese clones you'd find in flea markets that claim to have a list of 100000 games in 1, but in reality they were just 20 games repeated over and over.

On those cheap devices, you'd find the obvious classics like Super Mario. However, there was another game in there that holds a special place in my heart to this day: Star Soldier, made by Hudson (the Bomberman people) in 1986, which I always give credit as the game that managed to spark my interest towards the shmup genre.

So yeah, considering that today it's been exactly 40 years since its original Japanese release, I decided to arrange the entirety of its soundtrack. Overall, I'm very pleased with how it came out. My favorite part has to be the power-up theme, which… it really blows my mind that it still happens to be an earworm after all these years, haha.

Enjoy!

Gameplay footage by NintendoComplete.

Full song on YouTube, here.

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Chrono's Greatest Hourglass ~ Out of Time

Commission I created for ArateliaVT @ YouTube last month. It's a theme for Arasu, a character for another of her faux Touhou fangames? I'm not entirely sure, to be honest.

Just like her previous commission, this is a character you're supposed to fight in the Extra stage, so I went for something serious and overpowering, even though the song starts up slow at first. Plus, considering she's based on Chronos, I applied a ticking clock noise in it too.

Full song on YouTube, here.

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ART/MUSIC COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 🎨🎵✨

2026 has arrived, so I made a new sheet in the form of a video!

3 slots available for this batch.

If interested, please check links below. Thank you in advance!

Terms and conditions document

Commission request form

Commission queue

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June's commission batch is open!

You know the drill at this point, I need help with my medication, getting new equipment, etc etc.

3 slots available for this month.

Tip jar's here too in case you can't request something but still wanna help.

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ART/MUSIC COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 🎨🎵✨

2026 has arrived, so I made a new sheet in the form of a video!

3 slots available for this batch.

If interested, please check links below. Thank you in advance!

Terms and conditions document

Commission request form

Commission queue

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May 1st is here, and so, a new batch of commissions is open!

As usual, I need help to cover my medication and so on. Not to mention a new laptop, since my current one has the right fan failing.

3 slots available this month.

If you can't afford anything but still wanna help, tip jar is here.

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5 years have passed, and our bond is shining brightly like the stars!

Anniversary piece I've created for myself and my boyfriend. I love you, my glistening wolf!! ⭐🐺💕🐮⭐

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Where Is That Bustling Marketplace Now ~ Immemorial Marketeers

Old pop-rock (?) arrangement I've had saved in my drive (from 2021) of Chimata Tenkyuu's theme, the final boss of Touhou 18.

Now, there's a bit of story on this one, let me explain: while I was working at Paradise of Boundaries years ago, I was one of the few people on the staff team that were in charge of creating music for their projects. Taking that into account, I was tasked to make an arrangement of this theme, which was supposed to be used as an opening for their stream where they introduced the 14th issue of Bunbunmaru Extra, their annual fanzine where people showcase their projects themed around Touhou.

Initially, this arrangement was meant to have vocals, since the team had a member who was an incredibly talented singer, but it ultimately never happened, which resulted in this arrangement being scrapped.

Since this arrangement was specifically made for that fanzine, that's pretty much why it includes subtle references to Aya's theme, PoB's theme and so on.

So, considering how old this arrangement is, I decided to blow off the dust it had accumulated throughout the years, wrote its corresponding melody and published it now.

…come to think of it, I have a handful of other songs I've created for Paradise of Boundaries which never saw the light of day, I should probably change that by uploading them little by little… with the exception of the tracks I've created for the fangame they've announced 5 years ago, in which they promised different tentative release windows for its trial version and it just kept being inevitably delayed as time went on.

Orphen, if you're reading this, please try to get your team a move on about that so I can FINALLY show the things that I've created for your still-to-be-released game!

Full song on YouTube, here!

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Intro of Clockworks Devotion

(EDIT: I erroneously credited the customer as being the creator of the song, which I assumed was the case because the link to the song and the form sent by him didn't make mention of that. I was later informed by the customer that the original composer is ⁨arkil3208⁩ @ YouTube, so yeah. I'll make sure to not make a similar mistake on future videos.)

Music commission for SporeToothStudio @ YouTube. As the title suggests, this is the intro theme for a project of his, specifically a web animated series.

Considering the song was originally more heroic, I was tasked to turn it into something darker in contrast while still maintaining its orchestrated nature. The melody was also kept mostly the same until its middle section, where I took some liberties to create something different in order to provide a bit more pizzazz.

Overall, yeah. I think I did fine with this.

Full song on YouTube, here.

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On his way to liberate his creativity via the medium of writing! 🦁📖🐺✨

Commission for logan-shephard @ Bluesky.

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Undying Tempest of the Waters ~ Tsunami of Betrayal

It's kinda incredible how, whenever I experiment with music genres and overall try to stay away from composing Touhou-style music, there's always something that forces me back. Someone out there, I implore you to break me free from this curse!

Anyway, here's a commission I created for ⁨ArateliaVT @ YouTube.

It's a theme for Ami Mizuhara, a boss from her faux(?) Touhou fangame, who's based on the European siren Undine.

Since she's supposed to be a character you fight in the Phantasm section of the extra stages, I went for a bit of a mischievous feeling in this composition.

Full song on YouTube, here.

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ART/MUSIC COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 🎨🎵✨

2026 has arrived, so I made a new sheet in the form of a video!

3 slots available for this batch.

If interested, please check links below. Thank you in advance!

Terms and conditions document

Commission request form

Commission queue

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It's April 1st, you know what that means? That's right, a new batch of commissions is open!

I'm currently struggling a little bit financially, so I'd like all the help possible for this month.

3 slots available this time!

If you can't afford anything but still wanna help, feel free to drop me a tip here.

Also, just to clarify: no. This is NOT an April Fools thing.

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ART/MUSIC COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 🎨🎵✨

2026 has arrived, so I made a new sheet in the form of a video!

3 slots available for this batch.

If interested, please check links below. Thank you in advance!

Terms and conditions document

Commission request form

Commission queue

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March 1st is here, so commissions have been opened once again.

4 slots available for this month's batch!

As always, please check the stuff above if interested.