RAHHHHHHHH IM SO EXCITED FOR ARTFIGHT!!!! Here are some of my character profiles I finally managed to upload!!! I’m so pumped to compete a second year, you can find me at kvaughanarts over there!!
looooots of more info under the cut. like so much lol
also spoilers for the entirely of trigger happy havoc are likely to be here. it's a 15 year old game but hey there might be someone who cares lol. you have been warned!!!
so instead of going 2 characters at a time until i was done and posting each pair in nice and easy to digest parts, i locked the fuck in and ended up putting a little over 16 hours into this over the course of 3-4 days. so yeah anyways i'm going to go step by step and talk about each character and the choice behind their name, cutie mark, species, etc. buckle up there's a LOT.
something to note is i draw ponies with my own personal headcanons, which you'll probably quickly pick up on. if you haven't yet, here's how i draw them:
pegasi get both little ear feather things right under their ear along with where their tail connect to the body. the ear feathers can be seen on basically all of them, but the tail feathers can only be seen on kyoko as her wings are the only ones that are not extended (i will explain why when i get to her)
unicorns get slightly curved horns along with chest and hoof hair (i forgot the chest hair for two of them and i don't feel like changing it right now
earth ponies are more simple, only getting cheek and ankle fluff along with different colored hooves.
Kickstart - Mondo Owada
starting off with my favorite guy ever!!! i made him a pegasus because i think pegasus really easily plays into any sporty character type (thank you rainbow dash for that one).
his cutie mark is a combined dumbbell and tire for his strength and and canon connection to motorcycles.
went with purple for his main color as i think the yellow and orange accent it really well. has small scarring on his hooves from slamming into the ground and walls while he does street racing.
Moral Compass - Kiyotaka Ishimaru
is it boring to name him moral compass yeah probably but... like it works alright? i made him a unicorn because that contrasts with mondo being a pegasus very will in my opinion. his chest, tail, and hoof hair is cut extra short since that just makes sense for him. in this instance he's also got a little bit of zebra in him because that is silly and fun and i like it.
his cutie mark is a compass. boring but hey if it ain't broke don't fix it!!!
Pitch Perfect - Leon Kuwata
ok genuinely i feel sooo smart for his name because not only pitch as in like baseball pitching BUT pitching as in like the music term. because he has an interest in music as well. do you get it-
anyways, same as mondo, he's a pegasus because that fucker is FAST! this horse is fucking CRAZY !!! he also looks like a weird mashup of sunburst and spitfire from MLP and that is kind of silly to me.
cutie mark is a baseball with flames, but within the flames there's like. lines of music and music notes? hard to see at such small size but that's what it is if that makes sense :]
Bitty Binary - Chihiro Fujisaki
not sure how i feel about his design, it's probably my least favorite of everyone's. like i like it but?? i dont know man.
earth pony to round out the mondo/taka/chihiro friendship, i like when things line up and are kind of even so chihiro was automatically an earth pony. honestly i like that though so it stays!
not much to say, cutie mark is a green screen with 101 for binary on it. most creative part is his name in my opinion.
Card Sharp - Celestia Ludenberg
following my least favorite design is one of if not my favorite design of the entire lineup. to quote one of my friends, this design "mothered the house down" and i am inclined to agree lmao.
a unicorn made sense for her due to the whole "Rarity" vibe she kind of gives off. the tail curl took a bit to figure out, but she was super fun to design. her extra body fluff is super curly and bouncy and she takes extra good care of her coat.
her cutie mark is a hand of cards, no numbers but 1 of each suit.
bonus! her actual name is Poker Face (to mirror her real name being Taeko Yasuhiro).
Mysterium - Kyoko Kirigiri
here's one of the more interesting design choices. rather than having her front hooves be damaged like her hands are in canon, i applied that to her wings here. she wears gloves over her wings and is relatively flightless. the most she can do is flap short distances almost like a chicken or peacock, but she is incapable of actual flight. also the only pegasus here where you can see the tail feathers i mentioned above.
i feel a lot of people would make her a unicorn (for fucks sake my friends and i jokingly call her twilight sparkle lmao) but i don't know i just really like her as a pegasus. also it makes more sense once i talk about makoto, sayaka, and byakuya (who are in the next image).
cutie mark is a magnifying glass. also boring and i might think of something better later but for now that's what it is
Death Drop - Junko Enoshima
oh boy this was tough. i drew mukuro first, so her actual coat design wasn't hard, i always knew i wanted the half black and half white twin split thing with those two, but her name took forever to think of. originally i had fashion famous (like the fucking roblox game im aware), despair diva (this one just. sucks LMAO), and fashionista but none of it stuck. i landed on death drop because not only is it the cunty ass pose, it also can be a cheeky reference to how she was executed.
since she and mukuro are twins they had to be the same species and i needed more earth ponies so that's what they ended up being.
her cutie mark is just monokuma. that's probably the most uncreative thing here and it will for sure change in the future But i genuinely just couldn't think of anything else lol
Hope Hunter - Mukuro Ikusaba
the sixteeth student lying hidden somewhere in this school. the one they call the ultimate despair. watch out for her.
anyways i quite like this one! i think her design works well and i like the pop of red from her tail. bandage. thing. i don't know the term i'm going to be so for real. her name both neatly ties in her cutie mark and also indicates that she's going after hope and is not in support of it, meaning she sides with despair.
her cutie mark is a reference to her fenrir tattoo along with having a spiral eye to really just. show how into despair she is. that's the best i got with that tbh lol.
Lucky Shot - Makoto Naegi
he's the protag and what better to have him as than an earth pony! and a small little earth pony at that (not as small as chihiro but you get my point). he was the second design i ever did for this, but i still like how he looks! a little plain but honestly that works for him :]
i also quite like his name! i think it's pretty creative, one of my better ones in my opinion.
as i mentioned with chihiro, i like when things are kind of even and line up really nicely. so, for the kyoko/byakuya/makoto trio i wanted to have one of each species. byakuya and makoto were no brainers so kyoko was left with pegasus. also makoto just seems to have a thing for pegasus girls (cough sayaka cough).
his cutie mark is just a gun (don't look at it too closely) that shoots out a shooting star, which is usually considered a symbol of luck.
Trust Fund - Byakuya Togami
the first design i ever pony-fied. only change i've made since the og post with him is his tail is now unicorn accurate. keeps his coat just as shiny and perfect as you cna get and takes a lot of pride in how well kept his mane and tail and hoof fur is. still the meanest twink you've ever met.
he's a unicorn because of course he is, that was the most natural choice ever. think's he's better than everyone because he can do magic and they can't.
cutie mark is a blood drop shaped gemstone. blood for his big ties and personality built off of his "noble" blood that he flaunts. it's teal because that color works really well for him lol
will i keep his name? unsure! but that's what it is for now.
Dicey Divination - Yasuhiro Hagakure
took more inspiration from his dr3 anime look because i just think he looks really really neat in that and i'm normal about him there. anyways.
one of my favorite names i came up with, i felt so smart for this one in particular.
you'll notice his horn is broken! while he can perform basic spells such as levitation and things like that, complicated spells only have around a 30% chance to succeed in reference to his predictions only working 30% of the time. another reference to that is the crack in his cutie mark forms a 30 (although mainly just a 3 for 30%).
ALSO I FORGOT HIS CHEST FLUFF. I'M SO MAD ABOUT THAT fun fact, when i first put down the base yellow and brown hair i paused and he just. looked like cheese sandwich. by god i've made cheese sandwich lmao
Manegaka - Hifumi Yamada
i don't like hifumi :(
i've thought of so little for him to be honest. i just do not care about him i'm sorry to all my hifumi yamada fans out there i also forgot his chest fluff here but honestly it works more for him because he's very..... smooth and shiny in canon. so i feel less bad.
anyways his name is a pun on "mangaka" (the term for japanese comic artists) and "mane". because....because he's a horse. do you get it. thank you to that friend i mentioned before for that name
whatever i'm moving on from him i don't really care about him. sorry not sorry lmao
Snippet Stutter - Toko Fukawa
you've seen the most well groomed unicorn, now get ready for the scraggliest and most unkempt one lol
toko was also a struggle to design. just her posing took way longer than anyone else to get right and her coloring also was the same, but i'm overall pleased with her final design.
she's a unicorn to both kind of parallel byakuya and also because how do you write so much without the help of magic. also she's a NERD!!!!!!
her cutie mark is a lot better (imagine it not as 3 pixels), being the blade of one of her scissors and a fountain pen, so it looks like a full pair of scissors but it isn't? does anyone see my vision does that make sense.
Sharp Symphony - Sayaka Maizono
despite how blue her design in canon is, i think she gets to be a pink girlie :] it compliments her blue hair really well.
went with more of a heart theme for her and her coat patterning, it just really adds onto the whole "she's super sweet but did try and commit murder and no one can believe it" schtick she has in canon.
making her a pegasus was simply a vibe thing, i feel like she could maybe be an earth pony but pegasus felt better. her name has sharp in it because...knife. stab stab, yknow?
her cutie mark is just a microphone where the cord forms another heart :]
Ditzy Dive - Aoi Asahina
first off thank you to my partner for her name, it was much better than what i had before lmao
now does she in fact just look like a rocket pop popsicle? yeah. was that intentional? no, but i needed a mainly red pony for the lineup and that worked with her canon colors the best
same thing for all the other "sporty" characters, she gets to be a pegasus.
her cutie mark is a spiral downward into a splash of water, really just a play into her name.
Blossom Bandage - Sakura Ogami
the final horse. the final one i drew and the final one of this post. we are here. oh god.
anyways! an earth pony felt very right, she's literally the strongest human ever and earth ponies are known for their strength. changed the bandages to be a pink instead of a white because god damn if she doesn't get to be feminine and strong !!! also it adds a pop of color to her color scheme
her cutie mark is just a branch of a sakura tree with some bandages around the base of it. i know it isn't drawn super fantastic but i was just.... i wanted to be done with this project by that point lol
phew! we made it to the end! if you read this far then god speed, i know that was a lot to read but i appreciate it :D!
by the way, here's the slapped together logo i made, probably the funniest thing i've made for this project
anyways. thanks for being here for this project, chat! i love how this all turned out, and i'm proud of myself for actually finishing such a long project. my mental health hasn't been phenomenal lately so this was both surprising i did finish it and that i enjoyed doing it.
don't worry, i'm not done with these guys for good, i've got more doodles i want to share and some secret bonus lineup characters i want to draw >:]
anyways time to start drawing the characters for game 2-
She’s soooo mentally well, you should trust her with the nuke codes
Character sheet and shorthands for my OC Catalina. More details below:
Subject Name: Catalina Doyle
Known Aliases: N/A
Subject Age: Unknown (Approximate age theorized to be mid 40s)
Subject Sex: F
Occupation: Works as a lead mechanic and chemical engineer for [REDACTED] Corporation.
Reason For Monitoring: Subject is under investigation for various suspected crimes, notable examples including spying, [REDACTED], trespassing, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Equipment of type [REDACTED] from Facilities A, D, and H appear to be within Subjects possession, but there is no hard evidence in which to use for a valid search warrant of Subject’s place of residence at [REDACTED]. Subject also lacks a traceable record beyond a university degree from [REDACTED], and all background checks lead to dead ends. Theory has been posited that Subject has manually been obscuring information from various government databases, but no solid evidence has been obtained to support this. There is also the possibility that Subject is not involved with any investigational contents related to Case No. [REDACTED] and that she is working blindly under the idea of conspiracy, however we feel it pertinent to maintain observations in the case that investigators should find irrefutable evidence of Subject’s involvement.
Notable Contacts: Nova Doyle (Daughter), Grover O’Doherty (Co-Worker at [REDACTED]), N/A
can't believe i, an ishimondo enjoyer for 6+ years, have never drawn one of the most iconic scenes with these two
(except this time it's their pony forms because i cannot be arsed to draw a human right now and i like their pony forms dearly <3)
anyways i'm super happy with this!!! i think it looks so fucking clean and i'm kinda scared with how polished it came out lmao
anyways this is for those two people who follow me for ishimondo shit and also know each other, you two know who you are and i see you and appreciate you lol
god i can't believe i'm turning into the "ishimondo mlp artist" because i have even more sketches i haven't finished yet of them </3
