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IoriIta fanart

Iori Okkotsu x Yuji Itadori.

Commissioned with the artist Nga Phuong. It's only a preliminary sketch at the moment but I'm pretty happy. Ahhh, this couple is still pretty rare and doesn't have a lot of materials for it yet. But that's ok. I'm an adult. I have adult money! I can place commssions!

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There’s something I’ve never stopped being curious about. A post you made a loooong time ago referenced a woman who was the real life inspiration for kaguya otsutsuki. Can I ask who that person is?

Queen Himiko of ancient Yamatai

Welcome to one of the most controversial figure in ancient Japan history. Other than the fact that she existed and was both the ruler of a major part of Japan and the chief priestess, almost everything else about her is in dispute. Mostly because historians couldn't agree on the facts. She lived in a time before a writing system in Japan, so there existed no records about her from the same era when she lived. She was only mentioned in ancient records from China (and some from Korea too if I'm not mistaken). Keep in mind that there exists no direct quote from Kishimoto to confirm this ok. If anything Kishimoto mentioned the moon princess Kaguya from the bamboo cutter's tale as the folklore figure giving a name, a face, and an origin (alien from the moon, sort of) to Naruto's Kaguya. Just that for me personally, other than the name and origin, Himiko seems a better fit for the character inspiration. A queen who possessed mysterious supernatural power, who had profound but hard to quantify influence on Japanese history, whose reign was the stuff of myths, whose powers were seen as alternating between divine and foul sorcery, and whose rule ended because she was betrayed by a male familial figure (there are tales that spoke of Himiko's defeat and death being assisted by her own younger brother). She was also either (or both) a tyrant or a wise rule who enforced communist-style equality on her people. It's just my take but Naruto's Kaguya seems to come from combining moonprincess Kaguya from the Bamboo Cutter's tale with the mythical queen Himiko of ancient Yamatai. The moonprincess gives her the name, the face, and the origin. Himiko gives her rulership, powers, and history.

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Iori Okkotsu x Yuji Itadori

Fanart. Commissioned. Artist: NDP

'Maybe you're the only light in my world.'

Not an illustration for any particular drafts or story ideas. I just want to commission a piece that showcases a bit of the dynamic between them (and the fact that these two live in different genres entirely).

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Iori Okkotsu x Yuji Itadori

Yes, Iori is squezing uncle Yuji's 🍑. It's right in his strike zone. Of course he's not going to let that sort of opportunity slip by.

Commissioned art with Nga Phuong. Illustration for a story branch I drafted but haven't even started writing yet. Strange Happy Family Okkotsu, which is a story about how an old soldier got roped into being nanny of the whole Okkotsu family. Yep, all of them, the green tea bitch pro max nephew who gaslit and emotionally manipulated his way into knocking up uncle Yuji (who didn't even know his body was capable of pulling that sort of stunts! But he really should have known better considering who his mom is!), the aging, guilty senpai Yuta, the bastard nephew's poor innocent wife Mifuyu and her 2 super cute kids that deserve better. Yuji Itadori starts out thinking it will just be a temporary thing. He just needs to stick around until they manage to stabilize Iori Okkotsu's mental issues. And then before he knows it, he's handling two pink-haired toddlers while running a bizarre family situation out of some dog-blooded American telenovela while the servants and clanners in the Gojo estate are all calling him Second Madam behind his back and elder Itadori to his face. Damn those scamming Okkotsus!!

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WIP Iori Okkotsu x Yuji Itadori

Preliminary sketch for a commission I placed with Nguyen Dong Phan. Illustration for a Ioriita story idea in which Iori entraps his uncle and uses political pressure to force the clan to allow a sham marriage. Hahh... I do think this piece will illustrate the depth of the madness Iori is willing to jump down just to be able to keep uncle to himself.

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Yuji and Choso's day at the aquarium! Commissioned art with Mao. I love their relationship in canon. Wish they actually had more time to enjoy a mundane life with each other instead of what happened. Damn you, Gege!

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WIP Iori Okkotsu x Yuji Itadori . IoriIta Preliminary sketch illustration for a oneshot (A Cannibal's Love Song) I'm cooking. Commissioned with Hai Czi. It's still only a prelim sketch at the moment. There are lots to tweak here. The distance between Yuji and Iori is too close. Yuji should stand just close enough to create the illusion that if Iori just reaches out, he will be able to touch Yuji. But the truth is that he's standing just barely out of reach. I'm not too fond of the shapless silhouette of Yuji's jacket either, so gotta find some ref materials to improve that. Iori's silhouette also needs tweaking. Shorter hair. He should be wearing Montsuki Haori and not this fairly casual kimono type. And the neckline has to be higher. Neckline that shows collarbone is a bit too improper for that sort of character type. The color palette is working though. So does the layout. The illustrated scene is: the spring of Iori's genpuku ceremony. The 16 years old Gojo heir stares in awe at uncle's inhuman beauty. In the hail of flying peach blossoms, uncle is like the spirit of the peach tree that got lost and fell into the mortal realm. In this moment, the boy can finally put to name the feeling that has been growing in his heart for a long time. Its name is... ... hunger....

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Iori Okkotsu x Yuji Itadori

Fanart. Commissioned. Artist: NDP

Illustration for a draft story idea of mine titled: "The Spider says I Love You"

The plot boils down to a young 18 years old Iori waking up with the memories of an alternate life where he lived to old age, languishing and going mad in heartbreak. Young Iori promptly decides that if it's his fate to go mad for love, then he will go mad... right now. No need to wait and endure decades of torment and a broken performance marriage just so uncle will think of his as a good nephew. He's going to go mad right now, for uncle. It's uncle's fault. He should take responsibility.

Iori then promptly hatches a plot to trick and entrap an unsuspecting Yuji. It's a plot line featuring the usual dark romance cocktail of dubious consent, entrapment, mpreg, political intrigue, the works.

.... I don't know when I will have the time to actually sit down and write it out... 😅