Hello! (Waves) It’s been a year since the creation of “How to (Accidentally) Clear Kaitou KID's Route: A Guide by Shinichi Kudo” written by the lovely Bear (tumblr and ao3, check them out!) and drawn my me! I’m taking a break this year from this year’s big bang because I’m burnt out. Regardless, I want to wish good luck to all participants for the KSBB22, I know you’ll do great! \(^o^)/
But anyways, I was looking through my sketch book and was reminded of this time so if you’re interested, here’s some extra commentary on how I got to my piece last year. The KSBB21 mentioned above was a work that was the combined efforts of me and Bear so there are obviously both me and their hearts in it, but the pieces below are basically just me before I was matched up (a feral Mint so to say). So opinions below are mine, if you have questions on writing, definitely head on over and ask Bear! :)
Okay, enough intro, more below if you are interested Warning: I ramble lots!:
*Also, I will go ahead and say I am very sorry for cursing in the art notes, I usually add them when it’s just myself drawing so I am slightly less embarrassed. Especially if I think what I am drawing is cringe.
To preface, I will say that the below piece has no relation to the story published, but is necessary for this commentary lol.
So the above piece (04.25.21), one of many, was me figuring out what the heck to draw because the prompt was AU/UA as is this year’s KSBB22 is. Originally, I thought it’d be interesting for a devil Shinichi and an angel Kaito, and so I tried drawing that out and then I realized I would need more practice with wings... so that was scrapped. I also briefly thought about an AU where they went to the same school (same uniform), but then scrapped that idea because it didn’t seem very fun for me. Also, at this time, I hadn’t had much practice drawing the two so I was also working on that. So if you check my sketch book, you’ll see a lot of sketches of me just drawing the two of them though I didn’t include that.
And then this drawing here (05.03.21) is what I would say is the catalyst to the story we know today. At the time, I was sketching other things and then thought about current games where they have pulls and then this sketch was born. So the gears were turning, but not quite there yet. I do know that I wanted to have a video game concept at this point.
(05.04.21) I was doodling other things and then I thought of games I liked (Princess Debut, otome games, and visual novels) so I quickly put down a sketch here. As with a lot of otome games, there are cheesy lines spouted so I get easily embarrassed reading them and so I imagined the same thing here from Kid in a VN and Shinichi reading this. I thought this would be super fun and from here, this is where I really started thinking.
(05.06.21) So a lot of the drawings here may seem familiar because a lot of it did end up going into the final product. Some things were thrown out, but a lot things here were what I wanted to do and Bear just got pulled along (thank you for putting up with me Bear, bless your soul). The load screen that you see in the published story was inspired by the sketch on the top left and I just dragged Bear into it lol. Luckily, it didn’t affect the story too much so it was just a good piece for the vibes of the game which is what I wanted. After that, there was just a lot of sketches of what I would want for the key piece. So the first piece you see with the heist (published story) is inspired by the one here (sketch in center). It was also the toughest piece for me to finish because I was never quite satisfied with it. As you can see, I played around with a childhood AU sketch, but scrapped that because I reallly liked the otome idea at this point. Some screaming in these sketches, but this was so fun for me to do and think about. I still laugh at these when I’m looking at them lol so it’s fine.
(06.27.21) This is actually a piece that I shared with Bear when we were talking about the story and trying to flesh out the idea. Here, I was trying to explain the flower thing and heart like you may see in Harvest Moon: The Tale of Twin Towns and Princess Debut. This piece actually steered the direction for the key piece for the first heist as you may see with the blooming flowers and some of the other pieces. So I kept it in mind as I was drawing, but also while I was reading because me and Bear told each other our progress and were pretty transparent where we were at. So I would ask Bear questions, sometimes gush, and vice-versa and it was a nice l process that made a lot of things more cohesive for the art/story. The rest you can say is history.
(06.27.21) This last sketch here was when I was thinking of how it would look at the end for the main piece, basically I was trying to fix the composition of the main piece. I have like three other ones, but I’m not showing those because it’s pretty embarrassing (same idea hashed out in the same way) and so the gist is that I was unsatisfied. Honestly, even now in 2022, I’m still a little unsatisfied with the piece, but it’s kind of like what you think doesn’t match up with your skill and I’m working to get my skill up there. Overall, with what I did have, I am happy with what I did accomplish and submit.
So that’s that for the behind the scenes before my pairing with my writing partner. Thanks for reading, I hope you got something out of it! I could add further commentary on the process for the actual pieces in the story because I have the notes on that, but I shall stop here because this is rather long.
If you’re participating in this year’s KSBB22 (and reading this), I just want to say that I hope you have fun and do your best! It can be a bit tiring, but when it’s all done and put together and you can get to breathe/look at it, it’s something to be proud of! Good luck!
This is a little random as I'm just a visitor, but I wanted to say I thought your special commemorative project and comment party were really cool ideas! I've participated in other big bangs before and sometimes didn't feel as satisfied because it didn't feel like a collaborative event: people did their parts, posted, and moved on. The commemorative artwork and comment party made this feel like a special collection to come across and I really loved this touch. Thanks, all, for the great works!
thank you very much for taking the time to tell me this! i really appreciate hearing things like this and i'm sure the participants and the collab artist (@artistfingers) do too!
i'm glad you enjoyed the works, thank you for stopping by!
Fic Title: The World Isn't Your Responsibility (But You're Still Trying To Save It)
I CAN FINALLY POST MY WORK AAAAAAAA
So these are my contributions for @kaishinbigbang this year!! Oh man oh maaaann a lot of stuff happened and I always got delayed on the least time I expected it BUT! FINALLY!! Also check out @chriswhitewolf 's fic!! She's my partner for this year's event and I really am glad for her patience despite my delays QwQ Here's the link to her story~
the world isn’t your responsibility
(but you’re still trying to save it)
author: @chriswhitewolf
artist: @riyasama
beta: aphoticghost
rating: T+
warnings: Mentions of death, vague mentions of serious injury, mentions of murder, swearing
summary: Kaito had not seen or spoken to his childhood friend, Shin-chan, since before the two had started their first year of elementary school. Eleven years later, Kaito has almost entirely forgotten the detective-loving boy. That is, until a new student transfers into his class. Kudo Shinichi is quiet, studious, and a loner. He spends his free moments reading, ignores anyone who tries to talk to him, and downright refuses to have any interaction with anyone, including the childhood friend he's just reunited with. Kaito knows something is going on, and is worried about Shinichi's antisocial behavior and extreme isolation. So he puts his magician's talents to work. The mission: End Shin-chan's isolation and get him some friends. With Kaito's determined meddling and Shinichi working to thwart his every plan, the two lock each other in a Immovable Object meets Unstoppable Force situation.
Until Kaito starts to uncover the reason Shinichi transferred to Ekoda High in the middle of the year, and the things he left behind when he did.
author: @icarusdg
artist: @itoof137
beta: none
rating: M
warnings: none
summary: After an incident with a sniper KID and Kudo Shinichi begin meeting up in hotel rooms but is this working up to?
Here is my full artwork for @kaishinbigbang this year!
It was a bless to work with @icarusdg 😍🤗 (we should all applause her, she finished the fic in spite of an injured wrist 🥺 go give her some more love pls)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 7/7
Summary: The first rule of magic is: not all is what it seems to be. Kaito has known this since childhood, has practised it nearly his entire life, bringing about spectacular illusions and tricks to amuse and awe the audience.
But this time the roles are reversed – the one playing a trick is not him. No, he is the detective instead.
...
Thus concludes my fic for the @kaishinbigbang ! Please do check out @ota-chan 's artwork that inspired this fic as well!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 5/7
Sunmary: The first rule of magic is: not all is what it seems to be. Kaito has known this since childhood, has practised it nearly his entire life, bringing about spectacular illusions and tricks to amuse and awe the audience.
But this time the roles are reversed – the one playing a trick is not him. No, he is the detective instead.
