#stickiy-note

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To: @stickiy-note

From: @ariespetal

I had a bunch of fun on this piece, I agree that Quark absolutely deserves another rootbeer float, so I knew I had to draw that prompt <3 (hope you don’t mind I threw in a Tenmyouji here as well haha)

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To: @stickiy-note

From: @rainynie

I loved the magical girls concept and tried to make them have an outfit/power related to their theme and character arc! I hope you like it! Happy Holidays!

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To: @kiichu

From: @stickiy-note

Happy holidays! As soon as I saw Ace in the list of characters you listed for your Pokemon crossover prompt, my immediate thought of Yamask being his partner Pokemon made me so excited to make this concept reality! I wanted to challenge myself to draw less cute than my usual pieces, especially since I didn't think I could do Ace's design or my mental concepts of the final piece justice in my cuter, squishier style. Despite the lineart stage being a bit more difficult than usual, I had a lot of fun tackling this challenge! I also had to add some quick, silly doodles to give you something cute as well and give me an excuse to choose Pokemon for most of the other characters you listed (reasoning under the cut because I thought a bit too hard about this).

I gave Ace Yamask because of its Pokedex entries and design focusing a lot on faces. This Yamask isn't intended to represent any character other than Ace (as sort of a parallel?). My vision is that the Yamask is not be able to properly recognize what its past face looked like since its mask is broken. A couple other Pokemon I think he would have are Venusaur (evolved from the first Pokemon in Pokedex order) and Rhydon (the first Pokemon designed). However, I'd think it be funnier if Yamask was his ace because I love when a small, cute Pokemon is the strongest in someone's team. The Swablu line's Japanese names are references to The Blue Bird, so I just had to give Luna one of them! I thought Swablu would make for a cuter doodle though (a few entries mention how it likes to pretend it's a hat). I had a lot of potential choices for Dio, but I decided on Purrloin for personality/Pokedex reasons. In hindsight, it's kinda funny that I gave him a cat when he likes dogs better. Finally, I also had a few potential choices for Carlos, but I decided on the most notable firefighting Pokemon in the anime. Carlos's Squirtle just had to wear sunglasses for this doodle for the Squirtle Squad reference.

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To: @aquacure

From: @stickiy-note

Happy holidays! I was immediately drawn to your prompts by the “Mira and Q have ice cream together” prompt (and the two Lotus and Seven prompts)! I think it would be silly if the mouth of the Orb ™ was actually a mouth. I did entertain some other ideas of how Q could enjoy the ice cream that I was going to turn into a little doodle compilation, but I ended up not having time to draw that due to my workload (>_<). Also, I thought it would be cute if Q and Mira were wearing friendship bracelets that they made for each other. While I didn’t exactly combine prompts, I at least wanted to include Lotus and Seven in the background! I hope you enjoy the gift!