DaemonKing

@daemonking.bsky.social

Artist drawing silly weird things online

"You should know better than to wander into a dragon's lair~..." Tuzzleton gets on the wrong (or right?) end of Aria. Did she shrink him down for his insolence, or was she that big to begin with? Either way, she's got a nice big lizard balloon. Pic done for @tuzzleton.bsky.social !

So 4+ years ago, after Gear 5 became a thing in One Piece, I had a random thought of some artists from decades past doing "Gum-Gum Nami" stuff, which was just Nami doing Luffy's techniques (mostly Gum-Gum Balloon because of course). Thinking of that, I decided HEY, what if that Nami went G5, too?

Adding Zeus as the hagoromo/cloud scarf was just a funny little treat. XDThe initial Gear Fifth Gum-Gum Nami pic was a hit with Latin and South American accounts for a hot minute there, so I drew this as thanks with another one of their BOIs, Terry Bogard.

I had recently finally gotten around to playing Sonic Frontiers and, despite its issues (and there were many), I did appreciate what they were going for. But the biggest takeaway is that Sage is a worthy addition to the Sonic cast.

SAGE: Where are my eyebrows?

I bring this up because randomly talking Gum-Gum Nami with a fellow got me somehow making a whole AU with the concept. It NEVER shoulda gotten as far as it did, but I'm really about it at the moment and it's helping me draw again, so... I almost NEVER do AUs, so this has been interesting for me.

Funny thing is that I don't even LIKE Nami all that much, but I can't deny that she IS cute.

And for those who can't read my chicken-scratch...

TOP ROW:

LUFFY: (whispering)(homina homina homina)
NAMI: Gum-Gum...ChopperRRAAAUGH!!!

BOTTOM LEFT CORNER:

NAMI: Oo, eear. Oo've sheen ih. (Oh dear. You've seen it.)

BOTTOM CENTER TO RIGHT:

ROBIN: Excuse my bluntness, Miss Navigator, but...has your chest gotten bigger since yesterday?
NAMI: DAMMIT, I went SO LONG without anyone noticing. (Of COURSE another girl would sus me out.)
SANJI: I NOTICED!!!

(I'm aware it's "suss" and not the Among Us style "sus", I don't want to go back and change it.)

So my birthday was in May, and I TRIED to have this done, but I just had to be busy as hell and a bit Extra with it! I got the opportunity to do a little bonus animation as part of my patreon that month, and keep up with my monthly animation challenge...I thought! But here it is!

Talked with a friend about turning Ryuko into a bunch of things years ago, and I suppose it's finally come to fruition, now. I guess completing comms gave me the motivation to push forward and draw them desu