[Fire Force] Tamaki Kotatsu

The lewd Firefighter is back and her illustrations are finished for viewing pleasures~! 

So, I attempted a X-Ray scene for this month's waifu. I'd like to know what you guys think, do you guys like it, or dislike it? From what I know, some people really like X-ray scenes while others don't and prefers scenes without it. It felt like a mixed bag when it came to personal preferences. 

Hmm so few things I must confess regarding this piece. As with everything to do with anything creative, my personal condition really affects the final piece and how smooth the workflow ends up. I noticed that at times my condition really flutuates to a all time low and that ends up slowing down the piece to a great halt. Artblock Syndrome as some of you should be aware of. Coupled with the fact that I'm attempting several things at once probably meant that I found it very difficult mid way of finishing this piece.

To list some of the difficulties I faced with this... 

So what some of you might not know is that illustrations that are designed to be suited for Live2D is best drawn from start with that later project in mind. Finishing an illustration and then cutting the parts for Live2D is still possible but that's a very tedious process and super time consuming which is why it's best to draw and divide the parts as you draw them instead. That said, it's still not an easy thing to do since I'm not an animator so I'm cutting these pieces blindly as I don't know how I should cut them (Though...I'm told by many animators I cut them up much better than most artists that approach them) and drawing the pieces while imagining how they should move... is like someone asking an artist to develop a pair of Sharingan to see the future >.> I assure you all that I don't have them Sharingan so again I'm drawing semi blindfolded. 

On top of that I tried to aim for a big movement for this upcoming Live2D collab. So I drew a large pair of breasts for Tamaki so that it gives Alex much needed room for a big oppai movements in his animations. 

Other than that, it was my first time drawing X-Ray with Live2D in mind. 

All these things factored into figuring out how to organize the layering... to keep it short it's a lot of headache as you guys would see in my PSD which I always leave unmerged. 

That's all for the explanations for this piece. Going back to Tamaki's breast size. I think it was Boomie who asked if I could draw them a bit smaller to stay true to the series. I think I've subconsciously drew them big because it's what I'd planned on doing with the later animations. That and most of you often asked if I'd be drawing them bigger on my previous projects so I guess it kinda stuck with my now adopted style of drawing them bigger. 

As a result, I took some time to try a smaller size for Tamaki. 

Just a heads up for those of you waiting on the Live2D. Alex did warn me that it might end up being a bit later than usual due to his other work priorities. He said he'll try to finish it in time for my next Gumroad Rewards update on the 5th or 6th of September so fingers crossed everyone!!