Shiki's Fantastic Photo Shoots: Hyper Booty Senran Ryōbi!

Do you guys remember that Booty Land funding thing that was happening for a while? Well, the amount needed wasn’t reached, but apparently Ryōbi (after some SERIOUS pouting/screaming/bullying) decided not to give up on her dream. Which I 100% support; you should, like, never give up on your dreams!

Anyway, she’s still pretty determined to have this place become a reality. There’d be rides and a café and shopping, which sounds like it would be so much fun! But then I got to thinking: “Hmm, Shiki, what would really draw people there?” And you know what I came up with?

Weddings.

Just picture it! Booty Land could be the new IT place for weddings! I mean, what a totally great place to have a reception! All the guests would have so much fun going on the rides! Way better than some stuffy old dinner. And with the Booty Land stage, you could go all out with the music! Think of all the space for dancing! And you know I’d TOTALLY be the photographer for everything! And then that could really open the park up for all sorts of other events.

What a great idea…! So I pitched it to Ryōbi. At first, she thought I was crazy. But the more I talked about it, the more she totally began to agree with me! Which was really surprising, considering all the hostility that seems to be going on right now. Maybe everyone needs to recite the Heart Sutra to calm down…

Sorry! Got totally sidetracked for a second there. Anyway!

Presenting, our first marketing material for Booty Land Weddings! What do you think? Pretty groovy, huh?! 

Booty Land... For all your event needs!

Shiki Snaps: Drawing Time

Practice, practice, practice!

I’m always so impressed with Murky. Not only is she a totally fantastic artist, she’s always looking for ways to improve! I saw her sketching this morning while I was passing through on my way out and didn’t think anything of it. I mean, why would I? She’s always camped out somewhere with her art supplies and I wouldn’t want to disturb her or anything.

I spent a couple of hours shopping (had to decompress from all the studying I’ve been doing, after all!) and when I came back, she was still there drawing! Like, that’s a lot of time to spend drawing! And that’s when I noticed that she wasn’t in our school uniform or even in some typical casual clothes. She was wearing this adorable little cheer outfit! Definitely not something that she would usually wear.

So of course I immediately made a beeline for her and asked what she was doing.

“Practicing,” she answered, glancing up from her sketch.  On the page I saw that character that she’s always drawing and it was dressed exactly the way she was!

“Ooh, I get it!” I crowed. “It makes it easier to draw when you can see it in real-life! Like when you’ve had me model for you.” Murky gave a nod and went back to her sketch, which is the exact moment I struck.

“Speaking of modeling…”

She said no. Why do they always say no?! But I was able to get her to compromise with me; a single, candid shot. And this way, it might also help her with her future drawings of this outfit!

She keeps getting better!