I've been thinking about art plans for 2026. I basically spent all of 2025 practicing a new manga art style, and I'm still not very confident in my ability to, say, make a serialized manga. But I think this is the year I start putting pages together and focusing on storytelling.

Some more casual practice with shading and whatnot You know what other anime I'm actually really excited for is season 2 of "Tis torture time, Princess". Hilariously wholesome despite the name and just chill vibes all around. The character designs are adorable too it's such a good time.

Still on that Tojima wants to be a Kamen Rider bender. Was NOT ready for how cool Tackle was gonna be I'm in the mood to draw some grappling Every throw is a shockwave throw if you belieeve

Happy New Year!🐎

Hello, I’m Boichi. A mangaka. Nice to meet you. はじめまして、ボイチです。 漫画家です。 よろしくお願いします。

Holiday break has been giving me some time to draw lately so I'm just drawing more anime I'm into. I feel like Tojima wants to be a Kamen Rider is being slept on it's been WILDLY good. Some of the best anime fights this season and so much Kamen Rider lore I'm hyped as hell

More manga practice, with more effort in clean lines and shading. I started reading Star: Strike it Rich lately and it's been a great time, lotsa fight scenes and action shots to learn from. Drew Yuzuha Lee because she's best girl and she has excellent taste in cute Chinese outfits

Some more warmup doodles of Anya cuz I've been watching Spy x Family this season. #anya #spyxfamily

I fell off my art practice pretty badly in the last couple of months and I need to build back up my motivation, so I figured I'd spend some time doodling whatever I'm into lately. Got hitman on sale, that's been a pretty good time. #hitman

Wrote a hella short El/Grass fic! A short snapshot of El Condor Pasa asking Grass Wonder about the Yamato Nadeshiko image she wears when she sees a type of powerful Japanese woman would fit her better. #umamusume archiveofourown.org/works/70122531

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

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We're not bunn yet #バニーの日 🐰 👀👁‍🗨

I thought I had pretty good umas for the Taurus cup but oh my GOD you people have stacked builds

More magical girl monster practice. I really like that one sweets witch from Madoka so I figured I'd start with a cake theme and go from there. I'm still not sure what my style of monster design is but I find that I really like oversized stuff, with the huge cake and the huge utensils.

Experimenting with some actual magical girl monsters now, sticking to the flower theme. Since it's meant to be Madoka-like I've gone for a large witch-like monster and a bunch of smaller flower familiars. I'm not used to designing monsters but they should be a little unsettling, I think.

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Fell off my art practice pretty hard for a while but I'm trying to pick up where I left off with my magical girl practice. Since the concept is very Madoka I had to try designing witch-like monsters that live in surreal fantasy domains. The first attempt is kind of a flower themed domain. #mangaart

Summer greetings to everyone from the Squid Research Lab! We hope you're staying cool and hydrated through this sweltering summer heat, we recommend a hat and a water bottle. Or a parasol and sparkling water if you're feeling fancy. Enjoy your summer battles!

Haven't done fanart in a while but I'm in an #umamusume mood so here's #haruurara on a horsey ride

Had a real unproductive couple od weeks cuz I was on vacation and then got sick and still recovering. But on the bright side I started the Uma Musume game. And like. I'm starting to get it, man. Dem horse girls, man.

Pinned post thing

Another shot of the parking garage setting. I like abandoned buildings as set pieces for hidden magical girl shows cuz it's a good place to have magical stuff happen without civilians. Since the concept is Madoka esq this would be a common setting where witch portals show up.

Had some slow weeks but still getting some background practice in. Part of my story concept happens in an abandoned garage so I spent some time looking at garages. Not much is happening here but I tell you figuring out the fish eye lens in clipstudio was a struggle.

レイダースすりみ！新作発売までに本体をゲットできるのか

On the topic of manga backgrounds, I've been studying Akira lately and the backgrounds are actually so detailed that it's intimidating me as an artist. It's too good for me to learn from I dunno where to begin?! I'm pretty sure these were done on paper too I'm scared

I think if I went back to fan art (especially Splatoon) I'd go back to Twitter where my views are higher. Thankfully I don't need to promote my OC work yet so I can avoid that site. I hope that Twitter implodes by then so we can all collectively decide to hang out on a less shitty platform~

More background practice, this is the interior of Claudia's shop. The layout is kind of a simple box but it's taking all my energy even to do this much detail 🥲 I like the idea of a little staircase going up to her upstairs apartment but I dunno if it makes sense. Its also a pain to draw

The first #Splatoon series spin-off is coming! #SplatoonRaiders will center around a mechanic adventuring with Deep Cut to the mysterious Spirhalite Islands. We'll keep you updated as we conduct further research into this ongoing development.

I'M LOSING MY MIND THEY GET AN ENTIRE SPINOFF

how it started vs how is going

Holy shit my boy Ichiban gets to hang out with Hatsune Miku there's no way

ウツホ　オナガ

Next on the learning plan is some basic environments in perspective. This is also a chance to flesh out some locations that the story would take place in. Claudia runs a little clothing boutique downtown and she lives in the 2nd floor. This would be the main hangout spot for our protagonists

Squid Sisters x Ace Attorney #Splatoon #callie #marie (3 of 3)

Judd and Li'l Judd x Ace Attorney #Splatoon #judd #li'ljudd (BONUS)

Art trade with @joshichan.bsky.social ! Had fun figuring out how to do the water effects on this! ✍👾 #art #digitalArt #furryArt #fish #blobfish #furry

Maybe it's Maybel-Ink~ #Splatoon10周年 👀👁‍🗨

Off the Hook x Ace Attorney #Splatoon #pearl #marina (2 of 3)

Deep Cut x Ace Attorney #Splatoon #shiver #frye #bigman (1 of 3)

Off topic but I'm very upset that the Japanese title of Ichi the Witch is not Wichi no Ichi

I feel weird that my icon and banner are still Splatoon since I'm not making Splatoon art anymore, but I dunno what else to use. I haven't developed my manga OC's very much yet it feels weird to rebrand my account at this point ._.

Some manga practice with composing short full page action sequences. Trying to focus on movement, debris, and sound effects, I'm still not used to working with those things. I like to imagine Claudia to be the kind of character who does devastating stunts with heels.

SO BEYOND PROUD that I got to put this article together and that GlobalComix is sponsoring the Art of Manga exhibition at the de Young Museum. I am going to do my darndest to be there for opening weekend! I mean, LOOK AT THIS LIST OF MANGAKA! Even Gekiga creators too! 😍

Been reading Kengan Omega and Gaoh Ryuki's style is actually just straight up fighting games lol. He's pulling out the high low mixup with ambiguous startup and the crossup teleport dash this shit is ridiculous

I recently read through Strike it Rich and Kengan Ashura (same writer) and finding them extremely fun. They're so much more focused on the technicality of fighting compared to something like Baki that they have a genuine sports manga vibe to them.

Took some time to rework my Claudia design. I felt that her shawl wasn't reading cleanly in action so I swapped it out with a boa that would flow more loosely. The new look is somewhere between Ragyo Kiryuin and Cardcaptors Clear Card and honestly that's the vibe I want for her~

Elphelt trying on her sister's outfit again !! This time she put her own little spin on it #ELPHELTNATION #GGST

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 ! 👀👁‍🗨

Been a bit unproductive lately but i've practicing some action fundamentals, like fists being swung and stuff being broken. I need to practice drawing a lot more broken stuff if I wanna draw all the cool fights I imagine in my head.