This was amazing to put together for the past year, I'm so proud of everyone and amazed by what we made! 🧡 I got to contribute a lot of spot art and collaborate with great illustrators (such as in this preview here) to bring this project to life. Any uncredited writing throughout is also by me!

So honored to have been a part of this project. It was an amazing experience working alongside other fans of a series that means so much to me. Check out the (FREE!) zine for yourself and read BOTH of the fics I wrote: "I Heard A Crawfish Whistling" and "Cock Fight (Pas de Deux)"! #zine #fanfic

I am in this! Go get it.

I had the pleasure of participating as merch artist in this great love letter to Bloody Roar and it is completely free for all! Go give it a check!! You won't be disappointed!!

preview of my piece, btw ;)

Here’s my preview for the Bloody Roar fanzine! I was one of the artist to contribute in this zine! Go give it a look when you get the chance guys!

WE'RE LIVE! I had the honor of joining an amazing team to put this together the past couple months. The series may be dormant but the fans are still thriving. Check it out! It's free & made with nothing but love 🐺🩸 --- #BloodyRoar #FGC #Art #Zine #FreeZine #ZinePreview

Posting again look at this cool free zine >:) also look I drew a thing!

I'm in this! Despite a terrible summer of constant things going wrong still managed to scrabble something together and to zero surprise, there's a Trans bent to it. There's amazing things in this zine and so proud to be part of it. The franchise might be dormant but not forgotten. Please enjoy!

GO CHECK THIS OUT it's completely free and an incredible love letter to bloody roar!! here's a preview of one thing i did for it ✨

A preview of my piece for @brfanzine.bsky.social ! I'm stoked I can finally share!!! This fan zine is a free project made with lots of love and enthusiasm from the Bloody Roar community. Please check it out if you have the chance! #bloodyroar #art #zinepreview

🦁 DEFENDERS OF THE LEGACY 🦁 - A Bloody Roar Fanzine - ✨ Features: - 24 full page illustrations - 20 assorted arts/goodies - 10-page doujin comic - 6 short stories - and more from 40+ contributors! 🔗 FREE DOWNLOAD bloodyroarfans.itch.io/br-fanzine-2... #bloodyroar #fgcart #freezine #fanzine

I was given the opportunity to make some merch for this project (˶ˆᗜˆ˵) Bloody Roar might not be the most well-known, but that hasn't stopped the many people who came together to make this zine. I hope new and old fans can enjoy it!

Bloody Roar is actually my favorite game of all time, I and everyone else put a lot of love into my pieces!

It's official. Defenders of the Legacy: A Bloody Roar Fanzine is live and 100% free to download! Over 150 pages of Bloody Roar art, writing, and... even a couple music tracks I put together. There might be more on that on my YouTube channel later.

🦁 DEFENDERS OF THE LEGACY 🦁 - A Bloody Roar Fanzine - ✨ Features: - 24 full page illustrations - 20 assorted arts/goodies - 10-page doujin comic - 6 short stories - and more from 40+ contributors! 🔗 FREE DOWNLOAD bloodyroarfans.itch.io/br-fanzine-2... #bloodyroar #fgcart #freezine #fanzine

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Takkun, aka @takkunart.bsky.social Chris Botterill/Takkun is a freelance illustrator from Toronto, Canada who's been working in the industry for over 10 years on properties for Marvel, Warner Bros., and video games. He graciously supplied the zine with its cover art!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Rockwell, aka @rockwelllight.bsky.social Rockwell is a digital illustrator who draws sci-fi, fantasy, and horror art through a small business called Auxwave Creations alongside their spouse. Rockwell provided the zine with digital merch!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Drayven, aka @dragunxrd.bsky.social "Hi I'm Dray, a smol doodler who loves fighting games." He generously provided several pieces of chibi spot art for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Jem, aka @imgibbon.bsky.social IMGibbon has been a professional game dev for a decade and a half, first starting at age 7 on the Commodore 64! She loves Bloody Roar so much she got a tattoo of Stun's beast blazon and wrote a story for the zine.

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Lopsy, aka @lostpsyren.bsky.social Lopsy is self-described as having a "variable" art style; we would say it is quite colorful! They enjoy eating/sleeping between arts & crafts, reading fanfic and psychological horror. Lopsy made multiple pieces of merch for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Nega, aka @neganeon.bsky.social Nega is an illustrator + character designer in animation, as well as an avid gamer with a love for monsters and violence. Bloody Roar introduced him to fighting games and he provided the zine with a full page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Tiger, aka @tigeruchimaru.bsky.social Glued to the Bloody Roar franchise since '99, Tiger enjoys drawing, writing, and world-building in the BR universe. Other hobbies include fanart of various obscure franchises, and parading the streets with an eyesore project car.

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ ThirdEye, aka Eduardo "ThirdEye" Cabello By day an IT professional, by night an indie artist who spends most of his time drawing, making music, and competing in local fighting game tournaments. He made printable stickers for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Nene, aka @nekomaxxing.bsky.social Nene is passionate about fighting games, drawing cute things, and just having fun. She's been an avid fan of Bloody Roar since she was 5 years old and drew spot art for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ ThirdEye, aka Eduardo "ThirdEye" Cabello By day an IT professional, by night an indie artist who spends most of his time drawing, making music, and competing in local fighting game tournaments. He made printable stickers for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Nene, aka @nekomaxxing.bsky.social Nene is passionate about fighting games, drawing cute things, and just having fun. She's been an avid fan of Bloody Roar since she was 5 years old and drew spot art for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Shina, aka @shina1319.bsky.social "I love comics and drawing portraits, as well as OCs. My passion is sharing intriguing characters and stories." Shina1319 used that skill and passion to provide our zine with a lovely full page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Dino, aka @ibdinosaur.bsky.social IBD is an illustrator from Australia with affection for fighting games. He had the demo disc of BR2, which showed you how to do Long's big combos, and still thinks it's the coolest a game has ever been. He drew us a page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Shina, aka @shina1319.bsky.social "I love comics and drawing portraits, as well as OCs. My passion is sharing intriguing characters and stories." Shina1319 used that skill and passion to provide our zine with a lovely full page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Dino, aka @ibdinosaur.bsky.social IBD is an illustrator from Australia with affection for fighting games. He had the demo disc of BR2, which showed you how to do Long's big combos, and still thinks it's the coolest a game has ever been. He drew us a page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Argilla, aka @warabihime.bsky.social Describing herself as "I'm just if a pathetic fictional guy was a girl", Argilla is a lively artist with enthusiastic vision. She helped with many of the zine's pre-production art pieces, including chibis for Valentine's Day!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Yuki, aka @smirkingcat.bsky.social SmirkingCat is a fighting game artist and cat illustrator with a prolific portfolio, challenging themself to draw one fighting game character each day. They did so for BREX in the past and created a full page illustration for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Argilla, aka @warabihime.bsky.social Describing herself as "I'm just if a pathetic fictional guy was a girl", Argilla is a lively artist with enthusiastic vision. She helped with many of the zine's pre-production art pieces, including chibis for Valentine's Day!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Yuki, aka @smirkingcat.bsky.social SmirkingCat is a fighting game artist and cat illustrator with a prolific portfolio, challenging themself to draw one fighting game character each day. They did so for BREX in the past and created a full page illustration for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Mawo, aka RaccoonMage RaccoonMage is an artist with a unique flair, stating: "The cosmic and the spatial, along with color in illustrations, are my passion." They provided our humble zine with a full page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ JAKMONX, aka @jakmonx.bsky.social Self-described as a "hobbyist artist who enjoys creating vivid artworks for video games and other medias," JAKMONX supplied our zine with a full page character illustration.

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Akane, aka @akanenonomura.bsky.social Akane Nonomura is a digital artist who loves drawing her OCs and the franchises she likes. Akane provided the zine with a full page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Mawo, aka RaccoonMage RaccoonMage is an artist with a unique flair, stating: "The cosmic and the spatial, along with color in illustrations, are my passion." They provided our humble zine with a full page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ JAKMONX, aka @jakmonx.bsky.social Self-described as a "hobbyist artist who enjoys creating vivid artworks for video games and other medias," JAKMONX supplied our zine with a full page character illustration.

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Akane, aka @akanenonomura.bsky.social Akane Nonomura is a digital artist who loves drawing her OCs and the franchises she likes. Akane provided the zine with a full page illustration!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Milky, aka @milkymosaic.bsky.social Part-time author, full-time monster appreciator. As a writer of queer fiction with a yen for romance, milky.mosaic keeps zir pen sharp through frequent experiments with style and form. Milky wrote two short stories for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Ellu, aka Tuherrus They are a Finnish artist and enjoyer of horror, fighting games, and fantasy. Ellu provided the zine with a full page illustration as well a collaborative piece of spot art.

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Mod Umbra, aka @3v4c.bsky.social Umbra describes themself as "a hobby artist who only learned about Bloody Roar as a franchise a few years ago - nevertheless, I've grown attached to these traumatized lil weirdos." They made a page illustration for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Mod Halie, aka @cosmicallyhalie.bsky.social Halie is an artist relatively new to the world of Bloody Roar but fell in love with the characters and storytelling. She provided us with most of our graphic design, including these spotlights, and is making a wallpaper!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Mod SC, aka @scxcr.bsky.social SC is self-described as "a longtime Bloody Roar fan with a word processor, some music instruments, and a penchant for long-windedness." He wrote an essay for the zine and produced a couple of music tracks inspired by the series!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Mod Snoof, aka @five5sixers.bsky.social The head moderator and organizer of this fanzine project, she is a mixed media artist from the United States who grew up with Bloody Roar and has been deeply inspired by it! She wrote a comic and drew illustrations for the zine.

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Milky, aka @milkymosaic.bsky.social Part-time author, full-time monster appreciator. As a writer of queer fiction with a yen for romance, milky.mosaic keeps zir pen sharp through frequent experiments with style and form. Milky wrote two short stories for the zine!

🦁 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ✨ Ellu, aka Tuherrus They are a Finnish artist and enjoyer of horror, fighting games, and fantasy. Ellu provided the zine with a full page illustration as well a collaborative piece of spot art.