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In case anyone ever wondered what its like working on comics with a four year old around

Moe! Moe! Angst Ftaghn!  (the Living Flame is unhappy…)

I just had to make a Cuthuko version of Vaz’s Angsthulu tshirt/comic… I still think that “Haiyore! Nyaruko-san” is mis-titled.  It should have been called “Ganbatte! Cuthu-ko”

(if you are completely lost here… Haiyore! Nyaruko-san is an anime with characters based on HP Lovecraft’s Cuthulu mythos.  Cuthu-ko is, um, Cuthulu.) <—see note**

Anyways… back to sanity, maybe.

** it has been pointed out to me that Cuthuko is actually supposed to be Cuthuga NOT Cuthulu.  Cuthuga is another entity in the Cuthlu mythos, but not one I am familiar with because it doesn’t come from Lovecraft’s work (tho the author was closely connected to him) and is just part of the extended mythos.  Silly me.  That said, given the odd tractibility of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san i’ll take fanart license here and go with the Angst of Cuthuga being just as amusing as the angst of Cuthulu itself.) 

*** Oh, and for the record, here’s the original illustration by Vaz that this is a spoof of.

pingOS tshirt - printed a few of these do Anime Central this weekend :)

FInished printing both Black and Blue versions of the new Nekomimi Miho t-shirt for Anime Central this weekend.  If you’re going to Acen, Be sure to stop by our booth (we’ll be right next to the COPIC marker booth) to pick one up :)  For the rest of you, no worries - you can order your very own Black or Blue NekoMimi Miho “Ph33r t3h D4rkly *nya~n*” t-shirt  from the MegaGear store!

• Blue Nekomimi Miho t-shirt
• Black Nekomimi Miho t-shirt

Also be sure to check out the Pirogoeth, Miho and Junpei chainmail bracelets, which are now back in stock.  Nyow.

And that pretty much is nekomimi miho ph34 t3h cut3 *ゴロゴロゴロゴロ* colorwurks -  done.  :)

ph34 t3h cut3 *ゴロゴロゴロゴロ* nekominimiho, linework done.  :)

y’know… it really is odd when your day job can involve naming a Photoshop layer ‘kitty ear fluff’

ph34 t3h cut3 *ゴロゴロゴロゴロ*

work in progress - chibi nekomimimiho nyan, art idea for a tshirt and other sundries. I’ll have them at Anime Central. :)

Oh, and FTR, it irritates me when art types treat the tails on kemonomimi like they are just stuck on with duct tape on the back just above their posteriors… come on, look at your cat or dog.  Tails are an extension of the spine.  If you are going to draw them as if the tails are real, please stop drawing them glued to their lower backs ABOVE the belt line?  draw it right.  (this should help you understand why she’s wearing that too-large skirt Erika gave her here… skirts like this are not well suited to tails.  just sayin.  Oh, and yes, that is a binder clip at the end of her tail keeping the ribbon in place.)

Happy Darkly Cute Day!  [Wednesday - March 28, 2012]  - it was March 28th, 2001 that Tohya Miho made her first appearance in Megatokyo.  So… Happy Darkly Cute day!  Want to show your observance of the darkly cute one?  Lots of Miho-themed shirts in the MT store to proclaim your worship and adoration. :)

Hawk! dude! Pixel Fights?  It’s dangerous to fight alone!  Take this: