The Witch's Flaming Chains (ソルシエールの炎鎖)

Cleaning up after the rest of my Housamo backlog now that Housamotober is over. After the last Arc painting, I decided to go for another, with them wearing Jeanne's armor again. This piece is simply a revamp of a sketch one of my friends made, with her permission of course. Now that's one more off my list! 😄

I don't think I've ever done any paintings featuring someone's back turned to the viewer, apart from some practice sketches I made a long time ago. This was a fun refresher for it (and good practice too, if I might add)! This was easy because Arc has a slim body, but it'll be a whole 'nother ballgame if I went for a more buff character... 😥

Waking (目覚め)

Whew! Finally, after uploading all my Housamotober entries in bulk, I was able to upload this finished Arc painting! 🥳

I started sketching the draft of this painting over a month ago, but I had to put it off because I was doing the Housamotober art challenge. I finally got back into it a few days ago, and while I was worried about not finding it in myself to finish this (as often is the case with other WIPs I've had in the past), I managed to see it through.

I based the design of their bedroom from this painting I made back in February. Although I'm happy with having finished my painting, I'm not too pleased by the lack of detail in the background. I suppose it can't be helped since I don't really view Arc as a messy person who leaves clutter all over their bed. At least their phone screen makes up for the lack of detail, eh? 😋

Halloween Free Space

For my Halloween free space I went for sketching my favorite Housamo characters in various Halloween outfits! Arc's vampire outfit is taken from Halloween Azathoth's art, Melusine is dressed up as a flustered succubus, and Q'ursha... I, uh, couldn't think of anything so I made him wear a mariachi and a burrito costume. 😂🌯

And that wraps up my entries for the Housamotober 2023 art challenge! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to end on time this year and missed the deadline by a day. But it's alright; it's much better than some years of art challenges, at least. 😌 I'm just glad to have managed to finish all my entries this year, though things transpiring IRL have kind of kept me from uploading all of these immediately.

Now that Housamotober is out of the way, I thought of taking a temporary reprieve from making art, but I decided it's best not to. I know I'm only going to end up losing my art groove if I do... And that's the last thing I need right now.

That said, expect more art from me in the coming weeks, and I'll try to dish out as much as I can before the end of the year! 🥳

White Camouflager

The Camouflagers are my favorite Mob units in Housamo. I think they're pretty cute, and they're really powerful as regular Mob units compared to most others. My favorite amongst them would be the white one. He's got that gruff look that I like about him... 🤭

Witch of Orleans

Day 29 was Exception day, and I had long since decided who would be taking this spot. Ra Mu was a cool exception, but Jeanne can't be beat.

Arc (Arcueid)

It wasn't too long ago that I learned of another VN game alled Tsukihime. It's one of those old cult classics, and I had heard of it from time to time but I was never truly interested in it. That is, until I saw a post talking about how similar in appearance Arc was to Arcueid, one of the main characters from said cult classic.

And, well, the resemblance is almost too unreal: blonde hair, red eyes, fierce fighters... Just, their personalities are completely different from one another. I'd say Arcueid is a bit more innocent and klutzy to some extent. Nonetheless, the both of them are really cute, and it was a no-brainer to just have Arc cosplay as Arcueid for Day 28.

Melusine (Christmas)

Melusine deserved that spotlight she had back in Ikebukuro Christmas. God, what I'd do to see more events with her in them. 🙏

Now, if Lifewonders would give her Christmas variant the skill evolution it so desperately needs...

Arc (Summer)

Why would I not feature my favorite enby for swimsuit day? 🥰 Though, I won't lie; I only remembered I planned on doing Melusine for this day until after the fact... 😅

Ziz

Thank Lifewonders for their Sunshine Christmas re-run, because without it, I would have never realized just how much I truly appreciate Ziz's existence. Her special quest was just... 😩👌

Vow of Binding

I'd say AR day was when I felt extra flustered and panicky about getting through my Housamotober entries ASAP. All the other ARs felt like a pain to do quick reinditions of, so I went for my favorite Vow AR to just get it all over and done with.

Arc (Valentine's)

Day 23 was Event day. I was also starting to rush through my backlog for Housamotober around this time, so I just went for a quick sketch of Arc confessing to the MC at the Shinjuku Academy rooftop during Valentine Fantasy.

Tadatomo

Day 22 was Hakkenshi day. And, well. Tadatomo is honestly the only one that genuinely interests me among the Hakkenshi. I'm quite a sucker for the loyal types, you see.

There's Masanori as well, I think he's a bit cute, but his actions in the Main Quest leave me feeling rather... Iffy.

Astaroth

There are a lot of unaffiliated characters in Housamo, and quite a few of them I like... But I decided to go for Astaroth since he's up there amongst my unaffiliated favorites.

Looking at this now it's bordering a bit on uncanny valley...

Beowulf

I remember the pain of trying to pull for Beowulf back in Chapter 14's main banner... But he never came home. Thankfully, that all changed during the F-Kare 2 banner. 😌

At some point, I'm definitely going to have to make some fan art of him, in full color and rendered. Just... Not right now. 😅

Q'ursha

There's been a running gag going along in r/Housamo's Discord server where Q'ursha is fond of snacking on burritos after a related doodle I made of him doing just that. Honestly, ever since then I make a reference to just that whenever I make content of him. 🌯 It's canon; at least, in my headcanon AU, it is. 😋

Enigma

Oh, I particularly enjoyed sketching Enigma for Day 18. There is not enough art of this reverse digital Beartic out there, and I was more than willing to provide the necessary crumbs for the cause. 😌

Taishakuten

Personally, I'm very highly uninterested in the Gurus. No one in particular has really gotten my attention, other than Taishakuten, I suppose. But even then, I don't really find anyone in the guild all too interesting to me.

Loki

Ah, Loki. Back in Chapter 14's main quest banner, you were truly desperate to assert your existence in my pulls in my search for Beowulf... So much so that your Sacred Artifact reached a whopping level 61. Dear god. I'm just grateful that your kit is actually rather powerful.

Oz

Day 15 had Rule Makers for its theme... And I hate that guild with a passion. Though for the sake of getting an entry in, I went with the only character from that guild that hasn't pissed me off. Genuinely hoping Oz and Zo will be allies when Chapter 15 drops.

Wakan Tanka ∞

Wakan Tanka ∞ was one of those units I didn't really like until much later. I remember his banner coming out the first time in late 2022, and I got his 5* when I did a multi-pull. I just thought, Oh hey, this is pretty sweet. I didn't really get into the game until a few months after that, and when I played through the re-release of Chapter 13, I just had a newfound appreciation for him. I definitely prefer him over the regular Wakan Tanka.

Hombre Tigre

Okay, so due to a lot of things transpiring IRL, mainly related to my move to Canada, I haven't really been able to post the rest of my Housamotober entries... So y'all can expect them to drop in en masse at this point 😅

So anyway, this is my entry for day 13. Hombre Tigre was one of my first units in the game, and I'm very happy for how his Virtual Summer Memories special quest turned out. My favorite out of all five from that set, if I have to be perfectly honest. 🥰

Kurogane

I remember when the first GoGo! Island Adventure event quest came out in English and Kurogane was one of the featured characters on the banner. I actually felt rather attracted to him, though that attraction was admittedly rather short-lived. Still, he's the only character amongst the Crafters that interested me, so I figured may as well.