It seems that getting my commissions done has definitely given me a boost in creativity!

For anyone who is familiar with Toriko, many of the powerful bishokuya in the show have and utilize an "intimidation", a spiritual projection of their predatory aura.

I've been brainstorming with Erolunai for a while, and the two of us have been developing some personas for the Toriko universe, just as a fun thing~ For a long time now though, we'd been stumped on the sort of intimidation that his bishokuya would have, because everything that I would come up with didn't quite feel right to his character. But last night, something clicked, and I think we've got it~

We decided on a creature called a "Galaxy Phoenix" to represent his intimidation. A massive creature that holds the utmost respect for the life energy that comes from food, carrying a sort of miniature "galaxy" within themselves, with entities like burning stars and frigid black holes driving its body for an immensely long time, absorbing nutrients and energy. A massive and terrifying being. I feel it works quite well, especially since the theme for his bishokuya's attacks are a combination of hot and cold techniques, which suit the star and void elements of the Galaxy Phoenix~

It was just a fun speedpainting exercise as well~ I don't think any of these pictures took me longer than forty minutes or so? Gotta love my cloudy textured brush in SAI. ♥