Asked for some yokai fusions on reddit, this is the first batch
L-R: Frostysol, Nonoko, Venyan, Lord Lie-in, Slimatina, Whisbuzz
Some thoughts on these designs under the cut
Yayyyyyy thoughts on these because I like talking, esp about my creative process
Frostysol: I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW I KNOW I FUCKED UP THE KOSODE MASSIVELY, IT DOESN’T HAVE SLEEVES & IT’S TOO BIG….. I literally only had two ideas for this desgin, one was inspired by the yuki onna segment's backgrounds from Kwaidan & the other was inspired by the spirits from Kuro Neko. The eyes in the backgrounds of yuki onna were so striking & I had just watched the movie recently so it was still fresh in my mind. I knew I wanted her to be closer to a real yuki onna rather than just a cute snow girl spirit. And in that regard Kuro Neko helped with that. I guess subconsciously I wanted her to give off vibes of an unsuspecting girl who kills you & turns out to be a yokai. I thought a kosode would make more sense historically than a random cape, but also idk if young girls wore kosode like that or if it was just adult women. Had no ideas how to incorporate pallysol so I just used him for little details. He's more prevalent in the design intentionally than physically
Nonoko: Pretty simple what do I say. Uh I thought I could do a clover for the tail rather than a heart like Bloominoko. Wanted to make him even fatter than he is cuz he's Noko x2, also made his spots clover shaped cuz what's more lucky than a four leafed clover? An eight leafed clover! Or two four leafed clovers..... Also gave him double teeth & some little wing shaped clovers on his head kinda like Dudunsparce. This one didn't have a lot of thought go into it, I just kinda did what felt natural
Venyan: The first thing I thought about was what colour to make the fur & what colour to make the hair. I decided on red hair cuz it would pop more with dark blue fur. Also made his face pattern a part of his hair cuz he doesn’t have enough room on his face for it with Venocts bangs. I wanted him to be kind of a shitty little bastard, a real cat kinda cat. A good mix of their personalities y’know. Didn’t have much going on with this design either other than I didn’t want the scarf to be all bulky with the dragons cuz Jibanyan is very squart, so I moved them to the tails. Also just because that looks cooler. Had a hell of a time drawing them, I have experience drawing dragons but I’ve always been bad at drawing them roaring or snarling, they look okay but not great.
Lord Lie-in: Also had a bit of trouble combining these two, makes sense cuz I put this one off for more than a few weeks. Didn’t wanna give him big spiky saiyan hair so he got some stray hairs in the front. Took his face framing bangs & tied them up cuz I always like that look (They’re two different pieces tied individually then tied together, so there’s two mini ponytails instead of one. Also had to deliberate on the hair colours cuz I knew I wanted him to have white fur. One of my favourites was red hair with light blue ends but I didn’t go with that one cuz his outfit is mostly red. I also DID NOT feel like giving him a whole kimono (mostly for silhouette reasons) so I just gave him Miku-like sleeves. I originally wanted to give him split leg hakama but when looking at reference I remembered “Oh yeah these things have a lot of pleats & the crotch is pretty low so that’s not great for the silhouette I have in mind.” I gave him harem-esque pants & if you look closely at the upper thigh you can see a little slit in the side of them. Underneath his waist plate & top, the pants tie together like hakama do so I guess I got the hakama in a little bit. I didn’t have any room for his arm warmers so I made them into gloves & gave him the kind of socks that I don’t know what they’re called (Catra has them & I think they’re cool). Also gave him tengu cuz they look cooler than whatever Lie-in Heart has going on. Also cuz it makes him more like “Woah what a bold guy/character!!” And don’t ask how the sword fits in that sheath, idk magic or something he’s the king of the yokai he can do whatever he wants
Slimatina (or Frostymander): Again not much going on here it’s pretty simple. Gave the lower body muscles cuz I noticed the lower body of Slimamander kind of looked like a chest & also just cuz that makes it more creepy. I gave the main body/head some hair clips resembling the patterns on the bulbs of the other heads. Also made the openings in the head look more like a woman’s mouth cuz again, makes it creepy, but also I just thought it would fit more with the Frostina part. Also gave the main heads head eyelashes that look like the openings on the other heads. Decided to give her a cape this time cuz I’m not fuckin around with another kosode. I don’t know if it comes off in the piece but I wanted her cape to be flying up like she just summoned a harsh wind. Last thing is I gave her an eye ornament on her obi & a specially tied obijime cuz I saw one tied like that on google & I thought it looked cute
Whisbuzz: YET AGAIN SAY IT WITH ME! NOT! MUCH! GOING! ON!!!!!! Uhh gave him a frown cuz he’s depressed or whatever, made the top of his hood look like Whispers…… ahoge???? Made his wings wispy on the ends. That’s about it. Fun fact before I drew that one I had another one but I scrapped it because it looked too much like a sperm cell :]
Yo-Kai are much more hesitant at making friends and are more troublesome. Here’s how a certain few of our old friends friends change.
Nate: He’s tired all the time. Could care less about what Eddie and Bear think about him, has really, really messy hair. Cares a lot about his Yo-Kai friends, His parents, and Katie, but not much else.
Whisper:Admits when he doesn’t know Yo-Kai, Bought the Yo-Kai watch and Yo-Kai pad moments after being freed (And then returned to Nate). Has a generally Positive outlook on everything and everyone. Is more Patient with Jibanyan.
Jibanyan: More Determined to beat trucks. Has serious trust issues. Only befriends Nate after he saves him from A gang of roughraff attempting to attack him.
Hailey:Still the same geek as ever. Genuinely respects USApyon. Gets bullied for her interests.
USApyon: never goes Invader mode on Hailey. Helps Hailey because she reminds him of the Doctor.
Komasan: Smol boi. Paranoid as all hell. Addicted to Coffee. Still uses the bumpkin accent (he’s Tweek Tweak but Country)
Lord Enma: The Exact same. Struggles with the protests against human and yo-kai friendship.
Arachnus and Toadal Dude: Fighting over much bigger things. They do not show any mercy.
Hovernyan:Constantly trying to force Nathaniel to make the watch. Impatient.
Nathaniel: “Just leave me alone! I’m no hero!” Scared. Moximous Mask Superfan still.
Sgt Burly: A protester who believes Humans are not as bad as The Other Yo-Kai say they are, Leader of the Peacekeeper Blasters.
Katie: Worries about Nate. Is the only reason Nate ever even tries, stands up for Nate against Eddie And Bear, and can secretly see Yo-Kai but chooses not to say anything.
Eddie And Bear: More offensive, act like jerks for no reason, secretly think Nate is way cooler than them.
Tomnyan: Joins Nate immediately, much more trusting than any other Yo-Kai, lives with Nate, Jibanyan, and Whisper.
I just wanna say, this alternate Yo-kai Watch universe only being a short event in Puni sucks so bad
This idea is so gold, especially as a "bad ending" to Yo-kai Watch 1 if McKraken succeeded and years later Assassin Enma transformed into Cross Enma to defeat the now Lord McKraken.