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A friend requested Dream Trio Polycule. I know extremely little about kingdom hearts
EVERYONE SHUT UP
.... he's locked in
Me while while writing a soriku KH continuation with their daughter as the PC for fun in my head.
RIKU + TAN SORA= *slightly lighter * KIDAGAKASH FROM ATLANTIS 🤯!
Soriku Headcanon:
Riku only had long hair because he was too depressed to cut it for two years. He wasn't trying to look cool. He just didn't care about his appearance. He only cleans up after DDD because Mickey and Yen Sid pull him aside and say he has to represent as a keyblade master. And because Soras finally in a good place.
Wh-What if Riku challenged Sora to a grip contest but the grip contest was handholding and they both refused to let go and ended up holding hands for a week straight before someone had to separate them because it was getting unhygienic 👉👈
Mickey: "But Aqua... she's like Sora"
Riku, panicking: "Whaaaat?!"
Mickey: "No, no, no, strong like Sora"
Hahaha, the face of Riku was hilarious xd
AAHHH MY TWO FAVES!!!
reupload of an old comic
“why are you LIKE this??”
i discovered kingdom hearts (2002) at the age of eleven and immediately clung to riku as my favorite character. that’s why.
I now have an exact stock for how many double-sided Soriku prints will be available for sale in late May!
There will be 14 prints for sale total. There are perfectly seven of each variant:
2-layer (red label) will be sold for $17
3-layer (teal label) will be sold for $16
The distinction between 2-layer and 3-layer is barely noticeable. The values on Sora and Riku just differ slightly.
Follow the #soriku risograph tag for updates ^-^
Soriku double-sided risograph prints!!!
Happy 23rd anniversary KH!
This is a print run of 50~ I will be losing some to the critique in my risography class.
I’m open to sales if prints are remaining after class exchanges! Shipping would have to wait until at least my graduation in May
Information
paper: cotton candy pop-tone
dimensions: 11 x 17 in
inks: risofederal blue x red (front), violet x orange (back)
approx 10 editions are also printed with an extra layer of green on the front, which functionally adds black to Sora and Riku
print job handled personally via university riso machines
This OOAK on scrap paper is my personal favorite. Still deciding what I will do with it
Also, special shoutout to the amazing CanaryWitch @starhoodies, whose Soriku zine gave me an excuse to draw these fluffy boys for class!
Riku is so cool.
One of these days I'll make a proper soriku VN
If Riku's canonically a Dream Eater, then it stands to reason he'd look like one in Monstropolis yeah?? (monster-Sora already looks like a Chirithy, notice)
Anyways some design notes
He's the same (or adjacent) species as Dean Hardscrabble from Monsters University-- though not a centipede taur for Reasons
(SquareEnix probably prefers consistent proportions across world specific models to make rigging easier, and therefore would not design him Like That)
His wings and elytra are at his waist since from my observation, they like to put things at waist length in Riku's designs. When folded flat against the thigh it looks like pockets.
He would use the lower wings mainly for gliding, to generate extra lift (given the length of his tail)
I'm debating moving the position of the Spirit sigil to his back, between his wings-- 1) that is consistent with its placement in DDD, plus 2) his wings would also contextualize it like a Nightmare
Although were worlds apart, our hearts will always be connected.
I was still awake and drawing Kingdom Hearts in the middle of a torrential thunderstorm/tornado warning at 6 am
(EDIT: drew Xion and Vanitas here in the same style)
I wanted to try tackling the differences between the Sora lookalikes. Riku is also there as his emotional support boyfriend.
Sora has a crooked smile because I say so
Roxas is Sora’s edgy doppelgänger but also looks exactly like Ventus, a completely different person who is like. Bluetooth connected to Sora’s heart /j
I headcanon Roxas has frosted tips while Ventus is pure blond, and Roxas inherited Sora's imperfect teeth but has a shyer smile
Sometimes I think about the scene from Cinderella 3 were Anastasia reunited Cinderella and the prince and compare it to the scene from KH2 were Kairi reunions Sora and Riku.
I'm crying
I'm pretty sure I saw someone else do this with Riku on Instagram but I wanted to do my own version with the edition of Sora. Cause why not I guess.
big fan of dream eater riku having the komory bat aesthetic
i'm also very proud of the backgrounds in these
wip! old sketch from my sketchbook (actually hajimebook) comes to life!!
this thingy was inspired by kingdom hearts
it makes me think of Riku...
"damn b✨tch you coloring like this?"
Some cute Dresses I thought would look cute on Xion and Namine!
and I was right! more of this coming soon! also I ship XionXRiku and NamineXRoxas just to make it clear XD