Love the detail on the Afghan one.

I'm now drawing a Japanese Shrine

Nice proportion and coloration on both.

I like the colors on that one

continuing my japanese shrine art

All of the art here that you made looks really good! I'm assuming that the first picture is the emblem for Israel?

It's Afghanistan

Display of Affection: Grooming

I think it's been two years, but this is the first time I actually showed their relationship. This was really hard to get, though. Very rarely drew two characters together with different heights, and just as rarely with this much contact. Also the first time I actually showed off the fact that Macabre has prehensile ribs. Original sketch took a LOT of fixing.

Anyway, I'm hoping to make this a sort of "series" showing some of their interactions.

Very cute

I forgot that the two of them were animals for a moment and was wondering why they he was licking her.

Huh. Maybe I've managed to "humanize" them well enough?

Well, thanks, y'all.

Charming pair, D.

so am i the only one who considers those extend-o-ribs nightmare fuel?

Oh, trust me, I'm well aware of that view.
Another design idea I had for those was that they'd be segmented when grown.

D-Rock. Giving well-adjusted people nightmares since 2019. XD

Mirage is the friskier of the two.

So she is nibbling his shoulder and getting him all embarrassed?

One of the ways she flirts with him.

Teasing, indeed I like it uwu

Am I the only one who wonders what he tastes like?

...probably.

from his coloring probably butterscotch.

Interesting choice.

But should be noted, Macabre is safe.

Of course he is. I never had Mirage down as a carnivore.

She's omnivorous.

But I doubt no matter how angry she gets at him, she would eat her boyfriend.

Yup, she has rules regarding her hunts that she strictly holds to. She'd never do that.

Though it makes for a really good threat to those that don't know these rules.

I'll just make a note not to **** her off then.

Display of Affection - Music


Every now and again Macabre knows how to set the mood.

Surprised Mirage can be able to control herself with a heartthrob boyfriend who has a multitude of different talents.

Display of Affection - Hugs

One of these days I'll get Mirage's hair right.
And yeah, Mirage can retract her spikes. Much to Macabre's relief.

You know, Chaoko based Mirage's initial hairstyle on Super Saiyan, with her Celestial hair style being based on Super Saiyan 3. You'd think I'd have studied that by now.

Glad to see that even in the moments of passion, Macabre still is worried about being impaled with very painful wounds.

Well, it's not like it would be the first time that he got stabbed by Mirage when she gave him a hug like that.

Spikes - they bind tight.

Yup.

Frankly surprised that no one's brought up the fact that Macabre has purple blood.

I thought that the bubble above his head was supposed to be cartoonish which is why I didn't question it. He does look like some weird stuffed animal in the thought bubble.

"Cartoonish" was indeed what I was aiming for. I initially thought about editing in a doll I drew for Tails of Babylon, but decided to make it look rough.

As for the blood thing, decided to do that based on Chaoko's own works. One of his projects has characters that now have blue blood, as for some reason you can get away with showing more if it isn't a human color in media (Japanese Mortal Kombat 2 gave everyone green blood, and Shadow the Hedgehog lowered their rating by doing the same to the alien enemies). Then I remembered that in Greek mythology, the gods had golden blood. Decided that the Celestials would have golden blood, and after some thought, decided that Infernals would have purple blood.

I'm now wondering how many times that Macabre has been injured in general before. Not just by his girlfriend but by anything. I would imagine he is hard to make bleed.

Only in tournaments, which he doesn't enter often. Going with the idea that in tournaments, they're all "limited" in their power, so as to even the playing field. He's usually there as support for Mirage.

Well, got a new one.

Display of Affection - The Proposal

"I would be honored to walk through Eternity by your side."


This idea has been in my head pretty much since the two were paired up. Really didn't get the look I wanted, though, working with limited references. Also had issues with, well, getting the linework in the wrong layers. Frankly, didn't feel up to putting much time into this for some reason.

Fun fact, if Fighters of Babylon hadn't been cancelled, I would have asked if this would have been put in as a bonus ending for completing everyone's story.

After the battle, Mirage and Macabre would be at their favorite hang-out spot, simply talking about what they had just gone through. After a bit, the two of them would try to surprise the other with a proposal. Only for the scene to get somewhat awkward when they realize that they're both doing the same thing. Mirage would start stammering, trying and kinda failing to save face, only for Macabre to reset the mood by accepting.