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Why didn't we think of this before?
I’m satisfied!
You know, if Sakurai and Co. legit didn't see Bandanna Dee's rise in popularity, i really could see him being an echo fighter of... any of the Kirby characters really!
Y'all ever just izgsifisgkysgwmtsjsk
Some Kirby Gijinkas I drew for an application
Drew up some quick resources I can use for prototyping The Crazy Idea (aka, Dess makes a friendship-themed Kirby visual novel) to see if the systems I want (morning/noon/night, days of the week, friend levels, picnics, gift-giving) are going to be doable for me or not.
Also, coming up with expressions was a fun challenge! (Which is good if I'll be doing this x40 later on...)
I love them.... All of them......
(I hit the image limit :( I have more waddles I love :( this is unfair)
Sailor kirby and sailor bandana dee VS lady kracko
A friend of mine design some sailor moon kirby gijinkas a while ago with a dress-up game. I thought her kracko design was so good I decided to turn it into a proper drawing ! I don't often do digital drawing, but i liked to play with lightning effects in this one !
Kirby and the Purple Butterfly Chapter 2
It had been a few days since Rifty arrived in Dream Land on that fateful night, snow had coated the planet of Pop Star like a nice soft and delicious layer of frosting on a cake. It was very chilly that day, but of course, nothing can stop Kirby. He was getting Rifty ready for the day by bundling them up in a nice and fluffy winter coat with fur along its edges and some cute looking earmuffs. Rifty was quite startled by this, as they hadn’t realized what was happening until Kirby started preparing them!
“Ehhhh??? Kirby what are you doing?” they asked while squirming around, attempting to get out of the fluffy yet restrictive coat.
“Hold still!” shouted Kirby. “It is very cold out today! And I wouldn’t want you catching a fever out there!”
Rifty was confused by this. “But why would I need to wear all of this? Is something happening today?” they asked curiously.
Kirby nodded with excitement. “Yes! Today I will be taking you to see my best friends! I think you would love to meet them!” he explained.
This news had startled Rifty a little. “T-Today?! Are you sure? I don’t know if I’m ready to meet them yet!” they exclaimed with worry.
“I’m sure you will be fine, my friends are quite nice! I’m sure they would be excited to meet you!” Kirby said with reassurance as he wrapped his scarf around himself, to which Rifty was a little humored by. Kirby made them wear all of this getup yet he only wore a scarf!
The little purple puffball laughed a little to herself. “Ok, but are you sure I have to wear all of this on the way there? I think I’ll be okay on my own.”
“I just don’t want you to freeze out there!” Kirby explained. “You looked like you were about to when I found you out there in the snow!”
“Ok, I think I see your point. If you need me to wear this, then I will happily do it for you!” Rifty responded with a cheery smile on their face. Kirby happily returned the favor with their own smile as they continued to bundle up their friend before setting off to Castle Dedede.
Kirby quickly took Rifty across almost all of Dream Land to get to Castle Dedede, which is located somewhere near one of Pop Star’s mountain ranges.
Rifty was a little worried about where they were going, feeling intimidated by the tall castle. “Uhh, Kirby, where exactly are you taking me to see your friends?” they asked nervously.
”Oh, I’m taking you to Castle Dedede to meet the king of Dream Land!” Kirby explained casually. Rifty then quickly skidded to a halt. “Eh!? The king of Dream Land? Meeting me?! B-but, I…” Rifty was quite startled by this, they had only been in Dream Land for a few days and they were about to meet the king! What an honor that was!
“Of course!” Kirby replied. “King Dedede has been my friend for years! I’m sure he’ll be glad to meet you!”
”Ooh, I better make a good first impression.” Rifty said nervously to themselves.
Kirby and Rifty entered the big castle, being greeted by some Waddle Dees, who helped Kirby and Rifty take off their winter clothing to put somewhere safe. Some of the Waddle Dees looked at Rifty with curiosity. It’s not often that another one of Kirby’s species comes to visit.
The Waddle Dees led Kirby and Rifty over to the throne room, to which they saw Dedede sitting in his throne. Luckily, he was not surrounded by papers like he was a few days ago. Today, he was happily sitting in his chair reading a book about what it takes to be a good and noble king.
“Rifty quick! Hide behind me!” Kirby whispered with a mischievous plan in mind.
“O-okay.” Rifty said as they quietly shuffled behind Kirby.
Dedede looked up from his book.
“Kirby! What brings you here today? Are you still gonna be doing that picnic?” asked the great king.
“Even better! I have something special to show you!” exclaimed Kirby. “Look!” He went off to the side to present Rifty to Dedede.
“GAH! TWO KIRBIES?! Did you just multiply?!”
Dedede was shocked! Just before him were now two little puffballs! As much as he loved Kirby, there was no way that he would be able to handle two of them now!
“Eek!” Rifty quickly hopped back to behind Kirby, startled by Dedede’s surprised reaction.
“Dedede! Don’t be scared! This is my new friend Rifty! I met him a few days ago and wanted them to meet you!”
Kirby then looked behind them to see Rifty shivering and quaking in their figurative boots.
Dedede opened his eyes again, getting a much better look at Rifty. He hopped out of his throne and walked over to the two of them.
“Y-Your majesty! M-my name is Rifty! I’m very fortunate to meet you!” Rifty said while bowing and saluting King Dedede in a quick sweat.
Dedede then shot his signature grin at Rifty, his ego inflating quite a bit.
“Heh heh heh! Get a load of this little dude!” He roared as he graciously shook Rifty’s hand with his big mitten hands. “The name’s Dedede, the name you should know! It’s a pleasure meetin’ ya Rifty!” Dedede gave Rifty a nice couple of pats on the head, he found the little one quite endearing. “C’mon Kirby why can’t you be as respectful to your king as ol’ Rifty is ‘ere?” teased Dedede. “Your little friend is such a cutie he is!”
Rifty was quite surprised by this sudden approval, to think the king of the land was able to warm up to them so easily! They were almost as pink as Kirby was in the moment, giggling to themselves.
Kirby just shook his head, of course Dedede would like Rifty, especially if Rifty treated him with such a level of respect.
Later on, Kirby was leading Rifty over to the Halberd.
Rifty was so energetic! “I can’t believe I got to meet and befriend the king! He was so nice to me!” they exclaimed cheerfully as they leaped up and down behind Kirby.
Kirby was very happy that Dedede was able to get along with Rifty so well, but he was very curious to see how Meta Knight and Rifty would get along.
“Where are we going next, Kirby?”
“We’re about to meet Sir Meta Knight! He’s one of Dedede’s most trusted companions and another one of my close friends!”
‘Wow! Kirby is friends with a lot of important people!’ Rifty thought to themselves as Kirby brought them to the entrance of the Halberd’s Hangar.
Meta Knight was overseeing the maintenance of his ship, it was imperative that it was checked over before the extremely chilling winter days came forth to ensure excellent performance.
“Hiya Meta Knight!” Kirby yelled.
Meta Knight swooped down from his perch using his bat wings to meet up with Kirby.
“Greetings Kirby, did you need me for something?”
“Yes! I wanted you to meet a new friend I made recently!”
“Oh, a new friend?”
“Yup! I want you to meet Rifty!”
Kirby moved over to the side again to present Rifty to Meta Knight.
“Hi!” said Rifty, who seemed to be very intrigued by Meta Knight.
“Eh!? Two Kirbies?! I can’t handle that many!”
Meta Knight was even more surprised than Dedede at the sight of Rifty! He had many questions to ask, was this what became of the star he had seen a few nights ago?
‘Do Kirby and I really look that similar?’ Rifty asked themselves.
Meta Knight landed onto the floor and wrapped his cape around himself, observing the astral before him very carefully.
“Hmm, interesting…very interesting, where did you come from, young one?”
“I don’t know really, I just know that Kirby said he found me lying down in a snowy flower field and brought me to his home, I can’t really remember anything else.”
“I see, very interesting indeed.”
“Meta Knight, what are you doing?” asked a puzzled Kirby.
“Observing, it is not often another one of our kind is present, I must take this opportunity by the reigns! Now, may I ask you a question, young one?”
“Uh, yes, sir?”
“What do you know about the art of the blade?”
“Meta Knight! You can’t just ask people if they know how to use a sword!” Kirby shouted.
“Why not? I am simply just curious. Besides, you know how to wield a blade quite well yourself do you not?”
“But that’s only if I have a copy ability!”
“Well then let’s see how Rifty can handle one!” Meta Knight says as he tosses a wooden sword to Rifty.
“Gah!” Rifty stuttered as they stumbled to catch the blade.
“Now, wail onto this target!” Meta Knight exclaimed as he pulled over a sandbag dummy of a Waddle Dee.
Rifty swiped wildly at the sandbag in front of them, leaving a couple of scratches in the dummy.
”Very fascinating,” inquired Meta Knight, before setting up three more sandbags around Rifty.
Rifty proved to be able to handle a blade pretty well for his first try, being capable of dealing with what Meta Knight put in front of them.
“Bravo bravo!” Meta Knight cheered with applause. “I see you are very capable of handling a blade, young squire.”
“Y-yes! I did my best!” Rifty said as they raised the wooden sword into the air triumphantly.
After finishing their conversation with Meta Knight, Kirby and Rifty were heading through the castle halls on their way home. On the way, they ended up bumping into Bandana Waddle Dee and Sailor Waddle Dee, one of Meta Knight’s crew members.
“Oof! Sorry Kirby!” said Bandana Dee. “We were just on our way to get more apple juice for the stand!”
“I guess we didn’t see where we were going!” remarked Sailor Dee nervously.
Kirby then quickly whispered something to Rifty.
“What have you been up to, Kirby?”
“Oh nothing much! Just showing a new friend around!”
Kirby and Rifty then stood next to each other, mimicking the other’s pose!
“Woah! Two Kirbies?! Am I seeing double?”
“Eek! Did he just multiply?”
Kirby laughed. “We got you guys! This is my new friend Rifty! I’ve been showing him around the castle today. Rifty, this is Bandana Waddle Dee and Sailor Waddle Dee!”
“Hiii! It’s very nice to meet you two!”
The two Waddle Dees greeted Rifty.
“Would you like some apple juice?” asked Bandana Waddle Dee. “It’s freshly made!” He offered a pouch to Kirby and Rifty.
“Ooh yes!” Kirby replied with excitement!
Kirby and Rifty were now out of the castle, on their way home.
“So? What did you think?” Kirby asked.
“Huh? Think about what?”
“My friends! Did you enjoy meeting them?”
Rifty took a moment to collect their thoughts.
“Yes, your friends are very nice. I liked meeting the king the most. The Waddle Dees were nice too, but I don’t know how to feel about the knight, why did he want me to use a sword?”
“That’s just how Meta Knight behaves when meeting new people, he loves to test people’s skills! That’s how we met after all!”
“Oh? How did you meet all of your friends?”
“Well, it all started one day during a spring breeze…”
As Kirby began to recall all of their various adventures, Rifty listened with interest as the two walked home while the sun began to set.
‘I think I’m gonna like it here.’ Rifty thought to themselves.
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...Did everyone Read The Announcement Post Very Carefully?
That's right. Kirby of the Stars: The Magic Crystal and The Mysterious Maze was my "A.P.R.I.L. F.O.O.L.S" joke! Sorry! XD
It started at the end of January when I remembered that I'd made a joke grouping of the four Dream Friends that get consistently left out of the novels: Marx, Adeleine, Ribbon, and Dark Meta Knight. I wanted to do something special for them and, partly inspired by Jojo's roleswap cover emulating the FL novels, I thought to make a fake novel cover just for MY forgotten favorites! Gryll and the Fairy Queen are a bonus, because if I was doing this, I would go all out!
I took a huge amount of reference photos, both from the novels and from Tau and Poto's "Find Kirby" books (the only place they've ever drawn Gryll! The Fairy Queen I referenced from Wave 2's ending picture in Star Allies - that's why her crown looks slightly different. Speaking of, Ripple Star Castle (?) is WEIRD looking, y'all!)
At ~40 hours~ of sketching, drawing, painting, refining, trying to get those distinctive Kirby novel touches right (don't get me started on emulating the cover's texture. I was a dumb bunny and remade it by HAND out of a clean scrap about the size of Kirby's body!) this was an immense challenge and the most time I’ve ever put into any illustration, but it was also a huge labor of love for Kirby and its cast!
For what it's worth, I actually did come up with a full on "plot" for this fake novel of mine! (And yes, it was a big stretch to combine Kirby 64 with Amazing Mirror, Milky Way Wishes, and Star Stacker!!)
Here is the "chapter list" (in English and Japanese!)
1 / "Marx the Magician Comes to Town!" 魔法使いマルクがやってきたのサ！
2 / "Into The Mysterious Mirror Maze" いざ！不思議なミラー迷宮へ
3/ "Ribbon The Fairy and The Missing Crystal" 妖精リボンちゃんと失われたクリスタル
4 / "Moving Reflections?! The Maze's Secret!" 動く反映？！迷宮の秘密！
5 / "Adeleine and The Path Leading Out" アドレーヌと出口への道
6 / "Oh No! The Jumbled Dimensions!" 大変！バラバラの次元回路！
7 / "Marx's Mocking Laughter?!" マルクの嘲笑？！
8 / "Catch That Clown!" あの道化師を捕まえろ！
9 / "A Day Packed Full of Delights" 楽しい満喫な一日
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In the "backstory" Marx attempted to steal/use the large Crystal from Ripple Star ("It's just a prank, bro!") but something happened (maybe the Queen did something) and the Crystal split into shards.
So Marx makes up a fake show and comes to Popstar to dupe all the simpletons there (his words, not mine) to do the bothersome task of gathering all the shards for him to fix the crystal while he sits back and waits, disguising this arduous task as a "fun game."
Kirby and the rest fall for it and start to do Marx's dirty work, going into the mirror maze (related to the Mirror World?) But there, Kirby meets the hardworking fairy, Ribbon, who is working all on her own to try and get the crystals back before Marx can. (Or, if Marx duped the folks of Ripple Star that he'd fix his own mess, he then trapped Ribbon in the maze once they were out of sight!) But so far, she has failed to convince any of his "guests" that she is anything other than a clever attraction. Kirby believes her though and offers his help!
I hadn't fully figured out how the mirror worlders were connected, but I thought it might have been possible they were working with Ripple Star/the good guys (but seemed to be "bad" because they were "scaring" the carnival attendees) or maybe, DMK and Shadow Kirby (who I was originally going to put in the cover as well but it got too crowded for him) were there as guardians to warn everyone to stop messing around with powers they don't understand.
Bandee spends most of his time in the novel outside the maze (to skirt any questions of a mirror Bandanna Waddle Dee) waiting for everyone alongside Marx, where he will eventually figure the jester's game and goes into the maze to warn Kirby and friends. Just as the group seems lost, they will encounter Adeleine, who will be all big sister like and help guide the kids to the exit (using the never fail maze escape strategy of "keep your hand on the right-hand wall")
However, just as things seem to be going well, Marx has used what pieces of the crystal the Popstarians have collected for him to pull his prank, and the gang find themselves lost not in the maze, but in a cartoonish jumble of dimensions!! (Picture each door you go through, whether it's to the kitchen or the castle, leading you to an entirely different planet!) It's amidst this wacky dimensional comedy, trying to grab Marx to get him to Cut! It! Out! that they meet Gryll, who knows Marx well and gives the gang a tip to lure him out (probably involving them all NOT panicking and instead sitting down amidst the chaos and enjoying a simple Adeleine-sponsored picnic, pretending like they're having a great time without him.)
They defeat Marx once he shows up to confront them, complaining they aren't "playing along right" and Gryll takes the battered, bruised jester back for "remedial magic training" or something equally embarrassing for Marx. Back home at last, they find it's sunset now and Marx's One Day Carnival (now being run by the Waddle Dees, who just can't help from helping out) is coming to an end!
However, Kirby, Bandee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede invite Ribbon (and Adeleine and the Mirror Worlders) to enjoy the last hours of the carnival with them before bidding everyone goodbye.
They promise to remain friends, however!
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Speaking of friends...
I'm taking a long break from fandom to tackle some new things and take on a new direction in my life. As such, I have taken down all my old work from this blog to get some much needed emotional distance from certain things. That said, I don't require anyone who reblogged any of it in the past to delete those reblogs, nor do you have to cease sharing/distributing things of mine. Just know that if you ask questions, I probably won't be here to answer them.
My love for Kirby and its cast will continue, despite this change. And I do hope the fandom will continue to bloom in my absence.
To everyone who left me such beautiful messages on my previous post, thank you so, so much. I won't forget you all. I hope if our paths cross again, it will be as friends once more. And if not...rest assured that you will forever be a part of my precious memories.
!!NEW KIRBY NOVEL ALERT!!
Am I dreaming?!?
Pinch me if so, because this is...it's-...! IT'S...!!
RRGGGGHHH!! :sobbing clawing screaming:
I...phew... I gotta rein my enthusiasm in for a sec!! (Ahhhhhhhhh!) T-The title is (roughly) "Kirby of the Stars: The Magic Crystal and The Mystery of the Mirror Maze!" To be honest, I'm getting flashbacks to that other maze-themed novel with them cramming in a bunch of unrelated plots and characters except...EXCEPT-...!!
LOOK AT THEMMMM! It's almost everyone who was missing till now?! (At least among the Dream Friends) plus Gryll (!?!) plus the Fairy Queen?!?! (Name drop? Name drop at last?!?) Also EVERYONE IS SOOO CUTE!! (Except Marx, lol but I don't even mind! The fact that he seems to be the antagonist of this piece means we'll probably get more pictures of him anyway! :fingers crossed:)
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Finally...! My beloved Salty French Bread getting the spotlight! And to think, I was just telling myself earlier this year that I need to draw something BIG for them for their anniversary as well! >w<
Oh, right! ^^; The summary! Not every character or plot point is mentioned, so I don't know what the explanation is for Dark Meta Knight or if he'll be an illusion (which would be sad...) nor why they're doing Crystal Shards (??) plot with Marx (except they already used Nova in Dreamy Gear...) but even if everyone only makes cameo appearances it could still be the Best Novel Ever?! Anyway--!
One snooze-filled morning in Dream Land, the magician, Marx arrives, inviting everyone to attend his special one-day only traveling carnival! There's food, fun, and games to be had. Best of all, it's free to everyone?! An excited Kirby and King Dedede race each other to see who can pack in the most attractions in before sunset! The biggest challenge? A gigantic maze made of mirrors!
Locate one of the crystals hidden deep in the maze and make your way out to win. But not only is the maze filled with strange, scary reflections that chase you on their own, some say they've seen what look like distant worlds in the mirrors as well?!
Stranger still, Kirby encounters a young fairy girl while wandering the maze who says these crystals are vital to her planet! Is there more to this tricky carnival game than meets the eye?!
It depends on the child, not the dad. I hope people like this lol ;-; Here is an extra since Dedede would also do this with Kirby
Todo este delirio por kirby me lo provoco este juego todo hermoso, gracias♡
Jugando en la nieve❄️☃️!
kirbtober - day 11
💫Oc or Fav. Character
The prettiest little thing in Dreamland🧡✨
Kirbtober - day✌️
💫Revenge!!
The boy!!
Trying out a new style, let me know if you guys like it!