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Richard Jao
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Freelance Artist | Storyboards | Character Design | Forever a giant nerd
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Heeey, Artist! Quote with your strong woman art! 💪
Character sheet for an OC named Vanka, a muscular woman with fluffy blonde hair. She wears mortorcycle jeans, dark brown boots, fingerless gloves, and a black leather jacket. She wears an athletic black bra underneath her jacket, which emphasizes her muscular arms and toned abs when she's not wearing said jacket. She's a character for a possible future project? Time will tell...
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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If you want to give her a shot, here's my OC Itami Saitou. Hope this is enough info to work with.
August 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I've drawn a couple of characters that I'm proud of! Here's a sample of them from L to R:

Gal with the pink hair: Itami Saitou
Monkey and his pals: The Westside Chinatown Crew
Ramen Rider
Leopard print lady: Gina Gianelli, future student of an older Saitou.

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Itami Saitou, a young Japanese girl with pink hair. She's a martial artist wearing a short red dress and always prioritizes looking cute while kicking butt. The Westside Chinatown Crew, a gang of five wannabe gangsters based off the main characters from Journey to the West. From left to right you have Monkey Boy (the humanoid monkey and face of the crew), Hoggins (big pig guy who's the ultimate gym bro), Sandy (river demon/fishy gal who likes fishnets) , Trippy T (aspiring rapper who's always carrying a mic), and Chuck (horse guy who's usually their getaway car). Ramen Rider! A ramen based tokusatsu hero that's a soupy based homage to Kamen Rider. Here he has 4 forms as is standard for Heisei/Reiwa era Riders: Shoyu form (base form with a soy sauce theme), Shio form (speedy form based off a salt broth), miso form (high attack form based off miso flavor), and tonkotsu form (high defense form that's based off pork bone broth). The young lady in the leopard print jacket is Gina Gianelli, a spoiled rich girl who's been roped into learning martial arts from the older, pink haired woman on the right: Itami Saitou (Yes, my first character but much older!). Imagine Karate Kid but the student was a spoiled fashionista who insists on wearing impractically expensive outfits even when kung fu fighting, and you more or less understand who Gina is.
July 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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So I don’t post a whole lot, but today I felt is worth a post because I had a unique local theater experience: I watched Porco Rosso for the first time in a theater full of kids and family.
March 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Shouldn't even be a question around here.
A poster that reads "Repost this if Trans people are welcome and safe with you". The left corner has a blue, pink, and white banner that symbolizes trans representation, and there are five figures on the bottom who all have some form of the trans flag on their person.
January 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Oh hey, new place! Been lurking for a while but now I feel like I should let everybody know I'm here.

I'll just share some fanart I've done a while back. Love Dimension 20.

#dimension20 #fantasyhigh #dropout #dnd
Adaine Abernant from Dimension 20's Fantasy High. Here she's got her signature giant crystal ball and is drawing an arcane symbol. Wizard stuff, am I right?
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM