Rocket Punching His Way Into Your Heart!
Wazzup?
Anonymous

Nothin’ much! 

What's Nurse Ai's backstory? I've always had a sort of transformative headcanon for her - where she used to be a smaller human nurse until she somehow got turned into the big rubbery anthro she is today - but I wondered if her actual canon was in fact something different...
Anonymous

Originally, she was just an assistant made with the purpose to be destressing presence. Canonically, her round shape was created to be charming and disarming so that people could feel at ease. So, to answer your question, she was a pool toy since creation. Though nowadays, I’m not sure where to fit her into my universe. She’s just kind of hanging out here and there. 

That said, headcanons are always welcome! 

WTF HAPPENED TO MAKE YOU JOIN THE WORLD OF ART!!!!!?????? SORRY FOR THE INTENSITY!!!!!
Anonymous

IT’S OK NO PROBLEM 

But to answer your question, part of it was chance. I saw the boxart for Chrono Cross at a video game store down in Washington Heighs and recognized it was by “the DBZ guy” (I didn’t know him by name then). I spent a lot of time trying to emulate it, often drawing a character I made up named Hishiro, my very first OC. I don’t have any drawings of him anymore, but here’s a recreation and a remake

I was in 4th grade or so. By the 6th grade though, between exposure to a bunch of anime like DBZ, Gundam, and Yu Yu Hakusho and a classmate bringing in the first US edition of Shounen Jump, I started to consider art more seriously. Fast forward a bunch of How to Draw Manga books and a number of years later, I’m still drawin’! 

Tell us the secret of your amazingness

I’ll let you know once I achieve said amazingness! 

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Temporarily enabled anon asks. So yeah, ask me stuff, I guess! 

I am quickly becoming my friend circle’s gruff dad friend. I didn’t sign up for this. 

I got that cheesecake I promised to myself 

Happy birthday to me. At least, in this timezone. It’s the 27th here! I’m going to buy myself a slice of cheesecake. 

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Originally posted by hetalianobasuke

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You’re a real pal with a great passion for everything retro! I love chatting with you and I’ve known you long enough to know you’re a real sweet heart who cares deeply about those around you!  I’d like to do more voice chats with you in the future, too! By the way, you’re a terrific pixel artist. 

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Where do I start? I’m really glad we met and hit it off pretty well! Our late nights talking about Morenatsu and miscellaneous Gay Anime Furries ™ have been really fun. I’m also glad we branched out from there and how eclectic our conversations are. We run the gamut in our chats, and I’m very grateful for your friendship!