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DRAG-onball, Day 5: Lil Devil Janemba

This is DRAG-onball Week, a week of Dragonball characters drawn in drag, or otherwise looking ✨fierce✨.

It’s Day 5, the final day – and who shows up but none other than Janemba.

janemba, the red and purple demon from dragonball z fusion reborn, wears sunglasses and a pink crop top that says "lil Devil" across the tits

Don’t know who he is? Take thee to watch Dragonball Z: Fusion Reborn. It’s 45 minutes of sheer wacky hijinks.

Now, the thing to know about the Dragonball Z movies (before Battle of Gods) is – with only one or two exceptions, they are not canon to the TV series. These older movies were made as promotions to show off the anime to people who had never watched it. So you can watch Fusion Reborn and not worry about spoilers.

Janemba is the main antagonist of this movie. Now, he has two forms, but we don’t talk about the first one. This here is an iteration on his second form.

In the original movie, he looks more like this.

screenshot of dragonball z fusion reborn, showing janemba wielding his demonic sword

But let’s face it, that armor is way too busy. It would distract from the shirt I wanted him to wear.

Also, I just…love drawing Janemba.

Look, he’s nonverbal in the original movie, so I played with his expressions with the idea of treating him less like Perfect Cell and more like a demonic Crash Bandicoot out for mayhem. That’s a big part of why I love drawing him – he’s fun! At least how I do it.

sketches of janemba with various facial expressions

This sticker is coming with me, along with the other DRAG-onball art I’ve been showing for the past week. Tomorrow, July 27, I’m taking these with me to Art Loop Mini Mart in Toledo, OH! They’ll also be available in my Ko-fi shop TODAY. yo.

(If you’re a member on Ko-fi, you’re getting these stickers as part of your rewards.)

and before I go to the Art Loop Mini-Mart, there’s a bonus art piece I want to show off…

Watch out for this hunk of candy!

super buu flexes in a crop top that says "CANDY." He also has on briefs decorated in candy designs

That’s all for now. Thanks for dropping by!

You. Are. Awesome

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DRAG-onball, Day 4: Vogue Star Jeice

This is DRAG-onball Week, a week of Dragonball characters drawn in drag, or otherwise looking ✨fierce✨.

It’s Day 4, the day we strike a pose with all-rounder Ginyu Force star, Jeice.

jeice from dragonball z is striking a somewhat seductive and saucy pose, wearing a glittering leotard and purple lipstick and blush

Let’s face it – Dragonball characters in drag had to include the Ginyu Force at some point. They’re just so over-the-top. They practically vogue on the battlefield, y’all.

Of the Ginyu Force Members, though, Jeice was easiest to begin with. (It’s going to take some more sketching before I feel comfortable sharing the other Ginyu Force Members.)

So…why this outfit?

I’ll be honest, one look at Jeice and I was thinking of Paula Abdul and the 80s pop scene. So, BIG hair, sequined one-piece suits, bold makeup, the works.

I also came across vogueing competition shorts on YouTube, and LOVED some of the outfits they’d wear and the confidence the dancers would exude. I wanted Jeice to channel those vibes in this piece.

This 4-inch by 6-inch miniprint is coming with me, along with the Fabulous Frieza and Android 18 stickers (and more). On Saturday, July 27, I’m taking these with me to Art Loop Mini Mart in Toledo, OH. They’ll also be available in my Ko-fi shop the same day.

(If you’re a member on Ko-fi, you’re getting these stickers as part of your rewards.)

Stick around for tomorrow’s showing – Lil Devil Janemba!

That’s all for now. Thanks for dropping by!

You. Are. Awesome.

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DRAG-onball, Day 3: Princess Trunks

This is DRAG-onball Week, a week of Dragonball characters drawn in drag, or otherwise looking ✨fierce✨.

It’s Day 3, and today, we say, “ALL HAIL PRINCESS TRUNKS.”

Let me be clear: this is not my joke. This is directly from Team Four Star and their Broly Abridged special. They coined it, they get the credit. They even made a T-shirt for it.

BUT…Trunks deserves to be confident as Drag Royalty.

I would go further about the process, but you can actually watch the process! It’s on this archived livestream from May. Skip ahead to 2:49:18 if you just want to watch Princess Trunks.

Now, I drew this a few months ago with the intent of putting it in an art zine. But then I went, “This would look better as a mini-print.”

So that’s what we’re doing with our beloved drag(onball) princess here.

This 4-inch by 6-inch miniprint is coming with me, along with the Fabulous Frieza (and more). On Saturday, July 27, I’m taking these with me to Art Loop Mini Mart in Toledo, OH. They’ll also be available in my Ko-fi shop the same day.

(If you’re a member on Ko-fi, you’re getting these stickers as part of your rewards.)

Stick around for tomorrow’s showing – Vogue Star Jeice!

That’s all for now. Thanks for dropping by!

You. Are. Awesome.

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DRAG-onball, Day 2: Android 18, Drag King

This is DRAG-onball Week, a week of Dragonball characters drawn in drag, or otherwise looking ✨fierce✨.

It’s Day 2, and today is all about Android 18, Drag King.

If you missed yesterday’s post, I mentioned there that this project was inspired after seeing a platform heel shoe and my roommate Alex saying, “What if Krillin wore that?”

But the more I thought about it, the more I went, “Krillin may not do drag…but Android 18 would.”

Now, 18 doing drag is already a challenge, because she has a twin brother. (Her twin Android 17, would have also been tricky.) I had to think of how to have 18 perform over-the-top masculinity without looking like her twin.

So I turned to DuckDuckGo, and up popped: Landon Cider.

(photo credit: ABC news)

(FULL DISCLOSURE: I know nothing of Landon, so don’t come at me).

I loved loved loved how Landon did the gradient facial hair, and I wanted to incorporate that into this piece with Android 18. This look also gave me 1970s roller disco vibes, and I wanted to add that flair to the final art.

I also wanted 18 to have a power pose involving Dragonballs. (Get it?)

However, it took a few tries at the composition to get the look nailed down. You’ll see what I mean in this YouTube short.

But I LOVE how 18 turned out here!

Like Frieza from yesterday, Android 18: Drag-onball King will also be a sticker. On Saturday, July 27, I’m taking them with me to Art Loop Mini Mart in Toledo, OH. They’ll also be available in my Ko-fi shop the same day.

(If you’re a member on Ko-fi, you’re getting these stickers as part of your rewards.)

Stick around for tomorrow’s showing – Princess Trunks!

That’s all for now. Thanks for dropping by!

You. Are. Awesome.

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DRAG-onball, Day 1: Frieza’s Fabulous Coat

This is DRAG-onball Week, a week of Dragonball characters drawn in drag, or otherwise looking ✨fierce✨.

It’s Day 1, and I’m here with Frieza and his fabulous coat!

frieza (or freeza) of dragonball z wears a long, leopard-printed coat with fur trim. He also is wearing purple eyeliner and lipstick

Before we go any further on this finished work, I want to share a bit about the process. Like, why Dragonball characters in drag?

The idea actually came to me when my friends and I went to see Six on Broadway. Afterwards, we had dinner at Brewhouse Downtown (in Toledo), and then we had drinks at Hamburger Mary’s. Lucky for us, Hamburger Mary’s had a drag show happening that night!

Well, along the bar they had novelty drink cups, including one that was a platform heel in hose you could drink a margarita out of. My roommate Alex took one look at that and went, “Omigod, What if Krillin wore those?”

It sparked the idea that would eventually lead to this DRAG-onball series. But who to draw first? Not Krillin, actually!

Frieza was the first one I drew in this series, going back to January. At the time, I just thought of doing Frieza and maybe a handful of characters for a zine project. Over the next few days, you’ll see the others I drew for this potential zine – Jeice, Android 18, and Princess Trunks.

The zine was not meant to be, though. At the time, I was in the middle of restructuring my Ko-fi membership rewards. This meant changing my zine offerings – switching from digital-only to a hybrid offering, with some digital zines and some physical.

That said, Fabulous Frieza waited patiently for me…until I got a new printer. One that can print stickers.

And babes, we are in business. Because that’s what we’re doing with Frieza and his fabulous coat.

I did include him in a bundle pack of phone wallpapers, which are free to download this week on Ko-fi.

As for the sticker? It’s coming to Ko-fi later this week!

My Ko-fi Members are getting these as part of their rewards this month. And on Saturday, July 27, I’m taking them with me to Art Loop Mini Mart in Toledo, OH. 

Stay tuned, because tomorrow, it’s Android 18’s turn in the drag spotlight!

That’s all for now. Thank you so much!

You. Are. Awesome.