~ Artwork Comments ☆

Reimu Hakurei: When drawing this illustration, I wanted to make a cool and adventurous pose. My early sketches made her look evil, even though she’s the heroine (lol)

Marisa Kirisame: It seems every time I draw Marisa, she looks cursed and weird!! I think this one was cute, but older illustrations will have you aghast at my Marisa drawings.

Ubame Chirizuka: This drawing took me very long, but when coloring, it seemed very easy. Drawing her was complex, but in fact, she looks like a simple character. Though, I drew her waist too small ^^;

Chimi Houjuu: Chimi is my favorite of the TH20 official cast, though that may change. She seems like a silly character, though she’s very knowledgeable. In fact, it seems she has been here forever, even before Gensokyo?!

Nareko Michigami: The all too cool sphinx dosoujin has arrived! She’s won the hearts of every one of Touhou. In fact, she may even overthrow the real final boss of the games full release with her popularity. She looks like Indiana Jones, doesn't she?

Yasakani Kashikodokoro: Now here comes my interpretation characters! I wanted to stray away from making her into a tsukumogami, but ultimately I couldn’t. With her design, I wanted to make her look like a mummy, so she has paper wrapping on her.

Yata no Ishikoridome: The strange mirror of Gensokyo. She could warp your reflection into a hideous being! Her arms look a little strange though, don’t they? I wanted all of the pyramid characters to look related with one another, so I added Nareko’s pyramid makeup. It seems like all of the people who reside at the altar are the followers of the god.

Takaragashi Toyotama: A god who resides in the tomb of the altar. Everyone always awaits her awakening to come once more. With her awakening, her sacred treasures will wake up once more. I wanted to make her look cool, so I added the galaxy part into her skirt. She also has a crown because of the games title. When naming Takaragashi, I was searching on what could relate to her and the games theme. I picked Toyotama as her surname because (1.) It’s the name of a god, (2.) A fossilized animal is named after the god. Adding the cool aura with the other characters to her makes it look too much. There was actually a different final boss character I made, but she looked so horrendous (LOL)

Momoyo Himemushi: This centipede likes to eat dragons. What can I say? It’s Momoyo, you can describe her already by seeing this. I was going to make Misumaru the midboss, but Momoyo would make sense with the Extra Boss and the plot. If I drew illustrations of the endings, I could’ve featured Misumaru since she knows a lot about Izanagi Objects.

Nukafuku Hyakuma: I tried making her appearance look as close as the other two yamanba characters. She was originally going to be a mountain shouter (type of youkai), but I didn’t know how to tie the bird in with the story. Nukafuku was also being planned to become a yamahime, but I stuck with yamanba. Her name is based off a story of Yamanba, like Nemuno.

Unnamed Final Boss Character: Aaaaand here’s the character I scrapped. You can see I took the stones over into the other illustration. When I made the sketch, she looked really cool, but with the full drawing, she looked totally out of hand. She looks like a knock off Byakuren!