Youyoumu

An illustration for another project, "Letters to ZUN", again, presented at the AWA convention.

The project, initiated by Zucreelo, was a book which included a special thank you letter to ZUN from people across the globe, along with an accompanying piece of artwork or literature on the opposite page. I'm glad that this project made it through in the end, since it ran into a few hiccups leading to the Atlanta convention.

I was excited when I heard the news directly from ZUN's Twitter feed, that the book was delivered and was overwhelmed with joy to hear that he was deeply moved by this: our thank you gift to him for giving birth to the wonderful world of Touhou, that over the years has gathered many many fans from all over the world!

So thanks to Zucreelo and Maarika for organising the book, thanks to ArcEarth for encouragement, thanks and a job well done to all the contributors to this project, thanks to Ozuma for getting the book to AWA and to those gave the all clear for it to be delivered successfully and huge special thanks to ZUN, the man that brought us together through the awesomeness that is Touhou!

As for the drawing itself, I originally had the idea of drawing something based on Touhou Shinreibyou - Ten Desires, the 13th Touhou Project game and the one I've personally had most fun playing. But somehow, I drew something more Perfect Cherry Blossom-ish. Yuyuko also has her TH13 outfit, haha. I also tweaked it slightly since, so it's not exactly the same as in the book. I also wanted to redraw the butterflys, but in the end, I just settled for how it is now.

I ran into a few problems of my own after being asked to contribute to the project and I was afraid that I wasn't going to be able to get anything done in time, but during the last 4 days before the deadline, I started the drawing and despite the flaws is has, was somehow able to pull it off in the end.

I think I've said a lot in this post, hah. But as unusual as it is, this time I actually had something to talk about...