Yu-Gi-Oh! PASTEL EDITION! I’ve been working on this for a while I’m very happy with how it turned out! I know Yugis an edgy boy but like- he looks so cute in pastels~
i like the duel with the pharaoh vs malik’s mime because they get so wrapped up in the mythology of what they’re doing – destiny, the power of the egyptian god cards, atem is paralyzed with fear when osiris the sky dragon is summoned, he’s about to give up bc of the ~ infinite combo – that they forget they’re also playing a highly structured, orderly game with mutually agreed-upon rules like “you lose if you have no more cards left to draw.” like, that’s what happens when your villainous plot to murder the pharaoh relies almost entirely on card games
i also like this duel because kaiba shows up halfway through yelling GET UP AND FIGHT GOD!!!!, and then in the next duel, the tag team duel, atem is like, very level-headed, “kaiba, calm down. remember, teamwork. we’ll win if we cooperate and work together. as a team.”
I haven’t made a painting this tiny in quite some time, and since I’ve been watching a lot of Yugioh lately, I thought cute little Kuriboh would be perfect on one! The canvas is a panel 2” x 2.”
I don’t think I’ve ever drawn Yugi before… but well.. my sudden bout of nostalgia makes me do weird stuff.
In that Fanfiction I drew for yesterday… Yugi ends up in a fairy castle after an incident with Exodia… which explains the weird clothing. And Kuriboh helps him out to find everything in the new environment.
