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Orchid the Mantis
@theeorchidmantis.bsky.social
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Hi! Welcome to the little space I've made for my Sonic OC, Orchid the Mantis, as well as the other things I've drawn!
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Here's a 4-koma of my #Nezha and #AoBing before they started dating and were still mortal!
TITLE: "Awful News" PANEL 1: Ao Bing is flying towards Nezha as a small dragon, crying, "Oh, Nezha! What a FOOL I made of myself today!" To which Nezha responds with his arms open: "What happened, Ao Bing??" PANEL 2: Ao Bing has shifted into a half dragon, half human form. His head is still dragon-shaped, and his dragon tail is in Nezha's arms, but he now has human hands which are pulling at his whiskers while he explains with strained, bloodshot eyes: "The snail soldier my father dispatched to find me a suitable human bride finally returned; he said he had found the perfect woman, but it slipped his mind to mention that was FIVE YEARS AGO! I proposed to her in front of her HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN!" Behind him, Nezha replied with a smile, "That's awful!" PANEL 3: Ao Bing is almost completely human now, except his mouth looks a bit like a dragon's snout as he screams at Nezha, "Go ahead, LAUGH! My unluck in love must seem so humorous!" Nezha refutes with a smile, "Not at all! I do sympathize with you!" Ao Bing then demands, "Then why are you smiling?!" PANEL 4: Nezha turns away from Ao Bing, blushing with his hands over his mouth as he whispers, "Am I?" Ao Bing just watches him in confusion and irritation while huffily flipping his braid over his shoulders.
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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I wish Ulala was in Sonic Universe #45.
#SpaceChannel5 #JetSetRadio #SkiesOfArcadia #SEGA
Ulala: He's just like CHIEF BLANK – always killing the groove Vyse: Who's that? Ulala: My EX-BOSS. Beat: Damn. (In smaller text outside his speech bubble: actually I know this already LMAO)
October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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They have an inter-GENRE-ational friendship, I like to say 😄
#SpaceChannel5 #JetSetRadio #SkiesOfArcadia #SEGA
A digital sketch of Ulala, Beat, and Vyse. Ulala looks annoyed, has her arms folded, and is holding her Tension Blaster—a gun. Beat has his hands in his pockets and is smiling humorously. Vyse is just curious and the most neutral in expression. There are speech bubbles, but no text yet.
September 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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It's been almost ten years, and I still think about Sonic Universe #45.
#SkiesOfArcadia #JetSetRadio #SEGA
A drawing of Beat from Jet Set Radio and Vyse from Skies of Arcadia talking crap about Dr. Eggman, who isn't in view. Vyse is lined with a paintbrush tool and shaded in watercolor style, while Beat is lined with a marker and is cell-shaded. Beat is turned towards Vyse and whispering to him behind his hand, whereas Vyse is leant slightly towards Beat. They both look annoyed and unimpressed. Text at the top: 💩-talking Eggman (Empire logo) Beat: Guy would fit right in with the Noise Tanks. Vyse: I was going to say, he sounds like De Loco.
August 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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I miss them. Hope they appear in #SonicRacingCrossWorlds.
#SkiesOfArcadia #JetSetRadio #SEGA
A sketch of Vyse (Skies of Arcadia) and Beat (Jet Set Radio) whispering amongst each other while looking ahead with sarcastic expressions.
August 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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A li'l 4-koma of my versions of #Nezha and #AoBing after they're reincarnated with plant bodies.
TITLE: "Made for Consumption" PANEL 1: Some villager offscreen says, "Lord Third Prince! Please grant us leaves to make medicine!" Ao Bing cuts off his entire ponytail, which are Tinospora Sinensis vines and leaves, answering, "Of course! This should be more than enough!" The villager responds, "Thank you!" PANEL 2: A Taoist seeker of immortality says, "O' Pine Dragon, may we consume a dollop of thee resin?" Ao Bing clenches his left hand, drawing amber sap and pouring it into a bowl in his right hand, answering, "Just a dollop? I'll give you a bowl!" The Daoist responds, "How generous!" PANEL 3: Nezha is frowning with his arms crossed, saying, "How nice that your body can be used to make medicine. Whereas all I'm good for is a snack. And religious symbolism." PANEL 4: Ao Bing comes up behind Nezha and nips his ear, saying, "That's fine♥️" Nezha flinches and blushes.
June 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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And here is my #AoBing, before and after being resurrected with Armand Pine and Tinospora Sinensis.
A sketched bust shot of a teenage boy with a long braid decorated with two seashells. He has pointed ears (with long earrings) and two thin forked horns. He wears a hanfu. His expression is rather blasé, with two fangs sticking up from his mouth. A sketched bust shot of a teenage boy with leafy vines for hair. He has two dragon horns shaped like unripe pinecones. His smile has a small fang sticking out.
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I'm working on my own original #Nezha designs. On the right is Nezha as a human, and the left is after him as an anthropomorphic lotus.
A sketched bust shot of a boy in a hanfu. He is Nezha. His hair is tied into two buns shaped like lotus buds. His sleeves are tied up by his Chaos Silk; its ends float in the air like two extra arms. He wears his Universe Hoop on his right shoulder. He has a pleasant smile. A sketched bust shot of an angry topless boy. He is Nezha after being reincarnated as lotus. His hair is a lotus leaf with two lotus blossoms. His Fire-Tipped Spear stands in front of him at his left and his Wind-Fire Wheels float behind the sides of his head.
June 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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And this is #AoBing in the style of NiGHTS from #NiGHTSIntoDreams. He doesn't have a mouth because he's actually the incarnate of Mephiles, who went to Nightopia and jumped into NiGHTS' shadow.
On the right is a humanoid character with a oval floating head and no neck. His hair is shaped like a floppy jester hat; its sky blue and with wide, dark blue stripes. He also wear a small silver crown that is shaped like an upright jester hat. On the forehead of this hat is a light blue yin symbol. The head has two light blue dragon horns that look like pointy hearts. The character is dressed in a jester-style hanfu. Most of his top is white and his pants and shows are dark blue. He has a round crystal on his chest. On the left side of the image is a dragon version of the character.
June 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Here's #Nezha the Hedgehog, my #Sonadow Fankid and the Iblis Incarnate.
A Sonic the Hedgehog OC where it's a hedgehog with dark grey quills and a brown muzzle. The quills are upright like flames or a lotus. He has a fluffy patch of red fur on his chest. His arms are brown with sharp black fingernails. A round portion of the front of his body is also brown, and the rest of his torso until his knees are dark grey. The bottom half of his legs are red with flame patterns on the knee. He has sharp black toenails too. His face is in a sharp-teethed smirk. The fur around his eyes is black, fading into the grey of his quills. He has red eyes, a red yang insignia on his head, and red flame markings on the edge of his eyes. He wears a yellow sash around his waist. He's showing off his powers, including a strip of silk made of Chaos Energy, a Chaos Spear, two gold rings he can stand on, and one ring around his wrist. Accompanying illustrations show he can grow four extra arms in a technique called "Doom Arms", as well as a younger version of him with a bob cut, a vest, and a ring around his neck.
June 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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If you read issue 78 to the end, you'll find it!
May 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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I finished it!! A joke that sounded funnier in my own head!!
#SpaceChannel5 #SkiesOfArcadia #JetSetRadio #SEGAAllStars
May 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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If anyone knows how to fix this issue, please share.
#Krita
May 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I was so determined to color and shade Ulala beautifully, I broke the canvas, and now I can't color at all. I don't have it in me right now to redraw the entire thing on a new document, so this will have to do.
#SpaceChannel5 #JetSetRadio #SkiesOfArcadia #SEGAAllStars
May 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Running around in a high tech baby walker, she can make sharp turns in her Magic Ball more precisely than others. She calls herself the daughter of AiAi and YanYan from the future—Maybe.
#SuperMonkeyBall #SuperMonkeyBallOC #SEGA
Drawn in the style of Super Monkey Ball, a purple-furred lemur toddler stands in a baby walker. She wears a big purple bonnet.
April 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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#Nezha #AoBing #Oubing
I drew the Chaos Pearl duo in the art style of another iconic set of overpowered babies💗🩷🩵💚
Ao Bing, Big Nezha, and Small Nezha in the style of the Powerpuff Girls. Ao Bing is wielding his two maces. Big Nezha has all six arms out. Small Nezha has his lance, silk, and fire wheels.
April 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I'm not gonna post all the variations like last time because, well, you can see.
I came up with up to ten color variants of the wings' colors, which means I have ten layers with the title (Wings Closed). When I worked on the Wings Opened design, I only needed two layers.
April 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Finally found the time to sit down and work on Orchid's wings! #SonicOC
The wings of an orchid praying mantis on a sketch of a humanoid figure. The wings are closed at the moment, forming a shape like a long, manicured fingernail. The colors are a yellow-white-pink gradient with four light brown spots spread around the white part and a flower-shaped marking at the top. The wings of an orchid praying mantis on a sketch of a humanoid figure. The wings are spread open. There are two sections: the covers and the actual wings. The covers' colors are a yellow-white-pink gradient with four light brown spots spread around the white part and a flower-shaped marking at the top. The wings are a translucent shade of teal with dark lines.
April 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The armrest is too far for him to lay his head on it, so he’s just resting his nose, I guess. #SausageDog
April 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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How am I gonna get up and cook lunch like this? #SausageDog
April 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Alternate versions:
April 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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I made this for a White Day contest in a Discord group, but literally no one but me submitted anything. I'm proud of it, though. #ShonenHollywood #ShounenHollywood #KazamiKakeru #WhiteDay2025
April 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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The original comics were 5-6 panels long. After I got better at drawing digitally and changed art styles, I redrew my comics as 4-Komas – which actually improved the jokes!🤔

#JetSetRadio #JetSetRadioFuture #SkiesOfArcadia #EternalArcadia #SEGAAllStars #SEGADreamcast
Title: Dashing Panel 1: "If you're dashing, bullets can't touch you!" says Beat, a teenage boy in green goggles, big headphones, and civvies to Vyse, a young lad dressed like a pirate with a glass eyepatch. The two of them are watching from an alleyway as another teenager is skating away from a cop who's shooting at her gangsta-style. Panel 2: "Heh," chuckles Vyse, crossing his arms smugly. "Then I must be untouchable!" Beat looks at him, confused. "Uhh, why?" Panel 3: Vyse flips his hair, and the background somehow turns pink and sparkly. "Because I am dashing!" he boasts to Beat, who has gone white from how bad the pun was. Panel 4: Beat covers his face in his hands, blushing as he grumbles, "Someone shoot me now. Can't believe I fell for that!" Vyse just puts his arm around Beat, points a finger gun at him, and exclaims, "Bam!" His speech bubble is in the shape of a heart. Title: Instant Death Panel 1: Vyse is pointing his pirate cutlass at a Ghastling, a red-and-blue-colored creature that levitates. He explains, "Ghastlings can absorb HP to restore their own, so you should quickly take 'em out in one powerful hit!" Panel 2: Beat proceeds to spray the Ghastling with paint. "That's easy—I'll just tag it!" Panel 3: The Ghastling flops to the ground, producing a white aura and flakes as it disappears. "Aaaaah!" screams Vyse. "It's disintegrating!" Beat, meanwhile, is watching nonchalantly. "Same thing that happens when I tag cops and other rudies." Vyse continues to panic. "What in the moons in that white stuff coming of it?!" Panel 4: Beat simply shrugs and smiles blankly. Vyse glares at him, though there is a faint blush on his cheeks. The Ghastling has completely evaporated between them.
March 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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These are the previous versions! I really wanted to make the black-sclerae-white-face combination work, but it was too sinister-looking. At the same time, solidly coloring her face made her look so mammalian. Finally, I got the idea to just apply the gradient to her upper face!
A version of Orchid the Mantis where she is predominantly white and pink. Her gradient was colored in manually. She has a yellow crystal. A version of Orchid the Mantis with a yellow-white-pink gradient. Her body is purple with a cyan gem. Her face is completely white, and she has black sclerae. A version of Orchid the Mantis with a yellow-white-pink gradient. Her body is purple with a cyan gem. Her upper face and sclerae is white, and she has a peach-colored muzzle.
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Color of Orchid's head and gem—finally decided! And it's also the perfect icon! #SonicOC
A colored drawing of an anthropomorphic orchid mantis from the chest up in the art style of Sonic the Hedgehog. She has a pair of striped, maroon-pink antennae, deep teal irises, and glittery gold eyelids. Her hair looks like a bob cut that curls at the edges, and on top of her hair are a pair of buns that look like blooming lotuses, tied up by gold rings. From the top of her head to the tips of her hair, she is colored in a yellow-white-pink gradient. Her muzzle is pure white. She has fangs and two moles—one under her left eye and another on the bottom right of her mouth. Her neck and shoulders are a deep shade of rose pink. She has a green, oval crystal in her chest.
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM