[ART1] Card Game Art Works: I:P Masquerena

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Ditch the time cops with style

I:P Masquerena (ver. 1): Three sides view
Full art:

Headgear:

Top: “Head”
Bottom: “Jaw”
Middle: “The materials are the same”

Goggles:

Left: “Cloth”
Top: “Please use VR goggles as reference”
Bottom: “It’s OK if it cannot actually be done, but something like this”

“Tails”:

Top: “This part is steady”
Middle: “Swaying”
Bottom: “It would be great if, depending on the angle, they look like a tail(s)”

Tubes:

Right: “Curved about this much” (this is a horizontal view of the back panel, so the left reads “up” and the right reads “down”)
Left: “2 white tubes
4 [holes] for the orange tubes (2 tubes)”

Illustrator’s comment:

“Masquerena is an incredibly versatile monster, having it cosplayed, turned into a posable figure, supervised, etc., and after drawing the reference art with directions for each of these occasions, I ended up with these many pieces of artwork. While thankful for the opportunity, it overlapped with other work I had queued up which proved to be difficult, but even so I kept drawing her over and over.”

TL note: “Supervised” here (監修, kanshuu) is a term used for when a third party creates a figure/model of the character, and it’s then “supervised” by someone with the seal of approval on whether it fits with the image of the character or not. The illustrator is mentioning that, among other cases where Masquerena was used as a character, one type of case is a third party creating a prototype for the figure, and then the illustrator would provide details as to what the concept of the character is like to the supervisor, who would then make a decision on the prototype.

I:P Masquerena (ver. 2): Three sides view
Full art:

Tongue out:

Top: “I want ver. 2 to also have an expression with her tongue out”
Right: “[The tongue] should feel like it’s popping out”

:3 symbol:

“Only on the right side”

I:P Masquerena (ver. 2): Initial reference art
Full art:

“What about this kind of impression?”

Helmet:

“Extends”

TL note: The notes aren’t readable enough to determine for sure which part is supposed to extend. Maybe the illustrator means the ears, the tongue, or the general shape of the helmet

Motorcycle
Full art:

Wheels:

“Copied from this part”

I:P Masquerena & EM:P Meowmine

Meowmine:

Right: “Opening strength” [mechanism]
Left: *Cat-meowing sounds*

Cap:

Top left: “Dents”
Top right: “Left-right contrast”
Bottom left: “(Because it felt like it would be too similar to ver. 2) I tried going for a look similar to an aviation cap + goggles”
Bottom right: “[Ponytail] popping out”

I:P Masquerena expression chart memo (ver.1 or 2):

From left right, top to bottom: “Serious face”, “sparkling eyes”, “cheeky laughter face”, “forced smile”, “cute angry face”, “dizzy eyes”, “playing dumb face”, “glaring with scorn”

TL note: “Forced smile” uses the term for “business smile”, as in forcing a smile for a customer/client.

Hanging out
Full art:

Neon sign: “Ramen”
Bubblegum balloon: “Gum”

Thanks to our anonymous contributors for the scans.