Back in October, I passed the 2000 watcher/watched mark.  This week, I passed the 2500 mark!

There's been some changes in the most faved pieces as well.  The Naruto deviation has become the new most faved piece with 728 faves.  Back in October, I had 4 deviations with over 500 faves.  Now I've got 12 with over 500 faves and 3 of them have over 700 faves.  It makes me happy to know that so many people like the stuff I commission and sometimes color.  

Here's the top 10 right in my gallery right now:





Thanks for all the support, it's really appreciated.  I've noticed recently that I haven't been interacting much.  I want to try to get back to that so I've got some questions for you all:

What would you like to see more of?
I feel like I'm posting too many deviations, and haven't had time to focus on posting artist features and other muscle girl discoveries.  What do you think?  

Do you find Pixiv archive updates useful?
The updates have been taking up more and more of my time, which takes away from the the time I have to do all the other stuff.  I think people still check these even if they don't comment, but I'm not sure.  If you like them, let me know.  Or if you don't like them, let me know too.

Do you have any questions for me?
I've asked you the questions on my mind.  Seems right for me to take questions too. Just ask, and I'll try to answer honestly.

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Kakutou Musume Blog



Found a nice blog that goes by the long name of Kakutou Musume to Onna no Ko Teki Chara to One Shota E wo Egaku Blog (格闘娘と女の子敵キャラとおねショタ絵を描くブログ).  The artist goes by the handle 78.  There's a lot of really nice artwork on there, so check it out.  Here's some of my favorites:

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Pixiv.net | Guide | Tutorial | Archives: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

Edit: Updated 5/25/2012

Welcome to Pixiv Archive 15!  Check out the past archives through the links up top.  Newer stuff goes at the beginning of this post.  If you just want the stuff since the last update, you can visit my pixiv section on the main page.

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Kentoro / o-dutch

I can't remember the last time I did an artist feature, so I figure it's about time to do one.  Just checked and it was Perfect Fool almost a year ago.  I came across a nice picture of a weapons shop gal a few months ago. The artist signed his name as Kentoro at the bottom, but I couldn't find his web site at first.  Thanks to Danbooru, I discovered he goes by o-dutch on Pixiv.  He doesn't have a whole lot in his gallery.  Still, it's worth checking out:

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Edit: Updated 4/15/2012

Welcome to Pixiv Archive 14!  Check out the past archives through the links up top.  Newer stuff goes at the beginning of this post, and if you just want the stuff since the last update, you can visit my pixiv section on the main page.

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In my deviation with the title Top Eleven of 2011, I started counting down the most favorited deviations in my gallery in 2011.  Every week starting at the beginning of the year, I posted the next image.  I finally finished the countdown today.  Since I can't post all of the thumbnails in the deviation comments, I have to do that hear in my journal.  

Drumroll, please...



01) Sakura by ~Speeh (6/6/2011, 629 faves)
02) Naruto by *Felsus (7/9/2011, 609 faves)
03) Chun-Li by *Johnrokk (3/1/2011, 606 faves)
04) She Hulk by *Felsus (1/25/2011, 584 faves)
05) Miku by ~Speeh (7/1/2011, 532 faves)
06) Cammy by *Felsus (8/27/2011, 520 faves)
07) Supergirl by *Felsus (8/14/2011, 490 faves)
08) Chun-Li ++ by ~Speeh (1/7/2011, 450 faves)
09) Muscle Muscle Muscle by ~Speeh (2/17/2011, 446 faves)
10) Power Girl by *Felsus (2/8/2011, 401 faves)
11) Mai by ~Speeh (6/23/2011, 383 faves)

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Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes.  I got more messages this year than ever before.  It's nice to feel appreciated.  I also wanted to give a shout out to *Tonuss for the cake badge and to *banjim for some nice artwork.  This has been a great birthday for me.  I didn't get to finish the piece I had planned to post for today.  Hope to get it up soon though.  Thanks for reading!

Also want to thank ~ddd09ish1 for this nice picture:

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I'm in a funk.  I wanted to do something special for next week but I can't think of anything.  Argh!

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DeviantART just made Sta.sh writer the default when editing existing journal entries.  This sucks because I can't figure out how to edit HTML and can't update the Pixiv Archive.  I'm still updating the Pixiv section on my main page so check them out there.  You won't get notifications in your Message Center until I can figure this out.  If anyone knows how to do it, send me a note.

Strangely, I still get the old system when submitting new journal entries.  So I can still put in HTML directly in this entry.  Here's the Pixiv updates while I'm at it:

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Soukoku no Garou
Manga Muscle Girls「漫画の筋肉娘」



Soukoku no Garou - Hokuto no Ken Rei Gaiden「蒼黒の餓狼 -北斗の拳 レイ外伝」 is a manga by Yasuyuki Nekoi「猫井 ヤスユキ」 published by Comic Bunch.  It's available on Amazon JP and eBookJapan among other places.  It's a side story set in the Fist of the Northstar universe that focuses on Rei.  One of the main characters in the story is strong female warrior named Freeda「フリーダ」.  





She appears in all 6 volumes of the series.  The fifth volume is the most noteworthy of the series, as she becomes very muscular for the battle in this volume:



As a seinen title, this manga is for more mature audiences.  Thanks to ~EDU0076 for telling me about this series.  For more appearances of muscle girls in manga, check out the other manga titles in Manga Muscle Girls.

Pixiv.net | Guide | Tutorial | Archives: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Edit: Updated 3/10/2012

Welcome to Pixiv Archive 13!  Check out the past archives through the links up top.  Newer stuff goes at the beginning of this post, and if you just want the stuff since the last update, you can visit my pixiv section on the main page.

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Earlier in the month, I offered premium memberships in exchange for commissions.  I had a few takers before DeviantART's Give One Get One offer expired.  They are now offering a Buy One Get One which is slightly different and is a better deal for the artist.   Basically with this, I send you the points necessary for a membership.  If you purchase your membership before next Wednesday, you'll automatically get a membership for twice the length.  Anyone interested in giving me art in exchange for points toward a membership?  ~nicktoonhero, ~Dark-Blue-Abaddon, *RedSilverArtist and ~bustergundam4 took me up on my last offer:



I got permission from !oblivionpar to repost his deleted lineart.  Those will go into the Oblivionpar folder.  I've put a few things in there that I already had in my gallery.  Over the next few weeks, I hope to upload everything that used to be in his gallery:



I've also created some folders in my gallery for artists that I commissioned multiple times (Speeh, Bokuman, Felsus):





In other news, I recently updated an older deviation of Power Girl with colors by me and inks courtesy of ~Fersax.  Fersax has a great knack for inks, and has helped me with a bunch of deviations.  Thanks, Fersax!:



There's been a ton of awesome art over at Pixiv recently.  As usual, I try to keep the Pixiv section on my main page up to date with the latest muscle girl art.  Older stuff goes into Pixiv Archive threads so you can still see them.  My new favorite artist there is called maro.  Take a look at these awesome images by the artist:



... and finally, 83% of Deviants polled think that I'm awesome.  My goal is to get my approval rating up to 90% someday.

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Dairoku Tenmaou GREAT recently posted the cover for Neo-Queendom 5 to his Pixiv account (registration required).  It'll be released for sale at Comiket 81 on December 29-31.  The Neo-Queendom blog hasn't been updated yet with any information.  I'm really excited about this one.

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Any artists out there interested in doing artwork commissions in exchange for a Premium Membership?  There is a promotion going on for Premium Members where I can extend my membership if I give one.  They usually do this promotion later in the year, and I like to take advantage of it.  It ends early this year, on December 12.  Note or comment if you're interested and we can hash out the details.  Premium Membership is totally cool and you get a bunch of features.  Check out the FAQ link below if you want to learn more.

FAQ #28: What are the benefits of becoming a Premium Member?

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Need to get out of a funk and start updating again.  So here are 5 random things:

1. More Pixiv Updates
I'll be posting a lot more updates this week.  Just posted a few today.  Here are my favorites from today's batch:



2. Upcoming Artwork
Recently got permission from ~sipowicz1993 to post some art from *Felsus that he commissioned.  There were 2 pieces that he commissioned, and I'll be coloring one of them for him.  I colored a few other pieces by *Felsus and posted them in my gallery recently (see below) that were commissioned by *Giolon.  Gotta thank ~sipowicz1993 and *Giolon for keeping *Felsus busy with muscle gal artwork commissions. Looks like I'm getting the hang of coloring them.  



3. Chun-Li
~ayanamifan likes this new piece by =Kuri-dono and asked me to feature it:



4. Trolling
Seem to be getting trolled a bit more recently.  Especially over on an older deviation of Hinata.  Really not sure why that is.



5. Contest
I'm thinking of running a contest of some sort.

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That is all.

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Cloth Road
Manga Muscle Girls ( 漫画の筋肉娘 / Manga no Kinniku Musume )



Cloth Road「クロスロオド」 is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kuruta「倉田英之」 with art by Okama which just wrapped up it's serialization in Ultra Jump in June.  The protagonists encounter sisters in Volume 2 (Amazon JP), and the younger sister named Quentin「クエンティン 」is quite strong.  Here's a few nice images of her from this volume:



… and some fanart of her on Pixiv:




Please check out my other discoveries of muscular girls in manga over in the Manga Muscle Girls journal entry.  If you like this or didn't know about this series before, please take the time to comment.  I like getting comments and try to reply to each one.  Knowing that these posts are useful helps to keep me motivated in sharing my discoveries.  If you've got something you think should go on this list, send me a note.

Objection!  She-Hulk is not happy with the lack of attention.  This deviation of She-Hulk doing her best Phoenix Wright impersonation needs more exposure.  If you liked it, please fave it.  I was really surprised that I hadn't seen this done before, and think it's a cool concept.  *ZEBES did an awesome job on it.  Help spread the word!



I try to post my best deviations over at Pixiv.  They have a ranking system for daily posts and I'll sometimes make it onto the list.  A picture of Yuugi Hoshigumi made it to number 314 on October 22 which was cool.

Got a lot of mature versions of pictures that I'll be posting in the next few weeks.  I'm running a poll to see which one people would like to see first, so vote today!

Did you know that you can fave journal entries now?  It's true.  I've been wanting this feature for awhile so that I could get faves on some of my features.  Would someone fave this journal entry?  I wanna see how it shows up in my Message Center.

I've really been neglecting my journal the last few months.  Between commissioning other artists and updating the Pixiv archives, I haven't had time to post about my other discoveries.  I'll try to do more of it.  Hope I haven't been disappointing those of you that watch me.

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Wow, I've hit 2000 watchers! Managed to get a screen capture of the moment.  I can't believe it, it seems like just yesterday that I reached 1500.  It's cool to have that many watchers.  It's just as much of a feat to have hit 2000 watched deviants to me.  I always have great artwork waiting in my Message Center.  Though it gets to be a bit daunting to have to go through thousands of deviations some days.  Still, that's a good problem to have I think.

Also have hit the 300 mark for deviations in my gallery.  The most faved deviation, Chun-Li, just passed 600 faves.  There's been a lot of changes among the most faved pieces in my gallery after that.  Just a few months ago, the Chun-Li deviation was the only one with over 500 faves, and now I've got 4 that have passed that mark.  Here's the top 7 as of today:




Crazy, never expected it.  Thank you for your support.  I hope to have more cool muscle girl artwork and features to share in the near future.

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