Mariko and Konoko by General-RADIX on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Published: Apr 1, 2020

Description

Back in 1998 or so, Alex Okita drew a "Marathon girl"; it was on his now-defunct, barely-archived personal site, and I couldn't find it anywhere else. Eventually I asked if anyone at the Story Forum had saved it, and it so happened that Hamish did; turns out the "Marathon girl" looks a lot like a proto-Konoko.

So of course I had to draw her as soon as possible. "Mariko" is just the name that came to mind for her; I guess that if she were a proper character in either Marathon or Oni (probably the latter?), she'd be a "Vidmaster" (read: lazer tag/paintball champion).

I think this is also the best Konoko I've drawn in a while; give or take a few inches in height; amazing how much good actually trying to study the official art can do. :U

[EDIT: made some adjustments/fixes.]

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