Hot Boy Summer
August coming in HOT with Pretty Winkers featuring hot bois! First up is Helpless Hunk in his Masked Supporter form, and then for the baddie and our final Black Moon Arc design, Loyal Brother (also who I call “Dark Blue Haired Helpless Hunk”). Maybe I’ll put his backing card as “Not-so-Helpless-Hunk.” 
For the mugen design, I’m really happy with our Morning Glory design. I’ve never been that big a fan of the flower, though it has been growing on me since we have some growing naturally in our yard and it has overtaken my plant stand. Taka also isn’t a fan of them because it reminds him of the hot summers in Japan, and having to wake up to walk to school in the mornings. Despite that, our design is pretty stylish with a very woodblock ukiyo e feel that borders on art nouveau, which makes sense since art nouveau artists was very influenced by ukiyo e prints in France during the Japonisme movement. Overall, this is probably one of my favorite mugen designs this year so far.
Speaking of hot summers in Japan, Taka just got home on Thursday and is thoroughly enjoying being able to walk around in shorts and a tank top now that he’s back in the US. While in Japan, Taka usually covers up fully, regardless of the season, because of all the stigma around tattoos. And when I say cover up, I mean turtlenecks, long sleeves, hats, sunglasses, everything! Though I do feel like the hotness has barely improved for him because we are in the middle of a heatwave in the Northwest. And I know the rest of the country likes to laugh at our not being accustomed to hot weather (thanks, global warming) but like we do not have air conditioning in most places in the NW, so it’s really just been like sitting in a sauna whether you’re inside or outside. 
Anyways, the linework is near complete for all these designs, just have to clean up and combine the lines, then add color and send it off to production. We’ll be out of town with family Monday-Thursday, then doing a wholesale market on Friday & Saturday before a public market event on Sunday. So busy week ahead, but I should have the final artwork posted for y’all Monday or Tuesday. 
I told our manu to hold off on sending our latest package of pins til the 2nd since it usually takes 3-4 days to arrive to us and I want to avoid any possibility of package arriving while we’re away. If I timed it right, pins should arrive around the 8th or 9th so I can start plugging away at that! If there are any designs you’d like to add to your next pin club box, reminder you can add that without extra shipping cost by using the code: PCCMBN
I will send a new shipping code along with the new blog and secret shop password on Monday or Tuesday as well! In the meantime, stay hydrated and cool as a cucumber!
Mandy + Taka
Looking great as always :D what is the little bunny doing on the tuxedo mask design?
Ahh thanks for explaining. That’s really too bad. I get the reasoning I guess and definitely don’t ship them at all but I was hoping to get the whole clan! They are my faves of the SM villains (besides Fiore haha) so yeah. Ah well! Thanks for clarifying.
Will Sapphir have his nega moon on his forehead as well?
@Elisha That is correct, we won’t be doing Prince Demande. I know it may be a disappointment, but I refuse to create Prince Demande because he was not about consent and I honestly wouldn’t be comfortable with him being paired with Usagi. I know people ship them, but I’m just not about it, so it is definitely intentional.
@Eden: Thank you! I did try to make him smile, but still a little bit of a sad smile since he was always so moody. :p Plus I can’t imagine someone pouting and still winking! haha
Omg I was just thinking I need a tuxedo mask from y’all!! These look awesome!!