Final Fantasy VII’s remake was wonderful, fleshing out the cast in a way I never would’ve guessed. I also drew some parallels with Yakuza 4, and thanks to House of Imagi, they realized my vision. Author: Francis Bautista Artist: House of Imagi 2021, 2022

At the time, I had the fortune of training with some real weebs. Will was a fan of One Punch Man, another dude was a fan of Goku (I forgot his name), Allie was an AoT fan, I was of course repping Naruto, and Carliegh was rocking a Sket Dance outfit. Artist: Eric Ella 2014

This is the cover for Volume 3, released in 2021! Featuring our own Maleny on top of my RSX. Authors: Francis Bautista, Maleny Intharath 2021, 2022

This was the prototype art for a video series I never followed up on, as the pandemic sorta nixed gym trips. I’ve gotta get back on it. Artist: geistbox Author: Francis Bautista 2018, 2022

What’s fucked up is that I look this age now. I’m 39, and when this art was first drawn it looked like I was 40. Artist: flygohr Author: Francis Bautista

When I came up with this piece, I had just gotten into Love Live and I caught a bit of IdolM@ster. It was too late for me, as Love Live has sunk its claws into me and hasn’t let me go. I met Hiroki Ree on twitter and we hit it off. This was the…

Coach Marvin “Mad Dog” Madariaga is one of the scariest, yet goofiest people I’ve ever had the privilege of training under. Artist: Heroes and Headkicks (Sonny) Author: Francis Bautista 2018

I was on Twitter and I encountered an artist named “Desuplex” that now draws FFXIV lewd art. At the time they were into Yakuza so I asked for a piece where Haru Okumura from Persona 5 was wearing her Yakuza crossover outfit of Haruka. Haru rocks a Grenade Launcher when she’s in the metaverse. Figured…