Howdy, folks. Looks like another year has come and gone and I’ve been increasingly negligent on updating the ol’ Bu-blog. Not for a lack of trying, I suppose. At this point, life has continued to get in the way of me being able to commission artists like I used to. However, I strive to continue commissioning when I can. So at this point we’re now three years in a row where I am basically just doing a year-end blog entry. I do have stuff to show off, thankfully. So lets just get to it!

This is a pic made by the always amazing LyttaV! We have two versions, one Oni-Bu and one regular-Bu.

Image created by LyttaV

Image created by LyttaV

I have had a few Oni-Bu pics recently. Lytta provided, to me, quite possibly the benchmark for which I would base any future Oni-Bu pics on. It’s likely one of my favorite pics of the past couple of years and I genuinely am hoping we can do more work together in 2025. I’m sort of considered this an autumnal pic. A couple other commissions we did are spring and summer themed. So stay tuned for a possible winter-themed commission someday. I’ll let the pic speak for itself but I have based Oni-Bu specifically on Namahage and I continue to like that type of mythical character. I also want to continue to educate myself on the Namahage themselves so I approach these pics respectively and not inappropriately. Big thanks to Lytta for doing consistently amazing and wonderful work for me! <333

Next up is a more recent, festive, pic by Ruegen!

Image created by Ruegen

Now I could’ve sworn GIFs worked on this blog but now I’m not so sure. It’s also viewable HERE, worst case scenario. Ruegen was offering festive/holiday animated icons and I wanted to add a new one to my collection of wintery Bu art. Ruegen handled Bu so well, capturing an adorable bit of snowy whimsy that I like to think is pretty befitting my character. The lighting and colors being a real highlight here. I’m really happy with this and hope maybe we’ll have the chance to do another thing like it someday! Big thanks to Ruegen for the excellent work. <3

Lastly I have a small birthday surprise that Rumwik gave me a few months ago. :0

Image created by Rumwik

Considering how rarely I sometimes get gift-art, I’ll absolutely 1000% show off any and all of it. Rumwik has always kindly put out some adorable stuff and this is no exception. It brightened my day and I love it dearly. Little birthday cone hats gingerly hanging out on Bu’s head? Always wonderful. Thanks to Rumwik for always being such a wonderful person. :3

And with that I’ll stop for now. I still have a few more things but I will save them for later. I think if I have any goals in 2025, it would be to maybe NOT wait until December 31, 2025 to post my next blog entry. If I had my way, I’d amp up my commissioning and have more to incentivize me to post more. We shall see. The Bu-blog at this point has had many MANY years of posting and I give my deepest thanks to fans, readers (if there are any, lmao), and the artists that made it possible. You’re all the best. See you next year!