An addition to my original OW x Naruto concept I posted a few months ago: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AZWZLm ...
Where I drew some sketches for extra ideas... and Moira x Orochimaru was very highly praised, to my surprise. Then one person suggested Mercy x Tsunade, and me loving drawing Mercy and giving her skins -just like Blizz seems to do too- I did a quick doodle weeks later... and LOVED the result, so I wanted to draw that more properly. -----
So now with Orochimaru and Tsunade in consideration to (re)draw properly (and expand upon), Jiraiya skin was a MUST to create alongside - to complete the trio. But who for?
I'm sure Hazard was a strange choice for most of you, but hear me out:
At first, I had Lucío for Jiraiya in mind - as another support hero to the trio and the frog-theme is a good match... BUT! It just didn't seem right to me, Jiraiya is a unit of a man, very large... Lucío is not built like that... and Jiraiya's personality doesn't fit Lucío either (similar reason I didn't do Sasuke x Genji in the original post) -----
Then I thought of Hazard. I oddly connected his back-crystal attacks with Jiraiya's spiky hair-abilities and see it as a perfect fit!
1) Hazard is big, fit Jiraiya's build much better than Lucío,
2) The ''rough around the edges but good at heart'' personality is better suited for Jiraiya in my opinion,
3) The (aggressive) Tank role fits Jiraiya's fighting style better than a 'healer/speed' support,
4) I've never done a fan-skin for Hazard, so this is a good opportunity. -----
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Also, the design philosophy to keep Hazard's prosthetics so pronounced in this Jiraiya skin, matches perfectly with Genji cybernetic features I kept in his Genji x Naruto skin!
Accidentally created a little easter egg, a perfect connection to my older work - referencing the in-Naruto-universe connection between the mentioned characters.
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But OK! I'm done with this concept - at least for now. I'm sure y'all have brilliant ideas and other endless suggestions for other skins for me to make, but I want to focus on other things.
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Hope you still like what I came up with though! ;)