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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My cut PNGtuber! Notice how the outfit is different. That is because this is not the main model I will be using, but a "backstage" one that will be my test for PNGtuber Remix. That is a can radiation in her hand; it's relevant to the lore. Wish me luck! #PNGtuber #VtuberWIP #OC #OchnahoaMai #AntiAi

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

@jasky.bsky.social I love your art! The Retro Marvel Girls art is a huge inspiration for my Vtuber! I'm still working on ways to draw this style in my own way! In the meantime, I'm enjoying drawing my OC in different outfits to practice keeping her design consistent. #OC #art #OchnaHoaMai #AntiAi

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

After a long while, I'm back to drawing stuff. I did not redesign my Vtuber, it's just a Space-Age costume! I like it since this style was one of the original outfit ideas for her. I even changed my logo/watermark to fit more into the retro 1960's style! #OchnaMai #Vtuber #Art #Anti-Ai #DigitalArt

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

So... I've been busy working on the new #OchnaMai style. I'm still tweaking the design! Also, I learned how to draw lobsters! I leaned into the textured look much like faltinians on twitter. So far, this #Vtuber progress is going well and slowly on her way to debut. #Art #CharacterDesign #VtuberWIP

Comparison between the new and the old Ochna Mai style using more stylized art style on the left. The old slightly more grounded style is on the right. Both are holding lobsters and wearing 1960's inspired clothing, with the left image focusing more on 1960's Mod style.

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

faltinians on Twitter does backgrounds for the retro marvel girls really interesting that I wanted to emulate. I really like It! Reminds me of the Power Puff Girls Ending Cards. I added my own personal flair to it because I'm trying to do my own thing. #art #CharacterDesign #VtuberWIP #OchnaMai

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Finalized the colors and did the flat colors. Next I'm going to do some illustrations. I did the last set based on retro Magazine pages and posters. This time, I'm going to try retro book/movie ads . This style seems perfect for that. #OchnaMai #Vtuberwip #art #OC #CharacterDesign #vtuber

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I wear my inspiration on my sleeve like it's a tattoo, I am not subtle. It needs a few more stylistic changes to make it "me". Drawing her more will help like it did the last design. For now, my issue now is stocking color or just going bare legged. #OchnaMai #CharacterDesign #vtuberWIP #Vtuber #art

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

On the design grind for round 3. Hopefully last. RIP my ❤️. My inspirations are @poofmalyakaet.bsky.social (amazing shape language), faltinians (wonderful retro designs), & @jackiedroujko.bsky.social (Who's art tutorials taught me how to approach design. #chacterdesign #art #OchnaMai #vtuberwip #art

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I'm back in the design mines because after playing with my most recent style (inspired by early Barbie magazine illustrations), I realized that I want something more stylized. I don't think I worded this well, but here is my thought process: #CharacterDesign #VtuberWip #Art #WIP #OchnaMai #Vtuber

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I have the urge to change the art style of my whole vtuber after scrolling online and seeing a style I like that is very different from my own. Urgh, why can't I just like what I draw? At least I'm still in the planning stage but now I need to go through a training montage. #art #vtuberwip #ochnamai

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I'm back with more character building for my future Vtuber! I have a good idea of how I want to draw Ochna and her streaming materials, so that's next! This image is some backstory stuff and based on a Barbie magazine ad! Also I changed her second outfit again lol #OchnaMai #Vtuberwip #art #vtuber

The character, Ochna Mai, on an old mock magazine ad displaying her, her outfits, her pet/manager Orson the Lobster, and various accessories. These accessories include an old 1960s microphone, vintage hair curlers, a jade bracelet, red lipstick, and two outfits. Everything is labeled and there is a text box in the middle that reads, "A fashion forward doll meant to be an inspiration to children everywhere! A desire to try everything and never give up! Does everything from advocate, model, seamstress, artist, show host, and space defender! She's an icon for the future... almost a century ago. Oops. Better late than never."

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

This poster is inspired by Breakfast at Tiffany's because you can't make homages to midcentury style without Audrey Hepburn. I'm not a cat person, but I like lobsters. So meet Orson the Lobster! A channel pet for when stop stalling learning Live2D! #VTuber #Vtuberwip #OchnaMai #CharacterDesign #Art

The character, Ochna Mai, in a red halter dress with a long red scar wearing white tights and elbow length ballroom gloves. She's walking in red high heels while holding a lobster in her left hand. The lobster, Orson, is wearing a red and blue vertical stripped tie with a white collar. She is surrounded by a boxy color-block outline made up of the colors red, yellow, blue and orange. There is text next to her legs that read: Ochna Mai, HOLY MOLY WHAT IN THE NINE HELLS IS GOING ON WITH THE WORLD. PLEASE PUT ME BACK IN THE BOX. Ochna Variety Hour featuring Orson the lobster.

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Ochna is a failed doll line from the late 1960s, so I took the obvious inspiration from a certain blonde bombshell to make a few posters. This one is based on the 1960s Barbie Fashion Bar! I'll post more art I made as I finish, but life comes first! #VTuber #vtuberwip #art #CharacterDesign #OchnaMai

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I colored those new designs with a "messy" style of adding lighting. I debated coloring the whites of her eyes, but a lot of 1960 cartoons didn't do that. I wanted to keep this detail. It's time to draw portraits for practice because I'm procrastinating! #vtuber #vtuberwip #wip #art #characterdesign

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

So... I decided to rework my outfit because I wasn't 100% happy with it and ended up with 2 1960s outfits. I will use both because I hate myself and all of this will eventually be rigged. Also, she's a doll now. I wear my influences on my sleeves lmao #vtuber #vtuberpng #art #characterdesign #1960s

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Three different rendering draft styles for my vtuber. 1 is how I like to color, 2 is clean lines, 3 is comic style. I like 3, but I'm going to try and mix it with 1 because I have to think f this character in motion and the comic style is going to be harder to animate. #vtuber #vtuberwip #1960s #Art

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A week later, I decided to be more inspired by the 1960s Hanna-Barbera style rather than commit to being the exact same. I'm still debating if I want to have a comic-book color, no line art, or more detail. It depends on what looks better as a vtuber. I'll keep experimenting! #vtuber #vtuberwip #art

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Another thing I made in my old style to share! Banners. This is the Youtube banner I made and it also includes the top banner I use on my BlueSky account. I have a lot of outfit ideas based on 1960s fashion and things I like. I used some of it in my current design. #vtuber #vtuberwip #art #wip #60s

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Backgrounds weren't the only thing I had drafted out. I really wanted to make the thumbnails based on 1960s billboard advertisements. This is done with my old character design and style, so I'm probably going to remake them. #vtuber #vtuberwip #art #1960s #streaming #thumbnails

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Here are more rough draft backgrounds, rooms, and screens I've for my vtuber made . If you can't tell, I love midcentury talk/variety show styles! Not midcentury modern, there's a difference. I'm thinking about my Vtuber lore as her being a host for a show. #Vtuber#vtuberwip #streaming #BG #screens

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

While I'm still working on drafts of my Vtuber, I want to share some of the other stuff I've created. These are all rough drafts, but I made a lot of Backgrounds/Rooms for this. They're all static images because I can't animate. This is the Vtuber vibe I'm going for. #Vtuber#vtuberwip #streaming #BG

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I decided that the Hanna Barbera style fit much better with what I'm going for. In this test sketch, I did too much shading. It looks more like Mystery Incorporated than the Original. I what a more textured and vintage feel, so I'm going to work on that. #vtuberwip #vtuber #wip #art #1960s

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Been a minute, but I've been studying a lot of art styles! 1 is close to how I usually draw. 2 is based on Hanna Barbera for that vintage animated feel. 3 is based on The Iron Giant character design because it feels vintage while still being expressive! #art #wip #vtuberwip #characterdesign #1960s

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I have solidified my Vtuber design! I love the fiery color scheme, the 1960 fashion, the hair, and the face! The art style needs a lot of work as this is still a rough draft. Even so, anything I make with this character will be based on this and I'm so happy with it! #art #wip #vtuber #vtuberwip

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I LOVE COLORS! I know I've only posted me sketching this, but my art style doesn't involve a lot of line work. Not the point of this post. I am actually struggling on picking the color pallet. I can see any of these working well. Any thoughts? #wip #art #vtuberwip #vtuber #colors

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I'm not even going to bother numbering them this time. The first one is probably what I'm going with. I decided that while I love Space-Age, the character is supposed to be like Barbie where she is a normal girl with many jobs/hobbies. #art #wip #wiptuber #vtuber #1960s

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Did some more hairstyles and I definitely have a favorite. #1 gives me the vibes I'm looking for and looks like it would be fun (challenging) to make as a vtuber. I also settled on a face! I still don't know if it's 1960's enough but that's what accessories are for! #vtuberwip #vtuber #wip #art #60s

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Y'all, I'm so dumb to this social media thing that I didn't add labels or tags to my first two posts. How the heck am I going to do this? How do you add tags? Do I even need them?

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Ideally, I'd have multiple outfits and hairstyles inspired by my favorite 1960s fashions and media. The PNG/Vtuber I'm designing now is my "base." I love shift dresses and space-age styles! Outfit 1 is my current fit that's an outfit I have irl, but 3 is probably more what I'm going for!

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Ochna Mai @ochnahaomai.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Finally started planning my PNGtuber/Vtuber design! I already have a strong idea of what I want it to look like (As seen on my profile) but it's mostly a placeholder. I like the vibes of face 2 and the style of 3. For hair, 1 & 4 feel the most 1960, but not mod. I'll keep working on it!

A drawing of multiple head shapes with different faces and 1960 inspired hair styles. They are all numbered for ease of selection.

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