A piece for a good, long-time friendo of mine to celebrate them starting their healing journey. I’ve had the amazingly good fortune of knowing Voca (to those who know his cosplay insta, Morty) since 2017, when I asked him to read a slightly crappy Layton poem I did, and he has been a dear friend ever since. This past while has not been easy on him (I will not go into detail as that is his story to tell, when he is ready to tell it), yet he has always been a fantastic cosplayer and his way of bringing these characters to life is magical (and sometimes hilarious as well). I am so, so glad that he is beginning to do better and is slowly coming back, at his pace, to social media. He is such a brilliant person to be friends with.
This piece is inspired by both his tiktok and merchandise aesthetic, and his cosplay of Kokichi from Danganronpa. The shirt he is wearing is one that he got a while back which says “back to play rehearsal”. He has some really cool shirts.