Maria Ochoa

Cironus and Sardon valentines!

Hello, happy valentines to those who observe it, if not then this is just a post featuring to silly orca boys. I wanted to make some cards for the occasion because years ago I used to make DBZ ones...

Comic - Diana meets Vio

A quick comic for a friend! We've been talking about ff7 Rebirth as they've been playing through it for the first time, and sharing stuff about our OCs. This idea was jumbling around in my head aft...

Fat Fin - get you a man who can do both

someone who will hunt deep sea creatures for you, and who'll also look at you like you're the most delicious thing on the menu 👌👀

Comic - Sardon's Birth

a short and messy bit of story I wanted to get on paper about Sardon. When he was born he wasn't in the best condition. When it comes to real orcas, especially the Southern Resident orcas, it's a h...

Smooth as Silvyr, Cold as Ice

Okay, maybe they aren't cold as ice but they use ice powers!

This was a gift for a friend who lately reached out and we've been slowly chatting and sharing OC stories. This is one of their lo...

Comic - Zorca Ceremonies & First Meetings

FF16's Leviathan DLC was the inspiration when it came to the Zorca's ceremony to introduce new babies to their pod. Their version of a baptism basically haha! I'm still refining the idea around the...

The Wind Fish Trio

Posting the last pieces I did for January, starting with these three! I think Im satisfied with Maestro's final design, and Im super glad with Fermata's! I want to do more with Skanna but Im not su...

Comic - Songs of the Windfish

I want to start a small project where I draw comics or scenes based on songs I picked out for Cironus. One of the first songs I put on his playlist was 2025-01-22 22:44:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Rito OC - Nerisa

This lady was bouncing around in my head for a while and I slowly started coming up with a few solid ideas to put on paper. Im really proud of this ❤️

The Coastal Rito Lifeguard group, al...

Sketches - Yona and some zorca!

I love Yona so much, a lot of my recent sketchbook is filled with pages like this. The Yona/Sidon child appeared in a previous post, still not sure of a name and gender! I tweaked the design a bit ...

Zorca Lore

I'm still having fun working on my zorca characters and their culture so here are more pieces done over the last few days!

Writing all this out has made me so happy, it's like a little field...

Agra expressions

I did these on new year's eve, trying to fill up a page as quick as I could for a little challenge. One of my personal goals for this year is to do more marker pieces, especially since I saved up a...

Grandmother Whale Shark

This character was inspired by werewolfsister who shared their experience of swimming with whale sharks! I started looking into information about them, and learned how people can take photos and up...

Fat Fin

I had mentioned in the past how some of my zorca characters were based on wild orca. Sardon was inspired by Chainsaw, Kaska is based on Frosty, and I wanted Cironus and Sardon's father to be based ...

Secret Santa gift

A while ago I signed up for a secret santa project set up by werewolfsister, and today was the day to turn in our gifts. This is for 2025-01-04 21:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Out with the old, in with the new!

I used to go through a process when I finish a sketchbook because I get so attached to it in the months or years I work in it, that it's bittersweet when I move to the next one! After each book is ...

Introduction Post

Welcome!

I wanted to make a pinned post for the new year and share a few basics on what to exp...

Sketchbook send off

This was the last page in my "zora" sketchbook and felt like a fitting end. I am grateful that werewolfsister included me in their comic project! It's sad that the joy was spoiled by some bad apple...

Epilogue scenes + bonus scenes

For werewolfsister's Labor of Love, the finale was a group proj...

Shipping dynamic shenanigans

A couple of sketches done in December! I've been dealing with a little bit of a burnout after my ER visit and the Cironus/Yona comic pages were some of the last things I did. Been doodling here and...

OT3 Shenanigans

More OT3 things with these cuties! A couple of these are based off some shipping dynamic poses that float around the internet. The size differences will never be consistent but OH WELL!

I ho...

Hand holding leads to...children!?

When I feel like there's nothing to draw, I start to practice anatomy. The hand practices eventually turned into Cironus, Yona and Sidon hand studies and they make me smile. A few days later I was ...

A lil sugar, a lil spice

My friend, Smacky, and I joked how there is a little victorian woman in our heads acting scandalized whenever we draw the slightest hint of romance between characters. And to combat that we need a ...

WIP - Origins of the Windfish

My next zorca "chapter" has been on hold for a while because I've been working on designs for three specific characters, and they've gone through so many design changes and tweaks but it's so much ...

Ballad of the Wind Fish

Here we are, the next part of Cironus’ story! Another long post so follow me!

2024-12-22 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

The Life of Cironus

Up next, we are sharing some insight on Cironus and what makes him tick. This one’s a bit lengthy, fair warning!

If you’re ready…LET’S GO!!

2024-12-22 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Gerudo Fashion

Despite drawing a lot of zora related things, it's Gerudo, Goron and Rito that are my favorites! I recently played and finished Tears of the Kingdom again and it refreshed my memory on various area...

Zora as humans (with a dash of paprika)

I spent a few pages in my sketchbook playing with a human au for my zorca, and Yona and Sidon for fun! Werewolfsister came up with Sardon's human design and its 👌👀 and some fluffy images of S...

A wild monkey girl appears!

We just finished what we call the thanksgiving gauntlet and there's a small window to decompress before we move on to the christmas gauntlet. Ive had a lot of fun drawing my zorca but every so ofte...

Sidon/Yona/Cironus - PolyCUTE

I have a few doodles of these three but Ive been too paranoid to upload them to my tumblr because people cannot be normal about shipping. So they're all going to be uploaded here, starting with thr...