Wait, so you mean Hoshikawa Haru is their characters' designer?
No actually I got it wrong. I was scrolling through the wiki and misunderstood some stuff; their avatar designers are different people. But for some reason Harukara really likes them and she apparently provided both of their duo names, Nijisanji Seiheki Konbi and Crossick. Source at bottom of page.
Ok, what I can see on this image: how needy Exia's body looks yet her smile seems genuine, showing how she knows this is but a momentary pleasure, that Mostima will leave eventually, but for now she is happy with what she has.
On Mostima's side, her body shows how much she want to return the hug, yet she doesn't. At the same time, she isn't smiling, as if she is regreting what she eventually has to do.
^ It's a basketball joke, don't worry if you don't get it Maki's wearing the jersey for an NBA team, the Miami Heat, so I treated it as a ship in the shipping war people were doing. It's not a joke I expect most of the people here to get. :P
^^^ I was confused until I figured out you meant M!Byleth
edit: does anyone else automatically think F!Byleth whenever someone says "Byleth"? Like is there anyone who thinks "Byleth, the character" rather than "Byleth the woman/man"?
^ Same here, friend. Same here. ...though I wouldn't mind Edelgard or Dimitri doing it either...
Stronk sensei indeed~
edit 2: I just noticed that F!Byleth has normal hair while M!Byleth has green hair. That's a clever detail.
@ Throbelisk: Surely that didn't come from memory, Mr. Holmes!
First Place! Although I feel like I've cheated all of the amateur artists at a fair shot of getting first place, but this one, just like his other works, stand out among the rest-- Learn something from his art!