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Felt like drawing Maya from H@#!$* S!#@$%&!. If you know this character...................................... then you know him. If not, then.................. you don't need to know ｜−・;）
AHEM ANYWAY-
This was actually just an excuse for me to draw abs. It was the first time I drew an 8-pack (°∀°)! At the time I was pretty proud of the result, but I got embarrassed and........... was kinda torn between just clothing him completely or partially? Honestly it was a very difficult decision. BECAUSE I DREW THOSE ABS SO FUCKIN' WELL.
Although currently I can tell the proportions are off. But I mean... I tend to elongate torsos so...
I don't know if by now it's considered my "style" or if I'm just incompetent. Because I recognize the error, I just don't... correct it really... Unless it's ridiculously wrong.
This isn't the first time I've spent a good amount of time drawing a body just to cover it with clothes. If I wasn't so embarrassed of my friends judging me, 75% of my drawings would probably be of naked or half-naked people guys. Partially because I like to draw bodies and partially because clothes take so god damn long to draaaaAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... says the fashion designer.
The funny thing is I went with the partially covered option because even though I'm embarrassed, I wanted to show collarbones BECAUSE HNNNGGG COLLARBONES and the chest which I painstakingly uhhhhh planned out (it sounds weird but that's what I did). And idk nipple. There's a nipple. But yeah, I did partially clothed because I wanted to show some of the body, even though I was embarrassed. But in the end it just looks overly... uhh... suggestive............................... Like more suggestive than if he was just completely clothed or completely topless... Idk if I would've been as embarrassed if he was just topless LOL;;;

Anyways, I tweeted this drawing to the mangaka, not really expecting anything. Maybe if I had my hopes up I would've expected a "cool thanks bro". But, y'know, since I really like this mangaka I was acting like a kissass/fangirl like I DREW N#@)!*-SENSEI'S MAYA TEEHEE BECAUSE I LIKE THIS CHARACTER DESIGN A LOT HURHUR BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE IS A MANLY CHARACTER HE ALSO HAS A SWEET SIDE WHICH MAKES HIM CUTE HARHARHAR BUT MY DRAWING FAILED TO CAPTURE HIS PERSONALITY I'M VERY GOMENNASAI DOKIDOKI KOKORO TOYOTA SUZUKI. And then I sent it and immediately was like wtf am I doing she's never gonna read that.
BUT THEN I CHECKED TWITTER A FEW HOURS LATER AND SHE FAVORITED THE TWEET AND REPLIED. SHE REPLIED.
::jumps off cliff::
Ok so maybe it's not really that big a deal............................................
But she said something like, "Hya~ so sexy! His glance is erotic looking! Thanks!"
I think along with smiling like an idiot, I turned extremely red from embarrassment. Just... there's something about reading those words from her............................ that embarrass me................................
Anyway, I screenshotted her reply. It's my most prized screenshot ever and I will treasure it always. Just kidding. But not really.
Actually I'm really happy she replied, and with more than just "thanks" or "that's cute". I think it's been a couple days since her reply but I still get happy thinking about it uhhhh I'm not a high school girl with a crush don't worry.

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butts

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I drew a girl.
WHOOOAAAAAAAAA WHAAAATTTT it was actually really hard because I kept making her neck too thick and her shoulders too strong. I've drawn so many men in the past few years that it's hard to draw women now. But I can easily draw a feminine looking guy...?
Sigh. I hope she looks like a girl now. I gave her big eyes and long lashes and ridiculously slight shoulders.
Guess who has no idea what butterflies look like. ::points at self::
Anyway, I just wanted to draw a pretty girl. I don't think she's pretty though sob.

I also spent a huge amount of time trying to color this but it just wasn't coming out the way I wanted. In the end it looked better as lineart, I think... (this always happens...........................)

Anyway I'm shit at color coordination so it's easier on me if I don't color. You know... that's why I always resort to b/w, b/w with one color, or insane neon colors that have no relationship whatsoever.

approx. 1 hour on and off for sketch, 2-3 hours on and off dicking around with color; done in SAI, halftone effect in Photoshop CS6

idk

I haven't posted any art or doodles or poos on my LiveJournal for a while (I think?) SO I'MA BRING IT BACK.
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Sometimes I think it would be good to post my stuff on LiveJournal because then I can blabber all I want about it.


Soooo this one... I don't know. I wanted to change my drawing style a little because I feel I don't have a style, or if I do it's really boring/lame? But in the end I don't think it looks that unique or different from how I usually draw all that much... ::facepalm::
AND IT'S LIKE EXTREMELY OBVIOUS THAT I'VE BEEN READING A LOT OF MANGA LATELY.
It bothers me how much I'm influenced by whatever is currently taking up my time... if that makes sense...? Like my sophomore year of college I drew a lot like my drawing teacher (but I don't know if that's my problem or his problem, because apparently a lot of the kids who took his class had the same issue). Then in junior year my friend and I started to draw sort of similarly to each other because we always sat next to one another in class. And then you can kinda tell when I start picking up manga/anime again because the animanga influence would show in my drawings. Maybe it's just me................
Anyway it's not that big a deal. But this isn't the first time I've rambled about this. I'm always worrying about mehmeh my style meh blahblah when it doesn't even really matter...

Uhh anyway.

This drawing looks like it took maybe 30 minutes max. But it took like ^{three hours ::lies down::}
WHY DO I WORK SO SLOWLY.
Well partially cause I was focusing so much on "I want to change my drawing style".
Also he's naked shirtless because I like to draw male bodies even though he's anatomically incorrect. And I like collarbones. A lot.
The hair was fun to draw. I kinda like how clean looking it came out, since usually I tend to draw five million strands of hair which makes everything look kinda messy or dirty. And I've been drawing a lot of undercuts/partially shaved hairstyles recently cause they're fun (and I think they're on trend right now?).
I've also been really into beauty marks lately so I just put a random dot by his eye ¯\(°_o)/¯

For fun, here's a WIP shot:

(I kinda like the sketch better hurhur it always happens this way sob)

Aaaaaand I guess that's all. Toodleloo~

approx. 3 hours in SAI, 3D effect in Photoshop CS6