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I haven't posted any art or doodles or poos on my LiveJournal for a while (I think?) SO I'MA BRING IT BACK.
(Please right-click > open image in new tab for full size ヾ(@°▽°@)ノ)

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