It's A Bit Like A Mirror, I guess

A little over a month ago, my friend Ksenia asked me if Suka shared any of my personality traits. I thought about it.. and I thought about it.. and I suppose in a way, she does. Of course, it wasn't until I was walking home from the bus stop with a bag of veggies in the crook of my arm, I was thinking about how I always wind up drawing Suka holding her basket in the same manner.

And that is where this idea came from!

In a way, Suka is everything I want to be, and at the same time everything I never want to be. She's very sweet and kind, and no matter what, her primary concern is always those around her. A trait I wish I could pick up on. She also doesn't complain much, while I on the other hand, complain ceaselessly. It's another one of those things I wish I could just steal from my OC. She's also very subdued and quiet, while I'm loud and bright. Yet, we both don't like strangers or being in crowded spaces, or trying to make friends, and we don't like bugs, yes, we both hate bugs. Suka is also insanely needy and very tactful because she's afraid of angering people. I am stupidly blunt at times (It leads to unpleasantries between friends) and I'm not needy.

We both share the trait that in a stressful situation, we can both keep our heads until all reason for panic is gone, and then we break down and bawl. In some ways that's good, in other ways, not so much.

Here's a preview to the painting I'm working on right now. It's Yukio, again, because for the past two weeks I've had amazing life drawing models who have the most amazing, twisted, almost impossible looking poses, and everyone I drew I was like... Goddamn, these poses are so perfect for Yukio!!

And then I came home and drew him just walking around all happy like. I've already inked this, and laid down the flats, and NOW I'm noticing things I don't like (his head is too big, his vest ((which isn't in the lines to the left)) looks awkward on his body, and just a few other things) But I think when I'm finished painting it, I'll quite like it.

I like it already, because it just has Yukio's air too it, without me having to completely distort his body and make him stand pigeon toed awkwardly like I normally draw him. Not that I don't like those, it's just fun to draw him actually in action for once.

Ah yes, Yukio can use magic. Did I ever mention that? It was a concept I threw around on his creation- Warning, hyperlink leads to super super old badly drawn image - Where becoming the Soul Puppeteer, opened his body to be a vessel for all kinds of dark energies; which of course, he learned how to harness. Even after his soul gets returned to him, he is still capable of accessing these dark powers, but he doesn't like to use them because they're a reminder of a past he forcefully left behind.

I'm enjoying this image! Going to go continue painting now.