Changing Styles

     It has been ages since I last updated my style. I really have to up my game a little bit and grow up a little as an artist. So today I tried to do a little bit of an update starting on the face. I've recently come to love bulkier bodies, and I'm really loving the better defined features and not the skinny set anymore that I usually work on. I realized that the skinny body doesn't match the childish face anymore. I thought it would be fine but its not working much. With that, here's today's little- uhh. success:

     It's more refined, still a bit young but with this I can get away with a bigger frame than usual. It feels fresher this way too and I like fresh. Ah and I've been working on my lines as well. Since I'm starting to develop a better sense of color and shading, its time for me to graduate from thick lines and solid block colors. I can't really get the full effect with thick lines. I used to love it and I was actually a thick-line warrior back then. I've always argued that thick lines brought more depth in it. But then its not, so its a good improvement. I have more flexibility with colors this way which is great. Probably I'd keep the thicker lines in black and white photos, in good moderation of course. Ossu! Renshuu renshuu! [Yeah! Practice practice!]

Much love,

Natsuhiko