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Tutorial on drawing characters/OCs who have some sort of facial paralysis. It doesn't cover all possible variants because I was using mirror as my main reference lawl

Keep in mind that this is an introductory drawing tutorial and has some generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People 👍

Consider supporting me on ko-fi if you find this to be helpful.

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Muted his palette a little

The forever curse of colours looking better on the tablet than on the actual screen It was supposed to be darker Anyway, Tatsuno Sanrio in his youth, pre-investigator career (and pre-baby). Your scary local delinquent who is actually a decent guy, he just doesn't trust cops (becomes one a couple of years down the line)

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The forever curse of colours looking better on the tablet than on the actual screen It was supposed to be darker Anyway, Tatsuno Sanrio in his youth, pre-investigator career (and pre-baby). Your scary local delinquent who is actually a decent guy, he just doesn't trust cops (becomes one a couple of years down the line)

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sorry for the poor meme choice but i keep doodling him its a problem

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Things they make you draw at art courses (human figures) versus things you actually want to draw (sexy fish men)

Tatsuno used to be a delinquent in his youth, before joining the police force in his early twenties because he desperately needed at least one good cop to exist anywhere at all. He still has his tattoos.

That's my headcanon.

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Tatsuno Otoshigo (Tatsunootoshigo Keiji or Seahorse Detective) for Rein Deilerd. Character from Hangyodon 007/2: Doctor Sunday Arawaru no Maki. I don't watch this anime, but i like this seahorse

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This is why archiving and spreading media without input from corporations is so important. Yes, supporting the works you love monetarily is also important, but when said works become virtually unavailable via legal means, what else can you do? You can still play the games, watch the anime and read the manga, you just have to look into emulation and fan translations. That's how you keep stories alive.

Have any of you thought of how scary it is for stories to be forgotten I've thought of that with Yo-kai watch because Yo-kai watch is slowly disappearing from the west and the games that are still in the west are either too hard to find or too expensive and it's a bit scary to think about because I've seen a store have the games in a glass case with labels that show the price and it was high. I hope that when I'm an adult the games will still be findable at least still in Japan or they might make a comeback since level 5 is working on a game called holy horror mansion that is similar to Yo-kai watch but not a direct sequel.

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Bang Bang Bang

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Alright who wants to make drawing requests ???

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Sneak peek of some action fish men

Sanrio and Yōkai Watch are sister franchises in my heart

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USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

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Kaneda

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Thank you for featuring my reply!

When it comes to research, my opinion is that it's always great when it's there, but sometimes, the writing or art alone can convey what is necessary for the scene, and making it extra realistic is not a must at all. Artistic liberty is a thing for a reason, and missing something when researching is perfectly normal.

Someone might nitpick an anime for featuring a monogamous couple of (non-anthropomorphic) great white sharks caring for two pups who should be old enough to be independent by that point, but, first of all, this has no bearing on the plot, and second of all, that's more of a tiny insignificant nitpick and not a serious criticism of an anime that isn't even really about sharks (a huge loss on their part, more shows should be specifically about sharks).

It can be fun to nitpick things like writing or specific real life facts the plot references, but it should never take the form of harsh criticism. Angry Youtube critics who exaggerated their negative reactions for comedic effect have inadvertently raised an entire generation who believes that this is how you should review art, and that absolutely sucks. We were supposed to laugh at the Nostalgia Critic, not become him.

It's okay if the writer uses more than one word to describe a single character. It's okay if there is a made up word here and there. It's okay if the writer didn't know that crocodiles weren't introduced to Japan until way after the Meiji restoration, and that the word for "crocodile", "wani", used to refer exclusively to sea monsters and should have been used as such by the early Tokugawa era characters.

Nitpicking such small details and pretending that they are serious writing flaws is asshole critic behaviour and should not discourage people from making art.

Devastating to have more evidence that done IS better than perfect

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Her blood pressure is way up due to all of this.