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Christmas Mood

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I’ve been on a Jekyll and Hyde kick recently.... 

I’ve been listening to Dangerous Game nonstop, which I hate because it’s making me ship these two and I can’t for spoilery reasons...

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Decided to go to my roots and draw Zai in the Soul Eater style!

Yes I added feathers to his face and neck. 

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Another Halloween collab with my pal, @screamingasexual

Their character Trix with Zai!

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The Third being of Creation and the first Fate. Capricorn was where the Creator decided to flex his creative talent. However he failed horribly, mutilating his third child by mistake. 

The Creator thought that Capricorn, while sound of mind, would end up unstable due to his physical deformities. And so he bound him to the bottom of the ocean, where no one could hurt him and where he could hurt no one. 

Due to his affinity for dark magic, he was bound by chains of light. 

He calls himself ‘Jonah’. 

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Zai can be adorable, when he wants

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Another Zai

I have no idea why I colored him like this

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I don’t think I’ve drawn young Zai before

So here he is with the haircut and outfit Aphrodite forced him to wear

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Fourth’s previous vessel

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Mombi and KiDrakath :P

Drakath belongs to @blackeye20

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Drew Zombi as a warm up. I'm at my sister's house at the moment so I can't get to the bigger project I was working on earlier. This doodle will suffice.

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The Argyros Line: suffering pains in the neck for ten thousand years.

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I tried to do something different then normal though it didn’t turn out as good as i thought it would. either way here it is! I'ma probs redraw this and the finish the other one tomorrow.

this is so beautiful oh my god i love it thank you so much??????

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I finally draw Ishtar yes.

As always, when i draw someone’s character I must credit. The man in the middle is Eli, who belongs to @blackeye20

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How I draw kisses!

A quick tutorial/cheat sheet on how I draw kisses!! I’m going to assume you already know how to draw a head and how to angle it, because that’s an entire procedure in itself. I’m going to focus on mainly the lips and also try and tackle some common mistakes when you’re first starting out. 

Pursing the lips

So this is boring but crucial. If you don’t purse, their is no real kiss (take notes) bc placing your lips on top of someone else’s is not how you kiss… The most important part are the corners of the mouth, especially from the side view, because that’s what changes the most. 

The actual kissing yeee

Let’s start do a basic side view kiss on the lips. And believe it or not, I think this one is the hardest!  

Think about which parts of the face are going to be in front of the other! This can take some time to get the hang of, but once you get that down it’s easy. Also, focus on getting the heads at the right distance and angle. A common mistake is drawing them too close. 

The Lightning Shape: 

Still keeping in mind which part of the line is “Red’s” upper lip and which part is “Blue’s” lower lip, play around with the shape of the lightning. Very subtle changes can have a very strong impact! I usually go by feel, so take your time, but here are some things to look out for: 

Details squishing etc.

So yeah once the lightning shape looks good, I usually add details and squish parts of the face that will touch. Which usually includes the noses, but from this angle they won’t squish unless you intend on making nice big noses <3. By now it should look something like this: 

You don’t have to add the corners of the mouth! I usually do when I want to show that the character is smiling. 

One technique used a lot in anime/manga + other cartoony art styles, is fading lines where two soft-ish objects press hard against each other. The picture above explains it. 

Common mistakes

Getting down the crucial kissing part of fanart is hard and you will mess upp SO MANY TIIIIIIMES, but you learn from your mistakes, so don’t be discouraged. There are some things though that I frequently see when people draw kisses that makes it look awkward and stale, many of which I used to do myself. Here are some examples:

Try your best to avoid these. Most of the mistakes have little to do with the lips and more to do with the angle of the head. So getting that down before you move on to the lips is important. 

¾ view Kissing

There are not a lot of angles where you actually see the lips meet (or at least not that I can draw…). Depending on how the heads are placed in relation to each other, you may or may not see the lips in a ¾ view. The way I have demonstrated is done in a way that the nose will bump into the other’s upper cheek. 

Aaand that’s about it! These things will make more and more sense the more you draw them. At first it can seem very hard with so many things to keep track of, and it is, but practice makes perfect! 

Rule of thumb: does the angle and position of the heads make sense? How are the lips going to align? What parts of the face are going to be in front of the other? How much will the lips purse? And finally, what is going to squish? 

Thank you for reading! 😘

(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ now draw kisses

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A scene from my RP blog @seven-deadly-royals, between Calypso and @ariableu‘s Annalise!