#As Nodt vs. Byakuya becomes like the Pazzi Conspiracy

[jessfandrawer]

IH & RR AU Week, Day 4: Historical AU

Renaissance Italy

This is one of the rare occasions I've drawn someone completely shirtless. How did I do? And hey, I can still kind of draw chibi's.

Some notes:

European men of this time period did not typically have tattoos, but it seemed wrong to have Renji without his tattoos. I ended up giving Renji normal eyebrows so the tattoos could be interpreted as permanent or temporary body art.

Rukia's dress in the main piece is not totally accurate to the time/region. I ended up choosing Italy when I realized the Shinigami, Espadas, and Quincies (spelling?) could be feuding families/rival city states. By that point I was too far into the drawing to change the dress, though.🙃

I referenced An Artist with a Model in his Studio by Cornelis Dusart, and Statue of a River Deity from the National Archeological Museum of Naples, as well as some historical costume books.