#IN THIS ECONOMY? i hope your white haired million accessory anime boys put you through college i truly do. godspeed
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yknow i still think about that exercise darthfar did forever ago where he drew his face designs for les amis in b&w with no hair or accessories to see if they were all distinct from each other, and how they all looked like fully realized different people, and then i did the same thing (probably at age 16ish?) and realized across nine characters i had maybe Three different head/face shapes that i attempted to distinguish between expression alone, and that left a really deep impact on me and made me more critical of how i design and i think it made me a better artist making more interesting & varied charactes, and i'm endlessly grateful for that lesson that i don't know if he ever even knew he was teaching me
#ignore me#i have an immense amount of respect love & gratitude for all les mis artists from like 2012-2016 when i was really In It#the fandom at large really helped shape me in a lot of very positive ways and i know that couldve gone Bad so easily but it Didnt#this musing prompted by the t.oyhouse community and how tired i am of the adoptable designs i see being the same three#white haired anime boys with a bunch of junk stuck to their hair#look if that's your cup of tea more power to you and also i'm glad those ppl are making bank on it let me say!!!#IN THIS ECONOMY? i hope your white haired million accessory anime boys put you through college i truly do. godspeed#but where's the spiiiiiiiice...
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