#he's wearing socks and sandals bc I HATE drawing feet and putting him in just socks felt weird

[nyaagolor]

Starting a new lil project where I’m drawing all the Team Star members before and after they joined the team, plus a body type sketch and assorted doodles to get their vibes down. The goal is to stay as on model as possible and get their proportions as close to their official art as I can while still maintaining my own style. The whole concept has got me thinking abt them way more, so I’m including also design notes and assorted hcs I thought abt while drawing under the cut

Has a single ear piercing on his right ear. He got it done with team star as an act of rebellion but is actually really scared of needles and freaked out so bad after the first one that he wouldn’t get the second done. It didn't help that the "piercing specialist" was just Ortega with a nail gun

His model kinda sorta implies that he's a bit chubby so I'm running with that as far as I reasonably can while still staying on-model

Perfectly straight + white teeth. It’s almost uncanny how perfect his teeth are, even if he’s usually doing a crocodile smile

Is aware that he has a really bad resting bitch face and actively tries to correct it, which actually backfired because now he just has a near constant sleezy grin

Permanent eye bags and hyperpigmentation on his eyelids. He always looks sleep deprived even after team star taught him the value of naps

Furrows his brows a lot, and usually looks like he’s disgusted and thinking really hard about things at the same time. People often think he’s pissed off all the time but no, he just looks like that. He's probably thinking about drum beats

Grew his hair out a lot after joining team star but doesn't really know how to take care of it so it's SO greasy. Eri noticed and is now making an effort to teach him how to use hair products that aren't Super Hold Gel

Uses the hat to disguise the fact that he has short bangs and a bigass forehead. He has thus far been successful

His eyes have a very slight yellowish tint to them. I'm blaming this on the fact that he's poke-italian

Not a design note but this is his favorite picture of all time and is his current phone lockscreen: