Practically 20 Years Old Just Out Of The Coffin Dio Is Very Important.

Practically 20 years old just out of the coffin Dio is very important.

Like dude came straight outta the 1800s and into 90s fashion or something. When he was still young all he had to work with were corsets and leather and then he wakes up and hallelujah what is this stretchy thing that clings to my new muscles like a wet t-shirt and he just goes crazy about latex n spandex.

And he had this fucking outfit at some point. He probably had the best fucking time of his life until the Joestars decided to come and fuck things up. Seriously if this isn’t a clubbing outfit I dunno what is. HIS SHOES ARE BEDAZZLED. HIS SHIRT IS BEDAZZLED. HE HAS FEATHERS ON THE COLLAR. EARRING. PAINTED NAILS. COLLAR.

Leatherwhatever thong harness thing. He went so nuts about the evolution of fashion. 

He got so crazy. Imagine him when he found out about lipstick. Sweatbands. HEARTS AS ACCESSORIES. Like seriously everything is so great when you remember he’s a vampire from 19th century indulging in the new world.

DO NOT BE AFRAID TO DRAW WHAT YOU WANT. See this man? THIS IS EDITOR YOSHIDA FROM SHUEISHIA (SHONEN JUMP). I met him when I met my hero Takeshi Obata. Who of which (Obata-Sensei) gave me props and said “WOW. You’re REALLY good.” when I gave him a drawing of CROW. Yoshida then reviewed my work and love the Dream Vesper ( A manga project of mine) artwork I did as well as other work I had done. He also went on to say that he did not expect to see Americans drawing manga like I did. Seeing black and white pages was refreshing to him. He and the assistants encouraged me to enter the next JUMP Manga contest. He was bummed I missed the deadline BY A DAY because of the time zone and would’ve loved Dream Vesper. So I was told to do 31 pages next time instead of 45.

SO to all of those people that scoff at “Americans” drawing manga, zip it. It doesn’t matter where you come from. Everyone loves a good comic. They aren’t “racist” or “mean”..or any of that crap. Learn the language. Learn the culture. Respect them, they respect you. Most importantly, CREATE SOMETHING THAT ONLY YOU CAN CREATE. BE YOURSELF AND DRAW WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART TO DRAW. (Yes, learn your fundamentals but don’t be ashamed of having a manga influenced style). Editor Y himself said that my style was a SUCCESSFUL fusion of Western and Eastern influences. So if a “kid” out of Detroit can get Jump’s respect. SO CAN YOU. NOW GO DRAW.

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This was done 9/23 so not technically inktober but w/e. My first real attempt at inking without pencil in a long time. My art style is completely different and more graphic this way. I’ll post the process pics I took later when my phone isn’t dying.