Popping In To Tell You That Youre Art Is So Tasty And I Will Never Understand How You Always Draw Suegikus

Popping in to tell you that you’re art is so tasty and I will never understand how you always draw Suegiku’s hair so perfectly <3 (I love them, but their hair is the bane of my existence)

THANK YOU SO MUCH WAAA <3 <3 <3

i offer some headshots i did just for this ask actually

[id: colored sketches of jono saigiku and suehiro tetcho from bungo stray dogs. they are bust shots, where only their collar up to their head is drawn. jono is drawn with closed eyes and a smug expression, while tetcho is drawn with a bored expression. /end id]

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i felt such a strong urge to provide a walkthrough, so i hope you don’t mind my blabbering about how i draw their hair! (it’s also the bane of my existence)

very long and detailed walkthrough / rambling below the cut for those curious! 

starting with tecchou! since i drew him first....

compared to other characters, i have a different technique specifically for him, because i always disliked how my detailed linework for his hair would turn out

i would draw these thick strand guidelines first; i put more thought into the strands for his bangs since this will decide how i frame his face

after that, i just connect the lines together and shade it black or whatever linework color i’m using! i also add the longer hair strands during this step, and modify any strands if needed.

the next step happens during my flat coloring phase, and is arguably the most fun part of this technique. i paint over the solid black hair with dark brown hair strands over top! that way i can provide depth and details in his hair, without much hassle since this doesn’t interfere with the linework 

i add some thinner strands after! then modify some areas when all the layers have been merged (since my coloring style is just me painting over everything)

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onto jouno! who takes more steps...

i always start with the bangs! i follow his current hairstyle where his bangs are evenly cut and swoop to the right from our view

next step is.... whatever this is....... my friend calls it antennas. these parts of the side hair is meant to be longer to frame his face! i’m sorry i’m not brave enough to give him short side hair bits like in canon </3

after that, i draw the rest of the side hair! 

after that, i work on the back hair which puffs up by from the top to below the ears, and then gets much thinner and stops right around the back of his neck

with the help of clipping layers, i work on the tips of his bangs, side hair, and back hair. compared to canon, i like to have more gradient-like red tips. i color in the red tips before adding the light red and pink parts

after that, i clean up the colors to look like this! 

i add thinner hair strands and modify other parts like usual as final touch, or when i’m preparing to render!

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since you’ve read to the end, i offer a bonus jouno! thank you c:

twitter is not letting me post, is that a sign for me to come back to posting on tumblr

my kny au is one year old now oh my god...

someone please tell me you recognize what this is based on....

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they're so important to me i care them so much ANYWAY

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ROUND 3: Bungou Babygirl Competition

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