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Published: 2011-08-17 15:49:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 207; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 3
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Description Character design for Hanete Karo.

So yes, a male OC as promised! The way I drew him makes him look ridiculously tall and his face looks fairy-like. "orz

Anyway, his colour scheme is yellow, although his outfit is almost all black and white except the tie, which is... well, take an educated guess.

He's blonde, and his eyes are dark brown, nearly black. (Excuse for not having to colour them properly.)

His surname is gibberish, so if it means somethng in Japanese, let me know.
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Comments: 11

Sneuki [2012-02-16 01:39:40 +0000 UTC]

...I ALSO LOVE HIM. <3

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Sakkeru In reply to Sneuki [2012-02-16 10:53:13 +0000 UTC]

WELL. I WOULDN'T HAVE GUESSED. WHAT WITH YOU BEING THE SAME PERSON AND ALL.

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sekiru [2012-02-16 01:38:04 +0000 UTC]

MAKE. MORE. MALE. OCS.

HE'S SO CUTE THOUGH. IDK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON SKYPE. ; U ;

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Sakkeru In reply to sekiru [2012-02-16 10:52:25 +0000 UTC]

FINE. WHATEVER YOU SAY.

HE JUST LOOKS FEMALE. I FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

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Berende [2011-08-17 21:31:21 +0000 UTC]

I had to think long and hard what to say about him, because he left me puzzled at first. But more about that in a minute; first - I love his face. And the folds in his sleeves look really good. Also like the way you shaded his knife.

But what puzzled me was his torso and proportions. Now, his head is actually not too small. In fact, it's pretty much exactly the size a human head is supposed to be compared to the rest of the body. I actually counted it. I had to, because there was something that just didn't look right about his torso. But oddly enough, the proportions are pretty much perfect. So what's wrong, then? Well, I had to do some serious testing and I realised that the problem lies in his clothes. Now, the proportions are correct, but the way his shirt (vest?) is makes his torso look unnaturally long. And that is mainly because his trousers have such a low waist. I don't know if he's supposed to be wearing hipster pants, but they make him look kinda weird. Oh, and if that's a vest, it should probably be shorter. If it's a shirt, it's a shirt and fine like that. But the combination of the shirt hanging so low and the low trousers makes his torso seem a bit off.

The legs could perhaps be slightly longer, but really, the difference would be minor. It's not something you need to change - they are fine the way they are.

At first I thought that his left arm is too long, but then I looked at it and looked at it some more, and it's actually pretty good the way it is. His upper arm is perhaps a bit too long, but if you just move the elbow a bit higher, that should take care of the problem. And you've already commented on the other arm yourself.

His feet aren't "fail", by the way. They are just too small for him to be able to stand up properly. Otherwise they look quite fine, I love how much detail you put into shoes in general.

But hey, this is a guy! So let's talk about that. To me, his neck looks too thin; I know manga guys don't have the butchest of necks, but men do tend to have thicker necks than women, and looks like his neck is thinner than Chikara's! It should at least be stronger than your female characters'.

And one tiny little detail about men's clothing... the buttons in men's wear are the other way around. So basically he's wearing a ladies' shirt in this one. [link] [link] But that's of course a minor detail, but worth taking into account I guess.

But overall, great work. The proportions are pretty much correct (well, I don't know what manga proportions are like, but those right there are more or less the proper human proportions), the face looks good, and the hair looks good. Yay!

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Sakkeru In reply to Berende [2011-08-17 21:49:43 +0000 UTC]

LONG COMMENT

Thanks for all that! Tbh, I'm not entirely sure what it is, but I'll say it's a shirt *shot*
Yeah, I'll change that.

Yes, the feet are too small, and that is why they currently fail. And I do?

And okay, I'll do that. I found it difficult to compare him to Chikara, becuase his head is slightly smaller and he's quite a lot taller, so... yeah.

Oh damn, I forgot about that. Of course, I could say that he is wearing a ladies shirt... but that makes him sound pervy, which he isn't.

Thank you!

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Berende In reply to Sakkeru [2011-08-17 22:43:07 +0000 UTC]

Long comment? Yeah, mine was a bit lengthy I guess... oh well.

I still don't think you fail at those feet. They still look like feet!

No problem!

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Sakkeru In reply to Berende [2011-08-18 12:41:39 +0000 UTC]

Nothing wrong with long comments, they're just... long. *shot*

I guess...

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Berende In reply to Sakkeru [2011-08-18 14:45:24 +0000 UTC]

Sorry. I'll try to keep them shorter in the future.

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Sakkeru In reply to Berende [2011-08-18 14:48:01 +0000 UTC]

It's not a bad thing! Actually, I quite like long comments.

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Berende In reply to Sakkeru [2011-08-19 06:47:06 +0000 UTC]

Okay then.

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