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my first cbc dtiys @creatingblackcharacters please dont pelt me with rocks /silly

some design notes if you gaf:

Sonic's hairstyle is based on this [fig 1]. Shadow's hairstyle is just Sonic's but like slicked down and longer

Shadow's eyebrows are based on kabuki theater makeup [fig 2], which was the inspiration for his markings

The earrings and the hair ring whatever are inhibitor rings. Except they don't suppress his chaos energy, they suppress his aura

I was GONNA make one of them lighter but since they're "copies" of each other, I thought "wouldn't it make more sense if they were the same shade"

Shadow's eyes are just Sonic's eyes but the top lid is lower. Like I just drew a line through the eye from one corner to the other and erased the top

The swirls and lines in/on their hair are meant to get across the fact they do NOT have straight hair. It's just coily and neatly packed together into "spines"

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kewl trio i drew at lunch w family

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i probably couldve done better but koichi design! ^_^

piece with reference image + closeups below cut

ill explain whats going on with the hair at a later date.. yes there's a reason why it looks like that...

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I saw you blackwash characters and theyre really really cute and awesome i would love to see how you would design a black marnie from pokemon :3

i remmeber that freak /aff

ASSUMING we're thinking of the same character uhhh shows this to you

the hair was a littlleee difficult but i got it

bonus under cut

grillz..

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they done fuck up his sandwich 5 times

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doodles of my son i made at a dinner party

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doodles frim todaaaaaaay

mostly au stuff

last one is just little baybeh koichi