I'm curious. You've drawn Gladio many times with long luxurious, shampoo commercial worthy hair, BUT I was wondering what your representation of him looks like in his awkward more-formal teen to mullet stage? Somewhere between Brotherhood and Game where Iris begs him to cut it it's so awkward.
Oh my gosh, hello love!! It’s been so long, I hope you’re doing well! <3
So, I have a story for you about your ask. You sent it to me right before I went out of town, so while I was away, I worked on drawing your Gladio for you. BUT! Here’s what happened, I had your ask wrong in my head. Because I only read it once and lost internet for a little while, I thought you wanted to see just teen Gladio with shorter hair, since I always draw older him with long, flowing locks. And only now did I realize what you actually wanted to see.
So here’s what I drew before:
And now that I properly re-read your ask, I did a quick (like super quick) redraw to give Gladio the most awkward mullet ever:
IT’S SO AWKWARD, I’M DYING. I hate it so much, both Iris and I want to chop it off. But you’re so right, he would’ve had to have that weird in-between stage when he was growing out his hair. But he’s a pretty confident guy, I bet he would’ve rocked it regardless. I like to think that he started having the shaved sides early on and kept them until he decided to fully grow them out later in his twenties.
This was super fun/awful to draw, so thank you!! I’m still laughing over it.