#toushin

[uteros]

i should draw more than the like, 3 characters that i usually do

don’t tag as kin

[sabisen-blog]

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[nipba-blog]

Toushin Toshi [English]

[nipba-blog]

Toushin Toshi

[sportsbakas]

shinkai and toudou doing whichever number comforting each other was

[maiji]

Me: Gee, me, I always complain whenever I draw Toushin Yusuke because of all the manga inconsistencies but I never want to do the simplified anime version. Maybe I should sit down and create one version for myself based on all the different official references available so that I don't have to keep going back to the manga and flip and curse every time.

Me: Great idea, me!

*several days and many flipped tables later*

Me: WHOSE STUPID IDEA WAS THIS

The arms were the worst part sob sob. I ended up rolling little paper cylinders to draw on lmao (it actually helped a lot)

I always understood they had to drastically simplify the design for animation purposes, but I feel like I understand the character designer tasked with Toushin Yusuke's stylesheet much better now lmao (*looks at manga* *draws a couple of Vs* *peaces the f*** out*)

I wonder how long it took Togashi to come up with the original concept, and how many iterations they went through before approving the final anime version. I'd love to see how that process went ...

I kinda feel like it's why Raizen only has marks on the side of his face, because Togashi was like hahhaha what was I thinking screw me I'm not doing this again luls

Anyways, stuff is still kinda not aligned, but since I got this far, here it is. This is based on:

Various panels in the manga, which (as anyone who has tried to use it to draw Toushin Yusuke knows) are all different, even shots of the same angle. I arbitrarily pulled what seemed to be most defined or work/look the best. There appear to be three main styles. I'll call them the "sharp" version (more angular tattoos), the "curvy" version (more curved) and the "WTF" version (the initial appearances that have no semblance of rhyme or reason and appear to be just squiggles everywhere). Within each version there's a lot of freestyling going on too. My personal preference is the curvy; it makes me think more of fluid ink and brushwork.

The official Yu Yu Hakusho Gashu Togashi artbook, which includes a flat pattern that grabs different parts of the tattoo that appear in the manga. It also takes the sharp and curvy chest designs and uses them as design elements on the table of contents page. So my design attempt on his chest here combines both. (Looking at it now, it's kinda overkill)

The anime stylesheet as a starting point for the back tattoos - there is no clear shot of it in the manga as his hair almost always obscures it completely or he's far away and Togashi didn't bother filling in any details.

Complete and utter BS. His legs are never shown (he's always wearing jeans, although you can see hints of tattoos through the holes in his pants), and the one bare foot you see does not sport any tattoos. I made stuff up for these.

Again, THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM A REAL/ACCURATE REFERENCE. I made stuff up and I'm not a pro who can draw things consistently from different angles. I can't even draw guy hips okay ...

But feel free to reference it if you wish for fanart or cosplays or whatever! And if you do use it, please let me know, I love to see more Yusuke~

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