long kiss goodbye

Hey, an Art Themes Challenge pic! Yes, nearly two years later, I'm still plugging along on it. This one is #52, "Deep in Thought".

I'm not sure if I want to go and add a background into this or not. Originally I had planned on it, but now I dunno.

At any rate, I'm sure glad I didn't give up on this. There were times where I really was going to just snap the sketchbook shut and forget it, but thankfully, I didn't listen to myself for once. It's obviously not perfect in any way, especially since this is my first time drawing this particular view, but I am still so happy with it. I think his top half came out wonderfully; it's his legs that I have issues with. I didn't foreshorten them enough. But even so, I'm proud of this.

The reference (which can be found by clicking here) for this was a photo that I took back in May of Antonio, my Asian ball-jointed doll; I swear, they make the best drawing references.

It's been a while since I drew Kinjita. As for the title, that was taken from the song "Long Kiss Good Bye", by HALICALI; I kid you not, I looped that song the entire time I was drawing this, which was about two and half hours or so. ; The lyrics, too, fit well with a particular bit of the story, but I think in general the song set the mood for this. To me, it looks like he's contemplating a lot of things, which is why I chose it to be #52 of the Challenge.

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