Bara Style Challenge - Suyohara (Patreon)

It is very likely that you know Suyohara if you follow any bara-sharing social media profiles, but perhaps you know him better for his Dom and Steen comics. He's definitely one of the big successful bara artists out there and one of my personal favorites. I really love his shading style and have yet to crack the code on it, I'm afraid. His style is very recognizable, featuring a specific anime/manga aesthetic that doesn't look exactly like your usual bara art and that borders on BL or yaoi with the long pointy faces. He does a lot of fan art, but is really good at translating different characters to his own style and ngl I'd sell my left nut to see him draw the Ero Angels.

I would consider my take on this one to be somewhat of a failure. I don't think it looks like his art all that much, but to be fair, I was expecting it to be difficult because a lot of the shapes that he uses are very foreign to me (I practically never draw "pointy" characters haha). I think I've made the shading too soft, the linework too think and the color palette I chose isn't very Suyo either. Also, I'm realizing that if Suyohara drew Finn, he'd probably give him much more muscle definition in the linework, like a proper 8-pack and much more defined obliques. I considered redrawing it again and again to make it better, but I've decided to stop here for two reasons:
1. I have learned a lot from my mistakes on this one and I want to acknowledge them.
2. I've got other shit to do. Making a comic takes a lot of time, guys! 🤣

So I hope you like this semi-Suyohara attempt and that you're ready for the Robin Morningwood version of Finn 'cause I feel like this one is gonna be really fun!

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