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Sketches and Studies - Zeno Face & Body

I mentioned the face/body studies I did of him a while ago, so I'm finally posting them; it might help other artists or just be generally interesting.

my mentor taught me to break everything down in shapes to get someone's likeness, but we do have very different drawing styles - she's more stylized and I'm more realistic. even so, it's a valuable lesson for all styles, and I learned how to do these studies.

added some notes of what I think is important to keep in mind with his design - Zeno is very interesting because, as noted, he has a lot of square shapes, suggesting strength and reliability, and rounder ones, suggesting an edge of softness; both quite unlikely for villain/evil characters. his design is very, very interesting to me; quite intentionally contradictory, I think.

You hold yourself against the waves / You say the water's fine

I read and reread MANY times the 8 fanfics that are on AO3 to feed my interest. And I thought about finally starting to write my own Zenace fanfic, but I'm very unsure if it would be more interesting if it were in the original universe or in an AU.

"ahh...c-c-cso.."

Some Leon angst to begin 2026

Brought to you because I want to know where are the knives, why does one of his alternative outfits looks like Krauser’s and how will Requiem tackle his trauma since he’s coming back to the beginning (and also I am in need of Operation Javier remake). So yeah, have fun !