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this is a redraw of something i made a few years back. its so great seeing how much ive improved! Im so proud of myself

For starters I feel a lot of people forget the kind of home Jotaro grew up in; his father was never home and his mother never told him "no". Once you strip away all the giant muscles and height that Jotaro is surprisingly written as his age, since of course a teenager in that kind of household would turn to his peers for validation, and would get that validation by being a bad boy since he knows he isn't going to have any real consequences. Plus we see that later in life he mellows out. He stays quiet because that's who he is but he isn't as mean because that's an act he put on.

Next think about the very first time we see him; in the jail cell. He's putting on his tough guy who doesn't give a shit act but he's also sacrificing his own freedom to protect people. It's wild to me that this is literally the FIRST thing he does since that's the entire thesis of his character. Throughout the entire series he will sacrifice anything to protect people. In part 3 he obviously risks his own life to protect his mother, but if we flash forward his LAST action in the story is that instead of killing Pucci he protects his daughter. He sacrificed EVERYTHING for this, but of course he would do this, a protector is who he is.

And in shonen like this where the author makes it up as they go this kinda character consistency is almost unheard of, usually it takes a bit for an author to really find the core of who their character is, especially when it's something like this that isn't in your face, but with Jotaro it's from page 1.

Oh and one more detail; to circle back to how Jotaro had a father who made lots of money but was never home. If that was someone's only paternal role model what kind of parent do you think they'd be? Well they would do what they felt was "best" for their family without actually spending time with them. And combine that with his protecting nature and he spends all his time neglecting his daughter BECAUSE he worries him being around will put hee in danger. DO YOU SEE? DO YOU SEE HOW EVERYTHING CONNECTS? His characterization is so fucking strong and informed by his upbringing but it's never once waved in your face! His father's mentioned like once in the whole story but Araki kept it in mind the whole time!

I made this a while ago, but I had to compress the image bc tumblr didn’t let me post the full quality. THIS IS OLD I still like it and think it’s so cute.

doodle page bc I like part 4 ♥️ also highlight on Joseph bc I like how I drew his slutty waist