always yelling

In their twenties in the twenties babyyyy

Did this commission for @artemis.x.wally on instagram and thought it’d be cool to compare it to the very first spitfire drawing I ever posted, back in November 2012 (I’m so old!!! I’ve been here too long omg). Interesting to see what things have changed and what things are similar. 

some sketches

thank you for providing the perfect inspiration for yj prompt week, day 1 - “You are more family than my own blood”

redraw of this old piece from about six years ago. how the time flies!!!

So obviously I have lost my mind.

Some points of interest:

I don’t really understand how underwear worked at this time?? Not a lot of references/confusing information. So this might be a little ~avant garde~ for the era but Ed is all about progress, right?

Previously I’ve drawn him in Chelsea boots but upon closer inspection it turns out he’s canonically wearing harness boots (most of the time??? anyway???) so I’ve adjusted accordingly

Went for suspenders instead of a belt because suspenders were a little more common at the time and also... I love them

The coat is a duster coat, which came into fashion after motorcars became a thing, to protect people’s clothes from the dust they kicked up. Typically they were light in colour, but Ed... is not known for his refined taste

Generally, he’s sort of dressed to the nines in an attempt to inspire some respect, although the effect in reality is pretty humourous because he just looks like a child running around in a grown gentleman’s clothes

People of the era would have always worn hats when out and about, but I feel like Ed probably finds hats annoying (or at least, I find them annoying to draw and his hair is so nice and fun on it’s own)

There’s no symbol on the back of the duster, but if you look closely you’ll see it pinned to the lapel of his suit