Bug Hours

Profile:

Full Name (Last, First): Uzuki Hayato

Age & Birthday: August 29th, 32yo (subject to change)

Gender & Sexuality: Male, He/Any, lowkey agender but he has a job so he doesn’t rlly care abt that rn. Aroace-spec

Occupation & Education: 

Formally studied ecology. Studied anatomy on his own time.

Licensed Paranormal Investigator for a bit less than a year now

Looking to get promoted to wet lab research

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Personality & Mannerisms:

Friendly, polite, and outgoing

Finds social navigation to be rather tiring, but he’s not too bad at it

Prone to oversharing. When he realizes he makes a social blunder he tries to clear things up, but just digs his own grave further

Fairly well adjusted, actually. Except when you bring up his interest

Easily engrossed in his work and frequently forgets to take care of himself

Generally enthusiastic, but noticeably drained when tired

Doesn’t handle social pressure well. Prickly when flustered, tends to hide behind his notepad

Seems disorganized, but has a very elaborate system. Unfortunately, that system easily falls apart and he quickly falls into disarray. It’s why he lost his glasses when moving into the apartment here

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Looks:

Unkempt short brown hair, sideswept. Front reaches eye level

Fairly thick eyebrows, fairly big & round even set eyes. Nose is pretty tall and thin, Kinda upturned i think. Happy resting face. Has dimples when he smiles

BAGS under his eyes

5'9" ish. Honestly kind of lanky, doesn’t eat or exercise enough. Slender build

hands are covered in scratches, cuts, burns, bandaids, and pen ink

Clothes & Accessories:

Thick frame square glasses

Likes flowy, baggy, comfortable clothes

Likes smart looking clothes

Prefers to keep his collars open

Carries a pocket sized notebook and blue pen at all times

Wears boots with side zippers or slip on shoes

occasionally carries a satchel

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Sillyposting:

Extremely reliant on coffee

tends to stress eat/drink, so part of his coffee intake comes from that. also chews his pens. it’s nasty

he can “taste” the paranormal. he doesn’t use this often though, and usually just relies on his intuition

When he passes out, nothing can wake him

Called Rongheng his “partner” for a while. He meant it as an investigative partner.

Touch-averse, with the exception of those he’s comfortable with. generally keeps distance from others

Typically avoids looking at people's faces until he's fairly familiar with them, but manages to play it off by looking at his notebook/something else important

Dislikes shirts and things that feel tight around his neck, since he finds them distracting

Doesn’t know how to tie a tie. Doesn’t know how to tie his shoes either

Didn’t really have a favorite food until Rongheng gave him a peach, randomly. He kept the pit in his pocket

Enjoys rock music

Not very good at drawing, but doodles in his spare time. Has a number of drawings of Rongheng in his notepad. His art looks like the hot yaoi base

Enjoys photography. His hands shake too much to do it well, though

His glasses prescription is -4.25 on the left eye and -3.75 on the right

Has face blindness. Recognizes people based on hair, clothes, and mannerisms instead.

Handwriting is spidery and straight dogshit

Can’t aim for SHIT

Not easily scared

prone to dropping things

Knows English. Pretty fluent, actually

Frequent sleep paralysis episodes

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Links:

Artfight

Playlist ~ Song Explanation Post (TBA)

Workplace Post (TBA)

While the vertical format is great for smartphone screens, I also wanted to use negative space to create a distinct mood.

I believe that negative space can express a character's inner emotions. In this piece, the character is small, and the background takes up about 80% of the canvas. By drawing the character so small, I can evoke a sense of loneliness and solitude.

Another key point is the placement of the cloud shadows. I intentionally kept Caine out of the shadow. You can see the boundary between the light and the cloud shadow. I used this high contrast to make the character stand out and emphasize their presence.

Finally, let us look at Caine's angle. I purposely hid Caine's face and positioned them to show their back. If their expression were visible, this artwork would probably feel cute rather than lonely. I enjoy drawing figures from angles where you cannot see their faces. This approach leaves room for viewers to wonder what the character is thinking.