SophieHarima

Mellow

So I finally redrawn my old idea

Here my old post

Thanks to some of my buddies who helped me @jirlshi @shirkyshingatumai @tumiyu

Also I don't mind if people making some head canons and stuff , be creative , just a least read idea first

Admiral summer edition pt.5

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Admiral summer edition pt.4

Hello and thank you!! That’s such a compliment! Yes I’ve seen their art, a friend of mine has shown me some of their stuff and recommended I refer to it for Brook’s proportions, which has been helpful. And I do recommend the people who like Brook to look at their work either to learn or simply to appreciate it.

I usually try to refer to the manga or any other official media where Brook and Yorki are shown, like the Treasure Cruise art, manga panels, merch, stuff like that. Those resources are usually my go-to’s for drawing them, but I don’t want to like.. emulate Oda’s style, I want to just really heavily depict it and then add stuff of my own, especially as I’ve been learning anatomy. I think O10matoP does something similar and that’s why it might’ve reminded you of their art.

I’ve always drawn Brook very close to canon so to me, it looks like a progression of skill or art style as I learn more about how to draw him and what I like. I don’t consider myself to have a real art style yet so to me it’s just experimenting. I see other people who also draw Brook that I have been inspired by and wanted to put elements of their work into my own art.

the.buggy.bee on IG (idk if they have an acc here) draws living Brook beautifully, I’d even go as far to say that it’s my favorite way his face is drawn. They really get it just right.

Another is f4_4mm also on IG, one of their scribbles of Brook was so pretty, I love that little scribble. It’s so simple but it really nails the shape of his body.

m0ckinghalcyons draws such a cute living Brook, I am always in awe over the way she draws bodies, and her rendering is so nice to look at.

badly-drawn-doflamingo (cricket.bones on IG)’s art in general is very pretty, I especially love vibrant colors. Looking at his art made me want to experiment more with them, be more bold since that’s the sort of thing I’m personally drawn to. Also his Yorki is so cuuute.

And jealousmingo on IG doesn’t draw Brook but like I said with combining Oda’s style and sort of adding to it, they do it so well and I learn a lot from them whenever I look at their stuff. I really want to be able to do what they can with Vegapunk/Kizaru but with Brook/Yorki.

Also your art too Sophie, I have looked at your stuff before and love your style!

I have a lot of Brook references, I have a folder dedicated to his fingers, so.. I really try to have a lot to pull from. I’ve also drawn realistic skulls and looked at bone structure. I’ve traced over manga panels to commit to muscle memory (though I don’t post that obviously). And for living Brook, something I do for practice is draw his face over screen caps of skeleton Brook so the features align. The past year has been me trying to improve at art for the sole purpose of drawing Brook better.

I have art from a while back too that I’d be happy to show!! Just to compare to the new stuff, since I don’t think I’ve posted any of it on tumblr.

Next one was when I was trying to draw his LA actor, Martial T. Batchamen back when the new season came out.

Then my living Brooks, first two are from November and my merbrook is from May.

And Yorki….

These are the only two decent Yorkis I’ve drawn.

The last Brook is a wip of my part for the Brook collab, so compare it to the upper right which was March, then the one on the left which was December. Like, it’s just been learning more and applying it to my Brooks. I can only hope to keep improving because I often feel dissatisfied.

But yeah that’s about it! I know you weren’t asking for all this, but it was a chance for me to go back and look at my stuff. I also just love to yap and share things. Hopefully other Brook fans will also check out the artists I mentioned too.

💖HAPPY VALENTINES DAY💖