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My Joe Hills, for @mcytblrsexymen

i went into this project expecting that i would synthesize a lot of the more ""sexyman""-style joe designs that have popped up recently. I thought, "I'll draw Everyone's Joe Hills". and then i found myself adding references to the things he did and made when I was an active Joe fan, and going for a more updated joe look but retaining the energy and mortality of the Joes I drew before, and I quickly realized I'd been drawing My Joe Hills all along. So here he is: a tribute to many of my favorite Joe works that I've done. Most of the colors were either picked directly (or then slightly modified) from my old fanart - the neon green of his gloves came from my 2020 jhost, the color of the chains came from the super hostile joe, the roller toaster pin used the browns from "the box" joe zine piece, etc. It ended up meaning a lot to me, being able to draw it.

the traditional tumblr welcome for miss @ivory-frill