a drawing i made while in a semi-style crisis art, basically a redraw of this image i found on.....pinterest...:

IMAGE URL: https://files.catbox.moe/u4gjxb.jpg

for the purposes of proper crediting, i did a very quick google skim/reverse image search to find the source of this image. the first result i saw was a 48 euro listing for a manga/magazine looking thing called Marmalade Boy; The Family Grows on some random spanish online market site, i think. It is drawn by Japanese artist Wataru Yoshizumi, who is also the author/artist of another manga called Ultra Maniac. This particular image is also used in the first volume of the Marmalade Boy series, it seems.

IMAGE URL: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51YH7R6Z4FL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
IMAGE URL: https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9782723437226-us.jpg

though while i was drawing this, i had no idea that there was a full version. i did notice that in the image i used as a reference there was a clear fade off, implying it was a page in a book, which was what inspired me to look for the og source anyways.

anyways, onto some actual comments on the drawing. its pretty lazy and not very polished, you can probably tell how rushed the clothing and bows are. my main focus was more on trying to do some fancy lighting on the face and hair. i notice a lot of mistakes; such as how the head is just a bit too big/long for the body, but im ok with it. i like other parts of it, how the warm skin contrasts with the blue, and i think the hair, while probably a bit thinner than the original, is pretty decent.

the background is a collage of fruits i found on pinterest once again. a part of me wishes i drew them myself, but then again i think that would literally destroy me lol. i vaguely follewed the placements of the fruits according to the image, but i added and adjusted as i pleased.

i had drawn another version of this image before this before restarting and drawing this version instead. it was a lot more harsh and controlled. for the shading, i kinda scribbled a bunch, this choice probably influenced by the fact that while i was drawing it, i was also making daily black bic pen portraits that i would literally scribble in a circular motion for the shading. it was probably more "impressive" than this, but i ditched it because it really did not feel like my style, and i wanted to make something true to myself. i still have a lot to work on artistically. anatomy, clothing folds, noses/mouths (fuck my life tbh), composition, hands, basically everything that could ever be done ever. but in the meantime, im happy with what i made.

PS: what is 'fruits in 2011'? i dont know, i thought it just sounded cool and fit with the art