User blog:YoungOtakuNerd/A Little Bit of Practice...

Alright, so you may remember a post I made about Shaman King and my love for... well, Chocolove.

But my previous pics that I made are nowhere near as good as the creator's work, so I had an idea: I'd make another pic of my wonderful little comedian again, but this time, I'd combine my usual style with some inspiration from the creator of SK. This was the result:

Not perfect, but pretty freakin' great if you ask me... Then again, I did use references.

And I know what you're probably thinking right now, so I'm just going to go ahead and assure you: I am not racist. This is literally how he looks in the anime. Additionally, I'd like to inform everyone that Japan isn't racist either; Japan, despite how advanced they may seem, can fall behind when it comes to foreign culture, and for some artists this includes how to depict certain races. The way Chocolove is depicted-despite how he looks and acts-is supposed to be 100% positive. I just thought I'd tell you this before you go flaming and claiming that I'm hateful; I love this character for the positive traits that are supposed to be there, not for the negative traits that may or may not be there at all.

Anyway, I think this style looks better than how I was drawing him; there was just something weird with how I did it before.

Well, that's that. This is Erica Sakura-the biggest Chocolove fangirl-signing out.