GW - Old Time's Sake color

For Old Time's Sake (aka) We're Back To The Bishies (or... Something Without the Eternal Rivals!)

I started drawing this one night after I failed to come up with an idea for Jiraiya and Tsunade (and was pooped with Kakashi and Gai sketches)...something about those pairings just made me think "well, hell, why not draw something I don't need to look for references for?" and I turned to the original...yep, my first yaoi OTP = 2x5 Wufei and Duo from Gundam Wing. Does it even look like them anymore? (Maybe I should have found references) It's been a long time since I tried Wu, and even longer since I did a Duo pic

(wow...I never posted a single Wufei pic here before *looks at old notebooks full of Wu pics* How did that happen?)

Wufei, as I used to draw him, was "cute"...I'm not sure I like this style. I'ma gonna blame the Naru-verse for this change in Wu. Speaking of which, I can see how drawing Avatar: The Last Airbender and Naruto (and Disney) have altered/influenced my style (or at least changed my perception of it...maybe I have not changed style at all). I was painfully aware of how a little Neji/Shika/Zuko, and the inevitable Kakashi slipped into Wufei here, and Duo's recieved a little dose of Sokka/Lee/Naruto/Jiraiya, and maybe even Demyx. Yes, Demyx.

No references, just a foggy memory. Honestly, I haven't seen pics of them in the longest time. It's so depressing.
Pencil sketch. Colored in Photoshop.

Yes, it's unfinished. It'll stay that way for now. I got frustrated by my own lack of planning.


Original (full) sketch - [link]

Texture (Pearl Canvas Paper) - [link] by
(the poor texture's been so overlayed out, but it's in there! I loved the texture since it was perfect for faking some traditional mediums ^_^ )

Gundam Wing (c) Bandai/Sunrise etc.
Image (c) Penbee-of-Treewood