The "stylized/colorized" version of [link]

Hooray for skin color that is darker than pale! Because I felt like being a perfectionist, I shaded that area three times in different stroke directions. **exhausted**

Oh. And the freckles. I like drawing freckles, I think. Or at least I like how they turn out so "cutely".

The hair - the bloody hair! ARGH. But I have to admit, I did sort-of-kind-of enjoy working with a 0.5 mechanical on that mane of black hair. And for once, I got some semblance of blond hair! (Albeit with random shades of odd brown and orange...)

And people keep telling me that the blond looks like Momiji from Furuba/Fruits Basket. **guffaws**

...I suppose he does. Just slight.

But I had not used a specific reference for this - how did it turn out like that?!

Blame it on whatever manga I was reading before I sketched this. OTL

Time: 2~3 hours
Medium: traditional; color pencils (Crayola), mechanical pencil, paper