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And when I think I'm done drawing Avenue Refrain things, Avenue Refrain pulls me riiiight back in!

Expanding on a recent doodle I posted back in December , but this time with more colors and flair to it. And slightly more characters. It's very much based on what if Avenue Refrain was drawn accordingly to all the characters fitting art styles, which is like Kappa Mikey, a show I can only describe as "the animators only reference for anime art were these old 'how to draw manga' books that trend online for all the funny reasons", but on crack. And by Kappa Mikey on crack, I mean we're not just throwing one bold-lined flash-animated cartoon boy in the middle of thin-lined anatomically wonky guys distorting now and again, we're cooking everything that's lying around in the kitchen.

T'was a fine little exercice, would recommend. I'm almost tempted to eventually draw a full Avenue Refrain comic with these designs that are all over the place, but that's an investment for sure. Anyhoo, used MediBang again for this bad boi, it's like getting reacquainted with an old friend. Also, I'm so all over the place with my art that none of the characters felt truly alien to draw.
I thought of adding Mikage but his style would have been about the same as Peter. I almost included Starlight, he was the easiest to figure out (hyper shredded comic book superhero, Rob Liefeldesque with wonky anatomy and stupid feet), but as the resident superhero, he clashed too much with the rest of the cast.

Marion, again, is semi-realistic because she's the most down to earth and "normal" of the bunch. Drawing like this every now and again reminds me that I keep making my characters' necks very long and their limbs very thin. Not perfect by any means, but I think she looks alright.

Roxy, of course, stays very cartoony again as she is very simple and absolutely bubbly. She's probably the one I had to add the most touchups to, as I'm not as used to the lineless art as I used to and had to make her readable. As the second protagonist, she had to be the antithesis of Marion's looks.

Peter is very much an anime protagonist but the art isn't specifically based on any mangaka I know of. I guess you can call this my default anime style, frankly outside of some details it's not even far off the way I draw on a daily basis. Dare I say, do I even have a defined art-style by this point. I used a brush that automatically thick-and-thins in places that I used to ink with when I just started digital drawing, for old times sake.

Adam has a sort of caricature messy sketchy thing going, extremely fitting, love that for him. He's also the one I spent the least time on, as I duplicated the sketch layer and kept his palette very gray, making him the easiest.

Brandon has a very "brand" (haha) style. Pastel-ish, simple, some swooshy round shapes... I thought of trying to make his style more swooshy and less corporate brand, but didn't really know how to do so without going into another entirely different realm. Honestly, having two married characters have such opposite "languages" is interesting I think.

Lin wishes she was all about that teenage rebellion attitude where ain't nobody gonna tell her how she should be drawn! Yes, it's basically my "bold angular style", but without any correction added to the lines. Also her colors are very straightforward and neon, which fits with the punk aesthetic she grew into the more I figured out what to do with her character.

Description
And when I think I'm done drawing Avenue Refrain things, Avenue Refrain pulls me riiiight back in!

Expanding on a recent doodle I posted back in December , but this time with more colors and flair to it. And slightly more characters. It's very much based on what if Avenue Refrain was drawn accordingly to all the characters fitting art styles, which is like Kappa Mikey, a show I can only describe as "the animators only reference for anime art were these old 'how to draw manga' books that trend online for all the funny reasons", but on crack. And by Kappa Mikey on crack, I mean we're not just throwing one bold-lined flash-animated cartoon boy in the middle of thin-lined anatomically wonky guys distorting now and again, we're cooking everything that's lying around in the kitchen.

T'was a fine little exercice, would recommend. I'm almost tempted to eventually draw a full Avenue Refrain comic with these designs that are all over the place, but that's an investment for sure. Anyhoo, used MediBang again for this bad boi, it's like getting reacquainted with an old friend. Also, I'm so all over the place with my art that none of the characters felt truly alien to draw.
I thought of adding Mikage but his style would have been about the same as Peter. I almost included Starlight, he was the easiest to figure out (hyper shredded comic book superhero, Rob Liefeldesque with wonky anatomy and stupid feet), but as the resident superhero, he clashed too much with the rest of the cast.

Marion, again, is semi-realistic because she's the most down to earth and "normal" of the bunch. Drawing like this every now and again reminds me that I keep making my characters' necks very long and their limbs very thin. Not perfect by any means, but I think she looks alright.

Roxy, of course, stays very cartoony again as she is very simple and absolutely bubbly. She's probably the one I had to add the most touchups to, as I'm not as used to the lineless art as I used to and had to make her readable. As the second protagonist, she had to be the antithesis of Marion's looks.

Peter is very much an anime protagonist but the art isn't specifically based on any mangaka I know of. I guess you can call this my default anime style, frankly outside of some details it's not even far off the way I draw on a daily basis. Dare I say, do I even have a defined art-style by this point. I used a brush that automatically thick-and-thins in places that I used to ink with when I just started digital drawing, for old times sake.

Adam has a sort of caricature messy sketchy thing going, extremely fitting, love that for him. He's also the one I spent the least time on, as I duplicated the sketch layer and kept his palette very gray, making him the easiest.

Brandon has a very "brand" (haha) style. Pastel-ish, simple, some swooshy round shapes... I thought of trying to make his style more swooshy and less corporate brand, but didn't really know how to do so without going into another entirely different realm. Honestly, having two married characters have such opposite "languages" is interesting I think.

Lin wishes she was all about that teenage rebellion attitude where ain't nobody gonna tell her how she should be drawn! Yes, it's basically my "bold angular style", but without any correction added to the lines. Also her colors are very straightforward and neon, which fits with the punk aesthetic she grew into the more I figured out what to do with her character.