Gunsmith Cats

I was encouraged to try out different styles, having stuck to a manga art style for most of my drawing "career", so to speak. I took the opportunity to try a hand at rendering some of my favorite manga characters from Gunsmith Cats in a more western style. For the most part, I think I was able to catch their more recognizable characteristics, though looking at this piece now, I begin to see more and more of the mistakes I made during the process. I'm particularly dissatisfied with the way Minnie-May turned out. Becky might as well be Oracle, for that matter...

While I still switch rather freely between Western and Asian art influences, I am more drawn to a free-flowing animated look, which my hand is quite comfortable in. I hope to have my more recent stuff uploaded soon, so I could compare the changes in my own development.