#idk the colors and lights are so interesting so i there was a challenge 😅

[sirislayer]

Goodbye Little Sailor Man

2023, acrylic paint / oil pastel on canvas

Paint study

60cmx80cm (~23x31inch)

Photo reference taken from this backstage photo post by @mcelroyfamilystaff

I'm sorry for being such a weirdo but I think these photos are genuinely beautiful and invite to be interpreted in paint. Big learning and really challenging work. Kinda interesting color study.

I made grids and helping guides digitally and printed the guides on A4 paper with my office printer. Then used chalk to transfer the grids and lines onto the canvas and kept painting from there. There's some slight proportional issue nonetheless so its not fully identical to the photo ref.

#i dont quite know what to do with it now but i guess it goes up on the wall #going through the 3000 circles of deciding to quit your job i guess does that to you #mcelroys #im so sorry #griffin mcelroy #i swear its just this photo on its own where i go yeah i wanna paint this #idk the colors and lights are so interesting so i there was a challenge 😅 #painting #acrylics #acryl #acrylic #traditional art #study #reference #partially traced to put down guides and grids via paper transferral

[secretgaygenttomura]

001 BNHA (is that how this works? lmao)

Might as well be 🤷‍♂️

Tiny bit biased, but oh well

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Favorite character is definitely Tomura. His writing is phenomenal, and the little unreliable narrator moments Horikoshi writes with him hit me right in the heart. Really finds its way right into my heart.

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Ignoring the typical hate-bait characters because I think its fun to challenge myself (Endeavor, AFO, Overhaul, Mineta, etc.) My least favorite character would probably have to be Shinsou. It's not that I don't like him, I appreciate his character arc and that he has cool things about him, it's just that I don't find as much interest in him than other characters.

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Don't actually ship much, but-

Daimura - Iykyk, OC involved

EraserMic - Practically canon in my head, S-tier ship.

BakuDeku - Even if it isn't healthy, it's entertaining and thought provoking, and that's all that tends to matter in fiction.

Garaki × AFO - Haha funny old evil gays

Inko × All Might - Very wholesome, love the image of Izuku actually having All Might as his dad

DabiHawks - Same situation as BakuDeku, the sheer drama of it makes it incredibly fun to see.

I tend to avoid ships, really, (arospec person who desperately wants to read fanfics with a plot other than shipping) but having one of these always makes the content I'm consuming fun at least.

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I find many characters aesthetically attractive in this show, but Tomura and Present Mic really hit it out of the park. I've already talked about Tomura, though, so lets talk about Mic.

Maybe its just my biased for tall, light-haired, long-haired men (Yes I loved Legolas in LOTR), but Mic is such a pretty guy- And either of his eye colors (green in anime and red in manga) really just resonate with me. Not to mention, he's just really genuine and funny ^^

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A character I would marry? I probably wouldn't marry anyone in this story ^^', at most for tax benefits. Maybe I'd get along enough with Ms. Joke?

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Okay, Character I would want to be best friends with? Dabi. Unrealistic? Absolutely, he would think I was so annoying. But at the very least we could discuss about our dads being terrible.

Character I would realistically be friends with? Probably Izuku, Iida, or Kirishima. I could make some good conversation with Izuku about quirks, and Kirishima's just the type to be friends with everyone he can. Iida however, we'd probably be bonding over being the "teacher's pet" type of person 😅

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Random thought

I've always thought of the implications of how exactly Tomura would have found out his quirk doesn't work on himself. Really sad, but interesting nonetheless.

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Unpopular opinion

Idk, this is probably just that I haven't seen any examples myself, but I don't see much appreciation for the less relevant characters in the show, and their histories. The nitty gritty of their implied character instead of the plain exterior usually shown in the sjow. Characters like Sir Nighteye, Nezu, Nana Shimura, Gran Torino, Gentle Criminal and La Brava, Giran, Kyuudai Garaki/Daruma Ujiko, etc.

I'd love to see other's interpretations of their histories :)

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Canon OTP? Not sure what canon implies here, gonna say that its characters. EraserMic is my top rated ship. It just works.

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Non-Canon OTP, Daimura, once again iykyk. Might become relevant in my comic.

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Most badass character? AFO, God, I hate him, but he's genuinely surprised me so much with all the terrible things that he's done that it somehow leaves me... strangely impressed? Like, jesus christ, dude. How did you think of all of this?

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Pairing I am not a fan of.

I don't particularly dislike anything that isn't blatantly illegal. KiriMina strikes me as off, but that's just because I headcanon Mina as Ace/Aro.

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Character I feel the writers screwed up.

Twice, probably. Writing a DID/OSDD system is always a controversial point, and it never really seems to get done right if you're not part of one yourself. They certainly tried, and I respect the character in their own right, but Horikoshi certainly could have done more research while writing them. Not sure how but Tomura does seem more accurately written in experiencing dissociative amnesia and dissociative states, of both reality and identity. (Such as the Star & Stripe Battle, I still can't get over that)

Otherwise, Twice is a solid character disregarding how they portray systems, and they are one of my favorite characters, I just wish they got more justice.

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My favorite friendship in the story has to either be the Rooftop Squad (Aizawa, Mic, Oboro, and Midnight) or Tomura and Spinner. There just seems to be so much genuine care behind the intentions of each of them.

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Character I want to adopt? I just wish I was there to take in Tenko when he was roaming the streets on his own.

Adopted by? Maybe Nezu /hj seems fun lol-

#my hero academia