#had the idea+refs sitting in the drafts for ages waiting for when i'd get into a painting mood

[jichanxo]

you can try to change, but all you've done is put yourself in a new box.

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i think my personal favourite of them is the newspaper! none of the boxes are really straight because i eyeballed everything, but i did abuse the colour picker on my reference photos rest assured

#ryo aoki #aoki ryo #yakuza #yakuza 7 spoilers #masato arakawa #arakawa masato #ryu ga gotoku #like a dragon #rgg #yakuza 7 #jichanart #hey guys here i am again with my boxes #thinking about aoki's walk of shame to this massive screen showing his undeniable guilt... gets me every time #a tv is a box too you idiot you didn't escape you didn't change your fate you're still the same #sorry i'm an umineko fan i was always predisposed to get weird with box imagery (tho in umi boxes have a totally different meaning) #had the idea+refs sitting in the drafts for ages waiting for when i'd get into a painting mood #and honestly consider it a testament to my love for aoki that i would reference and paint objects when i draw people almost exclusively #like i don't care for drawing backgrounds/objects but for this? yeah #obligatory apology to jp readers about the kanji i'm sure they look wonky #obligatory apology to the sound bros for my shoddy audio editing i'm just an artist with audacity trying to frankenstein an idea together