I've seen many anime and read just as much manga. There are plots that were all right but wouldn't stick, and there were also characters that were too plain, I immediately forget about them.
Then there's Jujutsu Kaisen (JJK). I have watched the anime first before I read the manga, but there's a genius in it that I always look for in anime that I watch and manga that I read: the characters.
Written and illustrated by Akutami Gege-sensei, JJK is quite the unforgettable story with unforgettable characters. When I first told my friends to, "Hey, go watch JJK!" I was immediately asked, "What is it about?"
I had to pause for a while, gather my thoughts, and tried hard to explain. It was a difficult feat. I felt like I needed more words to talk about it, because just glossing over the concept was a gross understatement to the complexity that was the plot.
I initially thought that the characters were... meh. Normal, as in any other shounen stories. But the more I fall into the rabbit hole, the more I find how wonderfully fleshed out these characters were. One of the most well-written, and I have reasons to believe this, was Nanami Kento.
Nanami was the kind of character that was very complex, but at the same time relatable. His person was at the opposite ends of many things, it's crazy. I tried to find very good reviews of Nanamin, and I found the following that perfectly echoed what I had in mind:
The two blogs were quite a long read, but definitely insightful of Nanamin's character!
I wasn't initially planning on doing a fan art. At least, until I came across this DTIYS challenge on Noise.cash's ArtPark. This week's challenge is Nanamin, and I had a hard time resisting. I was already content viewing and supporting other artists' works, but I was sooo tempted to create my own rendition. (It didn't help that I was crushing sooo hard for Nanamin.)
I was struggling to draw him, so I found a couple of inspiration on Pinterest. There are sooo many very good fanarts, my eyes are blessed.
My drawing style feels a little too soft for someone as hard-edged as Nanamin, but I tried to make it work. In the timelapse video, it's obvious how difficult it had been for me, especially on the face.
I intended to include the lineart, but it was so bad. I couldn't make the lineart work even if it would save my life, so I tried to define the painting as best as I possibly could by working on the color values some more.
You can download the fan art in high definition 16:9 over through my DeviantART. It's 3600 px by 6400 px at 300 DPI.
I edited the timelapse video using CapCut on Android. It was actually a really good video editing application -- I was surprised!
It was while editing that I realized I left out a lot of other things. 🤦♀️
I decided to change my "branding"! I start with a change in my signature. Instead of my usual written signature, I opted for a simple watermark of my nickname, Rang.
