#i prob wont post any art that actually fts sawashiro's body moles but i mean. might as well share the refs

[todayisafridaynight]

metal_pipe_falling.mp4

under the cut is more doodles of arakawa in his coat(s) and sawashiro doodles cause Lol

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 7 #yakuza like a dragon #yakuza series #yakuza 7 #masumi arakawa #jo sawashiro #snap sketches #ive been telling myself for months to make color palette refs for these knuckleheads #and while waiting for The Time I Should Leave For Class i started doodling the arakawa sheet #and then i finished that and was like 'oh hes a bit lonely now aint he' so i went and did sawashiro #great opportunity for me to fix some colors too... ill prob revisit this thing like 90 times just to update colors down the line #its what i do with my other chara ref sheets #the art old as hell on those but i keep the colors up to date.. lol #also can i legally bully myself on this post. speaking of colors. i really forgot jo's tie is more of a pink than a red. STUPID ASS #i love makin refs like these... makea me feel like im workin on a show or somethin.. teehee.. #also Dress-Up-Doll kinda vibes... teehee 2x #i prob wont post any art that actually fts sawashiro's body moles but i mean. might as well share the refs #just so its not Arakawa And His Fifty Coats And Pinkyless Hand under the cut LOL #abt arakawas coats tho im debating on mixing in which ones i draw yk.. like the scarf look will be like. early 90's #then the coat we see him with in y7 is mid-90's onward. to be cute yk. we'll see how i feel down the line we know me im fickle lol #also yeah i purposefully left the tail of sawashiro's tattoo: its just supposed to be a ref of how his tattoo is positioned #and while adjusting the tattoo i remembered an ask someone sent me bout ichis tattoo... lol.. #cant believe anon didnt have to send me that reddit link we coulda just waited until this summer to see ichi's '''''full tatt''''''' HELP #STILL NOT OVER IT ok im done here. bye #an aside though for some reason arakawa's jawline feels diff compared to his 20's onward #idk if its cause of the ref image i use's lighting that makes 20's arakawa's chin more squared compared to the rounder shape he gets #mysterious.... oh well was tryin not to think too hard bout it since these arent supposed to be super detailed #just colors and whatever