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AngstyBishy is my way of poking fun at all the super-serious, super-angsty anime/manga characters I know and love. The idea for the mark was born from making fanart for my sister, and wanting something like a symbol on my picture to group all the bishies I was drawing together. After all, remove their fantastic costumes, tragic backgrounds, and crazy hair, and you are left with is boys all wearing the same surly expression. Angstybishy is the simplified face and attitude of every bishie I have ever seen—it's frightening how truly alike they all are.

I sketched the figure on sketchbooks/scrap paper/napkins, then scanned those into Photoshop and drew the final lines with my Wacom brushes. I then brought the finished guy into Illustrator and traced him with the pen tool. The font is Futura BT Light Condensed, and the letters have a 1 and 2 point stroke with rounded caps and joints.

The misspelling of "bishie" is on purpose, to help it rhyme visually and to differentiate it. The tagline comes from a sign some friends of mine made for a Sasuke costume at a Con, with hilarious results. I hope to use the basic form of my guy to draw lots of famous bishies, and make posters and t-shirts of both my original guy and all the bishies. I would love to get a brand of him going. If the idea sounds appealing or you have a certain bishie you would love to see done, let me know. Also, let me know if there is anything about the guy I should tweak to make him more polished. Thanks!

Description
AngstyBishy is my way of poking fun at all the super-serious, super-angsty anime/manga characters I know and love. The idea for the mark was born from making fanart for my sister, and wanting something like a symbol on my picture to group all the bishies I was drawing together. After all, remove their fantastic costumes, tragic backgrounds, and crazy hair, and you are left with is boys all wearing the same surly expression. Angstybishy is the simplified face and attitude of every bishie I have ever seen—it's frightening how truly alike they all are.

I sketched the figure on sketchbooks/scrap paper/napkins, then scanned those into Photoshop and drew the final lines with my Wacom brushes. I then brought the finished guy into Illustrator and traced him with the pen tool. The font is Futura BT Light Condensed, and the letters have a 1 and 2 point stroke with rounded caps and joints.

The misspelling of "bishie" is on purpose, to help it rhyme visually and to differentiate it. The tagline comes from a sign some friends of mine made for a Sasuke costume at a Con, with hilarious results. I hope to use the basic form of my guy to draw lots of famous bishies, and make posters and t-shirts of both my original guy and all the bishies. I would love to get a brand of him going. If the idea sounds appealing or you have a certain bishie you would love to see done, let me know. Also, let me know if there is anything about the guy I should tweak to make him more polished. Thanks!