Chainsketch for

He asked for Kiva with a little more muscle.

I have a problem with anime.

Whenever I try to draw an anime (or manga) character, I have difficulty because I don't draw in that style, nor am I predisposed to think in that style.

For me, the artwork is chiefly in the face. I like drawing people's faces. Not actual people, mind you.

And one thing I like is really making a picture FEEL like a certain character and seem unique amongst the other characters I draw. I try very hard to make sure that I don't fall into the trap of just drawing the same face with a different hairstyle. In order to do that, the face needs to have a number of characteristics one can play with, such as nose, eyes, mouth, jaw, cheek, hair, etc.

Hence the problem with anime. The style has very, very minimalistic faces. Not that's there's anything wrong with that. In fact, it's a great thing. People 'fill in the gaps' and identify with the characters a great deal. There's a reason the style is so amazingly popular - it's because it's awesome.

But it's very hard to draw an anime character uniquely. You have to rely on body language and situation and things like that. You need to understand the character.

I know nothing about Kiva, so this was fucking hard to do.

In the end, this isn't technically very good, but it's got some fun kinetic energy to it, which to my knowledge, is very much what MegasXLR was all about.

So I hope you like it.

Shaka-boom-baby!