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When [Ken’s] eyes had regained their focus, there he stood, the pale ghost of vengeance, his unbound hair a dark halo around his ashen face. His eyes, as always, seeking above all to understand, as if the world had somehow wronged him. - @pharawee

A scene from our rp in which Big and Ken both live and have to deal with ... that

» you can now read it on ao3! ✨

Ok, So I adore your KenBig art even though I have absolutely zero idea of what the fandom is about haha, would love to hear more about them because I can tell you're so passionate.

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Thank you so much! 

I am !! Very Passionate about them yes adhjfkshjks let me try to break them down for you without making it a 3 hour TED talk lmao (no promises)

So they're two minor side characters from the Thai bl series KinnPorsche, also known as The Gay Mafia Show. At the beginning of the series Big is the head bodyguard for Kinn, who he is secretly (and quite hopelessly) in love with and who is the heir to the family's mafia empire. He is Loyal with a capital L, fiercely protective of Kinn, a little (a lot) pathetic in his devotion and quite frankly a bit of a dick. Ken is just Ken his best friend, also a bodyguard for the Main Family and also a bit of a dick. He's from Australia originally and brings us delightful iconic phrases like "nice one, loser" and "are you fucking dumb, bro". Also, pineapple boxer briefs. You mostly see the two of them together and when they show up it's usually to be a bitch and/or to bully Porsche, who is the other main character and love interest for Kinn (hence the name of the show).

They're terrible people is what I'm saying. But then again so is almost everyone else on the show lmao it's the mafia ok!!

It's never explicitly stated in the show but we see other bodyguards room together (namely Porsche and Pete) so the widely accepted headcanon is that Ken and Big are roommates (oh my god they were roommates etc etc) and just because I live for this kind of thing I have convinced myself (and others, apparently! through the power of art) that while Big is hopelessly in love with Kinn (canon), Ken is hopelessly in love with Big (canon in my heart). It's about the pining and the tragedy and a secret third thing (jealousy) for me

Well. I don't want to spoil too much in case you're ever planning on watching it but it's kind of important for them, so ... towards the end of the show Big ends up sacrificing himself for Porsche (or rather, for Kinn's happiness) and dies not knowing that Ken is the mole they've been searching for and is actually working for the Minor Family (so, for Kinn's cousin and uncle who are the main villains in the series). But Ken is killed as well, at roughly the same time just at a different place and at the hand of his actual employer Gun, so they both end up dead.

Which, you know, I personally think is unacceptable because I love them and don't want it to end there, so most (but not all) of my art is set in an AU that I brainstormed with my partner @pharawee in which they both survive and then have to deal with the consequences of their actions (which is absolutely delicious to me because man!! You have Big who is so desperately loyal but has been kind of struggling to find his place now that Porsche is there, and Ken who betrayed everything Big held dear but !! Is also his best friend!!! But is he really? Has he ever really been his friend at all?? And if Ken is a traitor what does that make him who has been sharing everything with him?? Bonus points since Ken is in love with him and never wanted to betray Big personally. So much potential for angst I am telling you, it's a feast), and then eventually they find comfort in each other and carve out their own path. If you're interested you can read the beginning on ao3.

In other headcanons there's been a Thing going on between them all along and sometimes they still die. Or they don't but everything is still fucked up. Either way it's all good and I'm here for all of it hehe

So this is shaping up to turn into that 3 hour TED talk after all which is why I'll stop here, but if you have literally any other questions or are interested in hearing more I would be prepared to go on for hours lmao sorry (but not really).

I love your art so much, do you primarily draw fanart or do you also draw ocs at all

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Ahh thank you so much! 💜

I do draw OCs as well!! Mostly for video games or interactive fiction novels, or DnD sometimes. You find them under their respective tags or on my OC page (which I am realising now hasn't been updated in forever, so. I should do that one of these days 😩)

Anonymous asked:

Seconding the thank you for the timelapse. The coloring process is one of the more overwhelming parts of doing art for me. Seeing the way other people, especially ones who's art I enjoy, do it really helps conceptualize ways to make my own work better.

You're very welcome! <3

I feel exactly the same and I'm always curious about how other people do things, and if there's anything I can take away from that for my own process haha

Thank you for posting the timelapse! It shows your drawing process and it gave me an idea of how to make my own process easier!

Just... how do you stop yourself from shading at the beginning? I always start shading stuff in the middle of sketching and when I realize what I've done I already have enough done that it's a pain to delete it 😑

Also, can I say that I very much like how you draw rain? Mine looks like simple white lines and I haven't found yet how to make it look better. I think that you colour it depending on the light sources? I will try it next time 😄

Thanks again!

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Ahhh I'm glad!! ♥

Hmm I don't think I've ever really had that problem because when I'm sketching I usually don't think about the shading yet? Like unless I do a quick thumbnail first to quickly lay out where I want to go with it I only start worrying about light sources and stuff once I've figured out everything else lmao I mean I do often add a few lines where I already know I'll add a shadow later, like underneath the jaw or where clothes overlap etc, or to define the features a bit more, but that's usually as far as it goes at that stage

But, having said that ... if it's such a pain for you to erase the shading and fight against doing something that seems to come naturally to you, have you considered embracing it as a part of your process and trying to work with it instead? There is no One True Way(TM) to do art and this could just be something that works for you, to shade as you go along? Maybe?

Oh haha thank you :D I think I used this brush and then just drew in various shades of lighter to darker grey on an overlay layer, to try and give it more depth

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Just wanted to say! That I fucking LOVE your kenbig art! You always manage to capture such human moments and nuances of expression and i just lose my entire mind every time! 💕

-kimchaybrainrot

Aw man, thank you so much!! ♥ I try 😭

And thank you also for losing your mind in the tags every time lmao I can't tell you how much that genuinely makes my day

Just uh...going to throw confetti alllll over your inbox cuz your art is fantastic, your characters are amazing. You're a fantastic person and deserve all the lovely things!

Don't mind me if you see lots of likes and reblogs as I scroll through your dash and stare at your lovely art. Lol.

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Ahhhh thank you so much ♥ you're so sweet, I hope you're having an extra lovely day!!

Also, I don't mind that at all, knock yourself out haha

Thank you, Anon!! One thing about me is that I can never resist a good meme haha

I did switch them up because between the two of them I just think that Big is the workaholic who'd crawl back to work with three fingers missing and call it a fleshwound. Ken on the other hand would probably stay in bed with a papercut. Unless Porsche was watching. lmao