We're only getting older, baby
And I've been thinking about it lately
Does it ever drive you crazy
Just how fast the night changes?

Everything that you've ever dreamed of
Disappearing when you wake up
But there's nothing to be afraid of
Even when the night changes
It will never change me and you

- "Night Changes" by One Direction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syFZfO_wfMQ

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Super late, but happy 5 years, boys! Love you all a lot. :) Your music has helped me through some really rough patches and I cannot thank you enough. ♥

I know, I know. I used to say that I wouldn't post human stuff on FA, but like... honestly, with how my schedule is now, I'm at the point where I am just going to post whatever I'm able to complete. I'm really proud of this piece, too, so I wanted to share. >w<

I’m usually not super slow on working on pieces, but this is the first piece I’ve ever tried to draw in a more realistic style, and there were five faces I had to really learn to draw/paint, so it was very challenging. I also wanted to continue pushing my colouring and lighting, too. There is a lot of blood, sweat, and tears that went into this and I’m very proud of the outcome. I knew it would be a piece that I would be spending countless hours on, so I picked my boys to draw so I wouldn’t get sick of the piece.

I slaved away on this on and off between my crazy work schedule for the past few months, trying to get every detail in. Liam (my favourite) was the easiest one for me to work on and Harry... let's just say Harry went through a lot of surgeries. I started on this piece around when Zayn left 1D to help me through his leaving, so there is a huge emotional attachment to it and literal tears. Ahaha. But that’s okay, I learned a ton working on this that I can now apply to new pieces.

Cannot wait to draw them again - they’re very fun to work on.

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Credits
Art: © silberry
Character(s): [Left to Right] Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik
Finished On: September 30, 2015
Tools: Photoshop CS5 with tablet for sketch and colouring. SAI with tablet for lineart.
Layers: (Haven't counted. Deleted SO MANY)
Time taken: Don't remember.

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