carrotwolf and I were talking earlier about how foreign it feels to me to draw on paper now, and he encouraged me and told me I should just try to draw something anyway...sooo I did, and I absolutely love it! Thank you for believing in me. It was hard since it's been so long, but I'm glad I pushed through it~ ;u;

Now that I think about it, this is the first traditional sketch that I actually put effort into in probably about a year's time. I did a few doodles here and there over the last several months; just a derpy/quick sketch whenever the mood would strike, but never anything worthy of being called an actual drawing in my eyes. I feel different about this one, however. It still needs a little cleaning up/refining and some colours, but it's still completely up in the air as to whether or not I'll actually finish it. So yeah...for now, I guess just consider it complete.

This is also my first time drawing anything dealing with death in a long, long time. I've sketched dying subjects before, but never one that was actually already dead like this. It was pretty much always a vent art sort of thing when I'd do similar works before, but this was just inspired by music and art that I looked at over the past few hours. I've had a few tragic things happen lately, mainly losing my dear Squeak, but this wasn't a result of any of that...I'm already pushing forward again and feeling much, much better, as I said when I posted those sketches a week ago. I think I'm good to work on commissions again now... Need to get the ball rolling again.

Sorry, Feliciano... Next time I draw you, I promise you'll be very much alive again and back to your happy/bouncy self~ ;n; <3 *pat*

I must admit, though... I really do love how strangely peaceful and beautiful he looks. Honestly surprised myself... Ahh, but enough rambling - off to bed with me!

Hetalia © Hidekaz Himaruya.
Art is mine, sketched on plain white cardstock with a 0.7mm mechanical pencil.