nothing wrong with trying different styles and expanding your vocabulary. it's not like you can't then come back to manga style. in fact, you'll find your manga improves after practicing other styles.
Haha Xod she'll run away really fast if she sees any of your recent pictures :P either that or stay a while.. depends on how your mom is I guess seaanemone :P lol jk jk.. cool pic tho.. looks a little more boxy then the rest of your pictures tho, but it looks nice none the less.
lol sorry if that sounded like I was dissing you in any way...i dunno, I'M just not a huge fan of anime....but like anything else, if its done right it can look really cool...and theres a lot of you that do it very well :)
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p.s. nice mad face
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