I got the urge to try drawing Taka and Saki in Shigenori Soejima's art style. He did the character designs in modern Persona (3,4, and 5), and there was always something appealing about his art to me. I focused on emulating his style from Persona 3 since I liked a lot of the simpler lineart and subdued colors. The style he used in 5 is amazing, but much too bright for me.

At the time, I had been toying with yet another au but never got anywhere with it. It took a bit to try and translate Saki's hair into the style, and I thiiiink I got pretty close to something that worked. Taka borrowed a lot from the more feminine traits since the masculine ones weren't working for me. I also think that Taka would use elements of the girl's uniform for his outfit, which is why he's wearing the bow instead of the tie. I'm still pretty proud of how this turned out.

~~Kaneko's black upper lip is still very iconic though, and I adore his art a whole lot. Maybe I'll try his art style next.~~