work-in-progress of a book cover I'm #drawing for my #boysLove/ #gay #romance #webnovel "Fractured Heart". I'm ALMOST happy with Lys's hair...

now the hard part is somehow drawing a mouth that's open because he's in the middle of singing without it looking awkward AF, because somehow I can't seem to find a good reference at this exact angle that doesn't look weird when I redraw it 😭

(and yes Lys IS wearing mascara, his whole thing is being sparkly genderfluidy on stage when he's doing his pop performances, the contrast from the MC's gloomy goth/alt attire is part of the point of their on-the-surface vast differences but united anyway through trauma-bonding :p )