#gaara drawing

My first time drawing the Kazekage <3! I call this piece “Gaara’s subtle smile and a sand pretzel”. How poetic.

I hope the shape resembles the intended heart at least a bit, hehe. Also, I really do not like the shape of his face. Need to work on that.

My initial toughts about today’s inktober theme - loop - were drawn towards doing Kabuto being caught in Itachi’s Izanami… then this happened. In the end, I don’t really mind.

Also, this piece caused me some serious neck pain :D. How do you fellow artist draw? I keep slouching over the paper like I am trying to morph into human representation of the golden ratio chart.