I've been watching a lot of Fullmetal Alchemist lately and at some point this image popped into my head. For those of you who don't know this is Alex Louise Armstrong, a funny muscular character who spends most of his time shirtless. Alex is illustrated with very little expression so I was having a hard time making him look like he was smiling and in the end I don't think I pulled it off but its close enough. By first impressions you wouldn't expect him to like cute things but he does have a soft side which is what inspired this. There is also some inspiration from a similar piece by Joey Darkmeat which shows the tank character from Team Fortress 2 holding Fluttershy, its an extremely adorable illustration.





This is the first time I've used dot shading but I like the results so I'll probably use that form of shading some more.