added entry to drawing challenge

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 This girl's not meant to be Laura, just so we're clear. I think. I might change my mind on this. In fact, I should give names to the characters I draw. That would be a cute detail.
 
 Oh! I just realised that my manga drawing book has a page on cyborgs! that would have come in handy...
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+## Day 23
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+<span class="date-marker">2026-02-28, 22:14</span>
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+<SubtitledImage
+    image="23-0.webp"
+    altText="Pencil sketches. In the top left is a right hand loosely hanging downwards. The other three sketches are of pleated skirts. The two sketches on the right are of skirts only, the third includes a torso and legs. The drawing is dated 2026-02-28."
+    subtitle="change of wardrobe!"
+    alignment="left" />
+
+Today, I decided I want to finally learn to draw skirts. I wanted to do this because it allows me to bring more variety into my characters' outfits, as opposed to having them all wear jeans or something. I picked out a video for this, though at that time I was listening to [Safety! by acloudyskye](https://acloudyskye.bandcamp.com/track/safety-2), a 10-minute song. I didn't want to pause in the middle of it, so I found a hand on Pinterest and practiced drawing that first. Turned out alright!
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+I watched [another mikeymegamega video](https://youtu.be/jS7ib3-ET5M) for the skirts, though I pretty much only stayed for the first skirt and then bailed. I also took notice of a comment that said that the first skirt was drawn too low, so I took this into consideration for my drawings. I started with skirts only, though for the third one (in the bottom left), I drew a body and then attempted to make it wear a skirt. I had some issues with the perspective, and although it looks quite nice now (I'd say), it looks like it's facing towards the right, when I initially tried to make it face left. No big deal though.
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+I really like how the third skirt turned out! So floaty, just how I had hoped it would turn out.
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+<SubtitledImage
+    image="23-1.webp"
+    altText="A pencil sketch that is meant to resemble the music artist Jaron as seen on the cover of his album LIGHTYEARS. The drawing is distinctly manga-styled compared to the cover photo, notably through a rounder head. The drawing is dated 2026-02-28."
+    subtitle="let me simmer down and cover up for i am cooking broth"
+    alignment="right" />
+
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+I also tried drawing Jaron again, but kind of in the style that I've been going for lately. It turned out fairly okay. I think the back of his head really changed his appearance and cute-ified him. I also drew the hands too low compared to the cover photo I used as reference. Still, I think this looks cool. I was also able to make some use of my new hand drawing techniques to make these ones look like actual hands. The right hand (on the left of the drawing) still proved a bit challenging, but it looks *way* better than [my previous try](#day-07------).
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+Although I have to say that my previous attempt almost looked more like the guy... I guess it makes sense because I tried copying him exactly back then, whereas this time I mostly went on my own and only checked the reference for posing and some minor details, like the ear shape.
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+On another note, I actually have a really cool idea for a drawing that I want to do soon, but for that I need some more supplies – namely, larger paper. It'll be a bigger thing, so I'm saving it up, though that means I need to fill the time until then with other drawings. Drawings that won't require me to expand the scope of the big drawing... you'll see soon, I hope.