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Julian
- He's not the most private person himself, so when he sees your sketchbook on the table he doesn't think twice before flipping through it
- Regardless of your skill level, he will be very impressed. It's canon that his drawing skills are even worse than his handwriting, which is abominable
- Completely absorbed, takes a seat so he can flip through and study every page
- If you catch him while he's looking at it he'll get the most adoring grin on his face
- "Why haven't I seen this before MC? I'm dazzled!"
- It will not occur to him that you might not want him looking at it unless you react negatively, in which case he will be extremely apologetic. He never meant to cross your boundaries
- Will be the most obliging model if you ask him to. Desperate to please, just let him relish the way he can feel all your attention on him
- He'll try once or twice to leave you a little drawing in return, but you're never able to decipher them so he sticks to complimenting your work instead
Asra
- They tend to respect your privacy to a fault. The first glimpse they get of your work is when you sit down next to them and openly invite them to look at it
- So deeply honored and generally in love with everything you do that he will genuinely adore every piece you've made
- Which will definitely make you a little insecure at first. Considering they were talented enough to sell their masks and trinkets by the time they were a young teen, you might think your work is a little shabby next to theirs
- His approach to art is, "if it came from your soul, it's as it should be" and if you tend to be overcritical towards your own art he will drill that into your head
- If you ask them to model they absolutely will, but they'll get shy about you showing those pieces to anyone else
- Will give you "come hither" looks the whole time though. No matter how you pose him he'll find a way to make it seductive
- They like leaving doodles for you around the shop now, on little notes (or in the margins of your inventory ledger)
- Will happily collab with you on a piece
Nadia
- She notices the ink and pencil stains on your fingers long before she sees you sketching for the first time
- Understands the importance of privacy but isn't the type to hesitate when she wants something
- She'll approach you the second or third time she sees you sketching and ask if she can see what you're working on
- Considering her background, you're ready for her to be unimpressed. She's a highly accomplished and educated lady after all
- That's what ends up fascinating her. The only art she's seen has been hung up in galleries, or her sister's attempts which she never paid much attention to
- Seeing something as raw and open ended as an unfinished sketch fascinates her
- She has so many questions. Do you observe something or does it come out of your head? What are all the extra little lines for?
- Will happily model for you if you request it. Even better, she can hire a professional model and provide some of her own input. With your permission, of course
- She can't draw very well, but she can embroider. You are going to have very pretty handkerchiefs from now on
Muriel
- One of the things that first drew him to you was your doodling. At the end of a long, hard day, you'd put down your bow and pick up a pencil instead
- It was the first thing he felt connected to you by. But he's way too shy to ask to see, so if it's lying open he'll gaze at it with his hands respectfully clasped behind his back
- You were a little shy with him too at first - you've seen the carvings he can make, he's quite the artist himself
- But then he'll point out the little details and quirks of your style, and comment on how he likes them, and somehow he talks you into putting some on display in the hut
- If you ask him to model, he'll be reluctant but he'll do it. Especially if there's nobody else available
- No matter how you pose him he'll end up with his face partially obscured. He's just not used to sitting and letting someone study him like that
- Buckets of sweat. By the time you're done he'll be bright red and dashing for the bath
- Will take some of your studies of the animals and try carving them
Portia
- Like her brother, boundaries aren't naturally assumed, they are only present in her mind if someone communicates them to her
- So unless you've explicitly told her that your sketch book is private, she'll be flipping through it like a curious cat at the earliest opportunity
- She's never been the type to sit still for very long unless there's something exciting to do (like read a really good novel) so she doesn't do much art beyond her exceptional hair styling skills
- If she sees anything you've drawn of a part of town or object she recognizes, she'll point it out with so much excitement
- Frames every sketch you've done of Pepi. You have to talk her into giving back the unfinished ones
- Will happily model for you, but struggles with sitting still with nothing to do
- The best piece you ever drew of her will be a candid portrait of her reading by candlelight, one hand on Pepi in her lap, the other holding her novel
- When she sees how beautiful she is through your eyes she'll be too flustered and giggly to make eye contact for a bit
- Starts adding small doodles of facial expressions to each note she leaves you
Lucio
- He doesn't hesitate. The very first time he sees you sketching he's sitting halfway in your lap in his eagerness to see what you're working on
- Goes through your sketchbook constantly, commenting on anything new
- "Ooh, you added a plant to that one. This one is new! When did you do this one?"
- If you really hate it he'll stop, but unless you put your foot down, what's yours is his and what's his is yours and that includes your art
- There's no doubt in his mind that you're the best at what you do. If you don't measure up to the art he's used to seeing, he'll chalk it up to you using a different style and leave it at that
- Will suggest posing for you before you can request it
- It's a bit of a struggle. He'll hold a pose for five minutes and then think of a better one and switch to that immediately
- Will start to pout if you tell him you don't like his poses, but when he keeps one long enough to feel the attention you give when you're drawing him he gets addicted
- Will sometimes sit across from you with his own pen and paper and try to sketch you