Ren Honjo

Guess what? Another manga sketch from the '05 sketchbook, from the series "Nana."  This character is Ren Honjo, who I personally loved as a character. SPOILER ALERT:He eventually dies later on in the series after a drug addiction causes him to get into a car accident. But I really liked his character because he was so incredibly flawed...yet he was also incredibly like-able. He was less of a character and more of a person. Most of the characters in "Nana" had back stories that explained how they got to be the person they were. It was one of the reasons why I read the series so religiously for a while there. But anyways, I drew Ren doing what he did best: playing bass and smoking his cigarettes.