the idea obv is to have their expressions mirror but oppose each other's, and to that end their lineart is mostly, but not ENTIRELY, the same
if ur curious what exactly is different between them, heres a comparison overlay!

i drew the original 1.5 years ago, deliberately rushed, for the purpose of getting the momentum to draw regularly again after a bit of a slump
...so maybe this isn't the fairest art progress comparison ^^;
ive just always been upset that an idea this cool was rushed this bad

nah, just orientation!
my last year has been:
lesbian > fin > aro > aspec? > recip but also fin too i think > actually i might be pan? > wait am i another kind of aspec? > what even differentiates close friendship and romance??? > yknow what i dont need a word for it, i just love ppl a lot sometimes

wow that animation has a compressed framerate. unfortunate