Remember that guy I put together with Natalya on my pre-mature valentine's day special? Well here is Aleksi, the Heterochromatic Tutoring Graduate Student! I decided to go with a slimmer build than most of my characters since he's suppose to be nerdy (but not quite as skinny as Zack), and I went for the shortest hair of any of my characters lol The flow of his hair might have been influenced from Tadashi of Big Hero 6, since I just bought/watched that. I think I finally figured out how to colour/texture jeans, since his pants actually kind of look like jeans XD I think I messed up the soft, silky texture of his polo shirt, and using just an airbrush resulted in some blurry lines for folds. I think I need to use something sharper next time.

Natalya meets him after Liiza moves out to go to University; she becomes the head of security for the Kunenkivelä family, but takes every Friday off to visit Liiza after class. She usually arrives on campus early to enjoy the scenery and some tea outside, often getting hit on by idiot guys passing by. Aleksi notices her one day teaching of pair of said idiots a lesson, and decides to start talking to her. The pair hit it off, albeit extremely slowly due to Natalya's guarded nature. Aleksi studies cholesterol metabolsim as a graduate student, and often volunteers as a tutor for the undergraduates; this is how Liiza meets him and tries to set him up with her sister (because scheming and comedy). His name is the finnish/russian version of Alexander, meaning "to help/protect", hence the tutoring and his overall caring nature. He's a bit awkward at times, with some panickyness and a little clingyness mixed in since he's moved around alot and hasn't been able to keep a group of friends for very long. He's also a trained fighter and sketch-artist, but he's not at an anime power level like Liiza and Natalya lol