OT, but I wonder if that's changing given that some people probably look at themselves through cellphone cameras more often than they do in mirrors.

>>Speaking of which, is he based on anyone, or is he just a bohemian
>>artist type?
>
>Not meant to represent any specific person, just the archetype of the
>aspiring Parisian street artist.

My headcanon is that he will eventually have a grandson who is the local version of ZUN. (Or whatever a chronologically suitable relationship is, if 'grandson' isn't.)

-IA.

("Sadly, he did not inherit all of his grandfather's artistic ability...")