i have lived thousands of partial lifetimes and died thousands of partial deaths to answer your questions. of you, in turn, i only ask a few: can you hear me? can you feel me? if you were here instead, would you live and die for me too?
(plus alt i didn’t finish/like as much.)
(i already know what the owlk pose looks like, it wasn’t on purpose and pls don’t comment abt it lol)
“Our curiosity goes with you on your journey. You walk in the footsteps of those who came before you, and your path guides those who will follow later.”
Now available as a print!: https://jasminebythebay.etsy.com/listing/1863361575
Progress Shots below cut:
I started this piece shortly after I got home from LBX where one of the pieces of feedback I got was to take more time planning my piece and to not get attached to one composition before you've had the chance to try a few iterations of the idea.
So I really, really took my time working out a few drafts before I settled on the one that eventually became this piece and dear god that took so long. I spent nearly 2 weeks on JUST drafts. I normally only spend 2 days max planning a piece and that usually just involves moving things around and resizing things to try and get a good composition. This time I completely nuked my sketches (not actually, just hid them so I had a blank canvas) and tried completely different compositions. I also (for once) did some color tests before starting my final piece (my color composition can still use some work fkdslkfs). But also, this concept was just very difficult to execute because I really, really wanted to include music in the piece because it was my favorite part of the game, but it's also really, really difficult to work it into the piece in a way that looks good.
All in all, a good exercise and I'm pretty happy with how the piece came out! With time I will eventually make a habit of spending more time on the planning stage of my illustrations rather than just plowing through the first idea I have hehe
Finally got around to working on some concepts for my role swap AU. Feat. newtopian delegate's assistant Anne, criminal on the run Marcy, and farm girl with anger issues Sasha.
Please please please take a look at the details in Marcy's bow! I gave it special attention 🥰