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[deyageka]

Never thought I'd get serious gender envy from Finn Wolfhard of all people. Anyway here's a model!Mike + college AU + simp!Byers to help me cope 😭

References:

[sisyphusunderthesun]

[lyxchen]

Will teasing/flustering Mike inspired by this post by @sunchildsatoru <33

(They're like pretty newly together here btw, so while all this closeness is so casual to them because it always has been, now it's also Different and more Special because they're together now and that's new ^^)

[lyxchen]

The Painting

Gonna give a bit of context and a bunch of extra info about this comic under the cut for anybody interested in reading my thoughts on it <3

(Also if you like my art then I would love it if you reblogged it mwah)

So I'm not going to explain my whole idea because I want to make that into a comic as well and also it's too long to put here, but I want to explain why Will is only seeing the painting in that moment and not earlier. So in the idea I have Will and Mike get together their first week into college (they both go to different colleges tho) and it happens kind of suddenly and at night and they only kiss and then the next morning Will has to leave really quickly. Then they don't see each other for a week and only talk on the phone and the next time they are together in Mike's dorm room is when this comic happens. That's why Will doesn't know Mike has hung up the painting in his dorm room even though he was in there before (for the kiss). Cause first it was dark and then he didn't have the time to really look around. Anyways that's the context I mostly wanted to give for this so that it makes sense. It probably also makes sense without the context, now that I think about it, but I still wanted to explain <3

Oh also I hope I made it clear enough in the dialogue, but what Mike is telling Will here is that he knows that Will made the painting for him all by himself, that he knows the truth about it and that he understands and loves it (and Will) :> also this could be their first ily but I'm not sure yet...

Here all the panels up close and a close up of the painting cause I love them all and they are so detailed <3 (please click on the pictures for the full panel and better quality)

I might make an extra post with more close ups because there are so many details I want to show but for now I also have this list of little details I added that I love and that might not be noticed unless I point them out:

The soft little blue and green hearts in the background; Mike has a poster with stars on it for Will the Wise; all the hickeys and scratches, also Will has a hickey on his thigh that you can only see in two of the panels; also all of Will's hickeys have little blue details on them because Mike made them and all of Mike's hickeys have yellow details on the because Will made them; Will's knee being in the frame a little in the second panel; I chose specific places for all the beauty marks/spots on their skin cause I love when that type of stuff is consistent in every part of the drawing; Will's internal monologue kind of narrating and especially the little "oh wow"; the colors are all very vibrant (that wasn't really my intention but I'm choosing to love it); also the color scheme being mostly green, blue, yellow, red; I tried giving the speech bubbles that have actual dialogue/spoken words in them clearer/sharper edges and the ones that have more sounds or exclamations in them softer edges; Mike holding Will's face in the last panel and Will's hand on Mike's shoulder and then in his hair; I also made Will's fingertips and the places where they're touching Mike intentionally very red because I wanted it to kind of show heat with every touch; the paintinggg, I love how the painting turned out; I think my favorite panel is the third one, the one with the close up on Will's face; sweaty hair!!! Sweaty hair sticking to skin!!! Mike's sweaty hair sticking to Will's skin; the way I write Mike's name whenever Will says it (that's not my usual handwriting); I honestly really love the shading in this one; I'm also very proud of all the perspective stuff

I think that's it for now, I'd love it if people would zoom in for the details cause they're all very dear to me ^^

Also I added this static effect and some color overlays over the finished comic so here is a version without those effects <33

[rancidsugar]

[oakorri]

I told the monster to go away

[lauveyy]

will the wise 🔮

[lauveyy]

mike the brave ⚔️

[caddited]

Thinking about paladin

[fewpion]

The unfinished puzzle

[karust]

💛🩵

[domi--mi]

cleradin transmigrated into regular world to bless byler

[axeleton]

Wonderboy and boy who wonders

[axeleton]

Sike! Besties!! Amiright?

[axeleton]

Smooch smooch mwah mwah

[axeleton]

Oh you

[axeleton]

This song hit me with such a wave of inspiration I've been drawing like a madman with no breaks for an undisclosed amount of time. Love ATW wish I could see them sometime

Btw the flowers are lavender and protea

Devotion + lgbtq symbol and resilience + courage respectively