"My mom says you're supposed to kiss someone you love at midnight"
*cue Virgil crying*
Alright so it's been a hot minute since I picked back up my TBAH/TMAH sketches from like a year ago 😂 but with @a-valorous-choice's second wonderful story winding down to a close I’ve been in a mood to finish this.
I know it’s not perfectly accurate to the scene (or the lighting lol) but I hope you can enjoy it all the same. I think this may be one of my favorite digital pieces yet.
Different light/color versions are under the cut because there were so many different combos I wanted to try and needed to put somewhere (I keep going back and changing which version is the “official” one so you guys tell me which one is your favorite)
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This is probably the most accurate, true-to-life version but it was just a little bit too dark for my taste:
This is actually what the final was going to look like--just two hues--which looks super cool but I really wanted to explore color more:
Mostly the same but with just a tiny more color showing through, and not as dark:
aaand just so you can see what the colors looked like underneath all the shading (though I did leave some shading so it didn’t look too out of place):
Shout out to @a-valorous-choice for being one of the most in-touch-with-their-readers fanfic authors I know!
Seriously, I've posted before about how much I love her writing but seeing her respond to nearly everyone who comments, asks, and sends their love is just so amazing! She deserves all the love and attention and kudos and amazing everything!
Have you checked out the @until-the-sun-rises blog yet? Well, you might want to consider looking into it. @a-valorous-choice and @ironwoman359 joined forces to create a Sanders Sides apocalypse AU.
I read the first main instalment ‘Virgil’s Promise’ and got smacked in the face with inspiration and attempted to draw it (cause why not try and draw the hardest part of the body to get right😝)
(Lighter image/sketch/thoughts below cut)
This AU had my interest from the first post on the character breakdown (and lets be honest, the authors behind it). The first instalment focused around Virgil and his younger brother Thomas. I couldn’t get the image of Virgil grabbing Thomas’s hand out of my head and it became the focus of this.
I did play with the idea of their hands joining horizontally and having the shadow of their mum approaching over the horizon, but it just wasn’t working with my skill level. So, I shifted gears and went for a book cover style showing Virgil grabbing Thomas’s hand and a quote.
The locket looks to be a key point in the story, so I added that as a feature to break up the image. And just to be Captain Obvious, I put a sunny glow thing behind a hill (very original of me). I made the image dark to reflect the feel of the story (dark and desperate for light) but also to attempt to hide the hands a bit. I mean, I know I’m noticing more things and getting better with some things, but there is still a lot to learn (not doing black outlines was a weird thing to try again).
If you’ve read this far - thanks for taking the time to keep on reading, but isn’t there somewhere you should be? ..... visiting @until-the-sun-rises ??? Read the warnings, strap in and enjoy the ride you know is coming.
Quick Links - Introduction to the au - Virgil’s Promise
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What else have I done?
Writing Master Post
Drawing in tag #snail art #my art
I’m Snail ( @snail-giggles ) 💜🐌 I just try to have fun
I was looking for chocolate and found a bunch of mini O’Henry’s in my room, and when I told @a-valorous-choice she was thinking of a different Henry entirely
