*throws beautifully gay brick and scurries back to the shadows*
PROCESS UNDER THE CUT!!
First I did the drawing of the characters, I don't have any screenshots of any of the steps before this unfortunately. I did a little bit of shading but not much, because I wanted to make the background so I can figure out exactly where everything should go!
I marked out the background in full with cyan and went over it with the basic colors, just to get a feel of what it would look like!
Got some detail done! I also mapped out which stones need to be which color based on the light and I added more detail to the lanterns
All of the lighting done and added small details like the city windows and a few vines. My favorite little detail that I put just for the fun of it, was the grass between some of the stones and the moss! I added those small details just to add a little more depth to the scene, not really with the intention of people noticing. Personally I don't like the vines and I think the ceiling and walls are a little too blank, but hopefully when you add back in the characters it can distract from that?
Why do they seem to bring more color and light to the world around them? IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE MEANT TO BE--
Anywho I readjusted their position and finished the shading!
I'm happy with how it came out and OMG I LOVE THIS SHIP-
I am aware that there is a whole bunch of identities that I'm leaving out and I'm sorry. These are just the very basics. I know the entire community is far more complex than what I've managed to write down so friendly reminder to all of the lovely people who I didn't include it this: you're valid, I know you're valid, I hope you know that you're valid, I love you, and I hope you have a wonderful day.
During pride if you want to buy pride gear or whatever else, don't buy from big corperations (with the exception of gc2b, made by trans people) When ordering online go to someplace like Etsy so you can give the money from it directly to the people who need it. There will be lots of stands and booths at pride as well; those people sell (often handmade) pride things!! I also reccomend The Quiltbag if you are in Edmonton- they even have binders and compression tanks!
