i've got some questions about the world, you know

these were the original lines i had from last year (and also a rough sketch layer that i think i accidentally deleted). i wasn't happy with their faces, especially julien's proportions and aya's likeness, so that's what i focused on when redoing it.

i also decided that this scene would most likely take place late in the story or post-canon, so i wanted to draw aya with her hair grown out :-)

i put down rough values in black and white, and then used a gradient map to create the atmosphere i was going for. i used an overlay layer to paint over the gradient map, so that the gradient map colours still influenced the overall pallete of the piece and it remained cohesive.

ALSO here's what it looks like with no lines bc i think that's interesting too!!

really like how this attack of @boyteal's guy julien for artfight came out <3