Secret Haven

I'm trying to make one sprite sketch per day (I have 50+ planned), and these are the most recent ones! I like how expressive Tatsu is; he's fun, while characters like Yuuta and Yotsuya are easier to draw.

"I'm Gwylan." He reaches forward, lifts your hand, and shakes it in both his own. "Pleased to meet you. I sell—" He pauses. "My grandfather sells—" Another pause. "I sell clothes and knick-knacks here. Things you won't find in normal shops. Even I don't know what I have in stock!" So uh, I got distracted and got too invested Gwylan has become a favorite, on par with Sydney so I'll probably draw a bunch of art for them both. I made a spread for the The Shopkeeper Gwylan, later on I wanna make a spread for Gwylan the curious for the more intimate scenes.

But anyways I had so much fun designing Gwylan based on the little details we're given about them and agreed upon consensus of their appearance, of course I put my own spin on it. I hope the design fits while being unique enough.

Below is a speed-paint of this artwork with a song I found very fitting for the fox.

'Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent "It's your Pride?" She told me her youngest grandchild is "not she berry or he berry but no berry." I said "Nonbinary?" She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And "Is a secret but they are my" *looks around, whispers* "favorite."

There's a reply by Lyric Rain at rain song dot cloud that reads "Not she berry or he berry but no berry".

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation near Australia.  This is their flag:

The Gay Kingdom (as it is colloquially known) was founded in 2004 in protest against Australia’s legal stance against same-sex marriage.

Here are some of their stamps:

They are currently ruled by Emperor Dale I, and their currency is the Pink Dollar.

they have a declaration of independence that talks a bit about gay rights and then just flat out copies the “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” part from the american declaration of independence. and here’s the best part: the founding group actually elected their emperor. he was originally going to be called the “administrator” of a republic. their website, however, says that “upon legal advice, his title was changed to that of Sovereign on the grounds that under Australian law a defacto prince trying to claim his crown cannot be charged with treason”. so they made it a kingdom and he now claims to be a descendent of edward ii.

everything about this is glorious and everyone should know about it.

As previously mentioned, the idea originated at Pride (Brisbane 2003) in reaction to punitive anti-marriage legislation

“On the 14th day of June 2004, at this highest point in the Coral Sea, Emperor Dale Parker Anderson raised the gay rainbow flag and claimed the islands of the Coral Sea in his name as homeland for the gay and lesbian peoples of the world. God Save our King!”

The campsite/capital Heaven was named after the London nightclub

War was declared on Australia in September 2004

The aforementioned stamps were issued in July 2006 “with the aim of creating a high and distinctive reputation amongst the philatelic fraternity”

They were never recognized legally/internationally as a micronation (and in fact Anderson refused to attend a conference in 2010 because they weren’t actually trying to be a sovereign nation)

In Feb 2017, Abetz was objecting to the flag of a “hostile nation” being flown