Eh.

Speedpaint of a Klance illustration. At first I was just doodling, not having any particular idea, but then there was a moment the idea came - and it was Lance and Keith on vacation, taking a picture.

I wanted to draw something vacation-y and sunny, and the boys in casual clothes. But also the background - so you actually know the setting.

I sketched my idea out, flipping the canvas, then drew the lineart. I filled in the characters with base colour and focused on the background. I usually do that because I find painting the background harder than painting characters. But in this case it was also necessary to establish the mood and the lighting.

After the BG was done I moved to colouring the boys. When I finished I added a shadow layer on them and an overlay light details.

Then I made some details, like hair strands, white lights, added some details to the background to make it more sunny and airy. At the end I played with the general colouring tones, mostly pink and orange.

-sit down to draw

-realize you don’t actually want to draw and you’ll have to do other things and wait until your mojo comes back to work on the thing again

Like, stoic characters finally feeling comfortable enough to cry, whether it be stifled sobs or labored wails of grief? Immaculate.

Serious characters falling apart because a pun caught them off guard? Stunning.

Strong characters falling onto a couch/bed and immediately falling asleep because they just can’t keep their eyes open a moment longer? Beautiful.

Icy characters being caught with a passion of theres, like a specific show or interest, and then launching into an excited, almost kid-like rant once given the opportunity like it was the first time anyone has shown any interest in their pastimes while a person attentively listens? And then they are like, “Oh, sorry, I...I tend to ramble. Forgive me.” And the other person just has stars in their eyes? Spectacular.

I love this post, but I raise you:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/52727424

Jerzy, a magical warrior, but also a magical boy. Using the staff he can transform and get new magicks and outfit.