#rainburst studios

Backdrops created by yours truly, @spiritofrainbursts

@sweetredbeans

As someone whose come to love the Adventure games, and by extension, Sonadow, since watching Rubyofblue's retrospectives on the duology awhile back, I instantly fell in love with the premise for your fic the very moment I read the plot summary during the initial pairing period and have only come to love it more over time since reading it in full. Truly you have lived up to the hype I felt when I was told I'd have the honor to draw for this project by crafting such a beautifully bittersweet story that perfectly captures that feeling of grief one may feel when they realize that they'll never get to spend their tomorrows with someone they really cared about after loosing them, whether that loss be because of death or a once deeply profound tight knit bond that was broken beyond repair. I could feel, even relate, to the sorrow present within Sonic's very soul as he chased visions of what might have been, searched for any sign that the light of his star hadn’t truly gone out, that he survived the fall, throughout the course of this melancholy tale and adored how it ended with him realizing that Shadow was in fact the comet all along, somber as it was. I also really admired how you elegantly wove the song, Earthrise, into the one shot by tying Sonic's emotions into the lyrics as well as incorporating star aesthetics into quite the intricate choice of words if I do say so myself! Aside from the ending, my favorite moments were when I got a genuine chuckle out of Sonic absentmindedly speaking his thoughts about Shadow out loud without a care in the world as well as when he wandered through an endless sea of flowers that may not even exist merely due in part of just how abstract the concept is as a whole. You should feel very proud of yourself for you have not only created what I would consider the swan song to SA2 but also what has easily become my all time favorite piece of Sonadow related media that I still hope to adapt into comic format at some point like I had initially planned for the event even if it may take me awhile to do so. ☺️ @magic-shadow1

THAANNK YOUUU!!! 😭💘 I'm genuinely pleased to hear you think so as I feel there's something missing from my contribution to the Big Bang and as a result would definitely like to come back and revisit the piece again at some point since I didn't have time to figure out what that something was during the initial creation process. With that being said, I honestly have no words to express my gratitude for your kindness; just, thank you so much for leaving such a lovely comment! ☺️ @encodedkismet

My fellow Sonadow enthusiast, you have single handedly recaptured the abstractness from one of my favorite parts of the story by intertwining the golden petals of the Sunflowers that had been towering over Sonic with Shadow's death which in turn really gives off the sense of melancholy present throughout the course of the fanfic. The yellow hues radiating off these piece are most certainly a beautiful sight to behold! @tiliqi

Last but not least, your art style is to DIE FOR! I honestly don't know how you do it but the amount of detail that goes into every little line and stroke of your work right down to the very background itself is astonishingly radical! I really like how you completely flipped perspectives with this one by showing us a glimpse of Shadow's side of things while still managing to tie things back into Sonic's point of view right at the very end when he plummeted to earth, yet again showcasing the poignant grief that came with Shadow's absence.

With that being said however, with the exception of all the pieces I created and uploaded prior to my watermark being made, I will be slapping the unwatermarked variations of my pieces behind a paywall from now on to try and bypass this problem as much as possible as well as encourage the very few people who like my work as of right now to consider supporting me finically as much as they possibly can since my Ko-Fi page sadly hasn't been doing to well due to the lack of engagement as well as advertisement on my part, which I'm doing my best to rectify but it's kind of hard to sit down and do anything creatively let alone break out procrastination habit and this weird art block I've had since Summer of 2022 when I've gotten pretty busy with my new job since mid March. I'm trying though and will definitely continue to provide the Watermarked Versions of all my work from here on out for the general public to enjoy and download if they so wish for the sake of media preservation and allowing my work to be readily accessible as much as feasibly possible.