#sunnysidedisco

i also considered choosing a tagalog song, but to be honest, i'm not much of a music listener so i didn't know enough songs that would've reminded me of disco elysium or had the vibes/inspiration i was looking for. but, oh well!

another inspiration for this drawing was that one sculpture with flowers bursting from its head that people were redrawing, i kind of wanted to capture that but a little differently! instead of drawing flowers, i get to draw one billion trillion disco elysium npcs good god why did i do that to myself

it's actually been a while since i've drawn this i'm trying to remember if i have anything else to say hm hm hmmm oh yea accessories harry's got are the eight-eyed teratorn tie and on the side is the hat he gets from annette! (it's not very obvious, it just looks like a very colorful part of the background too but that was what my idea was anyways pftt) i wanted harry to be wearing things that were out of the little acts of kindness you do in the game.

i remember freaking out when i first got the email that i got into the zine, and now a bit of time has passed, i'm absolutely grateful that i was able to draw for it :'^] the mods and my fellow contributors all did such wonderful work to make this zine come to life. i look at the zine on my shelf sometimes and feel like this giddy sense of joy!!! what a wonderful experience it was!

and don't get me started on reading the physical zine for the first time! WOW!!! i mean, listen, that was like back in 2025-ish i think so memory's a bit fuzzy ASKSKS but the feeling of immense joy having the zine in my hands is a feeling i still carry in my heart

i guess i should talk about the drawing now huh (i remember drawing this thumbnail like IMMEDIATELY when the pitches were chosen lol)

again, i started drawing this back in 2024 so like. i might not remember a lot of things i probs wanted to say about it, but i remember learning to paint in the disco elysium style before drawing this. i was doing a buncha portrait studies, learning how to render things in the style (sort of!)

and this was like the first time i ever attempted to paint a full illustration! i'm pretty used to just doing the lineart, coloring in the flats, shading, and yadda yadda but i was a little scared of taking the risk of painting it (something i've never really done in full before) and then it turning out to be ugly in the end....!

BUT THEN IT DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!

i think i'm allowed to have a little pride over this because look at it!!!! this was my favorite thing i ever drew back in 2024 and for a good reason!!!!! i think it looks awesome!!!!!!! RARRGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok enough of that pftt. when i was getting into disco elysium, i've been pretty intrigued about dolores dei ..... her influence on the run-down world of elysium is felt and seen but she has been gone for so, so long...... the way she's deified, turned into a symbol, became something more than human ....... she is loved and she is hated ......... ach! i dunno man, the concept of the innocences drove me a little wild back then, it's so INTERESTING!!

so i wanted to draw a little something about her, the rise and fall of dolores dei. i thought a composition where things blended in together would be a cool way to depict her legacy as well as her connection to the pale.... idk man ....

also really thankful for the people who joined in on the ph order group!!! it's been a while, but shoutout to you guys for supporting the zine :^]