Insufferable Emotionalist

the un-distorted card designs:

i'm happy with the end result of this piece and also glad i was able to finish it in time for the actual date!! i went into this with a pretty good idea of what i wanted to do, but there was still plenty fucking around and finding out. the lineart style on apollo is a bit different from what i usually do, and the "coloring" was mostly done in black and white under a burnt orangey vivid light layer. the playing cards were a fun design exercise (although they took longer than i would have liked bc i kept getting caught up in details that are barely visible in the finished piece lol).

The loneliness and, in a way, the sense of doom surrounding Goro have always touched my heart… The situation feels hopeless. Even if there were a desire to step back, to abandon his goal and try to fix everything, there is simply no way back. The things that cannot be changed have already been done. The consequences cannot be undone…

But none of that matters in light of one important fact — Goro still remains true to himself. Even if this path leads him to certain death. An immense strength of will and spirit that cannot be broken by anything. And even when given a chance to rewrite his fate thanks to Maruki, he still wants to have complete control over his own destiny…