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I got kinda sucked into a hell of the past. I went looking for something and dredged up a lot of painful conversations. But I was reminded of a lot of good one's too. And some of those good conversations probably ultimately led to me slaving over art for people who didn't appreciate it over the years.

Yet I drew this thinking of the outlier to that. The individuals who do appreciate it. And I drew it in a mix of nostalgia, hope, and love that that's there. That there is at least someone looking at it for more than just "oo it's pretty" and maybe appreciates the effort - the hidden (and not so hidden) ideas and feelings that go into it. The time.

I don't think I've ever drawn a character without thinking about the person.
And it's just like.... take a look around!

I can't be NEARLY as sappy as I want to be because I don't think it'd be well received? My art in general tends to drip sappiness onto the people I care about but I could write PARAGRAPHS of my feelings here.

(And there's this underlying... feeling of being seen. Their setting isn't random. Like me, she's walked away from the group to find a small area to slip out of sight, be alone, do things she'll get scolded for (legs in weird bodies of water). And it was noticed. Someone went 'hold up - where's...' and went to find her. It's not the focus - not really a forefront to it. But it's in the background (hah) just one of those currents of the ocean of thoughts that went into it.)

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I got kinda sucked into a hell of the past. I went looking for something and dredged up a lot of painful conversations. But I was reminded of a lot of good one's too. And some of those good conversations probably ultimately led to me slaving over art for people who didn't appreciate it over the years.

Yet I drew this thinking of the outlier to that. The individuals who do appreciate it. And I drew it in a mix of nostalgia, hope, and love that that's there. That there is at least someone looking at it for more than just "oo it's pretty" and maybe appreciates the effort - the hidden (and not so hidden) ideas and feelings that go into it. The time.

I don't think I've ever drawn a character without thinking about the person.
And it's just like.... take a look around!

I can't be NEARLY as sappy as I want to be because I don't think it'd be well received? My art in general tends to drip sappiness onto the people I care about but I could write PARAGRAPHS of my feelings here.

(And there's this underlying... feeling of being seen. Their setting isn't random. Like me, she's walked away from the group to find a small area to slip out of sight, be alone, do things she'll get scolded for (legs in weird bodies of water). And it was noticed. Someone went 'hold up - where's...' and went to find her. It's not the focus - not really a forefront to it. But it's in the background (hah) just one of those currents of the ocean of thoughts that went into it.)