Naka-Furano Summer (中富良野の夏)

"Lean back, my hero."

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Oh, boy. The summer is here, friends. Bring on all the sunny, summery art. 🌅✨

This is a piece that's been long overdue for a friend of mine. This was meant to be his birthday present, but I decided I would start on it after I went to Hokkaido so I can find some inspiration for the background. I went to Naka-Furano, a town renowned for its flower fields every summer. While it was unfortunate that the flowers weren't in season just yet at the time... I managed to get a good enough feel of the area and took several nice photos I eventually used as reference.

Next up from here ought to be that Summer Arc variant, but I can still put it off for one more project, or two... The summer is still quite long, after all. We really ought to take our time and just take it easy. 😎

Arc's Wardrobe (Part 1)

"Can we go home yet?"

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I heard some unscrupulous individuals were slandering my favorite enby for not being representative enough for the enby community... And one mentioned to me their lack of a colorful wardrobe. Neurons were activated, and thus this sketch sheet of them wearing different clothes came to be.

I have a bunch of other ideas for what possible outfits to give them, but I've decided to just post this for now, as I have another painting I simply must attend to, post-haste...

Sunset Kiss (夕暮れキス)

"Arc..."

"Yeah?"

"Kiss me... A little more."

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The fact that this took over two weeks to finish... 😩

This was delayed longer than it was intended, mainly from me backtracking on the painting techniques I applied on both characters. I attempted to try a new style with this painting, but I found myself going back to my current style by the end of it. I'll reattempt the new style again in a future piece, though, after some practice. 😋