Background StoryWIP
"... and she comes out like a white shadow..."
Come on now, you've already seen her naked, you silly wolf !
And yet she keeps surprising him. Tiny random moments like this, that simply keep happening. They last a fraction of a second but will remain engraved in his memory forever.
The idea I enjoy the most is that one might think that Kat's being flustered by her nudity, but nope - this has nothing to do with that.
It's her smile when she sees him.
When they see each other.
That timeless, pure connection that extends beyond the flesh and that says everything.
Tech CrapWIPFI-NAL-LY !
I had this scene in mind since 2-3 years at least.
Initially I wanted it to be Avenia tho, and Tannen being the one in subjugation of her first appearance.
I made a few tests back then, but meh, I just couldn't nail it down and so it went to die.
With this new "story" here, I found a new opportunity to sneak it in, and so I had to build the entire "story" around that reveal. And now I'm happy. Fucking finally.
It took a lot of trickery to get that scene done. I wanted a very strong contrast between the dark foreground and the light-overflooded background.
Now I'm just a bit annoyed that the towel she's holding isn't particularly visible. I should have given it a different color perhaps, or taken better care during my post-work to not lose the details. But my attention wasn't on that at all. Fucked up, alas.
But it's OK, I'm happy.
I also wanted to throw in some hints of another character, just something very simple, like her removing a mask, but finally didn't do it. Didn't wanna ruin the purity of this instant.
Edit 1 : removed an ugly transversal wood beam that I didn't notice and tried to recapture some of the towel's details. I could have done a better job on her expression too, it's not 100% how I would have liked it, but it's OK.
Personal ThoughtsWIPThe world has become quite a crazy place... and some of the things that have been set in motion are no longer stoppable. This Algorithmic Hell will have no love nor sympathy for me, and that's ok, that's very good actually : the harder it despises me, the stronger my determination shall be. But time is running away now... And I want to work on a few significant & meaningful illustrations before this epoch erases me. This is one of them.
Every now and then, when I finish an illustration, I catch myself thinking the same thing : "if I vanish tomorrow, this will be my final illustration..."
Time is running away and I'd still like to work on a couple of meaningful, story related illustrations.
This is one of them :)