All right, time for my #DesertBus #DB2025 #Craftalong thread! I'm getting an early start on the project I didn't manage to finish for last year. Partly because my main SSD died, partly beause I *spilled ink on 2/3 of the artwork*. Still very frustrated at last year's outcomes. =(
First off: vectoring some silhouettes, part of the work I lost in the great SSD controller death of 2024!
Here's one silhouette, for one part of this triptych. What is it? What's it for? Take a guess ;P
(2/?) Here's the second silhouette, for another part of the triptych. You might have seen it before.
(3/?) I seem to have forgotten about updating this thread. Let's keep going—I guess the next logical thing would be the third silhouette!
If you know what this is from, this should be instantly recognisable.
(4/x) First sketch of the first couple! Not 100% happy with Asami here, but very happy with Korra. I'll probably adjust these sketches digitally, if needed, and trace them onto my final paper for watercolour once I'm fully satisfied with them.
(Definitely not confident enough in my illustration skills to sketch directly on my final paper!)
#DesertBus #DB2025 #Craftalong #LGBTQIA #Lesbian #Sapphic #Korrasami
(5/x) #DesertBus chat, which do you prefer? Poll in the next post in thread.
I redid the Asami sketch from the last post, with much closer referencing from the comic, because I was unhappy with the previous one.
And then I IMMEDIATELY discovered some of Konietzko's Korrasami artwork and had to draw this adorable pose.
Happy as I am with the faces in the first, I really love the tenderness of the second...
(6/x) So, #DesertBus chat, which do you prefer? Your thoughts may influence my Craftalong!
(7/x)
(Some credits: Both illustrations are inspired from and referenced from existing works. Faces: official Korra comics published by Dark Horse Comics. Cuddles: a piece by Konietzko himself, see: https://www.tumblr.com/bryankonietzko/112732303027/turtle-duck-date-night-this-is-my-piece-for-the )
(8/x) I've been terrible about posting updates - here's a painting update! In-progress photo of the #Lumity painting, with all the lighter tones painted in.
@desertbus #DesertBus2025 #DB2025 #Craftalong #watercolour #painting #theowlhouse #lumity #lgbtq #lgbtqia
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