DISTRESSED DAMSELS: A new(-ish) SHASTI vs. ANGELS color commission! (Patreon)
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Behold, a semi-recent commission in my old, two-color "Con Sketch" format depicting That Darn Shasti once again getting the better of Dirty Pair's Y*ri and Kei. (BTW, I do like the idea that Shasti might have difficulty telling these two apart from their hapless alternates Rose & Lily, as she can victimize the "real" Lovely Angels almost as easily as their distress-prone iterations.)
Note that using the catastrophe-prone K&Y to supercharge a bomb's yield has appeared in commissions before, though I don't care to look up which old Distressed Damsels post previously featured the concept.
Roughed this out full-size (8.5" X 14") on a cropped piece of ledger-size paper, rather than screwing around with scaling up a thumbnail or the like.
Note that Shasti's outfit is very loosely based on an obscure variation of mascot character Super Sonico, which I happened to spot in an impressive cosplay video t'other day. Howeva, I soon gave up on trying to copy the annoyingly complicated costume's patterns and just "freestyled" the bulk of the design.
Just after finishing Shasti's lettering, I belatedly realized that she should've said, "BOMBSHELLS AWAY." (Oh, well; perils of analog media, folks.)
'Twas a serious mistake not to leave the bomb's line art "open," which would've popped it much better from the dark background below. On the other hand, this approach does "pop" the Lovely Angels' figures more clearly, which is also a valid consideration.
Briefly considered coloring this illo entirely with a "low-light," even more blue-skewing palette, but decided to err on the side of rosily-shaded damsels and Shasti. Note that the image above lacks the white-out sparkles and extra city lights seen in the final version.
TBH, I didn't really have the free time to work on this commission, but had to take a break from working digitally for a while; and quite a while did this illo indeed take, as it's far more detailed than any other pseudo-Con Sketch of late, and required over two full work-days to complete. (Ouch.) And now, back to the digital-medium salt mines!
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: Not sure at the moment as to exactly what's coming up in the next M/W/F slot, TBH. Let's find out together, shall we?