80 - Krieg n Maya 2 (Patreon)

Lately I keep failing at arting, so I thought I'll try to finish an older project which only needed colour adjustments, so I could feel some success, some achievement already. It was still a challange. xd

I know I've abandoned this project back then, cuz I didn't like how the colours look, even after I've coloured all the parts of the characters. I just couldn't figure out what to do with it.
This time I thought I'd just use simple colours and gradients here and there. I tried to keep it simple, but also couldn't stop myself experimenting if I can make it look better.

I realised, sadly, because I've let this project unfinished for so long, I barely remember my intentions and thoughts during the making. According to the sfm file, I've finished the posing at 2020 June 21, so almost a year now.. xd
I remember, during the making of the 3D posing my mind wandered so far I wanted to make a whole animation based around this. I still would, tbh, but I need proper models and knowledge for blender for it to make it as good as I want it to be.

STORY:
Anyways, the pic is about a handjob initiated by Maya. She also has her legs locked around Krieg's hips so she can pull him closer. I imagined this's happening either at a top of a counter (she's sitting on it) or a side of a bed (she's laid back to it). I didn't really try to add any proper background objects to the scene, so the focus won't be taken away and the pic won't be ruined by additional things.
- Krieg is gently touching Maya's bottom lip with his thumb. Lips are super sensitive for slight touches. I found this kind of gesture being added to the pic giving some cute vibes to it aswell.
- At first I thought making his other hand to hold Maya's head (and nape) looks strange, but then I remembered he's a freakin psycho from the game Borderlands2, which made me immediately think it's totally okay. xd It also adds more intimacy to the pic, a kind of "support" from him, or just making sure he can touch those lips while looking at her.
- The idea of lipstick marks came later while drawing and it sure gives a lot of nice naughty points to the pic. (There are 3 marks: at the side of his neck, at the breast part and at the head of the dick. At first I was not sure to add the last one there, but in the sake of increasing the lewdness, I decided to leave it. Also tried to make it a bit blurred at the bottom. I let the viewer decide which mark was the first one. 😎)
- Thought I'd also add some precum as another new thing I'd use in a drawing, and also as a sign of.. "really liking what's happening" heh. (I've also got approval to keep it, ha).

I wanted to make this pic a more serious type, more intimate, thus I did not add any blushes, but steam clouds. Also did not feel the need to add lines that would indicate movement, cuz it does not show that kind of activity.

Oh, also want to mention that I did not wanted to draw Krieg's left arm again, cuz of that plate stuff is so freakin detailed and all. xd So I've made some adjustments and switched the arms. It wasn't easy in sfm, had to take multiple screenshots and got confused a lot, but looks like I've managed to do it in the end. xd
So the pic is not that accurate in gear and clothing. Other than Krieg's arms, everything is on the right place tho.

Before continuing my work, I saw a drawing where the figure was in a contrast of darker areas at the bottom and bright, light at the top part. I kept this concept in mind while working on this and still adding more colours to it.
As I was trying to make the right colours, I've made some screenshot saves of the process. At first the drawing was bright, then it continued to get darker. I still liked one previous wip where it was bright and full of warm colours: orange, purple and red. After I've finished the dark version I went back trying to recreate the brighter variation.
There are slight differences between the 2 drawings:
- The darker has texture effect over it's shadow parts, while the other doesn't have any.
- The brighter has less colours on the characters. Except for Maya's lips, tattoos, Krieg's eye, scar at his hip and the lipstick marks, the characters are coloured the same. Minus all the gradients, steam clouds and shadow applied on the figures.
These 2 pics together look like it's day/morning and night versions. I like how they both show the same scenario differently, highlighting the details in 2 ways. :>

All in all, I'm satisfied with this.
It's heartwarming in a way, at least for me. xd These characters are really close to me (and bl3 never happened, never played it and never will). Maya was the first human female character I was happy to play as. I liked her style, that she was tough and not oversexualised (so finally a character I can play as, be cool and it's not a male again who's the badass this time). And Krieg is still the best character to play as in a game.

Cheers.