People of Palms Crossing - WIP 1! (Patreon)

Working on this has been a sort of therapy.
If you missed it posted on my socials, we regrettably suffered a loss last week in the form of Cat, our legendary feline friend of 15 years. I don't wish to be a bummer here, instead, I did what I could to say words regarding her over here, for those that are interested. Thank you for being understanding and patient as I take some time to sort myself. I know I can be a lot, but I will do what I can to get back to work!

SO ONTO THE CHARACTER NOTES!!!!

In a desire to just try and MAKE art, avoid thoughts, not think too hard, I just started drawing all my male characters that live on Palms Crossing street in a row to compare their shapes / sizes. It will not include Paulie's demon staff, or members of Layne Raine's band. I'm definitely still missing a few of the mains, I just ran out of room and the file size is already pretty big, lol. Missing Brian the minotaur and Avii the water genasi / elemental for sure! At some point I would like to add the ladies/other gender characters as well, or give them their own, but baby-steps!

2nd image: A few years back I began the annual tradition of drawing my characters enjoying a new years hot spring for the holidays / fresh year! I just like characters enjoying one another in a relaxing peaceful time, welcoming on the continuing of life together. It's also a good way to see not only just how my style changed, but the characters themselves as well as I adjusted and developed them with passionate world building over the many months. Fleshing out these little fiction beings and their little world have been truly keeping me together. I haven't mapped out the layout of the onsen itself yet, still need to fish for inspo, but it was nice just sketching out the character's various shapes and get a feel for the vibes I want to present. It is interesting how I'm working in reverse order, when last year I did the hot spring first and sketched the dudes on top! Sometimes you just have to try something different.