One, I’m not that great at it, which bugs my sense of vanity something fierce.
Two, to my immense chagrin, I’m not doing art for anything that will make me money or satisfy a contract obligation. Which sucks, but sometimes you just have to let the creativity monster off its leash for a while.
This is ‘Earthbound’, a digital photo-manipulation sketch illo for a story I will eventually upload to the fanfiction site Archive of Our Own. And no, I’m not spilling the identity or fandom yet. (No secret anymore, since the fan-pic challenge has been met.)
Good morning, sunshine.
Update 5-24-2013: story posted here, art finalized.
Very pretty. Now I want one.
He’s taken. Alas.
Beautiful bonds. Only a jeweller could imagine them.
And I love the story. Thanks.