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But that’s my entire shtick!
Konsi has encountered a “MRGL”, please wait while she mentally reboots back into a conscious state.
Konsi: ***router noises***
Bi pride, lesbian pride woo!
Do you keep track of how many colors you use in a particular comic? :)
Looking closely, the second panel here contains every different colour I used in the same panel, except Razira’s dark green hair tie, and the yellow I blended into the gold for Konsi’s two-tone eye shade - so if you include those, it’s 27.
Coloursoft pencils are quite versatile in the range of shades they can produce - so (for example) all the different shades in the wooden beams are the same pencil - or all the different reflections on the silver parts of Razira’s dress are the same pencil.
I haven’t included the black of the ink pen or the pure white of the untouched paper in this count - or the digital watermark at the bottom.
Perhaps an easier demonstration of what I mean by “producing a range of shades” is to look at something I drew a little larger:
This image uses five greens, three yellow/gold, and two white/grey pencils - so ten colours total…
Her skintone here is all the same pencil - polychromos 167, her hair is similarly all one pencil - polychromos 278
Oh cool. I didn’t even notice the glasses in the flag colors till you pointed it out.
Your comics are like 60% of the reason I check Lemmy.
I’ve been looking forward to reading these every day. Thanks for making them!
Hey OP, its ok to ignore this question since its more a curiosity thing about you. Since your 2 main characters for a few weeks now are from the LGBT+ crowd, might I guess that you might too ? Because I love the attention to details with the drinks
I am happy to answer - I’m straight and cis, and happily together with someone,
I have a lot of LGBTQ+ friends in real life - in no small factor influenced by where I went to university, where I live, and the hobbies I have.
I do believe that more representation in media would be good for everyone. Familiarity is the greatest weapon against bigotry. It’s easy for people to hate an entire demographic they’ve never met - much harder if you know a couple and you see they’re just normal people like everyone else.
But in this case, no such lofty ideals, it’s purely happenstance. In an early session, I ended up needing to answer the question of Konsi’s preferences, and I just picked randomly.
Fully agree with that. I changed my views on transexuels once one of my favourite youtubers came out and I got used to simply… seeing them every week ? And now I’m way more informed and familiar to it and to them.
So, continue, because it does matter indeed.
And thank you for the answer.
