Another extended tweet

A lot of monthly Writing and Art Prompts have helped push my storytelling and illustrating skills. Glad to participate again this Pride Month, which forces me to actually sketch out OCs that would otherwise remain in my head. 

For example, I came up with high school English teacher, Mr. Bakker. Wrote about him in early scripts, and finally fleshed him out in December 2021. In October 2022, I drafted an episode about his work-relationship and friendship with my male love interest, Peter, but before that, struggled to find a first name for him. 

Sometimes, a character's first name comes to me. Sometimes, their last name. Rarely do I get a full name. 

Now, for this Pride Month, I finally get to draw Bakker and his husband, Gonzalo. And then struggled to research a last name and possible cultural background for Gonzalo... *sigh* 

The creating doesn't end, but hopefully, you'll like the characters I introduced last year and the newer ones this year! 

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. 

Giving myself my own art challenges for 2023

This May, will be drawing and posting my fake furry K-pop idols, groups, and bands! Look for them! And then, in June, Pride Month artwork! 

My "Summer to Winter" Pride Month 2022

"Septimus pan rollerskating" 

"Campbell and Artem"

"Imogen and Leyon"

"Imeda and February"

"Yanina and Tyler"

  

                

 

 

 

 

If you want to see these pieces in progression, their final copy, and more    info on each of these characters, head over to my Instagram page. The link is on the right-hand of this blog!

Campbell and Artem will be a couple and so will February and Imeda! I have plans for Tyler, Leyon, Imogen, and Septimus for they will end up with.

 Nothing burns me more than a media shows so many clues that a pair will become a couple and that story doesn't follow through. Since SUMMER TO WINTER is a romance comedy, my couples will be HEAs(Happily Ever Afters) or HFNs(Happy For Nows).

Happy Pride Month 2022!

This is the first Pride Month I'm celebrating by posting characters from my SUMMER TO WINTER cast who are part of the LGBTQIAP2S community.

So many attacks against Transgender folks, so many anti-trans bills, and other hate bills against thr LGBTQ community in recent years. 

To give some happiness and joy in these moments, and for my own mental health, I decided to use Pride Month as the impetus to work on more of my comic's cast and in color since the comic may be in black and white.

As promised, while these illustrations are being posted on my Twitter and Instagram, all Pride artwork will be made available on this blog! 

Since officially beginning the comic back in 2018, some of these characters have either popped up, been mentioned, or have been scripted in my comic journals for further/future side stories.

All these characters ARE canonical to the story and most will become involved in their own love stories. SUMMER TO WINTER is a romantic comedy after all!