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Pool Water Epilogue
🕑 Added 2020-05-22 18:01:00 +0000 UTCRemember Don't Swallow Pool Water? It was my very first Patreon exclusive post! People have been asking for a sequel ever since and, while there have been a couple follow-up images, none of them depicted the fates of the three secondary characters.
Big thanks to the anonymous fan who pointed me towards this Fyre Fest photo and commissioned the epilogue. Remember Fyre Fest? Feels like a lifetime ago.
I doubt I would have pulled off the anatomy without this picture. We wanted a pinup of the four of them, transformed and lounging in sexy swimsuits. However, while photos of women sunbathing alone or in pairs are plentiful, finding four of them that also fit together in perspective is not as easy. Without good reference, I might spend days sketching only to end up with a stiff collage instead of an alluring scene. I didn't want the image to be ruined by wonky anatomy.
For the coloring, I played around with a few different palettes but something still wasn't clicking. An artist friend helpfully pointed out that the image felt lopsided, pulling the eye towards the darker values on the left. I darkened the magazine and swimsuit on the right to balance it out. Toyed with the idea of pink, dusky lighting, but ended up preferring the sweltering, midday heat's intensity. To achieve it, I had to push myself away from my usual soft, desaturated colors and go bold and bright.
Hope you enjoyed this small taste of summer even if you're cooped up at home! ❤
Stay safe!
Comments
Sortimid
Thank you! ❤
Smokey
The poses and expressions are top notch!
Sortimid
A lot of thought goes into the colors ;)
Vanessa Blonde
More thoughts on the colors :) The yellow string bikini matches the mellow, super relaxed pose and expression of the girl wearing it. Similarly, the valentine red bathing suit, which is practically lingerie, matches the showiness and extra sexy pose of its wearer. And the dark blue one piece, being the same color and sort of the same type as the original suit, kinda reinforces magazine girls's ditziness - like, she hasn't quite processed what's happened, you know? I don't know if you consciously selected these colors for these reasons, but you clearly put a lot of thought into it :)
Sirka
Pretty sure those are also the other ladies from the original comic too. Nicely done!
Sortimid
Thanks! ❤
Vanessa Blonde
The darker, more sweltering background makes all the girls really pop. Great job :)
