Original DA Upload Date: June 28, 2021
Final LGBT-themed artwork for June of 2021! Gilda gave Jazz a suit in the same style as her girlfriend April’s, except in a salmon color instead of a light blue. She likes it… but of course, April doesn’t, and neither does Jazz’s twin sister Raqi.
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I said all the way back in the description of the very first Japril artwork that she had a twin sister named Raquel, and I didn’t forget. In fact, the only thing that’s changed is the spelling of her nickname (‘Raqi’ instead of the original ‘Rocky’), which I did to keep consistency with the number of letters, and also because I thought it was more fitting for a character of a species originating from South Asia. Also, in case you’re wondering, I’m on the fence about the Daniels twins’ ancestry. I don’t know if I want to make them half-Indian or quarter-Indian yet, but I know I want to make them partially Indian. And to be clear, that’s ‘Indian’ as in somebody from India. I never refer to the indigenous people of the Americas as ‘Indians’, because I’d rather not bring the idiocy of Christopher Columbus down to another generation. We’re making great progress in erasing Columbus’ name from the history books, except in reference to the fact that he was a genocidal idiot. To call indigenous Americans ‘Indians’ is honoring Columbus’ idiocy, and I’d rather not do that. The term ‘Indians’ should only refer to people from India, and that is the only way you will ever see me using the term.
…anyhoo.
I know that Jazz and Raqi are part-Indian, I just don’t know yet how much Indian blood they have in them. I haven’t even come up with an animal pun name for India, or if I’m just gonna go the Canada route and just not use one and just have them be India.
But enough about the ethnicities of fictional characters, let’s talk about the artwork. There isn’t really much to go over.
Since Raqi is a girly-girl and it seems to be a trope for girly-girl characters to hate 80s attire (which is already shown and established with April, at least with the suit), I decided to have her be critical of her sister’s suit just like April. As for Jazz, her dialogue and pose is a call-back to Padding It Out, hence April’s annoyed reaction when she sees that her own girlfriend is teasing her. I even have Padding It Out as the pixelated portrait on the wall.
Sorry if the description seemed short this time around, I just don’t have a lot to say about this one. It’s just a funny piece and that’s all there is to it. Tomorrow’s upload is a Tiny Toons reference, and then I’ll upload the character notes on Margo to close out June. Can’t believe it’s already halfway through 2021! Which has proven itself way better than 2020, even if that isn’t a high bar to clear. It may have started off shit with the lingering effects of COVID-19 and the insurrection at the US Capitol, but things have only gone up from there. We’ve even seen the deaths of Phil Spector, Rush Limbaugh, and Bernie Madoff, all of which were deaths that I have no problem saying were and are morally correct to celebrate.
Anyhoo, that’ll be all for this one, until next time, take care, and I hope you all had a great #PrideMonth.
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This artwork was made at a resolution of 5076×2160 (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
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