[April Lowry and Jazz Daniels are hiking after a storm. Jazz sees a rainbow]
Jazz: “Hey April. Look at this.” [April turns back and sees the rainbow] “It isn’t even faint.”
April: “‘ey, at’s bonneh. Let’s take a selfeh!”
[April pulls out her phone. She and Jazz smoosh their cheeks together with the rainbow in the background, before taking the photo. The light catches Jazz off-guard]
Jazz: “Ow! I hate camera lights.”
April: “Sorreh, Jazz! Ya… ya want meh to take it ahgin, withoot the flawsh?”
Jazz: “No, no, it’s fine. True artists suffer for their art, after all.” [looks at the photo] “It came out good.” [kisses April on the cheek. April smiles]
It may only be ‘Pride Month’ in June, but the LGBTQIA community deserves to be prideful of their identity all year round. And have the support of allies such as myself all year round.
Anyways, this is the artwork I made to celebrate Pride Month for this year. The most prominently LGBTQIA couple in OTOG, the lesbian couple April Lowry and Jazz Daniels. Fun fact for those not keeping up, all of the Tetrad are actually LGBTQIA. Not only is April a lesbian, but Gilda is aromantic, being turned off by the very idea of romance, Wendy is bi with a crush on Gilda, and Margo is pan, with an enbyfriend, April’s sibling Auggie. And Flannery has a crush on Wendy, as I’ve written before. However, I don’t know yet whether to write her as bi or lesbian. I do know she’s LGBTQIA, though.
This artwork came out well. I always go for a Bob Ross approach when I draw scenery like this; start with the far background, and then work my way up to the details in the foreground, using simple but effective techniques to get the textures I’m aiming for. Of course, I’m not as talented at the process as Ross, but it’s always nice to try to apply his mentality to my artwork.
I listened to Gordon Lightfoot’s album East of Midnight while making this artwork; I found that the song “Anything for Love” fits it pretty well. The song plays in my mind any time I look back at this artwork, and I’m gonna try to find a moment during the OTOG series to play it during a Japril moment.
Anyways, that’s it for this artwork. Hope you all had a good Pride Month, and you in the LGBTQIA community remain prideful year-round. If you liked this artwork and the ficlet, then drop me a follow on this blog, and on my socials, linked below. Until next time, take care, stay safe, support an Asimovian amendment for AI, and have a good one.
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This artwork was made at a resolution of 5076×2160 (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
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