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Here’s this weekend’s project. With everything going on in the States – Covid-19, police riots, an uncertain political future and the potential extinction of democracy as we know it – I just felt like I had to draw it.

For a minor bit of background, this is from the U.S. Flag code: “The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”

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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.

Description

Here’s this weekend’s project. With everything going on in the States – Covid-19, police riots, an uncertain political future and the potential extinction of democracy as we know it – I just felt like I had to draw it.

For a minor bit of background, this is from the U.S. Flag code: “The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”

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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.