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"They say it's five o'clock somewhere. And that somewhere's right here with you..."

Once again, this was the conglomeration of several ideas and goals that I wanted to eventually get done, including most notably another attempt at visual worldbuilding. However, the initial concept took a long time to put together between the "selfie angle" (which ended up obscuring many of these characters' most notable design features) and the frontal head views, which I'm still struggling to perfect. I had to redraw a lot, especially the heads and the way Kale‘a is positioned next to MJ so his hair doesn't collide with her positioning, before I was satisfied with the first draft. On the other hand, drawing Traeci's cowgirl hat was much easier this time around considering that I recently did so thrice over , but I did so here just because I really wanted to pair it up with a bikini—a combo I loved at first sight upon seeing it in another piece I saw a few months ago.

The background was supposed to be a representation of Mallard's by the Shore, the restaurant where Kale‘a and Exo work at (and whose waitress uniform Kale‘a is wearing here, as I presumed she would have just clocked out at the time of this pic), but I ended up using self-taken reference images to fill out the empty spaces with plenty of light and a little thematic touch. I think the angle of this piece precluded the proper establishment of Mallard's; perhaps a future pic will better represent the venue.

I further admit that I haven't fully thought out the relationship between MJ and Kale‘a except that it's quite close in terms of physicality and platonic affection for a pair who've never shared any romantic feelings (though not as close as MJ is with certain other girls who aren't Traeci, given among other things the blossoming relationship between Kale‘a and Dagger). Regardless, they care for each other and it shows. The magenta beauty even has a nickname for him: "Matty J."

No regrets challenging myself, though. This was fun!

BONUS ALTS featuring Kale‘a in the swimsuit she rocked very well last year, as well as a fully "normal" variant featuring MJ and Traeci's trademark ensembles: sta.sh/21t2eq7wg5fb

(UPDATE 9/3/22: fixed a glaring issue with Kale‘a's top)

Traeci Lee™, Matt Johnson™, and Kale‘a Maciver™ ©Braveworld
This art ©NXGNetwork

Description
"They say it's five o'clock somewhere. And that somewhere's right here with you..."

Once again, this was the conglomeration of several ideas and goals that I wanted to eventually get done, including most notably another attempt at visual worldbuilding. However, the initial concept took a long time to put together between the "selfie angle" (which ended up obscuring many of these characters' most notable design features) and the frontal head views, which I'm still struggling to perfect. I had to redraw a lot, especially the heads and the way Kale‘a is positioned next to MJ so his hair doesn't collide with her positioning, before I was satisfied with the first draft. On the other hand, drawing Traeci's cowgirl hat was much easier this time around considering that I recently did so thrice over , but I did so here just because I really wanted to pair it up with a bikini—a combo I loved at first sight upon seeing it in another piece I saw a few months ago.

The background was supposed to be a representation of Mallard's by the Shore, the restaurant where Kale‘a and Exo work at (and whose waitress uniform Kale‘a is wearing here, as I presumed she would have just clocked out at the time of this pic), but I ended up using self-taken reference images to fill out the empty spaces with plenty of light and a little thematic touch. I think the angle of this piece precluded the proper establishment of Mallard's; perhaps a future pic will better represent the venue.

I further admit that I haven't fully thought out the relationship between MJ and Kale‘a except that it's quite close in terms of physicality and platonic affection for a pair who've never shared any romantic feelings (though not as close as MJ is with certain other girls who aren't Traeci, given among other things the blossoming relationship between Kale‘a and Dagger). Regardless, they care for each other and it shows. The magenta beauty even has a nickname for him: "Matty J."

No regrets challenging myself, though. This was fun!

BONUS ALTS featuring Kale‘a in the swimsuit she rocked very well last year, as well as a fully "normal" variant featuring MJ and Traeci's trademark ensembles: sta.sh/21t2eq7wg5fb

(UPDATE 9/3/22: fixed a glaring issue with Kale‘a's top)

Traeci Lee™, Matt Johnson™, and Kale‘a Maciver™ ©Braveworld
This art ©NXGNetwork