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Many moons ago, ~anya1916 asked me if I would be interested in having an art trade, and I was all too happy to accept! But, with the 10,000-11,000 pageview party thing and a lag in the inspiration department, I was never able to actually get my half off the ground for some time. Fortunately, however, I've actually managed to upload it, and I had a marvelous time drawing and color it. This is an illustration of a story ~anya1916 wrote for her characters, Remy (the guy) and Sean (the girl), sitting on a bench and looking at the stars into wee hours of the night, a long-time ritual for the best friends. Sean, though, has secretly fallen in love with Remy, but because she knows he doesn't reciprocate, all she can do is keep it hidden. In the story, she'd rather watch him instead of looking at the stars.

No, the irony that you can't see any stars in this picture has not been lost on me. Maybe it's better that you can't, though, since Sean is not concentrating on the stars. It was difficult to color everything in a comprehensible but still interesting way; in ~anya1916 's story, she said the two would purposely stake out a bench that was away from a streetlamp or the city, so my only light source was the moon, and a full moon at that, or else Remy and Sean would have been more over swallowed by darkness. The bathing blue I ended up using is still contrasts a little too much with the light source than would be appropriate, but again, I had to make it interesting, too.

Critiques welcome! I have a new policy to stay open-minded about critiques, I just have a stipulation for you: PLEASE give me a suggestion on how to FIX the problem you see instead of just stating what you don't like about it. That way I learn from your comment. Otherwise, they're not helpful.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT ANYA! Thank you for your patience.

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*The urge to full-view is insurmountable... full-view...*

Many moons ago, ~anya1916 asked me if I would be interested in having an art trade, and I was all too happy to accept! But, with the 10,000-11,000 pageview party thing and a lag in the inspiration department, I was never able to actually get my half off the ground for some time. Fortunately, however, I've actually managed to upload it, and I had a marvelous time drawing and color it. This is an illustration of a story ~anya1916 wrote for her characters, Remy (the guy) and Sean (the girl), sitting on a bench and looking at the stars into wee hours of the night, a long-time ritual for the best friends. Sean, though, has secretly fallen in love with Remy, but because she knows he doesn't reciprocate, all she can do is keep it hidden. In the story, she'd rather watch him instead of looking at the stars.

No, the irony that you can't see any stars in this picture has not been lost on me. Maybe it's better that you can't, though, since Sean is not concentrating on the stars. It was difficult to color everything in a comprehensible but still interesting way; in ~anya1916 's story, she said the two would purposely stake out a bench that was away from a streetlamp or the city, so my only light source was the moon, and a full moon at that, or else Remy and Sean would have been more over swallowed by darkness. The bathing blue I ended up using is still contrasts a little too much with the light source than would be appropriate, but again, I had to make it interesting, too.

Critiques welcome! I have a new policy to stay open-minded about critiques, I just have a stipulation for you: PLEASE give me a suggestion on how to FIX the problem you see instead of just stating what you don't like about it. That way I learn from your comment. Otherwise, they're not helpful.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT ANYA! Thank you for your patience.