Pride WIP 4
Added 2020-05-28 13:48:04 +0000 UTCI added the pins, but I'm not extremely fond of how busy the image looks with them. It's just a bit too much compositionally, especially since I want the attention on their faces. But I don't want anyone to feel excluded. So what I'm going to do is print the first image (when complete) and perhaps offer a download of the one with all the pins for Patrons who wants it!
Please be reapectful of this artistic decision. I was all in for the pins, but sometimes additions just donβt pan out in a piece where the composition is already established.
Comments
I love the version without the pins! Much cleaner and more focused on them. Their most important identity is "2 Idiots in Love" and no flag can capture that π
Amy
2020-05-29 04:58:26 +0000 UTCWhiteley, I was wondering why the sketches on the 1,50 tier are locked for me, when I am at the 2,0 tier? Aren't they meant to be open for higher tiers?
Bobla Blubb
2020-05-29 02:54:39 +0000 UTCπ€©
rippingoffmyface
2020-05-28 23:48:12 +0000 UTCI see what you mean and I agree. The piece is gorgeous as it is, and the focus on their faces is the right choice.
Samara Lilly (Sandra)
2020-05-28 17:05:25 +0000 UTCThe pins are cute and it was a lovely idea to be inclusive, but I agree that it makes it busier and takes away from focusing on their faces! A little sad to see Crowleyβs wristband gone in the official print, but I understand your dilemma of not wanting to be exclusive!!! Iβm still ridiculously excited for this print and canβt wait to have it on my wall β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Ash S.
2020-05-28 15:31:12 +0000 UTCI canβt express how much I love this. Thank you so much Whiteley!!! β€οΈ
Lup Guerrero
2020-05-28 14:55:36 +0000 UTCI like them both. But what you said makes sense. My eyes were definitely drawn away from their faces when there was more to look at. (To be fair I avoid looking at people's faces more than I have to IRL anyway. Maybe it's just me.
Atelerix
2020-05-28 14:52:59 +0000 UTCI agree completely! But this is how Iβve decided to paint it for the best result compositionally. I will make the pin version (with wristband) available as well!
Whiteley Foster
2020-05-28 14:36:06 +0000 UTCWhat about the genderfluid wristband for Crowley and an agender Bowie for Aziraphale? As itβs pretty much considered canon that Aziraphale has no real attachment to gender and Crowley owns all the genders, then itβs representing the characters and you could do the pin version as an extra download
Pears
2020-05-28 14:30:20 +0000 UTCthat's a genius idea β€οΈππ and oh, I love the composition and their face expressions so much already, so much joy, pride and love in them!!! can't wait to see the final results β€οΈ
sick_pineapple
2020-05-28 14:24:35 +0000 UTCThat makes sense! I really love this painting :)
Emily West
2020-05-28 14:23:06 +0000 UTCUnfortunately since itβs a painting there wonβt be any line art π
Whiteley Foster
2020-05-28 14:22:17 +0000 UTCWould you ever consider making it a coloring page afterward too?
Emily West
2020-05-28 14:21:21 +0000 UTCThanks! They just kind of make this pit of detail in the middle since I didnβt budget for them in the original composition π
Whiteley Foster
2020-05-28 14:15:12 +0000 UTCI adore how excited Crowley is and how unabashedly in love Aziraphale is when looking at him
Bryn
2020-05-28 14:14:00 +0000 UTCI love both. Itβs not too busy at all. Canβt wait for the finished product ππ Beautiful
Sarah Mae
2020-05-28 14:10:30 +0000 UTCI really like just the flag and bowtie. I agree that the pins are just too much and I think they detract from the flow of the composition. They way you have them encompassed by the flag is just so cute!
Wargoddess9
2020-05-28 14:08:24 +0000 UTCI like both.
Kat Holtz
2020-05-28 14:06:20 +0000 UTCI don't think it's that busy at all, though I suppose it might seem like it with the lineart added back in. But I agree with @Thestarlitrose, I thought the whole point of the rainbow was that it's meant to include everyone and not be exclusive at all.
Kaiannanthi
2020-05-28 14:01:40 +0000 UTCI think the rainbow flag covers us all? I'm bi and ace but I also feel comfortable with using the rainbow?
Thestarlitrose
2020-05-28 13:58:23 +0000 UTCThat makes sense. I really love the colors
Tarek Giver of Cookies
2020-05-28 13:54:52 +0000 UTCI'm not going to do any pins on the first one, I don't want to exclude anyone π
Whiteley Foster
2020-05-28 13:53:51 +0000 UTCI like this a lot!! And I think your decision about the pins is good. The rainbow flag has come to be a pretty inclusive symbol, and that's part of what makes these characters so special to so many people--you can read them in so many different ways. So it fits compositionally and symbolically! π Thank you for doing something like this at all--it means so much to so many people. π³οΈβπβ€
Al Cassada
2020-05-28 13:52:32 +0000 UTCPerhaps only with one pin? I love the way the first one looks
Tarek Giver of Cookies
2020-05-28 13:52:06 +0000 UTC
