Pride on Display (Hi Res, Extra Thoughts, Notif.)

This is the hi-res (3600 px) version! Thank you for your support. <3

 A painting for Varanis_Ridari of Twitter of his devilish strawberry, Sin! Happy Pride Month. For those who can show it safely, wear it with pride. If you can't, don't be afraid to still be proud of who you are, and join when you are able. :)

I'll let this one speak for itself. Enjoy, guys.

Note: There is an alternate version of this image. However, since it expressly Adult/18+, and due to sites that scrape images and media to host for free elsewhere, I'm not putting it on here. HOWEVER, if you would like a copy of it, and I can verify you are 18+ somehow, message me here or on another platform, and I can supply you a copy once you tell me which Patron you are. Cheers!

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Goshhhhh heck. This one was so much fun. I, uh. Went over budget for sure again, though. You can't blame me, however! I have loved Varanis' characters for a few years now, so getting to paint Sin was admittedly a bit humbling. So I gave him some extra love because of it, and because of Pride Month.

This one is also a slight departure for me again. As said in that notification up there, there's an adult/18+ version of the image... Something I rarely, RARELY do. I've been toying with the idea of offering it as an expressed commission thing, rather than just a secret thing I do. I haven't figured out what price it would be, though, because of the nature of my work and not wanting to set it too low, causing it to be all people want any more. We'll have to see how it performs over on another site I'm sharing it on.

I bring this up again, despite having mentioned it once before, because of recent news in the illustration industry. It's not enough that unsavory types work in video games and movies, but now, apparently they're getting exposed in the generic fantasy / art illustration circles. A victim came out recently, subtweeting one man, and another chimed in with his name. This opened a bit of a floodgate of names and figures who have sexually assaulted or harassed, in one case forced into sex, women in the field. I'm in a weird limbo of knowing what my audience likes, what some of them wish I might do, but wanting to not perpetuate any negative feelings or enable any unsavory types.

Which is why I tested it with something for Pride Month. I'm not an overtly sexual person, so things like Pride parades still confuse me, but I saw an opportunity to try dipping further into this sort of work while tying it to a more positive feeling. And given, well, my own pride in how this came out, I think I found a niche or way in that I like. Again, we'll see how this goes, though...!

Other than that, things have been... A bit rough. I'm surviving, but things have definitely been at a massive low. Mostly due to news and the sort of quiet fear of... Everything outside the house, really. Stay safe out there. The stories of COVID-19 seem to just be getting worse, and I don't want to hear any of you getting sick...! Be safe.

Cheers. Thanks, guys. <3