ok hello tumblr :3 idk where to get started posting here but here's some stuff i still like that i did for the #happyedizzyweek event on twitter early this year
Decided to get silly and draw the inverse of the iconic "Victory Soldier" poster. And make it Heavymedic, of course.
Inspiration, progress pics, and alt versions under the cut
This poster! Always been a fan.
Initially I was gonna keep the same setting & color scheme, but the original poster distinctly has the top two thirds warm tones/bottom third cool tones. If I wanted to keep the piece cohesive it'd have to be RED Heavymedic vs BLU Soldier. And the more I thought about that the less it felt explicitly like Heavymedic fanart and more like propaganda for the RED team.
So I set it on Snowycoast! Its sky box and layout let me have cool top thirds/warm bottom third. Also it's one of the most beautiful maps in the game and I love drawing night scenes. Literally no downsides.
Progress pics!
Textless version, and an alt text version I made at the request of a friend:
And finally, since you've reached the bottom, some memes I made while working on it.
"It’d been five years and thousands of orders since then. That particular combination meant nothing to her.
Crowley, however, remembered, and he leapt for the door, moving in slow motion, too late, too late -"
HOLY FORKING SHIRTBALLS IT'S DONE!
I've been wanting to do a Footnotes piece for ages since I've been following the fic for a while, and this scene was too epic not to jump on. It forced me to work at a lot of things I find challenging, like lighting, wings and backgrounds, and to get creative at conveying energy and movement!
And shout-out to @chernozemm for the incredible art tips - that layer blur/set-to-soft-light tip made SUCH A DIFFERENCE in the final result! Like it blew my mind lol.
You can check out "Are We Meant to Read the Footnotes?" by @riathedreamer over here: LINK