On the way home

Art for: @meme_supreme35

Despite the fact that it is autumn outside - this art is purely winter. This prototype is based on a real moment of my life, but it happened in a minibus (not a regular one). Somewhere in January of this year, I was driving home from my then first job. And at this time it was already dark and the dim light flickered inside the cramped minibus. At that time, I was sitting in the far seat and saw a woman in a black jacket (I did not know whether she was pregnant or fat, but her belly was visible), where her belly was located between the seats. I captured this moment in one sketch after I came home. And now, less than a year later, this idea has come true.

The central idea of ​​what I did is to repeat my old formula, but in a more diverse form. That is, this is already the third art where passengers are depicted (such as Trolley bus and Metropoliten). If in the first the characters were randomly invited people from the Internet, and in the second there were my characters from other arts, then here everything is mixed. Almost, there are both invited guests and purely new OCs. Plus there are a couple of notable characters (except Amos and Io), who do not fall under these categories. I will describe who is who:

Bottom row (sitting):

• Sleeping grandfather gopher and sheep (unnamed OC's) - factory or office workers, I usually see them at my job. Simple, but cute in their own way.

• Girl with a phone (breed: English Cocker Spaniel) (unnamed OC) - an allusion to some people who are completely immersed in their own affairs, virtual environment or their own little world, not noticing the world around them (especially Amos's belly in front of their face). Initially, in the sketch, she was sitting in the same position, but with an awkward expression on her face. In the final version, she is focused on one thing, expressing complete indifference.

• Grandma (Babushka) - hen (nameless OC) - silently and discontentedly looks at her neighbor on the right. The image of the older generation, disappointed in the behavior of the current one (and sometimes rightly so).

• @meme_supreme35 (customer) - gives up her seat for Amos, despite the bags with cargo. I wrote this action purely for him (i.e. it was not a specific request from the customer). And so it was intended to play one of the central roles.

• Amethyst (character by takahika426) - looks understandingly at several characters in front of him and is happy about his neighbor's actions.

Back Top:

• @voreloversofu - a big soft cat.

• Zach_Kangaroo - a kangaroo pressed on both sides.

• Disgruntled lizard (nameless OC) - they pinned him down harder than the others, which is why he's so disgruntled.

• @NekkysAD - the biggest and fattest of the passengers. I couldn't find any of his winter clothes, so I came up with a dark green ushanka for him, similar to his cap.

• Io and Amos - I hope you're familiar with them. I'll just add that Amos is somewhere around 20-21 weeks.

• Informal giraffe (nameless OC) - perhaps my tallest character (at normal size), which I've ever drawn. And in fact, he's tall even for the giraffes around him. He wears a black coat and is into transhumanism. Maybe he'll show up someday, but another time.

• Harley (character by WIVEXVIRUS148) is a femboy bat, and judging by her refs... she takes up a lot of space (even though it's not really visible)

• @LuisFoxArtist - a snow-white fox-wolf. Just like Amethyst, he looks at the situation and smiles.

• The pumped-up bull (unnamed OC) is just a character in the background, previously present in a sketch.

• Taiichi Takagi - a tanuki, previously unnamed character from my old art "柔らかい ライフル". Initially, he could appear in "Metropoliten". But in the end he didn’t hit, because... did not fit within the concept of this art. Therefore, it is corrected here, and years later he finally got his own name. And yes, his "dignity" is really great... but in everyday life, he is a "simpleton" by nature.

• Elis (or Alice), a bright red baby goat - oh... and this person needs to be discussed separately, because this is one of my most forgotten characters now. That is, Amos was born on August 7, 2017, and she - on September 1, 2016. Let me explain, at that time I was actively into Undertale and tried to make my own game, but in the form of pictures, imitating screenshots of the game. And so Alice was a person like Frisk, who also traveled through an unknown world. This project was eventually abandoned at the end of 2018. And now, years later, she appeared again, but in a different guise and in a different universe. I designed her new image according to the Overtale principle. Despite the fact that she began to look more like a classic imp, I liked her new image. I don’t know if she will appear again, but I hope that this is not her last appearance.

The only thing I couldn't do was the lighting. I wanted to make a more natural dim light from the overhead lamps, and a more orange glow from the windows. But the result is predictable - brighter colors (let's count on the newness of the bus lamps), and the standard dark purple color outside the window. It seems okay, but I wanted better.

What will happen next from me - I can't say yet (I'm not sure I'll have time). But I really hope that you are satisfied with the drawing, if not, then write comments!