June 2019's Theme and Characters (Patreon)

This month there will be two themes. One for the characters chosen and one personal underlying one for myself.

The main theme is PRIDE. I've already enjoyed Birmingham Pride here in the UK, with Brighton Pride still to come later this year. America is having it's Pride month and I'm sure many other places are celebrating and coming together (tee hee).

I'll be selecting gay characters / Icons and will be working on them with Pride imagery. Whether that's a gay couple feeling pride in each other wrapped in a pride flag, or a darker more reserved character enjoying private time with a simple pride band around his wrist is still TBD. I will spend most of tomorrow working with my Joe and discussing what we think I should handle it. 

A secondary, personal theme for me is that I want to spend the month attempting different ways to color. So don't be alarmed if one of June's pics is Cel-Shaded, another painted and a third in a comic style etc. I'm doing tests for a possible future Patreon Only project. But don't get excited or ask me about it I'm still just thinking about it.

June's Characters:

John Constantine:

Hellblazer, Occult Hero and Magnificient Bastard John Constantine's bisexuality has been explored both in comics and more recently in the Arrowverse on TV. He's flirted with Leo Snart, kissed Gary, slept with Sara and then his tragic love story with Desmond was revealed. Between his powers, genre and background I think I might be able to make a pretty awesome picture. I'm envisioning a dark and gritty mood with Magic and possible a demon. Nothing set in stone at the moment.

Aqualad:

It's surprisingly difficult to find gay male superheroes of colour which is tragic but at least I have Jackson Hyde aka Aqualad. One of my favourite characters from Young Justice, and revealed to be gay in the Post New 52 Metaverse. Jackson's hydrokinetic abilities should make for some fascinating experimentation with water based constructs. Unlike last month's Aquaman I'm envisioning an out of water bright and sunny picture with crazy powers. Subject to change.

Pedro - Shazam

Easily one of the best things to come out of the Shazam movie was D.J.Cotrona's muscle bear Superhero Pedro.  One of the few LGBT superheroes on the big screen I hope to see an expanded role for him in any sequels. #zaddypls I expect to lean heavily on his muscle bear comic book look and bear imagery for his pic. While not officially confirmed as LGBT by Disney his comments in the movie suggest he is either gay, ace or demisexual.

Wiccan and Hulking [Platinum Bonus]:

For me personally you can't have a Pride themed art month without including Wiccan +Hulkling or Apollo +Midnighter. I picked the Marvel couple as Hulkling came so close to winning April's poll that it just felt fitting. Wiccan will be one of the more slender framed characters that I have drawn in the last couple of years but both characters will be in their late teens/ early twenties. I've been hesitant to draw them as they are my boyfriends favourite fictional gay couple. I expect this pic to be the brightest and most fun of the bunch, while I try to capture how much they mean to each other as well as their bright personalities.

June's Poll

While any character of any kind in any genre or medium can be suggested to me each month, this month's poll will pull specifically from LGBT characters. I have already created my own list to start us off.  I will post the suggestion and polls next week but here's my picks to give you an idea.

Daken, Marvel

Iceman, Marvel

Deadpool, Marvel

Anole, Marvel,

Green Lantern - Alan Scott, DC Earth 2

James Howlett - Wolverine  (Earth-12025) 

Colossus - Ultimate Marvel Universe