Champagne? (Patreon)

Inspired by Bill Wenzel's glamorous art =)

I've experienced some personal stuff lately that really rattled me. It's something I can't talk with anyone about, but I would like to see a psychotherapist about it. I'm just not sure who to trust. For the last few weeks, I've felt disturbed and melancholic. I'm not really sure how to move forward, but I do feel inspired to draw more. I had an issue with feeling numb and stifled for a while, but now I experience emotional highs and lows every day. I've been thinking a lot more about family dynamics, romantic relationships, the human condition / psychology, the decline of many countries...I have a lot to say about all of that. There's a lot of pathos I want to inject into my art.I wanted to draw something with an art Deco / Great Gatsby ish theme. I really like the fashion and aesthetics from the early to mid 1900s. I was thinking of some formal event where maybe Grave goes undercover, and El catches his attention. A shy, bashful woman standing quietly against a wall, looking stunning. A bit mysterious. Maybe Grave has some business with her and she just doesn't know it ;)Some more changes I'm thinking about making to SWFTD is making Ellie older. Like mid to late 20s, and possibly a bit older than Grave. There are some dynamics I'd like to explore concerning the dating landscape and the relationships between men and women. Potentially between men and other men, considering I do have an androgynous / bi character. I feel like the stuff I've experienced lately should break any normal person, but I really would rather just speak through my art. For a while, I felt like I didn't have anything worthy to say. The most I felt worthy of was being a sort of clown / jester. But now, I realize maybe it was just a bit of conditioned inadequacy. There is a demand for stuff like this, and I think I'm equipped to talk about it.