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Ahora pienso eso qué decías, esperando mi... camion...

The stop.

Or.

Sound Observations.

Monday's over, time to go home. Maria is finally able to read her adventure books after working in a library all day, Benjamin the accountant stares at the map with his mind blank and Lina texts her loved one who stayed home with the flu asking her if she needs anything from the store.

Madga is gonna take little Danny out to dinner after spending all day at the hospital for some studies the psychiatrist asked for. It'll be alright.

Jose’s day, on the other hand, is just starting. He’s actually running a bit late for his night shift at the warehouse.  

And there's Diana and Sylvie who are not going anywhere, at least not for the moment. They're just waiting for the rain to stop to keep walking around town. 

It's been a while but I can finally post this old piece. 

I mean, I've actually been able all this time of course but I knew I wanted to wait until I officially introduced Sylvie into the band's lore and we’re finally here, with Sylvie and Diana on a sort of date or whatever they call it. 

I'm not really sure if it's the first one or the second or which one tho. I don't want to tie my hands if I end up covering that in a comic later. 

But I think it's something casual. They went out on Monday because it's the first day off the band and the bohemians have after the shows and gigs on the weekend. 

They probably ate something and then started walking around town when the rain made them stop, at “The stop”.

Honestly, the rain calms down like half an hour ago already but they're having a good time anyway, they haven't thought about moving. Maybe Sylvie when it got a bit cold but then Diana lend her her old trademark hoodie (Nice, Diana)

Making this piece back then, a couple of years ago, was very challenging, not only because still today it's one of the more detailed ones I’ve worked on (Including a fully rendered background only version with different lighting due to the lack of shadows, or me taking the time to do a quick photoshoot of a coke bottle and then taking the time to (purposely half-assedly) change the brand to an in-universe one, only to realize later that due to the angle the thing would not be visible anyway), but also because while making it the power grid where I lived failed not once but thrice, deleting progress each time, and my no break failed as well. (Problem that still bugs me today sometimes) 

One of those times the whole file got completely wiped out and the picture was only saved because of some preview pictures I had saved before, and I have a whole folder of previews I saved after each step after that just in case.

And that's the power of spite for you. The black out destroyed the picture and I said “Oh yeah?, Well, how about this?” 

(Also there's this post and this other ones)

Actually, just now I remembered there’s a small cameo of my parrot immortalizing my reaction back then after the blackout. See if you can spot it…

Speaking of, there's a 4 on that graffiti so this one by accident counts for my very recent series named “Couples next to signs with numbers on them” 

Also the “Couples next to illuminated signs that seem to paint the rain with colours against the night sky” which is actually a concept that started here even though I'm only posting it now. 

And this is probably the last old picture of one of my characters with a “secret” love interest that I have saved to post later. 

Or is it?