Damn,, I had the strangest burst of inspiration for this one. I know I won't feel this way forever, but for once, I'm pretty proud

A couple days ago, I was kinda art blocked and had lost motivation for the same reason as now. I'd intended to give up and take a short break. However, I was listening to music and not ten seconds after it switched to plan the escape [media], I felt an extremely sudden,, rush. I needed to draw a character in front of an aquarium. That song doesn't even give me ocean vibes, it just happened somehow

I full out ran to my computer and started thumbnailing immediately. It was really difficult with my waning art block and all but I managed to get results out of sheer stubbornness. I eventually settled on past Carter and Bailey [I tried to make his jacket look enormous, as if he'd just gotten it and it didn't fit yet] and began to work on the full piece

It's funny. I knew right away that a distant inspiration for the whole aquarium thing was both Elentori's classic Klance fanart and all the other various aquarium dates the Voltron fandom used to imagine. I don't really think about Voltron much anymore and I know how much people hate that ship but,, damn. This is Elentori we're talking about. What a muse,,

It was intimidating and gave me those uncomfy feelings of hopelessness from time to time, yet having it in mind still helped in some ways. I've found that being inspired by someone much more advanced can also make me all the more determined to get to that level in the future. It will take practice, smart practice, but I try every day to bring myself closer

This piece is far from perfect. It's way out of my comfort zone and I know there's elements that need modification that I don't know how to fix

But I did it. I finished it. I made something that made me feel some kinda way, even when I've been feeling pretty awful for a while now and still do

I'm happy with it. I hope you are too