While at work, I was brainstorming what I can try to do to try and get out of my Summer art block. I can’t remember what lead me to do it, but it did help me to recall one of my old sketches. So I went to do a sketch of Gareth and my main MLP O/FC Sunfyre, and the idea to do something involving ‘showing your pride’ popped into my head. So I went with that and the end result was this.
I had planned to do a beach scenery for these two, but chose to leave it alone for now. As for the swimwear outfits I thought of picking colors that represent the pride flags. Gareth’s rainbow color outfit makes it obvious where he is and I had dabbed on the idea of Sunfyre being open-minded, yet Gareth sees him as a total ‘bicurious’ type. Either way, Gareth supports Sunny just as how Sunny supports him for his individuality although it was Gareth who…well, let’s leave those details for another time.
I also took the chance to change up Gareth’s appearance a bit. I plan to make a bio for him soon, plus I might have plans to deal deeper into this as a little story in the future.