i spent entirely too much time on this and it was supposed to be a ‘speedpaint’
well granted, i spent most of my time distracted but
aNYWAY
kinda story relevant, lucy lives on a massive island (with many smaller islands around it) that’s basically tourist bait; the whole thing, her culture aswell as the cultures of other natives reduced to a good time on the beach
most have adopted jobs as a sort of ‘entertainment’ for visitors; working in popular restaurants, serving in bars, that kind of deal. She’s fallen victim to it herself of course, working a dead end job at a snack shack around seaside.
she’s also one of many struggling to survive just above the growing poverty line and
~storystuff~
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SpottyJaguar
I really like the brush strokes in this, they look like marker on paper and the bleed-through of the colors really adds to this great "rough draft" sort of feel.