MCB - Melodies both near and far

Last year pretty much started with MCB art, and this year seems to be the same. Yay!

Although Fleta Z gave me such an artistic meltdown (positive) because the colors in the very quickly scribbled sketch eluded me and STILL LOOKS BETTER than what I ended up doing. The ever mysterious "why does the sketch look better" puzzle where our brain just picks "the best interpretation".

I didn't dare to go bold with the colors.

I wanted clean lines.

I wanted pretty colors.

And I failed myself and the sketch because I feared I'd ruin what I had worked on for so many hours. I still like the end result A LOT. It just doesn't match the initial vision. Maybe I'll recolor this following the sketch brutally honestly. Live and learn.

I'm trying to remember to set the Clip files to record timelapses, so here's both:
- from sketch to lines: https://youtube.com/shorts/HVWVVjBEOf8?si=NwJ7o3yuwiaSjobF

- v 1.0 colors: https://youtube.com/shorts/agmeXXwViJo?si=SDXU9AaOudpf2FoX

Fleta Z - Metal Cardbot © SAMG and the gang

tools used: Clip Studio Paint Pro, XPpen Artist Pro 16" Gen2

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pikaisragingmad.bsky.social/post/3mbtxa6x6n22l

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/pikaisragingmad/805102861292879872