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Day 27 - Music

Ethan heard jazz music for the first time when he and Sam were on the Outside (i.e. the rest of the world that's not the Senate); it was drifting out of a cafe they passed by and he froze in his tracks, completely captured by it. Sam had to drag him away by the arm (they were on a timeline) but they returned afterwards so he could find out what style of music it was. Since that day, he's been obsessed. He even bought himself a trumpet so he could learn.
"Is he any good at it?"
Utter garbage. Since the Senate requires absolute silence at all times, the only time he had to practie was while on the Outside heading to missions.
In the car.
While Sam drove.
Sam does NOT like jazz.
(All jokes aside, she likes it after she defected because it reminds her of him, but she's certainly had her fill of 'live performances'.)

This was my main music inspiration for this piece (particularly the rift at 1:42): www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpiNfH…

I wasn't sure which outfit to put Ethan in. I considered something he'd actually wear (he and Sam have the same opinion of formal attire), but I felt like the suit was necessary to really up the jazz factor. (I considered throwing in some music notes with iridescent gold but left it alone.)

Looks like I gave up and used cool colours again. Sure, it's yellow, but it's a very cool yellow. As for the background itself...meh. It's done. All of the jazz-style images I saw that I considered required either black ink or a third colour, and I'm sticking to my guns and not using either. I ended up asking around "when you think of jazz, what two colours do you think of?" and blue and yellow were the two most popular options (generally paired together).

Done with Marabu Aqua Inks and the Mapping nib. (This is easily my least favourite nib. It has next to nothing for an ink reserve, it catches the paper constantly, it resists starting, just...all of it. But I want to use each of my nibs at least once, so today's piece is the sacrifice for it.)

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#Inktober #Inktober2020
Day 27 - Music

Ethan heard jazz music for the first time when he and Sam were on the Outside (i.e. the rest of the world that's not the Senate); it was drifting out of a cafe they passed by and he froze in his tracks, completely captured by it. Sam had to drag him away by the arm (they were on a timeline) but they returned afterwards so he could find out what style of music it was. Since that day, he's been obsessed. He even bought himself a trumpet so he could learn.
"Is he any good at it?"
Utter garbage. Since the Senate requires absolute silence at all times, the only time he had to practie was while on the Outside heading to missions.
In the car.
While Sam drove.
Sam does NOT like jazz.
(All jokes aside, she likes it after she defected because it reminds her of him, but she's certainly had her fill of 'live performances'.)

This was my main music inspiration for this piece (particularly the rift at 1:42): www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpiNfH…

I wasn't sure which outfit to put Ethan in. I considered something he'd actually wear (he and Sam have the same opinion of formal attire), but I felt like the suit was necessary to really up the jazz factor. (I considered throwing in some music notes with iridescent gold but left it alone.)

Looks like I gave up and used cool colours again. Sure, it's yellow, but it's a very cool yellow. As for the background itself...meh. It's done. All of the jazz-style images I saw that I considered required either black ink or a third colour, and I'm sticking to my guns and not using either. I ended up asking around "when you think of jazz, what two colours do you think of?" and blue and yellow were the two most popular options (generally paired together).

Done with Marabu Aqua Inks and the Mapping nib. (This is easily my least favourite nib. It has next to nothing for an ink reserve, it catches the paper constantly, it resists starting, just...all of it. But I want to use each of my nibs at least once, so today's piece is the sacrifice for it.)