Time for some random thoughts and observations about the Ruby Jubilee pictures that I failed to mention on the pictures themselves. Let's get this show on the road!


Buckcake

I couldn't quite figure out how to draw her hand while holding the phone, so I figured I'd google "person using phone". Turns out that phones are not used in this manner anymore.

Not sure whether anyone got the Ghastly Ghastly reference. If they did, nobody mentioned it. Also, nobody got grossed out by the fact it was "Grandma's old-fashioned buckcake"! I will need to try harder the next time :D


Down under

Tried a different approach to colouring for this one. Usually I add shadows; here I added highlights. It really helped sell the "sunny beach" effect, I think.

Also, a bottomless version of this one exists!


Suit up

She was only supposed to have added the "naked" part, but it sorta looks like she added the "trespassers will get cake" part as well. It works fine either way, though.


Consideration

I knew from the moment I decided to draw something for Astrofenn that I wanted to draw her in a bikini. I just didn't know how to make it birthday-related. And then the idea for Suit up popped into my mind and this one just clicked into place as well!

This one is also a great example of how not to do scenes, as the image makes no sense unless you've seen Suit up as well >.>


Debate

It was initially intended to be just one image, but I drew the angel and devil with so much detail that they just ended up looking weird when scaled down in the original image. Therefore the scene got split even further. I really need to plan ahead a bit more.


Kitty cake

It's quite interesting to see how much more involved people's characters have gotten over the years. Most "oldtimers" have very simple colour-schemes in comparison those nowadays. It does make them easier to colour, though :D


Cake kitty

There's always been this rule about not showing nudity for Valyncia. There is no such rule for Valerie, though. That just makes it all the more fun to apply said rule to her as well, though :D


Roll of the dice

I completely forgot that I was going to add some kind of skill-description going: "Liony perception - You see nothing. Don't even bother rolling the die." I got distracted by colouring the rest, though x.@


Tough climb

That tree in the background actually was more work than expected. At first I was just going to doodle one in photoshop, but it just wouldn't come out right x.@


Distraction

Once again intended as a corner-piece in the original image, but I forgot to leave an appropriate space for said corner-piece to occupy, so it got its own image instead. It probably would've suffered the same issue as the Debate one above, anyhow.


Boozebs

When asked what state of dress they should be in, the answer was "all over the place". That was good, as I had yet to draw Janet in clothes and I wasn't planning on starting that any time soon. Likewise for Dawn, just the other way around! Nobody even mentioned Sara's outfit, though :(


Iiiinteresting

I had exactly one request for a drawing for another person. You lot aren't very altruistic, you know ;)


Waiting

Woooo, those colours. Took me a while to find a non-white/non-black colour for her outfit that worked well with her particular complexion. This was actually the second picture I drew of her, as I drew Receiving first (and I mean "first", as it was the very first Ruby Jubilee pic I did >.>).


Receiving

Normally I'm not one to really draw myself with other people's characters. Given that he's effectively me, it just feels like taking advantage of said characters. Since this was for my birthday, though, I figured I'd make an exception. Turns out I may have misinterpreted the words "And have Your sona there receiving a very delightful gift :)" a little, though. Woops ^^;


Ride

Anal scenes are tricky. You either end up with close-ups of penis-going-into-ass, which I didn't want to do as I had done nothing but close-ups so far. Or most of one of the characters is obscured, which is no fun either. Or you end up looking at the back of one of the characters. I opted for that one in the end as Stush-butt is good butt and she's more than busty enough for some good sideboob too :D


Aftermath

Nope... no idea how Natalie managed to lose her skirt. I'm just surprised she's still wearing her top!


Conclusion

All in all, it was good fun doing this. Will I do it again? Well, not sure. It does swallow up a lot of time. Then again, I'm usually drawing other people's characters anyhow, and this ensured a nice variety of people/situations.