i was initially going to finish this without the picture frames and apple but my gf wanted me to add more "worldbuilding" to the scene so i put those in

this one was tough. i did a few tries to get the right angle but i got so frustrated i went to cook dinner before continuing. this perspective is simpler than what i originally wanted, but it was much easier to draw.

the original idea was the camera was higher and angled downwards towards the bed, and altgust would be sitting on the edge of the bed instead, meaning i'd have to draw him in perspective. tried similar ideas a few more times before ending up with this.

i also wasn't sure what to do with the colors, so i ended up being a little safe with it and just going for warm colors again whoops. i think it turned out pretty okay. the time limit is becoming more and more of a suggestion

the swordlily combo attack involves sword fighting hand to hand on the ground (her legs transform into. well swords). the finger gun (optional) signals lily to shoot using his gun arms so it looks like sword is shooting people with a regular finger gun. august and akeno also used to do this. there's a whole action sequence my girlfriend has thought about too

i feel like the month is way longer because im doing august august instead of playing video games and scrolling social media which is good i think. this month i'm the drawerrrr

i couldnt have done this without taking photos of myself for reference otherwise the perspective was going to mess me up so bad. i think it could use some work but definitely better than if i tried to do it without ref. also the buildings are supposed to be overgrown and stuff but i'm not sure if it's obvious. i had to fix em a few times so they're not too distracting or flat but its hard. i think they could have a bit more depth ngl

the lore reason for the overgrown buildings is that there was a big war against space beasts that wiped out most of the population on the planet, so a lot of places are abandoned or almost completely vacant

OH i also had a different idea for the colors which was way more dramatic (purple and yellow only instead of a regular day) but i think this would be business as usual for swordlily, so it's mostly just the lighting that makes it a little dramatic. because its like. the last thing youd see before they kill you