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Don't Unwrap 'til Christmas cover process

Added 2025-01-04 15:29:04 +0000 UTC

new fuck yourself friday, new cover art process post~ this one was really fun, the visual concept came pretty immediately after r/l monroe explained the idea of the story to me as rocky horror but christmas. it's a Bit after christmas now, but you should still go read it. you'll be able to See the movie version of this one in your head and hear all the characters speaking, it's really great.

now let's get to the process for the cover!

THUMBNAILS

i mean. thumbnail. because i did only one.

like i said the vision was very clear. candela, the hot older starlet, busting out of a christmas present like marilyn monroe from a cake. from here we workshopped the actual aesthetic--less distinctly christmas and more Winter Special, and more wine aunt than party girl. so i ended up here

which led to this note

a point which i still defend. that is a yoohoo boys. that is a good howdy do.

anyway.

these were the pencils before we moved on to final. the mistletoe was added near the end because we were like "but how do we make it obvious this is porn" and that was the best we could come up with that didn't involve giving her a plunging neck line (which we got rid of because she is a Classy Dame). the finish is as you see above!

i think my favorite part is the sparkles on her dress. that was fun to implement. i love to draw a sparkle.

anyway go read Don't Unwrap 'til Christmas!!