As much as I have a… complicated relationship with Pride Month and with the ace community as a whole, I still have a bunch of a-spec characters in my works. And I still like to do terrible pixel art. And I had a rare bit of relax time this weekend.
So I decided to give my most aroace OC, Olly/Knitwit*, a makeover themed around the two color schemes associated with aroaces. Besides alternate hair styling, I also did these without her glasses so that the birthmark over her right eye is visible.
The color use is probably kinda subtle, but (a) Olly has a bit of a history with aphobia in her backstory, so she’d probably choose something not as attention-getting to be safe, and (b) gotta keep in mind that June equals summer equals gross hot weather.
Despite my… ambivalence with the aroace flag colors, I like this one a little better. Maybe it’s because the dark blue lends itself to denim, thus making it look less like a costume & more like casual clothes. But man, did making this confirm my distaste for the yellow used in it, because finding the shading variants of it was eye-searing. The flag-patterned elements might be more obvious, but they’re also easily removable in case Olly decides being vocal would be more of an issue than it should be. And she totally made those socks & the armlet herself.
Probably as pointless to share this as it is any of my writing, but I generally like the way that they turned out. I’m probably the only one, though. And even if I did share some of the one-offs, I’ve learned that people won’t read anything that isn’t something they already recognize or something that lends itself to shipping. But whatever. Happy Pride.
*Still rolling with this name till I find a better one. Suggestions welcome.
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