Sasha-Sk

The rendering process

coloring + rendering

Changes

Sam noticed the changes in Jay more than anyone else

The rendering process

Jay and Sam

Jay had a crazy glow up

morning routine

outfits

Shopping

Just some random sketches with cute interactions

pt.2

Just some random sketches, related to the previous post
English is still Adil's enemy
+ a little spoiler

At the store

Adil honestly has no idea that he’s attractive

Spoilers

Also I’m working on some things right now

brush settings

My brush settings!!
I might’ve posted this before, but not on Patreon
I draw everything with this one brush, but I change its opacity a lot while I work.

Sky

Adil’s habit of finding similarities in everything around him sometimes leads him into a dead end
+an extra sketch that didn’t work for me composition-wise, but I only realized it after I finished it haha

some silly sketches

Sam was traumatized

Adil's mom and Jay's dad

Sam

Jay HATES going anywhere with Sam

Speedpaint pt. 1

Red flag

I think the biggest red flag Jay ignored was that Chris tried to take over his mom’s authority—by letting Jay do things she didn’t allow, just to win his trust
Chris helped Jay get his first piercing (even though his mom was against it)
He let him drink, smoke—stuff his mom didn’t approve of
All of that ma...

jealous or envious

But Valery was wrong, Gleb wasn’t ready to lose his future and the chance to have a family for Valery. Valery was maybe just a fling for him. Gleb felt confused, but he knew for sure that he valued his girlfriend and wanted to keep her at any cost

Gleb’s girlfriend

Gleb started spending all his free time, until late at night, at work with Valery. He began staying late, growing distant from his girlfriend, and she started noticing that something was wrong

While Valery’s life was improving thanks to Gleb, Gleb’s life was falling apart because Valery was here again, right next to...

Everyday life

To have more influence over Gleb, Valery tried to arrange things so they could spend more time together.

Every prisoner in the prison has a job - some work in the kitchen, some do cleaning, others work in sewing workshops or repair shops, nobody ever sits idle.

Taking advantage of Gleb’s connections in the priso...

An opportunity

At first, Valery was terribly scared of meeting Gleb because Gleb knew everything about him. Everything that connected them in the juvenile colony, everything about Valery being a snitch, how low his status was, and what he had to do to survive there.

Gleb could be the end of Valery’s comfortable life because if anyon...

composition

By the way, I thought it would be good to share a small composition hack that I literally use all the time

It's guiding lines

Whenever I need to create a composition and draw the viewer's attention to a specific focal point, I use subtle lines that direct that attention like arrows, integrating t...

Meeting Lev

Zoya was supposed to leave on the same day David arrived. She managed to introduce David to Ulyana, show him the apartment where he would be staying, and then had to leave him because she was in a rush to catch her train.
Zoya promised David that very soon Lev, her older son, would return from training and tell David more ...

Meeting Ulyana

Usually, when a wealthy family called David to help with their "sick" child, the child just turned out to be spoiled and disobedient. David always carried candies with him, which he gave out as pills, and they would always calm the children down like a placebo effect. In reality, he had never dealt with an actual problem and ...

Autumn, 1940

The story begins with a psychotherapist named David traveling to Kyiv at the invitation of his childhood friend, Zoya.

Zoya is a wealthy woman, and her husband is part of the political elite. She has two adopted children, Lev and Ulyana. Lev is 21 years old, and Ulyana is 16. Ulyana has mental health issues—she is unw...

The past is here

But the past caught up with Valery.
While Valery was building his life in prison, Gleb Chernov was building his life on the outside.
He got an education, found a girlfriend, and finally, despite his criminal record, thanks to his girlfriend, he managed to find a job. He became a psychologist at a prison. The same prison...

Valery’s fear

Valery earned a lot of trust from the prison staff, the guards, and other workers, but the inmates didn’t trust him at all. He was too different. This didn’t bother Akademik, but Valery didn’t know where the line was, so he was afraid to reveal his past to Akademik. The moments when someone recognized Valery were always...

Akademik

At first, Valery's relationship with Akademik was quite complicated because Valery struggled to adapt to Akademik's explosive personality and unpredictability. But later, they managed to find common ground. Valery learned a lot from Akademik, including life philosophy.

Valery admired him as a strong leader and a person ...