Vegaspete took over my entire brain when KinnPorsche The Series aired, and the final few episodes developing their relationship made me feral. I intended to paint the scene when it first aired, but only recently got confident enough in Procreate to paint in the style I envisioned.
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[Image description: A digital painting of Pete and Vegas from the opening scene of Kinnporsche episode 13, lying face-up from opposite ends of the bed, their heads resting together. They are bathed in intense pink and blue light. They're wearing only their boxers, and Pete has one handcuff attached to his arm. Vegas' head turns towards him affectionately as he holds Pete's cuffed hand. Pete's head it towards the viewer but he looks at Vegas out of the corner of his eye.]
So many amazing artists are on Tumblr. I felt like I had to add my bit at my skill level. @kpquickndirty I present Kinn and Porsche on a normal day in their lives. And yes. #remix away people.
Check under the cut for the reference, and the video progress, where you can see how much I scribble when I'm trying brushes, trying to see what I like in procreate 😂
Revisited this work, since I didn’t like the end result and it kept bugging me. Soooo… I’ve tweaked the main color and added another one. I suppose I like this version better somehow.
I'm so happy to have finished my Kinnporsche the Series posca marker illustrations! I planned these out earlier this year and it took a long time to get in the right headspace for them. In the end, after multiple Kinnporsche rewatches and months of putting them off, I finished them all in about a week.
This show is so visually stunning, and I thought the vibrance of posca markers would be the best way for me to show my appreciation for its creativity. The beautiful lighting is such a fun contrast with the dark themes explored.
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[Image descriptions: 3 posca marker illustrations depicting characters from Thai BL series Kinnporsche.
1: Kinn, with a red and peach colour scheme against a blue background, smirking at the viewer. His colour bleeds together into Porsche's portrait, who is in blue and yellow tones, smoking a cigarette against a magenta background.
2: Vegas in red and orange tones lit by candles at the bottom left, against a dark green background, smirks towards Pete, who has a blue and pink colour scheme against a purple background. Pete holds a chain over one shoulder and smirks back.
3: Tankhun with an orange, pink and purple colour scheme turns up his nose in a pout while adjusting lip-shaped sunglasses. His 3 bodyguards behind him have a blue colour scheme with yellow highlights; Pete looks alert over his shoulder, Arm is frantically typing at a tablet, and Pol is holding a hand to his earpiece with a worried expression. The background is purple]
and these bts photos of nodt on the set of kinnporsche episode 10
I like the idea of Big as a sacrifice—willing or not. Although animals given in sacrifice don't have a choice, Big chooses to put himself in the way of a bullet meant for Porsche. It is some of the only agency he has.
In the story, he attempts to change his circumstances, to stop events from unfolding in the way they do, but he has so little power that he is unable to stop the inevitable. He must follow the orders given to him by the Theerapanyakul family (and even Tawan, when Kinn insists) even if he disagrees with them. He attempts to warn them that Tawan is not trustworthy, but is disregarded. The way Big struggles to stop the incoming tragedy—and is unable to—is haunting, to me. I don't think he is doomed by the narrative in the traditional sense, but I do think the story insists on blood, on a death that has some emotional impact (whether that is lasting for the characters in-universe, or the dead ever get mentioned again… well, don't worry about it). Someone has to die, and because Porsche cannot die, someone else who loves Kinn must die in his stead. Big makes that choice, substitutes himself for Porsche, and becomes the sacrifice.
Because of this choice, Kinn will get to live on with Porsche, even if he's still trapped into a role he does not enjoy but feels obligated to play. Vegas will nearly die trying (and failing) to become the person his father wants, to earn respect and love that he will never get from him. And Big will die for Kinn, who will never see him or care about him the way Big wants him to.
The question here, and at the end of the story is, 'Was it worth it?'