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[dippygamer64]

Inktober 2023 — Day 31 — Fire

So… Yeah, I am extremely late with this. Let me try to explain myself. On the last day of Inktober, on Halloween night, I got hit hard with COVID. My body ached, I started shivering, it was bad. And my first time getting COVID as well. I wasn’t able to do anything but rest for the next week or so. Unfortunately, after that week, I had lost all motivation to finished the last day of Inktober. I struggle a lot with that sort of thing. One way I combat this is to have strict set deadlines, which is why I was able to keep up with Inktober so far. So since I no longer had a set deadline, I lacked motivation to make up for it.

(I didn’t want to try “bookmarking” the day like I tried to do with day 12 because that ended up biting me in the behind and it didn’t work the way I wanted it to. That’s what I get for trying to cheat. :P)

Anyway, explanations aside, I finally got this drawing finished and it may very well be one of my new favorites. Though I may very well be biased because this is one idea I’ve had since the start of last year’s Inktober when looking over the prompts, and Promare is one of my favorite anime movies! Galo in particular has become one of my new top anime characters, I love him so much! What can I say, I love me a heroic himbo with golden retriever energy. Lio is also a badass character that, while very difficult to draw, is another great character that I just love to watch in action.

So now that I am finally done with Inktober 2023, I’m going to try getting back into posting and sharing stuff more frequently. Here’s hoping I actually keep my promise and that the next thing I share isn’t the start of this year’s Inktober.

[cuso4draws]

This scene happened exactly like this, didn't it?

(redraw from this one)

[foooolishghoul]

Burnish BBQ🔥

[princessponies]

one of my favorite aspects of Promare is Lio absolutely passed the fuck out immediately following that fist-bump

[ruemxu]

happy 5-year anniversary, promare <3

>>ruemxu

[oddishblossom]

A Firefighter’s Kiss

PROMARE (2019) by STUDIO TRIGGER FAVORITE SCENES (4/?) (Happy 4th Year Anniversary 💖)

[rassebers]

Gay rights win! Arsonist and fireman in love

[matoitech]

gayboy advance

[quirefeast]

Happy Promareversary my beloveds

[thatsitso]

Galolio on ice, for @slow-slug :33

[bukkitbrown]

I feel like tumblr is the place that would best understand the sheer amount of gender euphoria jm experiencing in this cosplay lol

Traditional problems require creative solutions

[rinamata05]

May marked 5 Years of Promare but I was busy then so here’s some boyfriends make up for that 💙💛

(this will be a new print at Flamecon!! Table N139!)

[foooolishghoul]

Animated the sweet boys

[so-rann]

[thebroccolination]

Promare's one of my favorite movies because of character-driven scenes like this.

It just drives home why I find Galo a remarkably fun protagonist to root for, because he's willing to challenge himself and his firmly held beliefs when he has good cause. He's a rescue worker, not a cop, so his core motivation is in helping people, not punitive justice.

I mean, Galo's first confrontation with the cops is more hostile than his confrontation with Lio, the "terrorist" he's there to stop.

I even love how the two face-offs are animated: the open sky and bright colors on the left and the darker contrast and Galo's shadowed eyes on the right.

And when Galo scoffs at the idea of Burnish needing to eat, Lio just…educates him. (After calmly and reasonably throwing fire in his face.) And Galo apologizes. And that changes things between them.

I've seen a ton of meta for Promare over the years, so I'm not adding anything new. I just love the character work in this story so much, I always come back to it when I'm designing my own characters.

At the start of the scene, Galo believes unquestioningly in Kray and sees Lio as his enemy.

But once Lio makes him realize that there are cracks in his understanding of the world, he goes looking for answers.

Literally in the next scene!

Galo's fucking great. He's an active protagonist who completely changes his worldview by the end of the movie. He's just a model protagonist in that sense, and I love him. <3

[oddishblossom]

When an arsonist meets a firefighter (5/?)

PROMARE (2019) — 5 Year Anniversary (May 24, 2024)