So it turns out I'm actually keeping up with this fanart thing. I've come to the conclusion there isn't enough fanart of Mama Longneck so I'm going to be the change I want to see in the world.

Might as well start with the beginning. Might try and draw a few different events from her life, might not. We'll see (I'd love to make a mini-comic series but I don't think I have the talent or patience for that haha). This one was inspired by a scene I found whilst trudging through my old fanfics which I thought was quite nice.
Originally I wanted to draw several characters including Grandma's parents and Saro all gushing over the hatchling but... that was ambitious.
Yes I'm still in the habit of youngifying certain adult characters. I like the headcanon that the grandparents had a bluish tint to them in their youth and greyed as they got older... still trying to figure out younger Grandma's colours here. I don't know why she gives me such trouble.

The problem I have with this is that I put so much time into messing around with the background that by the time I got to colouring the actual characters I lost interest. XD The best part is that I didn't pay attention to where the characters were going to be and thus put some quite a bit of time into things that are now covered by the parents' heads.

The moss on the trees looks a bit too green too whoops. Ah well, it's my first attempt at a detailed background in... forever. The shadows are bleh but I just wanted this thing finished by that point.

In short, I've got a lot to learn with digital painting. Overall I'm not completely satisfied but then I never am, so...

Two versions, one with and one without Linnaea, cause I get OCs aren't everyone's thing. I tried drawing Linnaea from memory this time, the others were drawn from references. Longneck hatchlings are actually kinda hard.
I've got an idea of a follow up to this but the next thing I'll post will be my entry for the Halloween prompt. That will actually feature the gang rather than the secondary characters that I have an unhealthy attachment to.


