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Rooftop Dinner Date

Added 2025-09-07 00:39:14 +0000 UTC

Zen and Raine having dinner on a New Edinmire rooftop overlooking the city at night, suggested by MarvTheHugPharaoh!

I kind of love painting cityscapes. It's probably only because I don't often get the chance, since I run a fantasy webcomic. They're a lot of work to draw, but there's something about a nice city landscape that feels relaxing and melancholy, to me at least. Particular after dusk, with all the windows lit up. There's a certain dichotomy to it: the chaos of a busy city, but quieter at night, especially when seen from far above.

I rarely get the chance to be in cities personally (usually only when I go to conventions or on vacation) but I enjoy it, at least in small doses. Every time I look out at a city at night, I tend to find myself picking out a random window or car driving by and wondering what's going on with them. When I paint backgrounds like this, I try to invoke that same feeling. I attempt to add enough details that hopefully someone can look at it and wonder what might be going on back there.

That might just be me, though! :D

Here are some more city background art: Rainy Modern Raine | Lo-Fi Hip Hop Kat | Snowy Overpass | Rooftop Laura | Cyberpunk Raine - The City