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Hi Everyone
I do hope you are all super well.
Today I am posting the Christmas treat I shared over on Patreon late last year. I contemplated just having it as A patreon exclusive but that seemed a littel mean and besides I love this piece so much it just had to appear on the original place for my art.
So Is this a glimpse into the future, a happy and loving Christmas with Andy ,Will and their adopted family, or is this one of those photo shoots?.
To me it is the former, a glimpse into the future to a happy and loving life, full of warmth and peace. I feel this, not just because it is a future I wish on everyone, but in the picture Andy's face has a slight maturity to it, yes he is still stunningly beautiful, but to me he just looks even more feminine as if he has grown into his beauty and now wears it with pride.
I also worked on the body language, it had to be representative of the characters. Their Daughter Keira (I mean what other name could it be) happily takes her Mums hand and looks up to her/him lovingly. Whilst the boisterous Connor (named for the most wonderful and beautiful sweet boy I ever knew) needs that calming hand on his head as he looks straight back at his beloved Dad.
I am probably reading to much into my own art, but I guess that is what one does. I have known these characters for so many years now,I can spot when I am creating something subconsciously and just let it happen.
Our dear friend Skinnie, captured the essence of the image on patreon and I will share his thoughts below the image.
Happy new year to you all
XXX
Andy
From Skinnie S
Andy and Will now have two children. Yes, there were struggles to adopt them but Andy and Will were able to show they could provide a loving family. A safe environment in which two kids wouldn't just be looked after but loved and cared for. A sweet young girl, and a rather naughty young boy. (Fittingly they embody Andy's childhood persona split into two) Yes, they'll be visited by social workers to check on their progress. But the social people will only wish that all families were as kind, and gentle, and provided such a positive nurturing household as Will and Andy.
Of course the kids will know about Andy and Will, but they don't care. Daddy doesn't care, so why should they? In Andy, they have the perfect Mummy, and a loving Daddy in Will. They've been adopted into a kind, supportive family with parents who will do anything to support them. They're safe and happy.
And they have loving foster grandparents too. It's clear that Will's parents love Andy. They now have the grandchildren they'd always hoped for. And Andy's parents are happy that they're all together. Andy's mum has even found some of Andy's old football boots and kit in the loft for the boy. (It's strange, when she was searching, she could find all the stuff from when he was small , but not the kit from when he was playing at college and after. It all seems to have disappeared. Surely she didn't throw all that out? It still puzzles her.) And then there's their Great-Aunt Jane. Or honorary Great-Aunt. They love their Auntie. They think she's funny. She's the only old lady they know who still drives a sports car.
And now it's time to enjoy Christmas. Together, as a family. They'll run out of steam eventually, and when they're tucked up in bed, I'm sure they will each give the other the special Christmas presents they had been waiting for all day. Provided they haven't dozed off in front of Netflix watching the 6th 'KnivesOut' sequel. Yes, they've got Netflix but the 'Chill' bit may have to wait - being parents is tiring work.
S
