I like to do wholesome art as well!
Feels good!

This was a project I started back in September 2021 about a hypothetical scenario as an "end to the story" or epilogue. While Jathan and Rahel are projected as a couple and all that, I've considered the possibility that Jathan and Rahel don't end up together, rather Jathan goes and starts an orphanage, taking care of all the kids that were affected by the "big conflict"; in some way finding redemption, not in the love for another, but in being a father to those who had no one.

A lot of the thoughts behind this image comes from my own experience working with at-risk and disadvantaged kids in the Long Beach area at a sort of after-school hangout place. I worked through a program as part of getting volunteer hours for a college class and my program was only supposed to last about 1 month, but I ended up staying for several months and throughout the summer. I remember seeing the kids gradually open up to me and even looking forward to when I visited. However, eventually I had to leave and I still remember the look of disappointment on a lot of the kids' faces almost as if saying "all of the other adults left me and now you are too". It was an incredibly rewarding experience that I think about to this day and I hope they're doing okay.

Artwork and Characters © Evangellos