With the perspective fixes and the 3D elements applied, it was time to get back to settle on the colors. I felt the time running out, so I had to switch softwares to Rebelle so I could apply the colors in a more natural way. 

This was a strange drawing to go through and has made me nostalgic about drawing while travelling. Here's to having the chance to do that again.

Now all that's left is the submission! 

I had to figure out how to draw the details of the bus, so I settled on one resembling the look of the ones in Toronto. Moved and cleaned the characters some more and took some 3D elements to get a nicer perspective.

The next big step was to clean up and center the elements on Clip Studio. Some of the geometry felt a little funky though. There was more cleaning up to do.

The idea I settled on was very rough. I wanted some nature invading, and some other people around but disconnected from my avatar experiencing the satisfaction of the oasis.

Whether the bus was going to be there or not was going to be an issue.

For the start, I wanted to think about what makes a personal oasis. The idea of refuge kept coming to me. The idea of a shelter. I had the works of Makoto Shinkai as reference for that feeling of "longing" that belongs to that particular flavor of nostalgia, from my trip to Japan and the times I've backpacked before.

And it hit me that the bus stop was a recurring element to my memories of an oasis. A literal stop. An oasis is usually portrayed as temporary. You don't get to live in it. 

But how do I portray that as *personal*?