[For the hiatus, I’m going to be posting a bunch of the development art I made for the series. It’ll be posted in the order it was made, leading up to the week the comic resumes]

{ORIGINAL COMMENTARY} I almost have everything looking the way it should by this point! Originally the angle when Leon and Trinity exit FA was facing the bottom panel’s look, but I decided to make things more difficult for myself instead.

Besides the first glimpse of the awnings, we also see that this was going to hint at the TACO observation room. I later decided that, as free and open as most things are in this future, it really wouldn’t make sense for FA to be keeping something to valuable out where anyone could float by and see it.

{NEW COMMENTARY} When drawing this, I was getting a better idea about the actual setup of this future. The awnings were the first step towards making friendly architecture and spots where people were free to hang around as much as they wish.

The long building next to it is one of many mini shops that can be found all over. While there are still some massive big-box stores (mostly for the purposes of serving groups or companies that will need large quantities of stuff), most average citizens can get what they want from nearby mom and pop establishments.