Yui -From Start to Finish-

Okay i'm really tired so expect more typos then normal.

So... there are a few things i enjoy doing.... but i'm not terribly confident with
Fan art
Perspective
Hands and feet...

I Still try to push myself by drawing those things but i end up worrying endlessly.

so i have no idea why i was compelled to do this piece.... i guess i though it would be fun? and hey... it was

however the sketch.... if not for the fact that i thought the pose would be cool to flesh out... it wuld have remained just a sketch.

so to adress the three things i mentioend at the start...
I'm not confident with Fan art cause it's hard strikign that balance where the character still looks recognizable BUT keep it in your style... did i succeed? thats really not for me to decide... but i was happier with this then i was with my absolute failed pic of kirito which i don't wanna post here....
Perspective is alwasy tricky... especially if you are working without any kind of reference... i'm not for or against referencing... it has it's place but the thing is even if i wanted to where would i find a pose like this.... so i just kinda.... wung it... wing it... erm.... yeah.... that...
Hands and feet... again always tricky.... but i'm having more fun drawing them now.... even if you can't tell from fail hand in the sketch
so i Inked and put in flat colour just for fun... i tried to plot out where the body was and how the forms would overlap... lots of mistakes but i'm pretty happy with the result.

So I found a reference picture of the pixie Yui from Sword art online and pulled the colours directly from that... figured it was just easier that way.

and i figured since this piece has really been about experimenting and tryign things in a different way i decided to do only one colour shadow per layer.... 

however i knew i still needed to punch it up so i added in core shadows and high lights and reflected light and eventually i added sparkles to the wings (cause in the show shining wings means you can fly) and eventually i managed to end up with...

 

this... is it full of mistakes? hell yes.... am i still really happy with it? Yep... it felt great takign all these risks and havign fun with things liek glittery wings and crazy poses.... 

so yeah i hope you like it... i cant get over how much fun i had.... but now i think it's time for some original stuff...

Yui is from Sword Art Online which airs on Crunchyroll and in the nest few weeks i will be reviewing it... so yeah.... 

You can see this over at

Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/raichana/works/9668529-yui?p=sticker

Deviant Art:  http://raichana.deviantart.com/art/Yui-340263672

Tumblr: http://katire.tumblr.com/post/36785509335/yui-by-raichana