Felina

There she is. Well, since its my first time drawing her, there are still a bunch of things Im not sure about that Ill need to experiment with, so you can consider this her "basic" design and expect to see changes with pretty much every new drawing until I settle on something I really like overall, like with my au ra. Its just a matter of trying things and iterating really.

That said the general idea I had at the start was to go with a lion theme, which came from realizing how much I like the lion tail and also Siege from Arknights. Plus, it also matches the colors my old miqo'te used to have, with the dark caramel skin tone and blonde hair. Although in this pic the hair color is a bit too yellow due to the way I colored it in general, its supposed to be more of an ash blonde with less saturation. Same for the gradient at the tips, its supposed to be black but all the dark parts of the pic look purpleish due to the general filter I used. All in all everything looks a bit more red than it should basically, but Ive already done another pic of her with more accurate colors (which I also like more than this one, so I cant wait to post it).

Another thing I wasnt sure about was the ear shape. In this one I tried to do lion ears but it didnt work as well as I was hoping especially because they conflict a bit with the glasses. And the glasses are something I love and definitely want to have as a key accessory with her in the same way my au ra has the feathers, so this is something thats also gonna change with future pics, and again already looks much better in the 2nd one.

The other things of note I think are the white stripes, which are usually associated with moon miqo'tes but due to her having dark skin, they add a nice contrast compared to the normal ones. And speaking of contrast, the other thing is the nail color which I absolutely love for the same reason. Kind of a teal/mint which looks so refreshing against her warmer tones, and I think it play a bit role in her pics being pretty colorful compared to my usual stuff.

Other than that, I wanted to start with a sfw full body both because it shows all of her but also because I still havent decided on what I want her to look like underneath, lol. Especially when it comes to breast shape/size, I have an idea of what I want but have to actually mess around with it to find something Im happy with, also keeping in mind I want her to be different from my au ra obviously. I do know I want her to be smaller, though in this pic you have the dress pushing them up so they look pretty full anyway.

The most important part is her personality is already spot on. I want to have that confident, playful, sultry, etc look, so a bit of the opposite of how my au ra is more reserved/stoic. This will be fun because it lets me get a bit more aggressive with body language/posing, and do more explicit stuff in general that would look out of place with the au ra. Of course elegance remains the top priority as always, that will never change.

Ive already written a wall of text but to finish this post I just wanted to mention the background/colors which were sort of an accident, lol. It really is that situation where Im just experimenting because I dont know what I want, and then I stumble on it and Im like "holy crap, this looks great". I dont know if its just me but I immediately get GTA vibes when I look at it, which is pretty cool since yeah, it looks pretty different from my usual stuff and I like that. So yeah pretty excited about doing more of her and hopefully she will help me get out of my comfort zone a bit and experiment more.