Heat

Been working on a bunch of commissions now so here is one of them, and its Letty again.

The original idea was to have them be progressively more revealing with each so naturally this is the most explicit one yet, and a kind of scene I hadnt done in a long time. Another big change is once again she has a different hairstyle, lol. This is actually her "default" one nowadays, but Im gonna keep swapping between them since I like the other 2 more and they are also much easier to do, although I do like the fact this one is very unique, Ive never seen another miqo'te with it.

As with most stuff I do, I started out by drawing her fully nude but then realized adding some clothing and jewelry added so much to the scene in terms of detail and elegance, especially with the colors being black and gold which match the first pic I did of her. Black in particular always helps a lot with adding contrast to pics so I can make things a bit more vibrant.

Ive also been continually trying to improve the way I do freckles and I think this is probably the best one yet? Especially around the face and shoulders/chest area, I think its looking really natural now. Its something a lot of people seem to like and request so I thought it would definitely be worth the effort to try to become as good at it as I can.

Also one thing I changed a bit from the sketch was her expression/mouth, to make it a bit more sultry, give her more of a smile and make her look more confident/playful in general. I think it worked out great, I mean I also liked the more serious expression from before but this works really well with the body language overall.

Im also still trying to figure out the best way to draw pubic hair when it comes to characters with any color other than black. Black being the exception because I can just do it with lines which lets me make it a lot more detailed. I think both work but its more a matter of consistency, Id like to be able to use the same method across all characters. Its gonna be one of those things Ill just have to figure out with time/practice I guess as I do more and more of it.

The thing that took me the longest to figure out was probably the background though, had to try a bunch of different things before I finally found something I was happy with, because I wanted it to have that very luxurious look, while also keeping it warm/cozy as I usually do. As usual the lighting plays a big role here with most of the scene being in shadow with only some bits of light shining through.

So yeah, trying to get through a bunch more commissions now so Ill just keep doing that.