Jingliu

This was actually the first pic I did after coming back from the break, which was almost a month ago now.  As usual I wanted to start with something simple/safe since that first drawing always feels like climbing a mountain and I definitely dont want to risk falling back down.

Originally wanted to do it back in october though, around the time her banner came out. As soon as I first saw her in leaked pics I knew she would be a must have character and naturally, I knew Id have to draw her at some point.

For this one I just immediately had the imagine of her in a kimono for some reason, and I thought that combo of kimono with lace/lingerie underneath would be perfect (similar to what I did with Sara from Genshin a while ago). Theres something really erotic about this combo, but I cant explain it, its one of those things you just feel.

I did try to give the outfit a similar feel to her armor with the details in the kimono especially (the "cloud" outlines), plus having a blue gradient sort of mirroring her hairstyle makes it look like it especially specifically made for her, which is another thing I always really like.

One thing I was very undecided about was the makeup color. I knew I wanted blue nails for sure, but I also played around with the idea of giving her blue lipstick and in the end this just narrowly won because I felt like there was already so much blue in the pic that the lips would stand out more this way, with a natural pink/red color (ironically).

Another thing is I wanted to have her eyes glowing a bit with a strong red that would also stand out from the rest and be the first thing that draws your attention. Then for the background I just did a generic snow theme because its what shes all about. Dont worry about the cold, I doubt she can even feel it, lol.

I do plan on drawing her at least one more time, though I have 2 pics in mind (a back pic and a full body) but we will see, there is a lot to do as always so you never know.

Oh and as a final note I was messing around with the patreon theme and changed the colors a bit, I think this suits my page and my character a lot more, with the light pink background and reddish font. It just looks more "personal" in general so I really like it. Ive also noticed while I was gone they added a dark mode which is very welcome, finally a good change.

Thats it for now. Will probably be posting an FFXIV commission next.