Raiden Ei

And here is another Genshin character I meant to draw a looooong time ago but didnt get to until now.

I wanted her to have a more casual and vulnerable vibe here like she went on a date, but still have her wear something classy and sensual that would match her personality. I thought the sleeves were key in achieving the look I wanted, plus she wears something similar in game anyway underneath the kimono.

I did wonder for a bit if I went too big on the breast size but somehow I think this look fits her and I think she pulls it off just fine. Of course the stoic expression helps desexualize it as it usually does (especially with the amount of cleavage as well) by not bringing any attention to it.

I also changed up her hair a bit since Im not a huge fan of how it looks from the front in game, the overall shape it has. So I made it a bit "fuller" and added that small over the shoulder braid which I think is a huge improvement. And speaking of braids, I had to pretty much re-do them almost at the end because they looked like crap, especially the front one lol (as you can see from the sketch). I kept putting it off thinking it would be fine after coloring but it wasnt and it was legit ruining the pic for me. I dont draw braids much so every time I have to do it I feel like Ive forgotten how to make them look good and its just so tricky if you want them to look nice. Really glad I did though because its a huge improvement over the original.

As for other small details, I did my usual thing here and there, like the gradient on the nails and such. Also thought the glitter on the sleeves looked perfect, and I added some ear piercings on her visible ear because its something I like in general and again, it looks really good on her.

For the background/scene I went with something in game this time rather than the real world isekai stuff I do a lot. Specifically, the chinju forest in Inazuma which I think is one of the most "magical" places in the game and it let me do something with a lot of blue and purple so its just really pleasant to look at.

And speaking of colors, this is one of those pics that looks very different on my phone compared to my monitor, with the phone looking super purple to the point where it drowns out the blues, so I hope most people will see what I see on the monitor and not on the phone. Its supposed to have a really nice combo of blue and purple with a lot of gradients and her skin standing out a lot due to being the warmest part of the pic. But yeah, thats just something you have to deal with as a digital artist, everyone is going to see something slightly different. I just thought in this one it made a bigger different than usual (but I think its because my phone has a very red screen in general, the reds are always over saturated like lips and such, so its making the blue look purple).

Anyway there it is, another Genshin character done. Im pretty sure Ill do more of her later but first theres at least one more character I wanna do that I havent done so that will come first. And of course theres gonna be more Yae and all that too, lol.