Shadow

This was another one that went through the exact same process as Shenhe, in that I started it a long time ago and had the sketch of the character done for months before I figured out what to do with it. Eventually I just decided to do a random indoors scene and be done with it.

For her look I think this is a natural continuation of "Solace", with the same edgy look but wearing even less, plus I made the hair a bit shorter this time because it was more fitting for the look I wanted. 

Obviously for the pose I wanted something with focus on legs, almost pin up like, although I think thats balanced by her body language. A funny thing is that after finishing it I started wondering if I might have made them a bit too long, but after looking at it closely, theyre not, so I guess its just the way she is posed that really highlights that. Then again, no one has ever complained about long legs, lol so unless they were really disproportionate, it wouldnt be a problem.

Another detail I thought Id mention is I really like the the way the tail is posed here. Its probably something people take for granted but posing tails can be really hard depending on composition and such. Some times it gets in the way or there isnt enough space to do anything with it, which was the case here. The obvious solution here was to have it come from underneath her, into the left, so that was the first thing I tried. But I wasnt happy with it, it didnt feel relaxed or natural, so I tried having it rest on the pillow and yeah, it looks great.

As for the overall scene, I wanted to do something darker than what Ive been doing lately, with a big focus on mood and just that "cinematic" look that a lot of my old stuff used to have but I lost along the way. That applies to the colors too, they are a bit unusual and I went with this green tint which almost reminds me of the matrix, lol or I guess just a movie filter in general. Anyway, it all worked out and I think this is one of those that Ive come to like more and more since I finished it (which was about a month ago). I probably need to experiment more with colors in general but Im always afraid it will come out weird and people wont like it, but we will see.