Grounded

Another returnee who had also been absent for over a year (Lyn).

This commission has been due ever since I finished "Darkness" pretty much, but I had to wait for the right moment to do it, and so a year later here we are, lol.

Here we have a different side of her, which is always refreshing since multi faceted characters are the most interesting, although Im leaving the scene up for interpretation since it could be seen in multiple ways.

Anyway the base idea was to have her hug a fat cat plushie (or is it a real cat? /plot twist) and everything else was up to me really. I did know right away I wanted to draw her wearing a baby doll because I hadnt and I knew it would look great and go with the setting. What I didnt know is using these colors would look so good.

Originally I had made it black since that was the obvious choice, but I am always thinking "what if?" when Im drawing things, and I couldnt help but try a few colors out... As soon as I saw this, I was sold. The purple-blue gradient was basically made for her, especially with her being a xaela and having the dark blue scales. This also allowed me to add a bit of blue to the tips of the hair and do the same gradient with the nails, which looks so good.

Other than that I kept her look mostly intact because well, I feel like any change would be a downgrade. Of course we might try some things in the future in the same way I do with my character, but the base is really solid, especially the hairstyle, I think its basically perfect.

The background was also pretty much set from the start. I felt like a bedroom setting would add to the cuteness and would make the babydoll more natural so the whole thing would make sense. Now dont ask me why she isnt wearing any panties. It gets really hot during summer so maybe she just felt more comfortable that way.

I think thats all I have to say. Probably forgetting something but whatever. 

Ive managed to catch up a bit and already have more stuff ready to post (cant wait to post the next one actually, keep looking at it ever since I finished it), but I will stick to the weekly schedule for now and try to build a bit of a backlog. Plus September will be busy because we are getting both Genshin 2.1 and Tales of Arise so that will take a lot of my time. But Ill try to keep the momentum going and especially take care of all these commissions that have been stuck in limbo for ages.