Ashley Williams ''Happy Anniversary, Shepard'' (Term 43)

Thank you Nina!!

Elyza

Thanks Berserker79 for the feedback! :) Her ME1-2 hairstyle was more practical for sure.

Elyza

While I'm not a fan of Ashley(her Xenophobia was massively off-putting for me, that and I always played FemShep because Jennifer Hale is an amazing VA. So I never romanced her.) I do like the pose and the work is of course superb.

Reny the Fox

What an unexpected, but much welcome surprise to see Ashley! :) As much as she is a tough Alliance Marine, when you get to know her Ashley turns out to be a romantic after all, so I'm sure she would definitely make something special to celebrate the anniversary of her first night with Shepard at the time of Ilos. It looks like you have picked a quite challenging angle to draw Ashley here, but you did a very good work regardless of the tricky perspective. Also, kudos for drawing Ashley with her haird down: I always thought that her ME3 hair down hairstyle was impractical to go on the battlefield (and thus preferred the ME1-2 hairstyle), but hair down was perfect for the ME3 romance cutscene and it is similarly very fitting for this work. Nicely done!

Thank you Ciarán for the comment! <3 I'm glad you still like this piece even you never liked Ashley:p

Elyza

I'll be honest, I never liked Ashley 😹. However! You're painting of her here legitimately made me say "Wow!" 😻😻😻😻😻 I absolutely adore your rendition of her here! The angle we're viewing her from and the pose she's in are just so alluring and enticing and sensual. I will also say that I like the black bedsheets with the warm tones of her skin and rose petals really popping against them. While the painterly rendering of the material folds look fantastic, as does the overall gradient in tone from a cool black in the top left, to a brighter, warmer black in the bottom right. Ashley herself here looks so cute and appealing. Her pose is terrific with her head turned against the direction of her body, her breasts sensually squeezed between her arms, her beautiful bum protruding up as her calves elegantly cross over as they rise. And I love the eye contact that she's making as well as her warm smile 😸. She looks so welcoming and inviting. And you did an excellent job on the style of her hair and how it falls, the strands look fluid and dynamic as they sweep and fall, my favourite section being how the strands break apart over her left shoulder, with the strands along her back curling up at the ends. The rendering on the whole piece is amazing! Her black hair is beautifully rendered and defined. I really like the subtle, warm lights that run through the hair, most notable on either side of her forehead. While a bright, white rim light on the top edge of her hair let's it stand out against the black bed. Her facial features are gorgeous and the warm light shining on the front planes of her face with warm shadows along her right planes define her features so well. I also really enjoy the warm rim light along her right cheek and jaw, separating her face from the shadows across her neck. Her hands look excellent too with the interlocking fingers define so very well with contact shadows to separate the forms. I particularly like the definitions of her knuckles. The squish of her breasts look excellent also, I love how her nipples just slip out against her forearms 😻😻😻 And that subtle shine that runs down her left side as well as on the tops of her butt cheeks is a nice touch that i find very appealing. The warm shadows that run along the entire underside of her body towards her left knee contrasts well with the lighter tones of her side and back planes, while also being a nice divide between her lighter skin tones and the black sheets. The aforementioned warm shadows also accentuate the overall planes of her body very well. Her butt is just... beautiful! I really like the brighter tones on the top planes of her right cheek that also run down her thigh too, contrasting with the shadows and really accentuate the shapes. The contact shadows and cast shadows that separate each cheek and each thigh are also great details. And I love the contrast between both of her calves with her left one being so brightly lit while the right lays in warm shadows, but still with variations in tone that define it's shapes. Really excellent work on this piece! 👏👏👏👏👏 The colours are warm and beautiful with great contrasts, the definition of Ashleys body, face and hair are all amazing and she looks so sexy, beautiful, cute and enticing!

Ciarán M