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Genevieve

Another commission and new character.

This one was pretty challenging for a few reasons but mostly the amount of scales, which meant I couldnt do them the way I usually do (I know this because I tried it and it looked awful) so I figured the best approach was to draw them only in certain parts which is really enough to give the illusion of detail without it becoming overwhelming. Pretty similar to how you usually draw hair or fur really. Of course its another thing Id get better at wi...

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Scent

With this one I wanted to do that kind of romantic candle light bath scene, plus I hadnt done a portrait of her since "Demure" and the face was probably my least favorite part of the previous one so its something I wanted to focus on here.

This was one of those where I couldnt really do what I wanted because of technical limitations so I just tried to make it look as good as I could with what I know. The main thing is that it was meant to be a lot darker but I couldnt figure out how to...

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Karen

Today we have another new character, with a pretty explicit first appearance too.

I always enjoy coloring characters with red hair and I definitely used that to my advantage here, with the colors being easily my favorite part about it. It reminds me a bit of older stuff I used to do but with the improved technique from the last few years and a much cleaner look.

The lighting also plays a bit role. I wanted to do something with a low light and intimate mood, with the brighter lig...

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Primordial

Wanted to do draw my miqo'te in between commissions so here she is.

This is one of those that went in a completely different direction from what I had in mind at first. It was actually supposed to be a bunny suit pic, but after finishing the sketch I was looking at it and felt like trying another outfit so I gave her a top and shorts similar to what she was wearing in "Shaaloani".

Then I thought maybe Ill do the desert setting again too, but that wasnt working either, so the i...

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Riza

As I mentioned last week Ive been trying to get some new character commissions done and this is one of those.

Its another type 2 au ra, like Lychee, and once again I think she turned out gorgeous. There is something about them especially with the face, that just really fits my style so I always end up being a bit jealous when my own au ra doesnt look as good.

For this one I was asked to do something explicit, with very confident body language and an arms up pose of some kind. A...

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Slip

Its time for more Claire. This one was done almost a month ago, almost exactly a year after the last one (hard to believe its been that long), but Ive been posting stuff out of order as usual.

This time I was given complete freedom on what to do and I decided to try something more "bold" rather than her usual stuff where she tends to look more innocent and reserved. It has more of a model/pin up feel to it, but I thought it would be fine if I could manage to keep the usual cuteness and...

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Breeze

Another one Im not too happy with, wanted to do a beach scene but as usual I couldnt figure out what to do with the colors because nothing looked good so I just ended up doing 2 versions after messing around for way too long.

The first is the "original" one with more muted colors as her pics usually are, and then I also did a sort of 80s retro version similar to what I did with Ningguang a few years ago. The colors in that version are way better plus I added some extra background eleme...

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Leisure

Been going through the regulars lately and its time for Kei now. Wanted to draw her in this pose since I hadnt yet and I thought it would make for a very cute one, plus also it having desktop wallpaper dimensions.

Was pretty much 50/50 on whether Id pick the twintails or the base hairstyle for this one. I think both would have worked nicely but Im happy with my decision, I was pretty much going for the look she had on "Playful" but I think I managed to make her look even better here. View Post

Evening Date

New Elin commission, one of those nice dress pics that always work well as phone wallpaper (which was the goal from the start).

For this one I wanted to try changing her hair a bit and making it longer, just a bit below the shoulders. I dont know if its specifically because of how well it goes with the dress here but it looks so good I was like "why didnt I think of this before?". I just loved it right away.

It also took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with the dres...

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Sunkissed

Since Ive been doing mostly full body pics lately I wanted to do more of a close up here and just something simple in general that I knew would go pretty smoothly. Ive always found this kind of back view to be pretty erotic and despite the face usually being the most important part to me, I think in this case it not being visible adds to the feel Im going for.

The only thing here that still took a while was the hair. Theres just no way around it when you want to draw it with clean line...

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Allure

For this one I mostly wanted to do something with legs/feet focus and more of a perspective view, which is always very tricky to pull off.

As with most pics lately, the sketch went very smoothly but the coloring didnt. In fact originally she wasnt supposed so be wearing the pantyhose, but something about it wasnt working and after a long time messing around I figured it was probably the fact the pic had 2 focus points clashing with each other which made it really annoying to look at. M...

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Lychee

Commission of a xaela. Seems hard to believe but I hadnt drawn one since early 2023, and the fin horn type since 2022 even, which is a shame because I really like them.

Ive always found xaelas easier to color than raens because of the blue scales, especially if you go with cold colors which I did here since then you can make the whole thing around blues, pinks and purples and that combo always creates a pretty magical ambience.

Here since she is wearing a Kimono I also wanted it...

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Craving

Wanted to do more of my miqo'te but I had a lot of options to pick from so I pretty much just picked this one at random, and also because I realized I didnt have a horizontal/wallpaper pic of her yet.

Tried to make this one more vibrant than her previous stuff, and her colors definitely help with that when compared to my au ra for example, shes just so much easier to color. Once again I picked a greenish theme for the background because it goes so well with her skin and hair, and I was...

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In Perfect Harmony

Finally managed to start doing new stuff the other week and though Ive been mostly just sketching things (because I have so many things I wanna do and can never decide what to do first), I wanted to finish at least one of them so Id have something to post today, and this was one I really wanted to see in full so I just went for it.

At first I wanted to do a sort of follow up to "Elegy" because that was my favorite pic of 2024 and one I looked at countless times throughout the year, so ...

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Shaaloani

Been going through my gaming backlog lately and last week was also the launch of Monster Hunter Wilds which seemingly everyone was playing (and was also my most anticipated game this year) so after much debating I decided to skip the week and just post today instead.

So with this one I wanted to try drawing my miqo'te with a more serious expression because I figured it would get boring quickly if she is always smiling and I wanted to try something different. It gives me almost a tsunde...

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Gift

With the previous Kei pic I said I wanted to do more of her in 2025 so, I started the year by doing one right away.

Had a few options to pick from but I was in the mood for a portrait, and also one where she would have the twintails hairstyle because I hadnt done them in a while.

At first I wasnt sure what I wanted to do with the clothes, so I started with some lingerie but felt like it was missing something, so I added the gown and that pretty much fixed the problem. I was also...

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Kiara

Today its an OC commission, a very cute fox girl and a body type I dont draw often. Im obviously known for drawing busty girls in general but I like and can do all types really (other than muscular stuff), so this is an example of that.

It had been a really long time since I did a character with smaller breasts so that was fun. It actually takes a completely different approach because since they have a much softer slope, you have to rely on shading only for their shape rather than lin...

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Endearing

I did this one right after "Flirt", since that was a portrait and I wanted to do a full body too at the time, but a more revealing one than her first pic with the dress. And I also wanted to try dressing her up in something other than black, lol.

Originally she was gonna be topless but I started playing around with it more and I really liked this so I went with it instead. Can never go wrong with see through clothing and I always like this kind of cross shaped top too.

Most impo...

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Solution Nine

Been looking forward to posting this one for a while. Its another of the back focused pics I wanted to do, and I think its also more dynamic than my usual stuff due to the angle/camera position.

I didnt actually know what I was gonna do with this scene originally, I mean for the background and stuff. It was only when I started messing around with the colors and playing into blues and purples that I realized it reminded me of Solution Nine, so I just went with it. Its basically meant to...

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Kaine

So this was an FFXIV commission and the last pic I did in 2024, right at the end of the year (although I still have 2 more pics from last year to post).

As usual it was something that took me way longer to get to than I wanted but I hadnt done a scene like this in a long time so it was pretty intimidating, so I had to wait for a time when I was feeling more confident to tackle it.

The character itself is a highlander which you dont see often, and Im not a fan of how they are dep...

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Flirt

More of my miqo'te, and her first (of probably many to come) topless pic.

Here I refined her design a bit once again, with the most noticeable change being the marks and the ears. I wanted the marks to be more seamless/natural looking, so I did them a bit differently without lines and with a textured brush so they have more of a tribal look to them, like paint. And I also changed he pattern a bit.

Then for the ears I realized I love this look with them being mostly black just li...

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Dream Within A Dream

New Kei commission. Been a while since the last one but here she is again.

This is one of those scenes people always tend to like, with the top down view of the character lying in bed. Its the kind of thing youd see on a dakimakura, although I didnt have that in mind when doing it.

Kei is of course a great character for this due to her "assets" and I definitely had fun playing around with that and making sure they looked just right, although it did take a while especially with t...

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Serenity

So this is technically an "old" one. I started this last summer just before Dawntrail, and I was working on it and "Surrender" at the same time, but once I started coloring it I got a bit stuck because I didnt really know what to do with the scene and lighting, so I just put it on hold to finish Surrender instead. Then Dawntrail launched so that took all my time and then I took that long break and never came back to it until November when I started doing new stuff.

Anyway this one came...

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Tingyun

Tingyun was the first new character I got when I started playing Star Rail and unlocked the gacha system (not counting Asta who is guaranteed to be your very first pull) and she was instantly one of my favorite designs, so I knew I wanted to draw her right away but just never got around to actually doing it.

Fast forward about a year and half and her new 5 star form got announced, and her design got even better than before, with the pink tails and the red nails and new dress, so this t...

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Afterhours

Been looking forward to posting this one ever since I finished it, which was a while ago now. Since her first pic was full frontal, I thought Id do a back view for the 2nd one.

I wanted this to be sort of a follow up to that, with her wearing a similar outfit with the dress and glasses, just later into the night, and with an indoors setting. I did add stockings because she looked too "nude" with bare legs, and they worked so well composition wise, pushing your eyes to one of main focu...

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Seasons

New Elin commission. Been wanting to do this one for a while, its one of those poses that always looks super cute and I knew it would fit perfectly with her personality.

Now to get the obvious out of the way, why are there two versions? Well, we had originally discussed doing a winter themed pic but I couldnt help but play with the colors as always, and I liked the warm summer version so much I just had to keep both. I still cant decide which one I prefer, and Im curious how everyone w...

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Demure

So this was actually the first pic I did coming from the break, as always I went for something simple while also playing around with her look, which is definitely one of my favorites overall.

The main thing was obviously the glasses, I had been wanting to try adding them again ever since I did "Risqué" and just waiting for a pic where they would fit well, and this one was perfect. Its one of those things that, after seeing how good she looks here, I look back at most of her pics and f...

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Felina

There she is. Well, since its my first time drawing her, there are still a bunch of things Im not sure about that Ill need to experiment with, so you can consider this her "basic" design and expect to see changes with pretty much every new drawing until I settle on something I really like overall, like with my au ra. Its just a matter of trying things and iterating really.

That said the general idea I had at the start was to go with a lion theme, which came from realizing how much I li...

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Along The Shore

Had a really good streak going the first half of the year but it sadly fell apart in the summer, and then as always the longer I go without drawing the harder it is to get back to it. Finally managed to overcome that last week and do a bunch of new stuff though so, now that the hardest part is over Im gonna make use of the momentum and try to get as much stuff done as possible.

To start with I just wanted to do a bunch of my characters (both the au ra and miqo'te, who I have yet to pos...

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Dare

Not what I planned on posting next but I havent been able to get anything done lately (which is why I didnt post last week) and then I remembered I still had this one from a few months ago that I never posted, which I did around the same time as "Risqué".

This was meant to be a quick one and I really just wanted to do a hanging breasts pic since I hadnt in a while, and get some extra practice with physics as usual. Its kind of a "filler" one which is why I hadnt posted it yet and I h...

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