"Ran... it's the last day of summer. That means no shirts allowed."
"You know summer ended a little less than a month ago, right?"
"..."

Poor Jessica.

'Last Nice Day - Beach Time!'

Meet Jessica and Ran, my two newest OCs. They don't have much of a story yet, and I'm not sure they ever will. But basically they're new-ish but fast friends. (Maybe a couple/three years?) Jessica is a fox and ran is a Totetsu.
there will be details and possible reference sheets to come, including some strange facts about Ran's necklace, and the difference between Totetsus and Taoties ;)

Summer clothes! To Ran that means nothing, but the Jessica it means a chance to see Ran shirtless ;) We won't see Jessica's clothes change much until winter, as she barely wears more than this to begin with.

This piece was actually inspired by a really nice day early this month, and the fact that I was doodling with a new character design. This is actually Ran's first-ever drawing :3
It was a surprisingly warm day, considering the bitterly cold week that had proceeded this, and I thought "This will be a perfect 'last really nice day before the cold hits' piece!" But it wasn't until a couple of days ago that I was inspired to finish it by a REALLY nice (80 degrees, people) Thursday this week, and again yesterday.

But I think this really was the last NICE nice day for the year DX

Enjoy, and go get outside and play in some leaves!!

Art and Characters © : Me (~SherokuTakari) '10
Used: Sketch Paper, 0.5 Mechanical Pencil, Bamboo Fun CTE650S, and Photoshop Elements (First serious attempt, yay!)
Color Concept for Jessica by my friend Kashiko-Chan as a collab for our Art Shoppe on deviantART! (Thanks Kash, Jessie's hair is a blast to color!!)

"... Can I have my shirt back now...?" (My poor, clueless Ran XD)