This piece incorporates multiple different new techniques. First, this is the first artwork I've finished that I made with help from a site called Magic Poser. I recommend it to any artists who are struggling to draw poses they've got figured out in their heads, or even struggling to figure out how they should pose a character in the first place. While there's not many different types of models, it's very versatile.

Second, I used mostly cel shading in this one, as well as a decidedly more anime style than my normal sort-of-anime-but-not-really kind of style. It was a fun challenge and a departure from what I'm used to. I'm definitely going to be experimenting with this type of thing.

And third, it's the first time that I started actually keeping track of what colors I'm using by making color palettes, rather than just using the eyedropper tool every time. I might come back here later and put in an image of the color palette I used - it consists of the "normal" colors with either some blue added or some red and green taken away, in order to make "colder" colors and cast everything in a bluish light.

In the meantime, enjoy this piece!

-Cass "EscapistProductions" Kingside

Made using Procreate Pocket