Thank you all so, so much!!! I'm glad my work is appreciated! (Especially the rocks. I hated rendering those rocks. ) I love reading all the feedback. It makes my day whenever someone posts in this thread.
Also, I finally got around to fixing the links in the first post! The pictures should be much easier to view now.
In other news: after clawing my way out from the fiery pit that is Art Block, I've got another piece! It's nothing too crazy this time, just a portrait of Tsukiko. It's not as polished as I'd like it to be, but sometimes you just have to call something done. This one was a bit of a struggle, if you couldn't tell.
Notes:
- The beads on Tsukiko's hair ties are little skulls. The design on her corset also has little skulls to match!
- In a piece with less Stuff Going On, I probably would have added more jewelry--long necklaces, bracelets, rings, some kind of funky belt thing around her corset, maybe a choker--but I didn't want the composition to get too cluttered.
- Even though I see Tsukiko as having a very trad-goth look to her overall, the way I did her makeup is intentionally inspired by corpse paint. Because haha, necromancy puns. I wanted to make the makeup a bit wilder than it ended up, but doing so would have sacrificed the clarity of her face/expression.
I'm not entirely sure what to draw next. Suggestions are welcome, though I can't guarantee I'll be able to do them any justice. (Curse you, art block!)