Shiroyama Rei | Posted: Nov. 10, 2016, 5:57 p.m.

Media: Micron pens, mechanical pencil, and gray copic marker on Strathmore Toned Gray paper

Time: ~4.5 hours

This is a request from an artist on DeviantArt. I drew her original character Shiroyama Rei. I had a great time drawing this piece! As always, I had some issues with anatomy (hands!).

I have 2 major issues with this piece:

1. the blockish and stylized nature of the character's hair

2. how flat and unrealistic the clouds in the background look

That being said, I took some risks with this piece -- especially with drawing the dome in the background and the swords in the foreground. I had to look at a few initial references for both sets of items.

Shading this piece was quite a task as well -- I ended up utilizing gray Copic marker to shade part of the moon, parts of the clouds, and the character's leggings. I plan to invest in some Derwent graphic pencils and try to create more dimension through shading in my future illustrations.