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Right off the bat, this was HEAVILY referenced from pose study pictures. I am still very new to drawing anatomy and using a digital pen, so I plan on slowly weaning myself off of heavily referencing images. I plan on buying one of those blank posing figures very soon, and use that for pose references.

Pose studies used from

Anyway...

This is another deviantart first for me. This is my attempt at creating a wholly original character, or at least, one that was not made using a character creator from a video game. This character, Mai-Li (or just Mai for short), is something I can truly call my own.

So just who is Mai-Li?

Mai-Li is a practitioner of martial arts, such as Judo and Karate. It started out as a way of learning self-defense, but she soon came to enjoy fighting too much to stop there. When something grabs Mai's attention, she fixates on that something with an unwavering drive, for better or for worse. She tends to get "tunnel vision" and is sometimes unable to see the forest for the trees. But other times, her single-minded fixations will motivate her to understand and become proficient at anything she tries. Even if she doesn't succeed, she'll give it her all nonetheless!

She is also very competitive, and absolutely despises failure. Mai tends to become something of a sore loser after suffering defeat, be it in martial arts, games, etc. But when given the chance to cool her head, she will accept her loss and attempt to understand where she went wrong and how she can improve, so as not to fail again.

Her dream is to become a world-renowned martial artist, to be recognized and acknowledged by everyone, and to make her mark in history.

If you actually read this far, kudos for having the patience of a saint! Hopefully you will see more of Mai-Li in the future!

Description
Right off the bat, this was HEAVILY referenced from pose study pictures. I am still very new to drawing anatomy and using a digital pen, so I plan on slowly weaning myself off of heavily referencing images. I plan on buying one of those blank posing figures very soon, and use that for pose references.

Pose studies used from

Anyway...

This is another deviantart first for me. This is my attempt at creating a wholly original character, or at least, one that was not made using a character creator from a video game. This character, Mai-Li (or just Mai for short), is something I can truly call my own.

So just who is Mai-Li?

Mai-Li is a practitioner of martial arts, such as Judo and Karate. It started out as a way of learning self-defense, but she soon came to enjoy fighting too much to stop there. When something grabs Mai's attention, she fixates on that something with an unwavering drive, for better or for worse. She tends to get "tunnel vision" and is sometimes unable to see the forest for the trees. But other times, her single-minded fixations will motivate her to understand and become proficient at anything she tries. Even if she doesn't succeed, she'll give it her all nonetheless!

She is also very competitive, and absolutely despises failure. Mai tends to become something of a sore loser after suffering defeat, be it in martial arts, games, etc. But when given the chance to cool her head, she will accept her loss and attempt to understand where she went wrong and how she can improve, so as not to fail again.

Her dream is to become a world-renowned martial artist, to be recognized and acknowledged by everyone, and to make her mark in history.

If you actually read this far, kudos for having the patience of a saint! Hopefully you will see more of Mai-Li in the future!