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This is me reaching to the back bench of Marvel characters – Kymri, of Earth 1289, who made her first appearance way back in Excalibur #16. I opted for a few changes in her design, dropping her original scantily-clad pirate look and chopping her hair short, but I really like how this turned out. (I originally intended to have her ponytail falling in front of her left shoulder, but, after I drew her bangs, I thought she just looked really good with the pixie-cut they suggested.)

Honestly, I always wished she and Kurt from 616 would have become a thing. I know they did on Earth 41001, but that's not quite the same.

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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.

Description

This is me reaching to the back bench of Marvel characters – Kymri, of Earth 1289, who made her first appearance way back in Excalibur #16. I opted for a few changes in her design, dropping her original scantily-clad pirate look and chopping her hair short, but I really like how this turned out. (I originally intended to have her ponytail falling in front of her left shoulder, but, after I drew her bangs, I thought she just looked really good with the pixie-cut they suggested.)

Honestly, I always wished she and Kurt from 616 would have become a thing. I know they did on Earth 41001, but that's not quite the same.

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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.