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I always feel happy when I complete a piece and feel that I have somehow made progress. For instance, perhaps six months ago I do not think I could have consistently drawn 5 (4?) faces in the same sketch. Better yet, I think that while there is something lacking in my clothing ability, that at least 3 of the faces came out in such a way that I think Senpai (Ashiyarts) would be proud if she could see the inspiration I've taken from her style, and how I've drastically improved over the course of 16 or so practice runs.

The biggest lesson I learned with this one was that I could, in fact, come out with decent faces by keeping things simple. One yellow wash at the beginning, red pigmentation in the right areas, and blue shadows was all I needed to get white girls on the page. And that perhaps I was trying to over complicate hair, and that this much more simpler way of coloring it is actually much softer and more desirable than how I'd been previously trying to hack at it.

Perhaps now I just need to learn compelling backgrounds and how to make my water color people pop from the page.

I guess on a plus side, I finally learned how to work my calligraphy pens. The blobby dots were only semi-intentional. Apparently when trying to flick random highlights onto the page, one should be careful that the pen is not over-saturated with white ink.

I am most pleased with my Ami and Rei. I especially liked how I managed to make Rei turn out slightly more glammed in an elegant way, and Ami slightly dressed down from the rest. I especially like how Rei's lips turned out, Minako's hair, and the opulent lighting I managed to get with Usagi's hair, even if the scanner did not quite pick up the colors as I'd have liked.

So I guess my goals going forward is finding a meanignful way to incorporate the white ink other than just applying it everywhere that I can because I finally got it to come off the pen. And perhaps trying to keep from relying on map pencil usage to finish the painting, and instead on better contouring technique.

Description
I always feel happy when I complete a piece and feel that I have somehow made progress. For instance, perhaps six months ago I do not think I could have consistently drawn 5 (4?) faces in the same sketch. Better yet, I think that while there is something lacking in my clothing ability, that at least 3 of the faces came out in such a way that I think Senpai (Ashiyarts) would be proud if she could see the inspiration I've taken from her style, and how I've drastically improved over the course of 16 or so practice runs.

The biggest lesson I learned with this one was that I could, in fact, come out with decent faces by keeping things simple. One yellow wash at the beginning, red pigmentation in the right areas, and blue shadows was all I needed to get white girls on the page. And that perhaps I was trying to over complicate hair, and that this much more simpler way of coloring it is actually much softer and more desirable than how I'd been previously trying to hack at it.

Perhaps now I just need to learn compelling backgrounds and how to make my water color people pop from the page.

I guess on a plus side, I finally learned how to work my calligraphy pens. The blobby dots were only semi-intentional. Apparently when trying to flick random highlights onto the page, one should be careful that the pen is not over-saturated with white ink.

I am most pleased with my Ami and Rei. I especially liked how I managed to make Rei turn out slightly more glammed in an elegant way, and Ami slightly dressed down from the rest. I especially like how Rei's lips turned out, Minako's hair, and the opulent lighting I managed to get with Usagi's hair, even if the scanner did not quite pick up the colors as I'd have liked.

So I guess my goals going forward is finding a meanignful way to incorporate the white ink other than just applying it everywhere that I can because I finally got it to come off the pen. And perhaps trying to keep from relying on map pencil usage to finish the painting, and instead on better contouring technique.