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Okay, last submission before I go...

Anyway, I finished this thing a few weeks back, but didn't have the chance to scan it.

Yes, the cliched characters in a row thingy, and to add to the cliche, it's rainbow-coloured! I got the urge to do this after seeing an FMA picture for Roy's team.

Why SEED girls? Because they're awesome! And they're so much better characterized and more likable than the Destiny girls imo

I tried to match each girl to a colour that either reflect their personality, or they're associated with. They were fairly easy to match up, except for Lacus, who's associated with pink, but since pink's not in the rainbow spectrum, I had to do something else.

From left to right:
Fllay Allstar: Red because of her hair, and because she's so passionate as well as violent.
Murrue Ramius: Orange because of her eyes, and her warm personality.
Miriallia Haww: Yellow because of her hair, and her cheerful disposition.
Cagalli Yula Athha: Green because she's usually put into green dresses.
Lacus Clyne: Blue-green because of her Mizu no Akashi dress, and her calming personality and presence.
Aisha: Blue-indigo because of her hair and clothes.
Natarle Badgiruel: Purple because of her hair and eyes, and her slightly distant and cold personality.

I didn't include Shiho as you can see, because we barely saw her (at least Aisha made it to a couple episodes and had a few lines).

*Begin rant*
I find it ironic that although the girls all have differerent (strong) roles and personalities, the interaction between the girls aren't that much (unlike the guys). If you think about it, Cagalli and Lacus (although being the main characters and love interest of the main characters) never directly exchange a single line in SEED. Fllay (another important character) and Cagalli never spoke directly. Lacus and Fllay spoke once, and it was hostile. Miriallia exchanges a few direct lines with Fllay, she never directly talks to Cagalli nor Lacus. Aisha has never met any of the girls except Cagalli. Murrue doesn't talk to the younger girls much (except maybe give commands and have group discussions with Lacus and Cagalli later on). Same with Natarle, witht the exception of Fllay towards the end. I think the most interaction between the girls is probably Murrue and Natarle, second is probably between Natarle and Fllay...
*end rant*

Anyway, back to the picture, I actually did this one in Copic markers first: [link] but I wanted to try this using the technique I used for my Furuba Project (and I haven't used coloured pencils in forever), and I think I like this version better. Instead of using normal colours, I used one colour for each girl. I'm rather fond of this technique, varying the shadows with pressure rather than colour. I used one coloured pencil for each girl. Though Miriallia was kinda hard to do, since it's really hard to add the shading and distinguish shades with the yellow.... I think Aisha turned out the best. and I love drawing SEED eyes!!

Prismacolour coloured pencils
Copic marker version
characters (c) sunrise
art (c) ~MapleRose

Description
Okay, last submission before I go...

Anyway, I finished this thing a few weeks back, but didn't have the chance to scan it.

Yes, the cliched characters in a row thingy, and to add to the cliche, it's rainbow-coloured! I got the urge to do this after seeing an FMA picture for Roy's team.

Why SEED girls? Because they're awesome! And they're so much better characterized and more likable than the Destiny girls imo

I tried to match each girl to a colour that either reflect their personality, or they're associated with. They were fairly easy to match up, except for Lacus, who's associated with pink, but since pink's not in the rainbow spectrum, I had to do something else.

From left to right:
Fllay Allstar: Red because of her hair, and because she's so passionate as well as violent.
Murrue Ramius: Orange because of her eyes, and her warm personality.
Miriallia Haww: Yellow because of her hair, and her cheerful disposition.
Cagalli Yula Athha: Green because she's usually put into green dresses.
Lacus Clyne: Blue-green because of her Mizu no Akashi dress, and her calming personality and presence.
Aisha: Blue-indigo because of her hair and clothes.
Natarle Badgiruel: Purple because of her hair and eyes, and her slightly distant and cold personality.

I didn't include Shiho as you can see, because we barely saw her (at least Aisha made it to a couple episodes and had a few lines).

*Begin rant*
I find it ironic that although the girls all have differerent (strong) roles and personalities, the interaction between the girls aren't that much (unlike the guys). If you think about it, Cagalli and Lacus (although being the main characters and love interest of the main characters) never directly exchange a single line in SEED. Fllay (another important character) and Cagalli never spoke directly. Lacus and Fllay spoke once, and it was hostile. Miriallia exchanges a few direct lines with Fllay, she never directly talks to Cagalli nor Lacus. Aisha has never met any of the girls except Cagalli. Murrue doesn't talk to the younger girls much (except maybe give commands and have group discussions with Lacus and Cagalli later on). Same with Natarle, witht the exception of Fllay towards the end. I think the most interaction between the girls is probably Murrue and Natarle, second is probably between Natarle and Fllay...
*end rant*

Anyway, back to the picture, I actually did this one in Copic markers first: [link] but I wanted to try this using the technique I used for my Furuba Project (and I haven't used coloured pencils in forever), and I think I like this version better. Instead of using normal colours, I used one colour for each girl. I'm rather fond of this technique, varying the shadows with pressure rather than colour. I used one coloured pencil for each girl. Though Miriallia was kinda hard to do, since it's really hard to add the shading and distinguish shades with the yellow.... I think Aisha turned out the best. and I love drawing SEED eyes!!

Prismacolour coloured pencils
Copic marker version
characters (c) sunrise
art (c) ~MapleRose