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I find it exceedingly bizarre that ~Haruo tagged me for a pairing quiz right after I started this piece. Not only that, but these two are one of the pairs that kept reccurring for me. I have fanart of the other two (Ed and Winry and Molly and Steve) coming.

For the vast majority of you who do not recognize these two, they are the male and female lead of the manga Desert Coral. Naoto (the boy) is from our world, but gets summoned into a desert realm by Lusia. This is a very canon pairing, even though I haven't gotten to a point where they actually get together in the romantic sense yet. In the first chapter, as one reviewer put it, "the possibility of a Lusia-Naoto pairing is as subtle as a brick."

It's an excellent series, but the English publisher (ADV) SUCKS ROCKS. They haven't even acknowledged the existence of volumes four and five, and haven't updated their site in over a year. It vexes me severely.

In terms of the piece itself, it was another "halfway-oh-fuck" piece. Lusia is lit by three, count them, three light sources, so shading her hair was a major pain. Naoto was a bit of a pain to draw, mostly because I just don't draw guys very well, and partially because I couldn't find a good profile view of him. He still doesn't quite look like himself, and I was forced to make up an eye color for him because I was unable to figure out what his real eye color was. Ah well. Overall, the insane amount of work that I put into did pay off, even though the flames still irritate me for some reason.

11x14, my usual Sakura Technical pen outlines with Prismacolor Pencil shading on Bristol Board.

Description
I find it exceedingly bizarre that ~Haruo tagged me for a pairing quiz right after I started this piece. Not only that, but these two are one of the pairs that kept reccurring for me. I have fanart of the other two (Ed and Winry and Molly and Steve) coming.

For the vast majority of you who do not recognize these two, they are the male and female lead of the manga Desert Coral. Naoto (the boy) is from our world, but gets summoned into a desert realm by Lusia. This is a very canon pairing, even though I haven't gotten to a point where they actually get together in the romantic sense yet. In the first chapter, as one reviewer put it, "the possibility of a Lusia-Naoto pairing is as subtle as a brick."

It's an excellent series, but the English publisher (ADV) SUCKS ROCKS. They haven't even acknowledged the existence of volumes four and five, and haven't updated their site in over a year. It vexes me severely.

In terms of the piece itself, it was another "halfway-oh-fuck" piece. Lusia is lit by three, count them, three light sources, so shading her hair was a major pain. Naoto was a bit of a pain to draw, mostly because I just don't draw guys very well, and partially because I couldn't find a good profile view of him. He still doesn't quite look like himself, and I was forced to make up an eye color for him because I was unable to figure out what his real eye color was. Ah well. Overall, the insane amount of work that I put into did pay off, even though the flames still irritate me for some reason.

11x14, my usual Sakura Technical pen outlines with Prismacolor Pencil shading on Bristol Board.