2012

I made this for a speed battle on AIL. Been drawing this on and off since morning, when the subject list was fully announced.

To be honest, I really surprised myself O_O I mean, sure, the lines are sucky and inaccurate, and the pic has an odd quality to it, but I did expect much less of myself. Lineless paintings are still awkward to me, I guess that's why it looks like that.

I used all the references I could, I really didn't know how I will make it. They saved me, they did.

The trees look weird because I didn't have the time to actually try and paint them, so I just drew one branch and copy-pasted it. With a bit of changes, of course. Can't really say I drew the trees, but I DID draw the branch, so I can't say anyone else drew them either.

This reminds me of Russian x-mas illustrations for some reason X_X

Well, I hope this is okay for the battle.

The subjects we had to include:
Flower (in her hands)
Butterfly (her hair ornament)
Fire (tell me you don't see it >.>)
Bandages (on her thigh)
Winter (the snow counts in most of the world as a sign of winter )
Moon (eh, yeah.)

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INFO:

© Selene-Blackthorn/Crystal-Snowflakes 2012~NOW

Tools Used: Photoshop CS5, Graphire4 Wacom tablet.

References used: (some for poses/shapes, some as color reference)

Thank you all stock providers!!!