Sera

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Another original character, her name taken after mine but with a completely different spelling. I cannot be credited for the spelling, I saw it from an online web comic a few years ago. 

She is a new character, I made her just last year. Her story and the like is still under work, but no, she is not supposed to be a copy of me just because she has the same sounding name. :P

This was originally drawn on paper (the back of a restaurant mat, actually) and I cleaned it up, did the lineart, and colored it primarily in Photoshop CS5. Alittle bit of work was done in openCanvas as well. 

First Post, First Step Towards a Better Future

-reach for the sky...-

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My first full colored illustration of 2011. A piece meant to represent optimism, courage and hope. This is how I wish to be, not just regarding my art as a career, but my life in general. The girl in this picture is an original character I created back in 2003-2004. Her name is Satsumi, pronounced Saht-sue-me. Her history and personality has undergone some revisions since then, of course, but she still represents the innocence and optimism I had as a child, and the kind I am looking for as an adult. In a way, she is like a self-reflection of myself.

This was drawn and colored on the computer via tablet, in the program openCanvas4.5.17. It took me an estimate of 4 hours to complete start to finish. Reference was used for her right hand.