This is one of my most recent dancer maidens. She took a bit longer to draw because of all the small the small jewelry and details. Some of the patterns in her pants were a bit cookie. I added eyes on them. The costume is one of my favorites. There is always a nice joy trying to draw something complicated with a lot of small moving parts. These days most outfits are complete eyesores, except for those who use traditional outfits. As far as innovation is concerned everything is sadly lacking. It would be nice to see dancers with fancy...

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All artists and mangaka artist have a favorite color. It is sometimes not obvious which is the favorite color. People tend to compromise their likes in order to be liked by others. As for me, I like pink. Pink is one of my favorite colors. I wish there were nicer pink dresses. Transparency is also a bit hard to manage. I handled transparency by just drawing the shapes in black and then painting beneath the dress. Jewelry also requites plenty of work. As a short hand, people tend to just color the jewelry yellow or just use metallic pencils.  This...

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