A Blooming Friendship

Hello everyone. I have returned with another picture. Yay me. I can imagine that most of you won’t care about this one because it only features two of my characters and two characters of my DA friends. But whatever, I’m posting it anyway.

We’ll go with a mini character intro first, then my process and feelings on this picture.

Starting on the far left, we have Kel Shadow! Beside her, Kiara Jensen! Second from the right, Cat Tsuru! On the far right, Kay Simms! Please see credits to know who belongs to who. I’m tired of writing it down for you.

Alright, process. Let’s see. First, the sketch and the finished product don’t look very similar, especially in the eyes. And I’ll be honest, I don’t like the sketch, like, at all. I felt better about the lineart, except I wasn’t happy with the eyes, Kiara’s neck’s too long, ALL OF THE HANDS ARE HIDDEN, Cat’s hand is nasty looking and I hate it, and she looks like she’s bending her knees XP I honestly didn’t mean for that to happen to Cat, but that’s what came out. FORGIVE ME!

I really hate that I can’t draw hands TT_TT Or feet. This was supposed to be a FULL picture, but I couldn’t get the feet right, so I cut them off.

Um, other things, let’s see, Kay’s top is actually supposed to be a short dress *sigh* and her boots are supposed to have thread x’s like Cat’s boots, but it wasn’t until after I’d finished the lineart that I realized it XP

As far as coloring goes, I don’t like Kel’s hair, I think her shirt is too high, Kay’s eyes are a little odd, and it’s weird that Kay and Kiara’s pupils are darker than Kel and Cat’s.

Overall, I’m happy with the expressions, the way Kel came out (minus the coloring on her hair *shakes fist*), the way Cat came out, Cat’s hair (both colored and drawn), and Kay’s hair (colored). Out of everyone, I like Kiara least, but her expression is okay. I think my folds are slowly getting better, though I could still use some work.

It came out larger than intended, but that’s alright. The background was horrible to work with and took me forever. It’s supposed to be a brick wall. I decided that since everyone has too much blue (what is it with my pictures and blue? GOODNESS), I wouldn’t put any in the background.

After hours and hours and hours and hours of staring at this thing, I’d decided I hated it, like, a lot. I hated this picture and wanted nothing to do with it. It wasn’t until after I’d finished coloring it that I accepted it and thought it was okay. All my mistakes still bother me, though, but I don’t hate it anymore.

I know for sure that Cat’s outfit is her Doma one (and the one I draw all the time XP), and Kay’s USED to be her Doma one. I don’t know if it is anymore. Kiara’s and Kel’s outfits are their official Doma outfits, though I haven’t thought about shoes yet. Let me think on that.

While Kay and Cat are from the same story, and Kel and Kiara are from the story, these four characters’ stories aren’t the same. I just figured that if they ever met, they’d become friends, hence the title.

I hope you all like, please leave me a comment!

I didn’t use any references for the poses, though part of me wishes I had XP
REFERENCES
Kel (hair): http://kionakina.deviantart.com/art/Kay-s-Hairstyles-175918513
Cat (hair): http://ejiputotsuki.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d2vbmvm
Kay (hair, outfit): http://kionakina.deviantart.com/art/Kay-s-New-Look-207490028, http://kionakina.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/&offset=96#/d19grzy

Kel, Kiara, Art © KelekiahGaladrian
Cat, Cat hair ref © Moon_Princess
Kay, Kay hair ref, Kay outfit ref, Kel hair ref © KionaKina
YuGiOh © Kazuki Takahashi