Anime Character Drawing Challenge by Hive account@htliao

I've just returned to sketching yesterday when I found out about Hive account@htliao's anime drawing contest. (Check his post here.) I decided to join the challenge and submit an entry so here goes. Wish me luck!

Princess Shirahoshi

Shirahoshi is a smelt-whiting giant mermaid princess from the Ryugu Kingdom on the Fishman Island. She is the youngest daughter among the children of King Neptune and is the current ancient weapon, Poseidon. (The other two weapons are Pluton and Uranus.) She's a character from my favorite anime, One Piece.

Drawing Process

I decided to keep it simple and just sketch Shirahoshi Hime. I did technical drawing when I was in first year college but my art lessons were way back when I was in high school.

1. Using freehand drawing, I started with sketching her light in a Berkeley Sketch Pad 190 mm x 270 mm using an HB Staedtler pencil. I like this sketch notebook because of the texture of the paper.
   

   

2. I darkened the lines with the Staedtler pencil with the degree F.

3. Finally, I furnished the details and added shadows.
   

   

4. The result is the photo below. I asked myself if I would add colors but I know that I'm bad with coloring so this is what I would submit.