Once upon a time there was a little girl that dreamed of different worlds. These different worlds came to her through pencil and paper, telling her new stories of different adventures, different people, magical creatures...
I used to draw all the time, my high school days were filled with fantasy adventures and I was just recently reminded of this being back at my parent's home and going through old artwork. So when 
Character Choices
Upon the mention of the challenge two characters came in mind right away: Sailor Moon & Lina Inverse from Slayers.
Sailor Moon was the story that kickstarted the little dreamer girl. It was because of Sailor Moon my childhood and teenage days were spent drawing and drawing, dreaming and dreaming. I think if it wasn't for Sailor Moon I would have ended up going on a completely different path in my life, and not the one I'm on right now, doing the only thing I know best to do: follow & fight for my dreams.
Lina Inverse is a character I related most to: small, loud mouthed, and greedy for adventure. She embodies so much power and knowledge as someone you'd least expect it from. As a petite individual I know I have a small dog complex, but there's so many things I want to do and to be respected for as well. I love Lina because she's so bold and realistic (as realistic you can be as a fictional character in a fictional world...) and even today I think I might relate to her even more now. :wink:
The above images were the ones I used for reference.
Process
The medium of choices was originally just going to be pencil...lots of shading and a smudgy side black hand. :smiley:
But halfway through I ended up whipping out the color pencils thinking it'd be fun to color too! And it WAS! It's been a long time since I've been so engrossed in drawing like this. Everyday I'd be at work eager for when I could finally return home to start drawing again and I'd find myself working on this till like 2 am in the morning going, "Ah, crap, I need to wake up at 5:30 am for work! :sob: " But I'd just want to keep going.
Finally Friday night came and I sat myself down to color around 10 pm-ish(?). When I finally finished I looked at the clock I was so shocked to see it was 3 am. Time flies when you're having fun~
Actually, that's one of the reasons why I stopped drawing, was because of the time it takes. When I'd see other people's artwork I can admire the time and dedication it takes to create each piece but I'd think to myself, "I don't think I'll ever be able to sit still and concentrate like that ever again." Well, I guess I was wrong!
Ah, but admitting period: I started giving up by the end, especially Sailor Moon's arm. I'm so out of practice, I didn't want to do the arm...haha...huhu.
What Else?
Thank you
And thank you to you for coming to my post! I'm really enjoying seeing everyone else's artwork too! This has been a lot of fun! :heart: