A Birthday present for my friend

Hello, dear ones!
Hope everyone is well and safe!
Haven't posted in a while, been busy with new projects, preparing animations for new NFTs on my account and finishing commissions. On top of that have been feeling very tired and sleepy. XD

But today decided to share something very fun (at least I had a lot of fun preparing it).

Every year my friend and me are making presents for each others birthdays. Usually those are paintings of our characters from The Inexplicit project that have been in development for quite some time now. 2020 was no exception. Despite all the difficulties and losses I wanted to bring some joy in her life.

The Spell Brothers
Some of you might remember the twins from my earlier posts 2 years ago. Lain and Vain Spell are my friend's original characters, main ones from the story. I tried painting them many times before, but with not much of a success. That didn't stop me to make another try with the help of Clip Studio Paint Pro. ^^
Here're the main references I used for both of them, images are taken from my friend's Instagram.
Feel free to check her out, she has a very unique style. <3

Lain Spell by Fayenri

Vain Spell by Fayenri

Warframe style
The next creative problem I faced was choosing the right outfits for the boys. I didn't want to copy the same style from my friend so tried a different approach. In science this is called Transferring of knowledge and information from one research field to another.
Around the same time my idea was created I was spending a lot of hours playing Warframe. And that was the inspiration I was looking for. The main style for Vain was from the Orokin era with its fluid and soft shapes. Lain, as the opposite of his twin, got a design with sharp edges and asymmetric style. Every detail is reflecting their personalities - from the look, posture to the colors and hairstyle.