Jam day with Sipsetti

Sometimes it's good to plan nothing before you start painting. This one was very much fun to work with, and I really like the outcome even though it was totally random. I wanted to draw jam jars and a cute girl with ruffled up hair, but that's pretty much everything I planned beforehand. Everything else - made up as I went. My favourite strategy for everything.

Sipsetti with lots and lots of jam~ The text on the jars says 'strawberry' and 'blackcurrant'. Sipsetti's hair is actually mint green, but it would have looked too out of place here so I made it pale lilac.

What's your favourite flavour of jam, by the way? I love raspberry and cherry. <3 Blueberry is great, too.

Graceful Lightning

I've been playing lots of FFXIII lately, and Lightning is my favourite out of all the playable characters. She's tough and rought around the edges, but she has this unintentional sort of grace about her. I think it's interesting. She's not very girly, but I wanted to capture her in a passing, unintentional moment of feminity even the roughest tomboys probably experience every now and then.

I should be designing my collection but I don't feel the slightest bit inspired... Ugh.

Pencils and Photoshop 7. Rose screentone from here:

Rose Screentone Pack by *Mysticalpchan on deviantART