~*Sakura-ten*~

This is a rather random picture. I got these new pens that I've wanted for ages...but got kind of put off as the manga pic on the front of the packaging is very poor. But I had a random want to get them so I did.. and I love them. I've been using them to colour things for my site that I'm putting together (yay finally my own site, after years of not having one). They dry in gorgeous flat colour. And they layer so beautifully, but also merge so smoothly. They make images look like they're so much more professional. I love the fact I now have a really nice way to colour by hand (other than colouring pencils, which I have difficulties adjusting to manga style with). Anyways this was an idea I've had for ages. I wanted to be a little experimental, so I used it to test my pens. It's Sakura from Card Captor Sakura (one of my fave manga characters) in one of those extremely cute pyjama outfits from Pita-ten, that i've wanted to draw for so long. Except I didn't want Sakura to have a rabbit or kitty outfit like in Pita-ten. So I gave her one Kero ears and tail. She looks so sleepy in this pic. Like she's woken up from a good dream. The sakura flower and stars were CLAMP influenced too. I love the idea of the simpler BG. But all done with my pens. I have only got a few colours, but they're perfect for this pic. I only have two blues so the darker blue was layered quite a few times, but I think it worked. I managed to create a really nice subtle glow around the stars at the top which I love. I need to experiment more with hair, amongst everything else, but otherwise, just me doodling with thing I love, of things I love ^-^

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