Forever, Always

Another practice piece for me XD I swear these two are great for practice I think because I can draw them both without a reference.   I practiced quite a few things in this picture.

First off was the posing.  I had the idea in my mind and I drew the entire thing WITHOUT a reference.  I had to fix Luke's arm, and Gem helped me with changing Leslie's because no matter what I tried I couldn't get hers to look right.  I'm VERY happy with how the posing came out.  For not using a reference at all I'm quite proud.

Coloring and shading them was simple; no different than before.  Gem did teach me a bit about adding the stray hairs; she added most of them but I added a couple.  The big thing was the background.

I wasn't sure what I was going for at first, then I decided on them sitting on a tiny sandbar surrounded by water.  As usual it's a night sky with a full moon full of stars.  The purple bits are meant to be clouds.  I almost took them out but I kinda like how they look.  Also I added sea spray and fire flies.  It MIGHT make the picture too busy but I tried it with and without them and it looked too empty without both of them.  I also tried with just the fire flies or just the sea spray but again it just looked better with both.

I gotta say, the water is BEAUTIFUL.  I used a texture for the water, and also used the star brush to get the glitter.  The reflection caused by the moon was an experiment, but I love how it came out.  I even added a tiny bit of brown to Luke's leg and down there to show sand stuck to the fur.  I added the two hearts drawn in the sand to finish it off.

But yeah, I love the picture.  I can't believe I made something this gorgeous! XD The title is just something these two say to each other in my AU.  Forever, Always.

Don't worry I DO draw other characters XD I just think these two are done the most since I don't need references for them.  They make excellent practice!  Just a little side couple but ah well XP

Luke Bertier and Leslie Paylor belong to me.

~ Halo