did anyone ask for a mithra?

[bebio]

okay,as requested,here goes a mithra.Unlike my previous drawing(which was done with no reference whatsoever),i downloaded a mithra wallpaper to serve as reference.My next drawing will be a galka,as someone requested.But it will only be in May,because i'm going for some well deserved easter vacations
Bye,lots of hugs for all of you!

[Cyber Akuma]

Looks very realistic, nice technique how you made all those folds in the cloth to show her form.

[Skyrik]

Aw..leaving so early .. well looking forward to seeing more of your pic . I love the crisp ink job... something I can't do :p. looks like you used a marker for coloring... My only comment is try to get a smoother shade within the colors because some of the strokes overlap causing the the colors to overlay on top of each other. Other than that its the best

[yuna544]

............. *pic finally loads* Very nice

[Look]

its really nice. did you color it with marker? or water color?
your line art is just amazing, color wise, may i suggest slight more lighting and shading? unless this is the style you are aiming for, then i'm wordless.
i wonder how long it took you to draw all those hair. i'd never have that type of patient.

[snappurunyanko]

Ha, request fufilled =^_^= The hair looks just like the mithra's from the ffxi wallpaper :3. Most artists try to avoid it for some reason =>.>=

[bebio]

thanks for your replies.As for your questions,It was my intention to colour with markers(I used Copic markers on this one) as opposed to colouring with computer,because I feel that a lot of fan art I see neglects this way of colouring in favour of computer only colouring.Now don't get me wrong,I love CG colouring, I even have Photoshop and all the necessary programs to do so,but I miss seeing more drawings hand-coloured...I'm also very busy with university and it's just plain quicker to paint it by hand.Besides,although i was using the mithra wallpaper for reference,I also wanted to give my own personal vision of her,obviously
So I made her look a liitle more humane,with more subtle and bright colours, and I made her clothes look less shiny, and not so perfectly clean...In response to Look,The whole drawing(including colouring) took about 2h 30m to complete.The colours are more livelier in the original than in the scan i did...I tried compensating in Photoshop by adjusting the contrast and colour balance,so as to get as closest as possible to the original's colours,but of course,you can't get a perfect match unless you spend a lot of time...I LOVE DRAWING COMPLEX HAIRS It's just something I can't get enough of,and i do them quite quickly,almost without thinking about it...
Btw, I did a scan of the drawing before i coloured it,only with inking.I was thinking of posting it here so that anyone who wants can CG it.Do anything you want with the drawing,hell, just surprise me ...Just don't alter the signature and claim you drew it yourself,i.e.,give me credit for the original drawing.So, what do you guys think?do you want to CG this drawing?
Btw,I love all the drawings that have been posted here recently!Big cheers to all of you!