Holy god.

So, first of all, please allow me to apologize for the Crappy McShitterfuck scan. I have a)no rolling scanner and b)no photoshop skills, so you can obviously see where I had to put the two halves of the image together, as well as color differences. Also, being that the background is watercolor, there's actually a great deal of detail in the background that was washed out by said Crappy McShitterfuck scan.

But, anyway, onto the deviation.

This is the first in a series of ink/marker/watercolor pieces revolving around the Final Fantasy series' summons, an idea that gave me at AZ this year. My FFI women will now have Summon counterparts. Shiva is originally a woman, so I guess I'd start with her first--she took a LOT OF TIME and effort, and is probably the most difficult in the series because I was working off of a model (the FF10 version of Shiva), whereas the rest of the summons (Bahamut, Ifrit, etc) will be mostly artistic license. Stay tuned, kiddos for the rest of the series, it's gonna be badass.

I haven't colored anything in, like, eight bajillion years, especially not to this level. I don't think I've even picked up watercolors since I was nine years old. A shit ton of effort went into this, and hopefully, someday, I'll actually have a decent scan that shows that. Hopefully, you all can catch me at a convention or something and see the bitch up close--she's damn impressive, if I do say so myself.

A lot of thanks to for giving me some coloring pointers as well as putting up with me during our late night work sessions. And, as well, for wood-burning during our work sessions and providing sweet, sweet wood-burning aromas.

Materials: ink, marker, watercolor
Full view...if you want to see details, including the large line that divides the two half of the scan. XD

Mater