This is a work-in-progress of a piece requested by my lovely Songbird. (Yes, she gets to make requests, which is unfair for the rest of you, but too bad: None of the rest of you have my ring on your finger.) This is a character she designed, named Rika, and she picked everything about this: The pose, the hairstyle, the colors, the eyes, the works. The final version of this will probably replace Katie on the front page of my gallery; I like how this is turning out.

We're up to about 12-ish hours of work here, with lots more to come. But I figured folks would want to see what's next in the pipeline, so here she is. I'm gonna probably shade this one myself, even though I have a colorist for my works now, just because I really like the piece.

Once this is done, this copy will be moved to my scraps.