The next of the oc_art100 prompts, 'Spirit'. I interpreted that in its 'personality' definition, instead of taking it to mean 'ghost'. That just seemed to leave me more options ^^ Nephele here takes every opportunity to be carefree and enjoy the little things, and I hope that came through!

I'm incredibly proud of this, because I used no references! I just sat down and did it one day over break. Yes, the anatomy is somewhat improbable, but that doesn't really bother me; it's mid dance-step after all, and people can do impressive and unexpected things when they're in the midst of shifting their balance!

Also, ridiculously happy with the dress. I kind of wanted to add a frilly underlayer, but I couldn't make it work, so Neph has a simple one piece and corset instead. I blame this on Chronicles of Narnia.

The other thing I wanted to experiment with here was color. I liked the lineart too much to leave it blank, but I didn't want to make a huge project out of it. I've seen a lot of artists do nice work by filling in areas with a flat, subdued color, and leaving it at that. My own attempts at this have failed miserably, but this feels like a step in the right direction ^__^ I have trouble picking out desaturated tones.

The lyrics in the corner are the copyrighted property of Angie Aparo, reproduced here for no profit or anything of the sort. Check him out; he rocks. The title of this image was taken from a Carbon Leaf song. Someone take my headphones away from me.