Vivienne - [ FFXIV Commission ] (Patreon)

Here's a portrait of a good friend's character, which I decided to do traditionally so that I could send them the original. 

Painting this was an experience, mostly by the virtue of constantly trying to tap ctrl+Z on the page to undo my mistakes. I also used Yupo paper- which is made out of plastic- and gouache/ink. It was like painting on an ice rink: very interesting but OH MY GOD WHY WON'T YOU DRY.

The concept behind this paper is that you can "erase" anything on it by just swabbing it. This is great for edits but not great for longetivy, so now I'm sitting on my hands waiting for some magical paper varnish to arrive to see if that'll help preserve this.

Still, I had a blast painting this and I can't wait for the owner to receive it! =]