Glow - [ FFXIV, Patreon reward ] (Patreon)

I'm so glad to have finally gotten to work on a Mystery Box reward! Really hoping this will be the first of many.

The "Mystery box" is a new type of reward I included in StarStickers this year, in which a patron can only give me their character to draw, but they can't choose how I draw it. I could chose to do this in whatever way I see fit - from drawing the character as another species, to painting it with traditional media, to going full abstract. A reward only for the daring!

For my first MB I decided to go with turning this patron's FFXIV character into a mermaid. I was inspired by the OCs blue and green hair and really wanted to make that the centerpiece of the image.

This did turn out more detailed than I expected these rewards to be, but at the same time I haven't had such a good time painting something in a long time. I really had a blast working with this explosion of color and I'm really looking forward to coming up with new ideas for upcoming rewards!

As always, your thoughts are more than loved. =]