Butterfly Master Preaura
The reason I found out about Our Flag Means Death is because one of the artists I follow started drawing lots of fanart and then also said it helped with her art block. Turns out it's true! After sketching so much I managed to finally churn out this "official" Preaura costume!
Ever since her inception I wanted a kimono on her, but never really got the hang of drawing anything that looked remotely fitting. Even after I bought myself two kimonos, I still couldn't get it right (though I did get close with the cloud kimono I gave her in Deadly Patience).
Turns out Ed/Stede's pink gown is extremely inspirational, and I reckon it helped get this design going. I'm so happy with it!
Compare this to the very original version I drew of her. It's amazing that I kept everything the same pretty much!
I reckon what makes Ed happy is... you.
This was such an enjoyable picture to draw. Plus, I feel I finally got the likeness of Taika in this one; it's my best representation of likeness yet! Plus hair is so therapeutic to draw, like a soothing death kind of feeling. Also omg his hand. I loved drawing his hand. I can't imagine hands when I draw without reference so I'm so happy at how that turned out too!
I was super apprehensive about drawing this because my idol once complained about drawing kissing to be the biggest, messiest challenge ever, and I was so worried it would turn out like how she described it:
But, luckily, it turned out really well!
Hooray for believing in myself!