nymphe au printemps. Yet another piccy I made for a contest on DeviantArt. The contest was to create an original anime-style magical character who is based on one of the four seasons. Oh and this all had to be done WITHIN 72 HOURS. Yipes! Such a close deadline! I chose to do springtime because I immediately thought of a woman who could make plants grow as her magical ability. I envisioned her as a being of pure magic with skin yellow and glowy like sunlight. This is why I tried out a technique that I rarely use with coloured outline. I kept her overall design simple due to the time constraints, and as it is I didn't have enough time to do all of the things I wanted with this picture. I was going to add flowers in her hair and make the magic squiggles more glowing, and I probably would have tested out more colours to use as the outlines, because as it is I think I should have darkened the skin tone outline a bit. I added my Background for Dummies (tm) nature scene because her light yellow skin and the magic needed something to contrast against. I didn't win the contest, but it was a fun challenge to participate!