Emotions through eyes | Digital Portrait

Am I? The answer is nope. 😩

First, this is the rough sketch. I love the sketching process as always. I feel like it's the best part when drawing when all you have to do is let your imagination flow and draw your messy lines until it forms the figure that you've imagined. For this character, my original plan was to give her wavy hair which eventually changed during the coloring process.

Adding the base colors. It took a while for me to vividly plan out how she would look with color. I originally went with red eyes with blonde hair and pale skin, but ended up giving her bright blue eyes to give a more mysterious and cool vibe paired with her dark hair.

I love adding details and shading. This was also the part where I did the proper line art at the same time. I think beautifying the art is the best part. It gives more life to the art, and there! She looks even more beautiful.

Finished work! That streak of light was a random last idea I had in mind. I wanted to give her "glowing eyes." At first, I gave her literally two glowing eyes and her background was a bit darker. I ended up settling for the streaks of light, which appeared to give me more sense of satisfaction in balance with the emotions that I am trying to convey in my drawing.