I decided to ink and color both of the sketches I drew for this month’s theme of ‘crown’; of the two, I thought the rustic one would be easier but, no, the hundreds of sticks and berries that need shading and highlights are driving me insane.

So this one zoomed to the finish, instead:

When I began, I had an entirely different palette in mind– lots of pinks– but I ran across some Russian fairytales I hadn’t read in years and “The Firebird” sort of took over the idea. Usually, my final illustrations differ greatly from the original sketches but this one remained pretty consistent. Aside from adding the Firebird in the background and getting rid of her veil, there’s not much difference between the sketch and the finished lineart.

Now to finish up that other one… *sigh*

~Dalliann

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