I realized that the waist didn't make sense as it was angled in a way that was contradictory to the leg she was putting her weight on. I also wanted to have the hips and shoulder line oppose each other for more dynamism so two birds one stone!
Also i'm thinking of giving her a white bush cause why not

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I started rendering the girl's head to give myself an idea how I want the whole thing to look and I gotta say, if I manage to keep that aesthetic throughout the whole piece I'll be very happy!

Here's where i'm at with the whole thing

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Thank you so much!! I always push myself to come up with unique ideas, so that means a lot to me

I started rendering very lightly, laying down the shadows. Don't wanna go too contrasted just yet, i just wanna figure stuff out.

Don't mind the yellow dude in the corner he's a character i used to draw all the time as a kid and i just drew him there for the lols

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Bit o progress

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Alright, I do believe I've got everything figured out, now I can start rendering

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Alright, i'm almost done with it!
Just gotta finish the balloon and clean some stuff up

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You are so very right. After this one, i'm planning to practice more technical stuff like anatomy and do studies/style experiments. Smaller projects like the portrait I did that took me a few hours.

I think my biggest problem is that I spend so much time figuring stuff out that I could do a lot quicker if I knew it well (the anatomy for example)

Alright pretty much done, maybe a few adjustments here and there.
For example, the eyebrows being dark work on the girl but i'm not sure it looks right on the balloon as they are a lot more apparent

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Now it's officially done! Very happy with the result

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