Introducing - Joëlle Sauveterre !

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Hi Friendly Folks!
Since I spent a good chunk of last month dabbling in traditional ink media, I thought I'd show some more of the digital side of things. Some of you may already know the comic I am creating with @painted-bees [ Woven, go check it out ;D], so I wanted to show you some characters from another story I am building called Pilgrim Adrift.

There will be airships, eldritch monstrosities, and lots of adventure!

Ahem Anyhow, this lass here is one of the protagonists, Ms. Joëlle Sauveterre [Dr. pending]:"

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"One of countless daughters within her clan's 3rd House, Joëlle didn't waste time to pour her inheritance into her academic pursuits. Now a sponsored graduate at Nova Lutetia, she's attempting to cement her expertise in Orphic Geology by amassing the largest collection of specimens/samples harvested from any anomaly she can fund an expedition to.

Her 'ocular condition' doesn't render her blind, but does result in poor eyesight, requiring significant corrective lenses to offset. That being said, with the help of custom lenses, her eyes are able to discern ranges outside of visible light, granting her a significant advantage when observing and analyzing samples in the field. Although she is well-liked amongst her gentry peers, she has difficulty mingling with a large subset of the population, due to superstitious fears regarding her 'blood sight'."

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Alrighty, let's take a quick dive into the process~

Started off with a reaaaaally rudimentary stance sketch. The pose, weight and line of action were all off, but I only needed it as scaffolding for the next sketch.

Pose issues have been rectified and I am happy with the overall shapes on the page!
It is time to start committing to the lineart~

There we go. I was going to have her dragging a cohort [Strauss, to be introduced later], but as you will see, this plan fell through...

In the end, I opted out the other character and replaced it with a bag of 'groceries'. I also added more lines and started to colour them in preparation for the colours. Speaking of which:

Flat colours have now been added! It is time for the final touches :D

Added in the shaded areas with a multiply layer and harmonized the colours a little with some overlay layers.
Done!

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There we go!
I hope you folks enjoyed this little exploration of my thoughts and process.
Be seeing you again shortly <3!
Cheers!!!