k-ineticbeam—

purple is the new black 💜

idk how intentional this was since its not in every drawing of her ive seen but i like how the negative space in zira’s braid loops make stars in the fav character poll post

It's her updated design and it's been present in every drawing of her post-November 2025~ All the characters underwent some changes. Across the board then now have colored eyeshines, thicker, pencil texture outlines, eyelids and slightly different proportions. Zira has stars in their hair and darker part of their t-shirt.

I’m a character artist. I’m used to painting skin and hair and clothes... soft textures, basically. I found out the hard way that this approach does not work for rocks. Unless you want them to look like weirdly shiny flesh blobs instead 🤔 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That’s why I try to practice rendering other surfaces from time to time. These were drawn for last month’s challenge on painting gems and colorful rocks!

If you like drawing challenges, join us! We’re studying underwater lighting, which is perfect for those of you who are also doing MerMay. Check it out here!