Lost Wings - Asako (Bird Strike)

ColorCOPIC marker and colored pencil on Epson Ultra Premium Photo paper Matte print from Epson Surecolor P600 printer

ColorCOPIC marker and colored pencil on Epson Ultra Premium Photo paper Matte print from Epson Surecolor P600 printer

Pencil (HB) on HP Bright White Inkjet Paper

Pencil (HB) on HP Bright White Inkjet Paper

As part of an expansion on the old In Search of Lost Wings series of drawings I first started years ago (beginning with Broken Miho), I sat down to do a few more drawings for the next Megatokyo Omnibus and, well... got a bit carried away. Asako is a character that really is beginning to surprise me. She's the loud, brash, bouncy girl who is Yuki's friend and fits one standard stereotype of character, but... i've found when i experiment with her character i am often surprised by what might be underneath all that genki rocket fuel. Lots of symbolism in this one, i will let people wonder. :) There are layers of all sorts of meaning in these images which it's kinda fun to get carried away with. One thing i did differently this time with these drawings was i used color pencils with the COPIC markers to add more texture to the color.

18 March 2016
Asako from MegaTokyo