Those of you who know Hieke know that she's always the cheerful, optimistic one (apart from that time when she died ). I thought it was befitting that she traipse about in a dark, rainy forest with her bright orange umbrella and usual smile.

As you can see, she's been splashing around in puddles, which is why her clothes are wet. She hit a particularly deep one and thoroughly soaked her shoes and socks, so she just took them off.

Hieke's over a year old now, and it's fun (*cough*embarrassing*cough*) to see what she used to look like. Here's my little Hieke anthology, topped off by this picture here: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

I got a lot of critique on the wip, but by the time I read it, the picture itself was already finished save for the rain effects, so I just stored the new knowledge for later application. It was really helpful, so a big thanks to everyone who critiqued the wip.

This is probably the last you'll see of this style. My art is so generic: cute anime girls with big, shiny eyes. I'm still going to do anime, but from now on I'll be experimenting with more realistic and stylistic methods. And Hieke will be my test subject. =3