VolSa - Like a Goddess

So, sooooo much jewelry. With soooooooooo many details. UGH. I killed my hand sketching this out.

Part of my style practice, focusing on jewelry here. Aisling gets to look rather regal for once. Normally I just go for normal levels of cute/pretty/beauty in her drawings, but after sifting through my reference images for the Anatolian/Hittite styles ((I can't find good images for these on google or elsewhere, so I'm referring to Shinohara Chie's historical fiction/romance series, Anatolia Story, aka Red River)) I decided to draw Aisling in some of my favorite pieces.

I was particularly inspired by an image from Volume 3, Chapter 9, Page 77, in which the main character is in tons of jewelry and long robes typically worn for women at the time. Just a little information: the main character is a girl named Yuri, initially from modern-day Japan, who is pulled back through time and space into the ancient Hittite Empire by the Dowager Empress. She is found and kept safe by one of the empire's princes, Kail Mursili (the second?) under the false pretenses that she is his concubine. In Chapter 9 of the third volume, Yuri attends a celebration with Prince Kail as his only concubine, and is sort-of bullied into dressing more like a lady ((she's a tomboy)) by the Dowager Empress. Funny thing is she ends up stunning the heck out of everybody, even the Dowager Empress. I personally love the jewelry she wears. I'm not super girly, but I like the rare occassion when wearing something especially pretty and sparkly is proper.

And dear LORD I do NOT want to ink this. My hand huuurrrrtttsss.

Okay, back to school work. -sigh-

Aisling (c)
Red River/Anatolia Story (c) Shinohara Chie
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