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Flandre Scarlet

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[ Touhou Project ]

Even if not as urgent as Aya's, I felt like Flandre deserved another drawing too, so here it is.

Now the only problem is that this turned out to be a very alternative Flandre, I guess. Her wings cannot be seen, her hair is somewhat longer, and she's using different clothing from her usual ones. And she looks older, too... maybe even older than Remilia, if you look at both drawings and compare. My guess is that, other than clothing, her eyes seem to be making the difference and making her look older. I always wondered how I knew which characters were older than others in anime, since at first glance you can't really tell, and lots of people even think it's all the same, but after taking a closer look, I think I've identified that older characters - such as the class' teacher, an older relative, or, who knows, Kanako - all have something in common, which I am starting to believe that is something closely related to their facial expression, mostly, as I said, the eyes.
Younger or more childish characters tend to have the exaggerated, big round eyes. This is even clearer when kids show up, like younger siblings, since not only their eyes, but their head is also considerably bigger, which I guess follows the real anatomy just fine. So, older Flan, or something. Not that 495 years could classify as 'young' to us humans anyway.

Now this was a quite complicated drawing to finish. Her neck was a bit of a problem, and her shoulders' position didn't help at all, and then there was her face, which in the end resulted in what I said above. In any case, I like it no less. I feel no problem with drawings differing from their reference or even from a character's original concept and/or appearance, as long as it looks fine and harmonical to me in the end. And since I had to change more stuff than usual this time, I hope this counted as improving, and that I am closer to drawing my own things from scratch.
Even though I said I don't mind the result if it looks fine in the end, maybe I should try again for something more Flandre-ish. I should force myself to draw more often, too, because the way things are going, I'll never be good enough for the demanding, picky me. Ganbarimashou!
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amazon211's avatar
Gorgeous predator eyes for Flandre.