IN: Dance, Fire, Dance by Ribbon-Knight on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

"Dancing is hardly for me... but for a celebration? Hm. It can't be helped."

Fullbody: 350 EXP
Headshot: 150 EXP
Cel-Shading: 200 EXP
Weekly Challenge Bonus: 150 EXP

I had an idea for four dancers dancing together, each representing an element! I still want to try for that, but for now, I've just done Bijou. Not sure why I associate Bijou so strongly with fire, but I do. I think it's because she's a very strong and passionate figure, both for good and for bad. I wanted to draw fire in the frame, even though it may not really belong there, per se. Well, that and fire dancing is really cool. Unreleated but kinda related, I suppose!

I did the full body one mostly yesterday but I added the face today because I wanted to see her like... enjoy herself. She might think of it as a drag in the beginning but she might grow to enjoy herself as time goes on, that sort of thing. Dancing isn't usually her thing, ballroom stuff she can do, but just on her own? She's not the most creative so it's not the sort of thing she'd normally do. But for an event like this, she'd surely practice for image's sake alone and then grow to be a bit proud and happy if she gets the steps right.

So there you go<3