this painting was done as a Christmas gift for a friend of mine who requested a portrait of herself =) Turning up a little on the late side, I must confess, as it was a tad more difficult than I had expected it to be. I've honestly never had that much trouble doing skin before T_T ~ Anyways, I think she wanted a classic one, so I tried not to stray too much away from the reference picture (although, I was sorely tempted to make it less realistic-looking...). I picked a golden theme much because she's a fan of most things...er...gold. She also likes a lot of Asian stuff, so I took the liberty of including a few Asian elements in the picture.

The image was sketched on paper and coloured in PainterIX. Thank you for looking and happy new years =)

reference: http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic.php?u=561QP1e2&i=1085554