Ai-kon 2013 Mascot

1 January 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

And what a way to welcome the new year…
I won the mascot contest!!
QuQ

The theme this time was “Warrior”.
This was my only entry this year (not including the three or so failed attempts 8P), but I worked really hard on it, tried to keep a balance of everything, and did a lot of research for it.

The outfit isn’t as detailed or imaginative as some were, there’s some things for it could be considered quite simple, but I tried to make up for it in other ways, such as: adding the pattern on the kimono, details in the folds and hair, just a little bit of perspective, etc. It ended up complicated in it’s own way.

Like last year, I tried to take inspiration from the shonen genre, and made her into a feisty girl who could actually protect herself and others on any adventures~
I gave her long hair and the almost-flowery pattern on her kimono so she wouldn’t be TOO boyish. :3

I also tried really hard to make it something that I could be proud of, so for the most part the line art and colour is nice and clean up close. Last year, I rushed it and it was messy by my own standards. >w<;; Though I didn't really enjoy working in CMYK, so I think I'll stick to RGB when I can. |D;; But anyway, thank you so much everyone. <33 ;w; To the Ai-kon committee, my family, my friends, and everybody else too. I wish you all the best in the new year!! *hugs* For those who want to see my Ai-kon mascot contest entries from last year or the years before, you can look here! :3 There’s two entries for other contests there too, but most of them are for Ai-kon.

Character © 2012 the Ai-kon Committee/staff
Artwork © 2012 Sloan/designsbysloan.com
Do not use without permission.

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