edit: Ahhhh! I was tremendously surprised that this got a daily deviation. I am really super grateful to =ryo0oki for recommending me. It's a super great birthday present. Thank you for all the warm comments! They are much appreciated!

Oh man T_T this is a lot different from the first version because i realized how LITTLE and TINY it'd be once shrunk to the size of a card, and how STUPID i was to make it full body with such horrible vast negative space. T_T

and so... i redid it. and for the sake of time i didn't bother with a whole lot of foreshortening and things that would make me have to think intensively. hence the change of pose. i tried to stick with the color scheme kind of? as far as hair/eyes/clothes goes.. ish.

again, three <3's. i'd feel so much cleverer if i had the two of hearts.. less than three, haha, get it? TT^TT oh well.

for ~skydestinies's cardy project thingy. It's the three of hearts!!1! version two i guess. the original is here if you care?? [link]

it's funny how quickly i get really enraged at my previous work, and then i want to scrap it or redo it. ((( man.

Painter 9 (for lines + color)
Photoshop CS2 (textures in bg)
random free brushes i found online whose owners i don't remember (sorry, i'm disorganized)
orig size 1053 x 1600 px, 300 dpi