The Crown's Game: The Sun

Vika Andreyeva/Enchanter Two, from Evelyn Skye's The Crown's Game and its sequel The Crown's Fate. I had a lot of fun reading The Crown's Fate, and Miss Skye does such a great job with her worldbuilding and magic. All of the flavor of Imperial Russia spiced with magic and glorious descriptions of food.

I was inspired to do a 3-piece set with the three main characters as major arcana tarot cards: Vika (The Sun), Nikolai (The Moon), and Pasha (The Star). I was torn, for a bit, between Vika's standard green dress and the blizzard dress, but the prospect of trying to manifest a blizzard into some semblance of a dress sounded too fun to pass up. If only I'd known how many times I would have to scrap all of my sketches... I was aiming for a sense of "wild"ness, as Vika's speciality is elemental magic, and she uses both fire and ice frequently in the series. The back-lighting was tricky, but I like how it turned out in the end! 

I'll be working on Nikolai next, and finish off with Pasha. 

Oh, Miss Skye, why must you always go touring when I have tests? Last year I was taking my APs, and this year I had finals. Forever out of my reach, even though you were signing less than an hour's train ride away. 

I might go back and edit the border, it looks too rough and unfinished especially considering how much time I spent on drawing Vika herself!