Glittering Sun- HoOh

(tentative until I take a second look when I havent been staring at it for 7 hours today lolz- I'll update with the lore then.)

This is the companion to the other deviantation, Shining Moon. (The names, if you live under a rock, were what people thought the GS remakes were gunna be named before they came out with Heart Gold and Soul Silver. I personally like the sound for the titles better. )

Another con piece. I really hope the matching piece won't take as long, because hot DAMN this was a big pain in the ass. Seriously. Took WAY longer than expected. ;;

I played around with the concept from some flavor text off the Pokemon games. Because, you know, Ho-oh supposedly has wings that shine in the SIX (HA!) colors of the rainbow. Surprisingly, I have yet to see another rainbow Ho-Oh out there. :/ Hmm.

...I generally had to fart around with the lineart for this one. There were a lot of weird lookin' things with the head and I couldn't quite get that exact look for it. And then, um, I abused dodge on the feathers. I normally stay away from dodge and burn nowadays, but given the fact that the wings blend together a lot, it's...yeah. So, uh, ABUSE!

If there's anything one wants to know about me, it's that I try really really hard to avoid using rainbows, pink, and making things really shiny. Why? Because it's like a fuckin' potato chip to me! I start with the intention of one little rainbow, and BAM! Next thing you know there's rainbows all over the place, I SPAM shiny things, and pink is totally unavoidable. As this proves.

I'm desat'ing this before I go to Staples, because I fear the colors are so bright it'll make people's eyes hurt.

Uh, I like to think this is a bit of a coloring improvement than the other one, though :3

Oh, and the Ho-Oh's name is Hisui.

Ho-Oh belongs to Nintendo, Gamefreak, yadda yadda...