It has sure been a minute hasn't it?

As usual, I can give the excuse of work and family complications for why I do little jack the past year

Anyway here we are

Over 5 years ago (damn) I decided I was gonna draw a cover for Written Riddles; the second of three (soon to be four) books on my Riddle School series, which btw I need to do a lot of editing like :blobsweat: I'm intimidated 

So this was what I made

Back then I had to draw each character separately bc I had no clue where to place everything, I even had a unused tama piece that didn't make the cut, also everything I drew had to start out on paper bc I had very little talent to draw on a software from a blank canvas 

I was happy with the finished product, but it also felt incomplete, empty yet crowded all at the same time idk how long it took me to remove it from the story's cover but I did

I've always liked my concept but this version had a bad execution and for a long time I've wanted a second try and knew exactly how to make it better

It was until a week ago I finally took on the challenage

(yes Eliza is 5'5 confirmed #funfact )

Ya'll ready?

Tada :tada:

(I'm not gonna say that it took me half a day to do all the shading and cleanup)

There were a fair few new things I had to do 

Making Eliza do the head turn whilst having her back turned was the hardest definitely, I'm still wondering if her proportions work but idk I'm gonna ignore it like some of my problems /j

I also hadn't used the blend tool since starting out on Clip Studio Paint like....2 years ago? that was fun to play with

And the clouds were something I just learnt on YT as I went along and I really like how they turned out 

My only regret after like almost 24 hours later is the knife design on the handle, Avery pointed out they designed the knife with a bolt on the handle end on their concept and I denied it was part of design since I didn't notice it until now whoops

But now I look at the OG cover and look closely, I kinda like that detail a little better?? Honestly I might've had a empty thoughts moment when it came to design the handle of R's knife, idk that's future me's issue

So ye, I feel as a beginner artist quite proud overall and it's definitely inspired me to do some more art

I wonder what I should do next :thinking:

but until then, hope you like the new version of the cover!

baiiiiiii