u/pastelsupernovas

Just wanted to post to see what people think of her design! Any recommendations are welcome, though I'm kinda sorta set on her design lol, but i may make some changes over time!! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و

I specifically love this oc because for years I've struggled with being artblocked and unmotivated, every time I tried creating a character I felt like i messed up in some way or just hit roadblocks, but I'm glad this time I just went with it. Technically this is a redesign/revamp of an unnamed oc from i think 2023(?), which I've posted on my profile! (It sticks out, so you'll see it lol).

I'm glad that creating Manami has helped me become more motivated to create art and participate in art-related discussions and games and such, like art fight!! (This was my first year, and I got a bunch of amazing attacks of her 🥹🥹 still so shocked.,.,)! I'm still struggling a bit with her lore and worldbuilding, but I wanna get that sorted out and create more ocs in the little world she lives in!! I already have a few in mind hehe

Sorry for the long post, I'm just very passionate about her lol 🫶

🩵} -> Update to my last post!

I took all of your advice and tried fixing it a bit, i also changed the arm pose so it doesn't look like she's armless lol 😭 with the arm pose being different, i also tweaked her facial expression to better match her pose!

However, now i feel like her new pose still looks off :(. I didn't draw the other hand for the sake of time lol, but any help with that or any other part of her posing would be very much appreciated!! I have an idea of how to draw the hand, so im mainly focused on the other parts (especiallg her arm[s], face, and neck/upper chest).

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|| **speaking of appreciation, thank you all so so much again for all the help on my last post!! I didn't expect to get so much attention on here lol, and im glad so many of you like my art as well 🫶🥹 a few of you seemed interested in my art in general, so to follow that up, i wanted to let yall know that i will be hosting a dtiys with this piece soon on my instagram (@ostarchu)!! Also any fanart is definitely accepted and appreciated!!!!!!!** ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)وᯓᡣ𐭩♡•°.!!! ||

Drawovers and general critique is very much appreciated!!!

Character reference will be added in the comments for further clarification, this is my oc and the ref sheet is also in my style so you can get a good idea of what im going for lol

Also ignore that her wings were forgotten 🫪 its 4:30am rn and im exhausted ughhwbeiw pretend i soubd half coherent..

ALSO also ignore the bad coloring and stuff, this is a sketch that i polished to post on here lol, and if a timelapse is needed ill be happy to attach one (when i wake up tomorrow)!!!

Thank you for any help, and i once again apologize for my horrendous sentence construction here, im half asleep rn i swear