Whew...! THIS one took a lot of work... Glad it came out much better than how I was fearing it would look. The anatomy went a bit off in some areas, but somehow I managed to pull through with a very fine looking piece indeed~. Lots of bright and brilliant colours used this time around, and for a loyal and good cause I think. =)

Earlier in the year, I advertised that I'd do a picture for anyone who caught my 4,000 pageview on DeviantArt. ^^ DBY just happened to be that lucky someone, and requested a very heart-felt pic indeed. A good friend of his was to deport to Iraq, but at the last minute they discharged him (at least, from what I heard). So, to show that good friends of his cared, he requested that I draw a picture of him (in his military camo) surrounded by friends. And so, I did. ^^

I did a lil' special something by including myself in this picture. It -was- an accident at first, since I thought there were four friends surrounding him, until I realized this was not the case at the last minute. o.o; BUT, -I- have a cousin who's serving in Iraq right now, and figured that I could relate. I hold a HELL of a LOT of respect for those who are in the military, defending their country for what they feel is right. For those people, I take my hat off to you and I bow, for you have earned my respect. Likewise to DBY's friend, even if I've never met him. ^^

Had a LOT of fun with this pic, although the anatomy made me sad. ;.; BUT, I went back over and over and over and over again until I could make everything work, and I think that it's moments like this that test my ability to its finest. If I can do this, I can do anything. The pictures that don't turn out quite so well? Well~, those ones are the ones that teach me that I did my best, and remind me that I'm still a young and aspiring artist, so I don't feel too bad. ^^ Probably what was my favorite part of this piece was just doing the colouring. 83 I had LOTS of fun decorating with all the bright colours and shading. Me on the far left--I probably turned out the worst. xD; But eh~, it's not about me that matters. I was just a throw-in. ^^; My obnoxious hand also blocks the message (which reads "Welcome Home" on it), so my apologies for existing here. xD; Guess I got a lil' excited.

MALLOW!! Never drew the lil' tyke before, but did he ever turn out charming~. l3 Super Mario RPG ftw~~~... The bright colours probably looked best on him, if anything. ^^ And of course, the centre-piece himself, our brave troop, right there in the middle. ^^

It was a pleasure being able to draw this! I've been itching to draw a Yoshi for quite some time now, and this gave me some insight as what to expect when I draw -my- Yoshi character sometime. ;) Perhaps one of my best group pics yet. x3