I had asked  Dingopatagonico if he wouldn't mind that I try recoloring one of his other drawings. I figured I could use the practice.

He's been very patient with me as it took me some time to get this done. I had been dealing with a number of real life issues during the time.

Challenges: One was trying to figure out how to bring out the individual fingers from the black of the hands. I decided to just highlight the edges that couldn't be seen. The other one was trying to do the shading, I feel it isn't complete, but seems enough to be presentable at least.

Thoughts: I had wanted to add a background but it would have added perhaps twice as much time to the piece. I pondered removing all the black lines/outlining for a different kind of style. I decided to leave them in, it would have meant trying to figure out how shade her hair strands so they stood out from her head better. And I wasn't sure on how I would shade in the creases in the clothing.

I really like how the hair came out with the highlights. I wanted to retain the style that  Dingopatagonico went with. It came out better than I had expected. I'll have to try and remember how I did it for when I do some other arts. I almost forgot to add Ciro's blush in the end. It kind of came out ok I think. It could have been better but I didn't feel like trying to fight Paintshop all night to get it right.

Original here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3505777/

Characters and art ©  Dingopatagonico
Coloring ©  Jimfoxyboy