Given the sheer insane amounts of stress I've been under lately, this just felt... therapeautic. This piece felt GOOD to draw. I'm proud of this to the point of arrogance.

Time for context. A very long time ago, god, must've been... well over a year by now, I was doing an art trade with the talented artist mysteryone617 - http://mysteryone617.deviantart.com/ We each sent each other WIP's of our progress, but real life stuff interfered, and sadly we dropped out of contact.

Anyway, having been stuck this morning with no wifi and time to kill, I found the linearts she sent me lying around my netbook's hard drive, and decided to do something with them. So I tried my hand at re-creating the design and pose Mysteryone thought up, tweaked with it here and there, and here's the end result. And considering how reliant I've been on digital art the past few months, doing all these little things like thorough shading, inking, all that, it was an absolute joy.

I'm cleaning up the smudges and glitches, and will present a few varients to this when I'm finished.

And before one of you points it out, yes, I'm aware Beyra's chest is a LOT smaller than usual. This was intentional, not accidental. No, this is not a permenant change. Just hear me out.


A small part of me is a little tired of seeing EVERY single drawing of Beyra displaying her with absolutely massive tits. Like so large, she'd suffer intense lower back pains from standing upright. Realistically, she is a warrior, and her combat style involves a lot of fast movement and nimble footing, and with what, triple D cup breasts, that's not gonna happen. So for the sake of realism and giving the character a more dignified look, I think this suits her, in regards to a design that can be sexy, but also taken seriously.


Beyra (C) Me
Artwork (C) Me & Mysteryone617 (influenced by & collaborator)
Sangheili (C) 343 Industries