art: Untitled (Nyota + Gaila) . trekreversebang

[renisanz]

Title: Untitled (Nyota + Gaila)
Artist: renisanz 
Media: pencil, Photoshop CS2, star texture by dastardly_icons 
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: For trekreversebang . Not as "finished" as I'd like, but the deadline approaches and I'd rather post this than not at all. There was supposed to be a story to go with this, two, actually, but things fell through, and then I had none.

Teaser:





First draft version:


Final pencils:


I first conceived this piece as a way of drawing everyone dressed up for a formal occasion. I had the idea of the fic being a mostly gen, Uhura/Gaila friendship piece with a bit of Spock/Uhura.

The dresses change a lot over the development process. It was hard trying to find just the right style to fit Uhura and Nyota's personalities. I really would have liked Uhura's dress to have a bold print, so, if I find the right one, I'll go back and overlay the texture. I do like how her hair turned out, though, because I thought it would be neat if she wore a braided updo. The details may be a bit hard to make out because of her dark hair but I hope the highlights make them pop a bit.

I am not at all a strong colorist/digital painter so . . . I really like how the colors turned out, overall.

I'm disappointed that Spock didn't make it into this version, but I can always do another drawing of him and Nyota. Honestly, I was also running out of time and decided to simplify the piece as much as possible, which meant sacrificing the figures in the background and focusing on the foreground.

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