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Before you ask - yes, there is a man's face reflected in the cherry. That's my ugly mug you're looking at.

This was my entry to the August lineart coloring contest [link]
And it won! [link]

Line art by the incomparable Ploopie

[link]

Flats by sunrisetillsunset [link] were extremely helpful

Wall Clock stock by ~objekt-stock: [link]

Necklace light beams brush by Obsidian Dawn: [link]

All other textures mine (and special thanks to a special friend who showed me tricks on how to make semi-realistic ice cream textures).

A special thank you to BlairSanne for her invaluable suggestions on how to improve this (and now also Gracey Anne Iseki and several others to whom I am extremely grateful)

This has challenged and taught me more, and on more levels, than anything I've played with in a very long time. I wanted everything to appear deliciously enticing, including our pixie. So for me, her boots and clothing couldn't be just leather and/or cloth. I wanted an almost edible, or latex-ish, appearance for her entire outfit, all in the colors of sweets - dark chocolate for the boots, regular chocolate for the leggings, and rich, chewy, glowing caramel for her top.

Warm Above, Cool Below - For a temperature contrast, I stayed deliberately with warmer colors, primarily red, brown and gold tones, pretty much throughout the upper part, with the ice cream and the blue dish and the floor carrying all the cold below.

Our pixie's face had to be beautiful enough to haunt me (and it does now). Eyes, otherworldly. Gray-blue and piercing, like metallic water, including the whites. For pupils, starburst shapes. I changed the shape of the eyes and mouth ever-so-slightly (but still within the lines) - just enough to give some additional personality and character.

If you'd like to see how I did the basic strawberry, I've uploaded a Photoshop file with all the basic layers I used to get myself started on the one on the right (it's all about the seeds, man).[link] Have fun!

Description
Before you ask - yes, there is a man's face reflected in the cherry. That's my ugly mug you're looking at.

This was my entry to the August lineart coloring contest [link]
And it won! [link]

Line art by the incomparable Ploopie

[link]

Flats by sunrisetillsunset [link] were extremely helpful

Wall Clock stock by ~objekt-stock: [link]

Necklace light beams brush by Obsidian Dawn: [link]

All other textures mine (and special thanks to a special friend who showed me tricks on how to make semi-realistic ice cream textures).

A special thank you to BlairSanne for her invaluable suggestions on how to improve this (and now also Gracey Anne Iseki and several others to whom I am extremely grateful)

This has challenged and taught me more, and on more levels, than anything I've played with in a very long time. I wanted everything to appear deliciously enticing, including our pixie. So for me, her boots and clothing couldn't be just leather and/or cloth. I wanted an almost edible, or latex-ish, appearance for her entire outfit, all in the colors of sweets - dark chocolate for the boots, regular chocolate for the leggings, and rich, chewy, glowing caramel for her top.

Warm Above, Cool Below - For a temperature contrast, I stayed deliberately with warmer colors, primarily red, brown and gold tones, pretty much throughout the upper part, with the ice cream and the blue dish and the floor carrying all the cold below.

Our pixie's face had to be beautiful enough to haunt me (and it does now). Eyes, otherworldly. Gray-blue and piercing, like metallic water, including the whites. For pupils, starburst shapes. I changed the shape of the eyes and mouth ever-so-slightly (but still within the lines) - just enough to give some additional personality and character.

If you'd like to see how I did the basic strawberry, I've uploaded a Photoshop file with all the basic layers I used to get myself started on the one on the right (it's all about the seeds, man).[link] Have fun!