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From the mind of the unabashedly, irredeemably English .

Christ, I'm like George Lucas, aren't I? I can't just leave shit alone, I have to keep going back every few years and tinkering with it until it's right. >_<

... *cough*

Anyhoo, c'est Super Saiyan Kagira once again, with a twist: she's Super Saiyan Grade 2, which is the stage between normal SSJ and SSJ Grade 3, which is the really bulky form Trunks shows off. In spite of what I've put in the title, feel free to add your own subtitle, for example SSJ Kagira: The Next Chapter Stateside, Kagira III: Electric Boogalee, or SSJK3: Kagira's Revenge.

Since it's been three years since I last drew the character, and looking back at the last one made me look away in shame, I decided to have yet another crack at it. She's become my female equivalent of Jin Kazama, hasn't she?

For comparison: [link] - SSJ Kagi 1.0 (2006) & [link] - SSJ Kagi 2.0 (2008)

STUFF THAT'S CHANGED (in geographical order): Pose - My last one had her up in the air slightly with a ball of ki in her hand. I've gone back to basics for this one, in that there's nothing too fancy so that the actual design of Ms Kagi is the focus. She's kind of hunched forward, as you would be had you just turned SSJ and were itching for a fight.

Shading - Yup, I did some shading for this'un, which I rarely do, but I wanted to put a little extra love into it. It's very basic, but I at least took into consideration where the light would be coming from, which I think helps it a smidge.

Aura - I coulda sworn I did an aura for the last one; maybe I did it too faintly for it to show up? At any rate, she now has the familiar aura pretty much as it's drawn by Toriyama.

Hair - I made the hair more like the standard SSJ hair found in the manga; the last one just seemed like a bunch of pointy shapes, so I tidied it up and added the black lines that often turn up in SSJ hair.

Face - Kagi 2.0, looking back, bore a distinct resemblance to a horse in terms of facial structure, so fixed that. She actually has a chin this time! Eyes are narrower and she has a more serious disposition, seeing as how this is the obligatory "darker and grittier" installment in the franchise. Also added cheekbones and a couple of other lines to the face, since SSJ generally tightens up the facial muscles a bit.

Upper Body - Not a whole heck of a lot changed around the chest, apart from shortening the neck and adding more muscle definition. Oh, and she actually has identifiable breasts this time around. Because everybody loves boobies! Everybody! Am I right or am I right? I don't know if I was just afraid to attempt drawing bewbs last time, but Kagi 2.0 looks rather weird with no real space for breasts to conceivably be placed anywhere. Her nipples are also visible through her shirt. Because I'm naughty like that. But mostly as a side-effect of a skin-tight top with no bra. Plus it's tighter due to the added muscle mass. It's all in the name of realism, yo!

Arms Kagi 2.0 was basically a couple of semi-circles and a line, with no real muscle or anything, probably because my younger self just didn't know how to draw muscular women. And... I still don't, really, but I tried. Since it's SSJ Grade 2, which increases muscle mass quite a bit (though not to the ridiculous extent that Grade 3 does), I tried to make her muscular without going overboard into Broli or even Goku-bulky -- she is a rather petite young lady normally, after all.

Top - In my opinion, the biggest travesty of Kagi 2.0. It's just cringe-worthy to me now. It's just a shape, which doesn't gel with the rest of the picture. To rectify this, I made it form-fitting (which AFAIK is how it's supposed to be), allowing the muscles etc. to show through. It's also not as low-cut as the last one, so more of her body is exposed, which again is how it is in the Kagira canon (along with the general shape).

Lower Body - Kagi 2.0 had... a navel. Kagi 3.0 does indeed have one of those, as well as, going with the more toned-'n'-muscular vibe, abdominal muscles and all that, in addition to being far more realistically-proportioned, with more subtle curves as opposed to the hourglass shape her body was in Kagi 2.0.

Gloves/Hands - Kagi 2.0 had rather weird gloves of my own design, whereas Kagi 3.0 has her traditional gloves. She has slightly larger hands, with her right facing a slightly more inwards than her left for a smidgeon of variety. The right hand's also further forward than the left.

Trousers/Legs - So, um, I kind of forgot that Kagira's trousers are supposed to be baggy. I started them off with being skin-tight, then remembered while doing it, and they sort of transform into baggy from the thighs down. They're the kind that start form-fitting and end baggily, okay? You know the ones. Because of this you can see her undies through her trousers, in yet another act of shameless depravity, but I tried to cover it up as much as possible once I remembered the baggyosis. Look closely and you can even see the strap of her underwear just above where the trousers start! In addition, this time I actually lightly drew the shape of her legs before drawing the trousers on top, so that they actually looked like trousers with legs underneath them as opposed to a shapeless, creased mess.

Boots - Well, they actually look like boots this time instead of shoes. Not much more to say, just your average Freeza-standard boots.

So, that's that. Enjoy!

Fun fact: Her feet were done on a separate sheet of paper, then merged with the main sheet using the most up-to-date, state-of-the-art computerage photographic tricketry of the decade:

............ Sellotape!

Description
From the mind of the unabashedly, irredeemably English .

Christ, I'm like George Lucas, aren't I? I can't just leave shit alone, I have to keep going back every few years and tinkering with it until it's right. >_<

... *cough*

Anyhoo, c'est Super Saiyan Kagira once again, with a twist: she's Super Saiyan Grade 2, which is the stage between normal SSJ and SSJ Grade 3, which is the really bulky form Trunks shows off. In spite of what I've put in the title, feel free to add your own subtitle, for example SSJ Kagira: The Next Chapter Stateside, Kagira III: Electric Boogalee, or SSJK3: Kagira's Revenge.

Since it's been three years since I last drew the character, and looking back at the last one made me look away in shame, I decided to have yet another crack at it. She's become my female equivalent of Jin Kazama, hasn't she?

For comparison: [link] - SSJ Kagi 1.0 (2006) & [link] - SSJ Kagi 2.0 (2008)

STUFF THAT'S CHANGED (in geographical order): Pose - My last one had her up in the air slightly with a ball of ki in her hand. I've gone back to basics for this one, in that there's nothing too fancy so that the actual design of Ms Kagi is the focus. She's kind of hunched forward, as you would be had you just turned SSJ and were itching for a fight.

Shading - Yup, I did some shading for this'un, which I rarely do, but I wanted to put a little extra love into it. It's very basic, but I at least took into consideration where the light would be coming from, which I think helps it a smidge.

Aura - I coulda sworn I did an aura for the last one; maybe I did it too faintly for it to show up? At any rate, she now has the familiar aura pretty much as it's drawn by Toriyama.

Hair - I made the hair more like the standard SSJ hair found in the manga; the last one just seemed like a bunch of pointy shapes, so I tidied it up and added the black lines that often turn up in SSJ hair.

Face - Kagi 2.0, looking back, bore a distinct resemblance to a horse in terms of facial structure, so fixed that. She actually has a chin this time! Eyes are narrower and she has a more serious disposition, seeing as how this is the obligatory "darker and grittier" installment in the franchise. Also added cheekbones and a couple of other lines to the face, since SSJ generally tightens up the facial muscles a bit.

Upper Body - Not a whole heck of a lot changed around the chest, apart from shortening the neck and adding more muscle definition. Oh, and she actually has identifiable breasts this time around. Because everybody loves boobies! Everybody! Am I right or am I right? I don't know if I was just afraid to attempt drawing bewbs last time, but Kagi 2.0 looks rather weird with no real space for breasts to conceivably be placed anywhere. Her nipples are also visible through her shirt. Because I'm naughty like that. But mostly as a side-effect of a skin-tight top with no bra. Plus it's tighter due to the added muscle mass. It's all in the name of realism, yo!

Arms Kagi 2.0 was basically a couple of semi-circles and a line, with no real muscle or anything, probably because my younger self just didn't know how to draw muscular women. And... I still don't, really, but I tried. Since it's SSJ Grade 2, which increases muscle mass quite a bit (though not to the ridiculous extent that Grade 3 does), I tried to make her muscular without going overboard into Broli or even Goku-bulky -- she is a rather petite young lady normally, after all.

Top - In my opinion, the biggest travesty of Kagi 2.0. It's just cringe-worthy to me now. It's just a shape, which doesn't gel with the rest of the picture. To rectify this, I made it form-fitting (which AFAIK is how it's supposed to be), allowing the muscles etc. to show through. It's also not as low-cut as the last one, so more of her body is exposed, which again is how it is in the Kagira canon (along with the general shape).

Lower Body - Kagi 2.0 had... a navel. Kagi 3.0 does indeed have one of those, as well as, going with the more toned-'n'-muscular vibe, abdominal muscles and all that, in addition to being far more realistically-proportioned, with more subtle curves as opposed to the hourglass shape her body was in Kagi 2.0.

Gloves/Hands - Kagi 2.0 had rather weird gloves of my own design, whereas Kagi 3.0 has her traditional gloves. She has slightly larger hands, with her right facing a slightly more inwards than her left for a smidgeon of variety. The right hand's also further forward than the left.

Trousers/Legs - So, um, I kind of forgot that Kagira's trousers are supposed to be baggy. I started them off with being skin-tight, then remembered while doing it, and they sort of transform into baggy from the thighs down. They're the kind that start form-fitting and end baggily, okay? You know the ones. Because of this you can see her undies through her trousers, in yet another act of shameless depravity, but I tried to cover it up as much as possible once I remembered the baggyosis. Look closely and you can even see the strap of her underwear just above where the trousers start! In addition, this time I actually lightly drew the shape of her legs before drawing the trousers on top, so that they actually looked like trousers with legs underneath them as opposed to a shapeless, creased mess.

Boots - Well, they actually look like boots this time instead of shoes. Not much more to say, just your average Freeza-standard boots.

So, that's that. Enjoy!

Fun fact: Her feet were done on a separate sheet of paper, then merged with the main sheet using the most up-to-date, state-of-the-art computerage photographic tricketry of the decade:

............ Sellotape!