Kagome's Temple Dance - TOTD

It's been a while since I first got the itch to draw Kagome in the scene where she dances for Inuyasha in "Temple of the Dog". I found several possible poses, but never hit on just the one I wanted.

Anyway, this is at the point where Kagome finishes her dance (the first time) and is watching to see Inuyasha's reaction. Oh, and I feel I had to *ruin* the picture by adding an extra layer for the version being submitted to DA, even though she is covered more than the vast majority of teenagers at the beach and pool this summer. I widened the skirt flap covering her back side and made it more opague. The unedited version will be posted elsewhere.

Again, before you complain about how she's dressed, look out your window and see what the teenagers in your neighborhood are wearing. She is alone in the picture, so there is no contact between two individuals. In NO way does this violate DA's current policies (although as fast as those change, who knows what they'll be five minutes from now).

Sketched on plain paper using a Bic mechanical pencil and several random references garnered from the internet for pose and Kagome's likeness. Inked with a Sakura pen and scanned into my Mac OS9.1, where I colored it using Photoshop 4.0 and a mouse that's ready for the junkyard, I'm afraid. Background is a random screencap from a virtual Egyptian temple "tour". This took me longer than usual to color due to the added problem of an extremely temperamental mouse, and was difficult with the total of five layers I have with PS 4.0 - especially difficult to make the edited version, mind you.

The story, "Temple of the Dog" and art is by yours truly, Urd-chan
Kagome (c) Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise