I keep painting these Native American skins cuz I can.

Sketch for the next picture. Ashe, Akali, and Sivir.
I'm trying to keep it as simple, but I'm so tempted to put details that will kill me.

Native American Akali

I think I liked the sketch better. I think I got to focused on the coloring that I lost the original flow of the line I was going for. It's so static now, like she's posing for a camera. Looks like I'm just saying, "hey Akali, look over here, look pretty for the camera". I wanted a more, "She's-gonna-kill-me-for-taking-her-picture-I-better-do-it-now-before-she-eats-me" pose; I could've gone for a more threatening look for her, but...this IS just a practice anyway. I guess it doesn't help that I was looking at old photographs of studio-posed Native Americans. Their static poses influenced my coloring process. :-x

Sketch

For another painting practice, I decided to work on another champion. What could be better than drawing my favorite champion to play! I'm not amazing at playing her, but she makes an awesome ninja assassin. Just thought maybe a Native American warrior outfit on Akali would be pretty sweet. She's IS the deadly beauty. So, I'm using warrior images from google to give her, well, a warrior look, while also incorporating clothing of Native American women. You don't mess with Pocahontas Akali. For me, this is another good digital painting practice.