Cardcaptor Sakura: The Fate

I decided to take a shot at drawing Cardcaptor Sakura. This is basically the idea that there's a card that appears to be an echo of Yuko from xxxHolic & it has the power to pull on the red string of fate. The staff is a combination of the new wand from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card & the enhanced wand she used to convert the Dark & the Light cards.
Her outfit is inspired by Ruby Moon's look with hints of Spinel Sun & Sakura from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. The main theme of her outfit is a large black butterfly which can be seen on her torso.
The two arms in the foreground represent not only Moro & Maru from xxxHolic but also both black & white Mokona. The two hands in the background have the symbol that was on the feathers in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.
I also wanted to include the disembodied hands because it's a reference to the hands Watanuki faced in xxxHolic.
The butterfly on Yuko's chest is based on the eye symbol she has on her shoulders when she's wearing her black & white dress. So I altered it to be a butterfly because of Yuko's affinity for butterflies & because of the butterfly effect of changing your fate.

English Course Flyer

Finished a new flyer for an English professor. The course information is not included on this version because this is just for posting as an example.
The only guidelines I was given was to make the course title look like a neon sign & green is the preferred color. The tiger is a reference to a story the class will cover & the palette for it was based on a picture of a spray painted tiger that I found interesting.

xxxHolic

This picture was a real labor of love for me. I recently watched all of xxxHolic & felt inspired to draw Watanuki & Yuuko. Of course I decided to add Mokona because it felt wrong to exclude him.

Yuuko: I took inspiration based on an accent design from an outfit Yuuko wears in an image I found on google then spun that out into this original outfit. Her neckpiece is actually a reference to Spinel Sun from Cardcaptor Sakura which felt appropriate considering Yuuko's ties to Clow Reed & Sakura.

Watanuki: His outfit is more of an original idea I toyed with that compliments Yuuko's outfit. I knew I wanted a lotus to be incorporated somewhere as a reference to a character of mine. Watanuki has a butterfly design around his neck to reference Ruby Moon from Cardcaptor Sakura to tie with Yuuko's Spinel Sun reference.

The Lamp: The genie lamp is a reference to the Hanuman Hammer lamp I designed for a Fire Jinn character. This is also why there is red smoke coming out of the lamp to reference the Jinn while also referencing the red string of fate. When you follow the smoke it leads to the "Om" symbol on a chunk of ice which is a reference to my Frost Giant Ram design who connects back to the Fire Jinn. I wanted to add these easter eggs because xxxHolic had many callbacks in Yuuko's shop to other Clamp series.

A Flyer Postcard

Trying my hand at graphic design. The "MGP Painting Color perfected every time" & the check marks are the only things supplied to me. They were from the company's website. The little phone symbol was something I replicated based on the graphic on their site. Since a website is the face of most companies I thought it would be good to have the flyer reflect that.

I tried to keep the color scheme confined to the colors of the company's logo because any more colors would be a distraction. There's also a faint blue for the background so that the white text would stand out more.

Just A Fun 5 Minute Edit

Let me be clear: I DID NOT DRAW THESE PICTURES. 

 So a friend of mine wanted a palette change for a Valentine's day text. Which is a fun 5 minute task that I thought I'd share. Due to pixelation I did have to redraw some line work because this was not a case of just using the fill bucket.