Comission. Leiah the Quarian Princess

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So in this drawing I had the chance to draw an outfit for a character inspired by my favorite videogame series of all time. I think I should've been the one paying to work on this, I am so lucky!

"I'm not gonna run from this dammit.  This is my dream, this is my fantasy.  I'm not just some quarian, not some vagrant or suit rat anymore...I'm a princess. "

Once an ordinary quarian who spent her days dreaming of bigger things inbetween random jobs around the Citadel, Leiah'Dahlael nar Guuha had a chance encounter with a strange raptor who took her upon the greatest adventure of her life.  From battles in the Arena to getting mixed up with rock bands in terrible debt, Leiah rarely wanted anything more in life except for one thing.  To be a princess, to show the galaxy the beauty and grace of her people.  Needless to say, every princess has her wish granted one day.

Are you guys familiar with Milena Canonero? She is my absolute favorite costume designer, and has worked in such movies as Barry Lyndon, Marie Antoinette, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Out of Africa, Dick Tracy, Titus and The Shining. She is a really classy lady, and her costumes are always a feast to the eyes. I did my best to channel the way she draws and designs, and put it all on the canvas, and this is the result! Doing this drawing was quite a challenge, but it was also a lot of fun. I kept changing the design of the dress, and her pose, adding and removing here and there until the final result is what you see here. It had to look alien, but still easy to recognize as what it is, so I added the bumpy decorations all over the gown, and topped it with a mantle to give it some flow. It's meant to represent the soil and the sky of Rannoch, the Quarian HomeWorld.

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