For the front cover of our Comiket Artbook (see news for more info 
) I first didn’t really know what to draw… And I only had a few days to make a finished piece. I started out with this drawing:
But it just didn’t work, the face was off and it would take me too long to finish the city in the back. It wasn’t surprising enough either. So I completely threw it away (kill your darlings!) and sketched an new design:
I wanted to combine the softness of a girl with the cold metal of the “future”, which was the theme of the book. While working on the drawing I felt I needed to put in a little surprise (the drawing was going to be folded around the front page, so the left part would be on the inside of the book). That is where I added a second focal point: the dragon.
I want to make a full version of the armour one day, I have some nice ideas of how the dragon shapes would be incorporated in the whole outfit.
