Juvia Lockser: Rainy Days and Mondays

Juvia Lockser: Rainy Days and Mondays.

Fairy Tail © Hiro Mashima.

I AM NOW 16 YEARS-OLD, YAY! Since I will most likely not be available online for the next 19 hours, thank you to everyone who is going to wish my happy birthday or will actually do something for me! *cough* *cough* My good friends... *cough*

Okay, so I was originally going to do a Jellal or Meredy coloring from one of Carrot's lines but while I was working on them, I got bored and started coloring this again and I just kept coloring. For me, it was really fun coloring the fur cuffs around her neckline and sleeves and hat because I want to start getting into the soft brush shading that people like Shilin Huang (God, she's an amazing artist) use in their art styles; however, I really don't want to do that on animanga linearts like from Fairy Tail because I want it to be more original for my own art, when I get around to it. I'll still do some practicing on the art style I want to use in the future with these colorings for now though so hopefully it's all looking nice and natural to you guys!

Also doing the rain background was just so much fun and really helpful for me to draw out my own backgrounds! I'm not entirely pleased with it but I think I've done it well, for now.

I also hope some of you got the title reference. I really love The Carpenters, been listening to them since before I was able to walk or talk. Please Mr. Postman is still my favorite from them but Rainy Days and Mondays has always been a longtime favorite of mine. ^_^

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