@elmerenges - Thank you! I hope I get well soon too. I'm about to hit my chronic-illness' eighteen-month anniversary, but these last ten days have been completely awful.

@Spring - Yes! Once I get a little better and make side / back views and animations, I'll run them both through my recolor program and get each one in twenty shades. I see a few pixels I'd shift now, but on the whole I'm pleased with the design.

I've got a small collection of reference images for new styles, as well-- a nice corset / high-low skirt for my steampunk set, a Victorian coat with puffy sleeves, some new hairstyles.

Speaking of hair-- new hair I've sketched as well:

Haha... it's more that I spent a lot of time practicing art once upon a time. I used to be a realism digital artist sort of mediocre skill, and I did a lot of life drawing and master studies.

Mostly you just think you're a crap artist forever, but it sinks in when you're not looking.

A slightly metaphorical way of saying that most artists I know hate their work, they always hate their work at each skill level, and nothing ever really satisfies. It never really feels like the practice and dedication pays off... but it does, though they're not usually aware of it.

Thank you, BlueCarrot! The hairstyles are probably going to need more work... I sketched those a while ago with a five-color scale instead of six, and I think I'll redo them. I tested with some proper hair colors, and the shading and outlines are a little off.

I did, however, add that high-low skirt, and I tested and adjusted the sweater and coat with the belle skirt, so they can be worn together! You know, when there's side and back views and they're animated.

Add in the shirt and hair to the new piece, and she'll come out something like this:

Pretty hard day-- but my doctor's back from vacation tomorrow! I should be feeling better.

Started with a bra and underwear, then tried some variations on the same red dress. The bottom row shows off how it fits with the other pieces I've made.

@Spring - No, these are just LPC additions I'm designing. I'm adding a fair number of Victorian and steampunk-ish items because I like the genre and style, not to mention I have a project that will use them when I've got a few more brain cells, but there's no theme overall.

I also happen to be a novelist, so one of the ways I'm deciding what to draw comes from identifying a character I can't represent well with the current LPC set, and making them an outfit. I've got bionic limbs, tattoos, hair styles in mind, too. Someday. :)

Heh... It'll be eighteen months of unending migraine next week.

The constaint pain is tolerable most of the time, but the fatigue and the weakness and the 'having trouble standing up' parts are probably the worst. Not to mention the foggy-head and the inability to read or draw. Bleh.

I don't really count pixel-work as the same sort of thing-- not because it's an invalid art form at all, but because it doesn't really use any of the same part of the brain or the same focus. I can't even look at a painting for long periods of time. Pixel-by-pixel button clicks? Not nearly as painful.

For reference-- this is one of the last things I painted before I got sick: https://sta.sh/0221rd7wm9v8