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Yay! I have permission to put up the commission I just completed.

This is Kitten, the apparently somewhat troublesome muse of

joisbishmyoga, who happens to be the author of my favorite Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic (it's a crossover with Harry Potter as well).

She's so sleek and elegant, for some reason I really want to rub her ears.

On the technical side, I tried some new shading tricks to hopefully suggest the texture of fur and hair better. Unfortunately it's only really visible at full size, but I think it worked well enough that I'll use it on future images. I also mixed the modified cell shading of her fur and hair with my usual soft shading on her dress to help distinguish the difference in texture. All in all she was very fun to draw and color. :)