Contest Entry

my entry for DevonTomatoCat's design contest: devontomatocat.deviantart.com/…

I chose the 4th category, which was dynamite, ceremony, gate, and imperial

soo
this was the very first idea that I had in my mind when I first saw the four words...it just took me a little while to draw it all out and color it ;;v;;
With dynamite, I incorporated it into her staff, made a fire emblem on part of her dress, and put some sparks on her hair clip.
And then, I made the bottom half of her dress be made out of smoke!!! I really wanted that to be a central part of her design, because
I loved the idea of her walking down an aisle on her coronation day with smoke wisps trailing slowly behind her! The word dynamite also
made me think of war in a way? So I wanted part of her design to be a bit rough/untraditional, so I made the front part of her dress open.
For ceremony, as I said before, I was thinking about a coronation day. So, I didn't give her a crown as she would soon get one. I made
her a staff, and put her in formal-ish clothing as well.
For gate, I included a few things that show gate-like qualities. On the red part of her dress, there are little pieces of metal that are
hanging down. They're in the shapes of small gates. Then, on the staff, the curls and lines are parts that you could find on a gate!
With imperial, I thought of a princess. I'm not exactly sure why, but that's what I thought of!! Asian countries also came to mind, especially
China, so I made red a central color in her outfit.

mm so yeah! I wasn't sure if I would've been allowed to do something in watercolor, so I tried to make it digitally which took me a while Q^Q
But despite how long it took me, I hope you like it!

EDIT: omg wow I forgot to color in her eyes TTvTT
let's just say that they're either bright yellow or bright red!