chocolate faerie

this was another faerie commission (people must like faeries—i get asked to draw more faeries than anything else). in this case, the commissionee asked for some specifics: blond, waking up in the morning, a cup of coffee, a ladybug, a certain brand of chocolate (her favorite), and similar to the faerie seasons i was also commissioned to draw not too long ago.

yes! i think i pretty much covered everything! “oh, you didn’t want clothes on her?” so close…

here is the edited version:

i actually don’t have a problem with drawing a nude pixie. in fact, call me old fashioned, but most of the time i find it kind of ridiculous that faeries are wearing clothes anyhow. but it was tough to alter something i already had in my head as finished—especially since i couldn’t rework the original pencils (i work in a non-erase lead). this is just one of the many reasons i love that i render pretty much everything digitally now. in fact, i’m not sure how i’d get by without photoshop nowadays.

what do you guys think? which version do you like better?