Silas Zee: Elsa

Elsa

2013.12.01

"The cold never bothered me anyway."

I started this right after seeing Frozen for the first time. Originally it was gonna be a quick cel-shaded piece to pump out a fast piece of fanart. But you can thank her cloak/cape thingy for the fancier coloring job. When I was sketching this thing I was like "How the heck am I gonna do all of those transparent layers???" So I changed my mind before I inked this piece that I wanted to do some crazy colors. That worked out fine because I got to go crazy with all of the sparkly stuff. :3

Because I knew I was gonna go really fancy with this I spent more time on the pencils that I usually do. I went through at least two or three drafts on her hair alone which wasn't a problem since Elsa's hair is A LOT of fun to draw. It also took a while to get her cloak to flow just the way I wanted and find some hand poses I liked. I went a little crazy with the textures and the sparkles, but with the bright character on the dark background I think it worked out okay. I didn't go overboard with the magic effects since I didn't want to block too much of Elsa since I already had her left arm crossing her torso here.

I'm definitely drawing Elsa and Anna again. Just don't expect it to be this nuts. Cel-shading is a lot less nerve-racking. XD