1 - Mindshadow Orphan

I got a new sketchbook recently, a gift from my mum's visiting friend. This, simple as it may be, was the first 'lively'-seeming picture I managed to draw in it, and as a result of it, and the three subsequent pictures I'm uploading at the same time, I've somewhat began to hit back at my long-held fear of sketching and keeping sketchbooks. I'm also rediscovering what a joy it is to sketch on paper, how tactile and comfortable it is, compared to the oft-maddening, slippery pen-tablet!

This was unplanned, hence random ... originally was meant to be a straight Koishi, but I went silly with the design, threw in some random bits and references to Okuu, so now it resembles and alternate take on [link] to some extent. She's plain enough to pass for an original character - not frilly or cutesey enough for a Touhou - but to deny her heritage would be very unjust.

2B greylead pacer sketch, A5; tinted and sig added in Photoshop.
Touhou Project & characters belong to ZUN.