The first part of my half of the art trade with Sakurie-chan!(Fire Fox Sakurie)
A piccy of our characters, Riiya and Sakurie playing around in the Hundred Acre Wood ^^(and High Resolution will help...ish xD)

Um...first off.
LOTS of experimenting in this pic xDD I mean LOTS. If it didn't hit you right off the bat, I decided that I would try a piccy with a casual pose(where it wouldn't look like the characters were posing for the camera)~ I thought I'd try something different than what I've been doing and I went for a casual piccy ^^
Another thing~ the POSES. I can't TELL you how long it took me to get them exactly how I wanted xD Totally experimental, both of them were. I hadn't tried either of those poses before.
And another thing~ THE BACKGROUND. I felt like doing backgrounds for some reason I don't really know xDD And so I thought of the Empty Meadow and how I could possibly use that in our art trade ^^;
Some mini dialogue to go along with this?

*Sakurie is hiding behind the giant log in the center of the meadow and takes out the paopu fruit she received from Riku*
Sakurie: *sighs* I really miss everyone...'especially Riku...' she thought.
Riiya: *casually walks over and sees Sakurie with the paopu fruit* What'cha got there Sakurie-chan? *totally unaware she was trying to hide xD*
Sakurie: *blushes* Ehh??? A-ano...nothing! ^^; *tries to hide it a little*

Oh! And if you guess how many different shades of green I used for the background, I'll give you a plushie! =P

Anyways...there's more I wanted to say with this but I forget what it was xD So, enjoy everyone!

Done with Faber Castell, Roseart, Crayola, and Prisma colored pencils
Inked in with Steadtler and Aroma inking pens
Some colors, contrast and skin tones edited in Photoshop Elements 4.0

Pic and Riiya(c)Aragorn1014(me)
Sakurie(c)Fire Fox Sakurie

Enjoy everyone!!(my first submission in the middle of the week xD)