And this marks CG number fifty - or, as it's called on my compy - CG L. This is also momentous because it marks my very first serious attempt at cel-shading - and having it completed.

Sigh...can't believe I'm actually submitting an OC. I feel kinda bad. ._.;

The original sketch was something I doodled up in art class when the teacher was gone. You know, time I should've spent on my independent study projects rather than cramming them all in the last week of the semester. Ah well.

Hasegawa Michiyo steps up to the plate in her "Shippuden" form. Maybe it's because she has a crazy amount of crap strapped to her body, but this took forever. Though let's be honest, it's because I was so new to the technique.

How long, you ask? Two days. Maybe three. Three.

But I'm glad. :3