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                             This picture took me 5-6 days, and with the help of my roommate, helped me with the shading to make
                           this picture really outstanding. This picture means alot to a friend of mine, Hope,  who lost her best friend to
                                                                                       Epilepsy Jan. 3rd 2015.
                      She was only 22, mother to a 2 n half year old son, and belonged to a large loving family, as well as a huge urban family/friends.                                                          

                                                                                  Her name was Heather Lazary.

                                     I challeneged my abilities and comfort zone for this drawing. This is the first time Ive drawn someone to
                                  make them look like themself.  Using alot of reference shots I have of her, my main struggle was her smile.

                                  The smile I believe is her most charismatic feature, that really shows thats it's her. Not to mention Heather
                                     had the most Vibrant colors , blonde, green, purple, blue, but " her natural hair color was always Pink ".

                                              Using Sai Tool for the lineart. I took it to the next level and colored this via PhotoShop.
                                    My friend Hope commissioned me to draw this so she could take it to a tattoo artist who, with their own
                                                                artistic flare, made an awesome tribute tattoo on her Thigh.