This is a commission for *Shivia. She requested that her character be "dancing in a kimono, with a gun holster." Hehe, I really enjoyed doing this piece, but I had to do a lot of research on kimonos. Generally I know what kimonos look like but when I sat down to draw one, I had to figure out how they work, including the sash and tie-back.

Anyway, I had one reference image, which sadly was not very helpful. I lost the original reference image of *Shivia's character when it mysteriously dissapeared from her gallery...Hopefully she won't mind if some of the markings are incorrrect. (Sorry!) As for the hair - I made it dark brown (instead of jet-black) because I wanted to show the texture/lighting better.

I think in all this project took 17+ hours to complete. (Too bad artists can't get payed by the hour, lol.) I had a lot of fun drawing her and I've already received another commission for another character in a kimono. Yay! I went ahead and made a print available for anyone who might want a dancing anthro. Heck, maybe I'll get around to printing it out and hanging it up too.

_{I used the following in the background of this image:
-Grunge Brushes
-Rough Texture}
-I made the hanko myself

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