I can probably count the number of times I've drawn Christina here on one hand. And I think I know why. She must be the hardest of all my characters to colour and shade. Given that she was one of the first characters I made, it was that magical time when I hadn't a freakin' clue for what I was doing in Photoshop and therefore picked a really annoying fur colour. Midtone burning of any light reddish colour causes blotching and midtone burning white doesn't do anything. Therefore I'm forced to rely solely on highlight burning, which can't be dodged back to the original colour. After my first shade attempt crashed and burned, I finally figured out how to shade her half-decently. Just scroll back in my gallery to "Epimetheus" to see how shitty my original shade jobs of Christina were.

Now time for background. For Christina's 46th birthday (yeah, she's all old 'n crap), Bors gave her an old magic tome from his home plane. It was only natural given she's the most educated of the Borsites. She didn't think she had any connection to the tome, but as time wore on, she noticed flashes coming from her hands. With patience and practice, she managed to control her abilities enough to start memorizing some spells. She still has a long way to go, but as an immortal she has all the time in existence. So here she's within the walled city of Thessalon hopping along on her merry way, conjuring some lightning to light up the night.

I'm actually pretty proud of this shade job. Went a little overboard on the filters, but eh, looks convincing.

And for those who're wondering, this has nothing to do with the Santana song. But the song's pretty good, although I like Oye Como Va more.

Zing!