Anli the Heroine weilding the Holy Sword, casting a fire spell... and ready to kick some ass! XD

She's a little fireball of energy, that's sure (no pun intended). And why should boys have all the fun in saving the world anyway? XD

On an artistic note, I was playing with foreshortening, and this turned out better than most of my other attempts. For that, I'm quite happy. I'm not entirely too happy with the lighting effects from the magic – I really should've spent more time working on that. ¬¬ The lighting from the sword looks fairly good though, and I admit, the glowing Holy Sword is too fun. XD As for the background, well, I tweaked with it for a while because I wanted the character and the magic effects to stand out more (Hwo'd knew that various shades of green would work rather well?). In the end, it turned out better than I thought it would. ^^

Materials: Paper, Pencil, Pigma Pen, Photoshop CS2
Music: "Wings of Despair", "Pure Breeze" – Keiki Kobayashi; "Fearless Eyes" – Junichi Nakatsuru; "This Love" –Angela Aki (I dunno why, but I just love that song XD); "Ichirin no Hana" – HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR; "The Darkness Nova" – Yoko Shimomura

"Anli" the Heroine and Legend of Mana are copyright © to SquareEnix. Fanartwork by Cheetah Smith.