The Desert Gale - Temari

Ah, and here is Temari of Naruto fame...my favorite character in the series, tied with her brother Gaara. She's cool, collected, intelligent, pretty damn strong, and of course...I'd say she's quite a looker. Not to mention, that new post-timeskip outfit really works for her. I also chose to perch Kamatari on her shoulder cuz' he's too cool not to put in a picture with his summoner.

I've been dying to do fanart of her for utterly forever, but I held myself back from the idea for various purposes...that is...until now. This is the first of a small set featuring all of my favorite ladies of the series (Tenten is to follow, possibly by Shizune and finishing up with Konan).

I'm also aware that a few details have been screwed up...but I did make sure that Kamatari and her giant fan are very much to proper scale. The background I figure was most appropriate...she's a fairly colorful character in bleak desert...hence, an actual temari ball...in the desert.

Hope ya'll like it! Tenten is next

Al

NOTE:
-Temari and Kamatari, as well as all Naruto related characters and items are (C) Masashi Kishimoto
-The sand textures used in the bg were taken from Filter Forge and is (C) ice_9

Addendum:
-Utensils- non-photo blue pencils, .5 Mechanical pencil, Sakura Micron Pigment Pens, Prismacolor Markers, and Photoshop
-Working Time- 1hr. penciling, 2hrs. inking + cleanup, 5 hrs. coloring and Photoshop. Total: 8 hrs.

this illustration (C) Alfred Pangkerego