I had originally intended to use an entirely different background patterned paper for this image. I have one that has branches and blossoms on it similar to the image. However, when I went to create the card, I just couldn't get happy with anything I tried. Finally I set that aside, and started fresh with the colored image in my hand and my stash of paper before me. The end result is MUCH better than anything I had tried previously. Sometimes it is about knowing when to change course.
Get Inky!
Alex
I used five shades of blues on her outfit and extremely pale colors on her skin tones, almost like china white. Though the image is not an anime image at all, it very much makes me think of that due to the color scheme that I chose.