Kiki’s Winter Costume

This is Kiki’s winter costume. The design was later used in the splash art for Krita 4.0.

I often draw Kiki in her summer costume. I thought it would be interesting to draw her in winter costume for a change. I also chose a pose and angle that I never did before as a challenge.

I was in the middle of a low period as an artist between 2012 – 2022. My sense of body proportion at the time was usually off. But for some reason, Kiki’s body proportion in this picture looks fine, and the pose feels okay, too. It was also a quick and smooth process, unlike the arduous drawing process that I typically suffered from. Perhaps because this picture was just a random challenge, I was able to relax and focus on the drawing itself, and it helped.

Krita is a free and open source digital painting application. Kiki the Cyber Squirrel (the character in this picture) is the mascot I designed for Krita. I also provided, and has been maintaining, most of Krita’s simplified Chinese translations for the application, the documentation, websites, and everything.
Krita website: https://krita.org/