This is my entry for 's contest, celebrating the birthday of her adorable panda character, Connor!! The requirement was just to draw Connor, but this image was what I got stuck in my head :'D. So here is Connor and his buddies enjoying a lovely night of star gazing and tea drinking~ Oh dear, but it seems as though Connor's friends are more interested in fireflies and rolling around in the grass than stars and tea! ...Ah well. That just means more tea for Connor. <33

Haha, I know the lighting/light source/shading is COMPLETELY OFF. Other than Connor and his pals, the rest was all done digitally, so lack of planning made it turn out this way. I'm really hopeless without sketching everything out with paper and pencil first, lol;;. *FAIL*


I know I've said this several times before but I LOVE COLORING NIGHT SCENES. <33








_{~*Tools: Mechanical pencil, paper, Photoshop Elements 3.0, Wacom Tablet
~*Music: Gundom Wing Operation 1 Soundtrack [Koh Otani] <33}

Connor & Friends (c) ~Kaiami
Art (c) ~BakaStar
Grass/Plant Brushes: [link] and [link] by *redheadstock, [link] by *elestrial, [link] by ~stockphoties
Sky Brushes: [link] and [link] by *elestrial, [link] by ~v-k-s
Textures: [link] by =FantasyStock, [link]
_{*abuses brushes and textures LOL;;*}