A Crazy Poet

Raindrops tossed the mic over her shoulder. As another smirk sat across her lips, she reared up onto her hind legs. She crossed her forelegs across her chest before nodding at the crowd.

They went wild.

Based on Chapter 4 of "Of Apples and Roses and Thick Purple Proses" by RavensDagger. While the story itself is focused primarily on Roseluck and Big Mac, it also features the most insanely lovable (or lovably insane) characterization of Raindrops I've ever seen. I was thinking about this particular scene a few days ago, and then just figured I wanted to draw it.

(Also, for those who have read the story, I know the clop-o-meter was not on the stage, but instead on the judge's desk. I just thought it was too funny to not include in the picture.)

Also, I wanted to try a new style/method of shading. This actually was a lot faster and easier than my previous method, and I like the results better as well, so I think I'll be sticking with this style for a bit. Also, I'd like to give a huge thanks to both =Fifth-Elemnt and ~iOVERD for their suggestions and feedback while drawing this.

Illustrator CS5 File: [link]