Peppermint Kisses (Patreon)

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! I believe this is my first Christmas-themed post! There's: mistletoe, Christmas tree, red and white, and candy cane!!!

As my gift to you (though selected by you, via this month's poll), here's a new picture of Cassandra's bestie, Valencia! This is her first public appearance since 2008, and the first time she's been publicly seen in striped socks since early 2006.

I updated her design a little bit, since it wasn't really consistent anyway. Some design details:

Her fur is more tan-colored than Cassandra, whose fur is more orange-colored.

She is a redhead while Cassandra's hair is mostly brown with a tinge of orange.

Her fur pattern has brown "socks" and "gloves", which go a little beyond her knees/elbows. Her ears are brown, as well.

She has white tips on her hands, feets and ears.

I reused the "stepping through the frame" effect that was used in the Kahina pic, since I think it looks nifty. The tree was freehand, and created with a variety of Clip Studio Paint brushes.

HD/PSD/Alts (12 in total!) on Dropbox.

Clip Studio Paint w/ Wacom Cintiq Pro 24, ~10 hours