Shirayuki Himeka. The eldest of the four main characters in Harukaze no Sekai. She's mid 30's years old already, although her face doesn't look that way ????. Her family name means "Snow White" thus why I drew her with ume (apricot flowers) which in Japan blooms in winter. Ume is really similar with sakura but apparently they are two different flowers.
The hanakotoba (Japanese flower language) of ume flower means "elegance" and "purity" which I think suit Shirayuki's image. "Shirayuki Himeka" is actually not her real name. She is blonde because she is not a Japanese. However, I haven't decided her original nationality as well as her real name yet ????. In the story, she got scholarship to study in Japan and then married to her own professor who she got the family name of "Shirayuki" from. However, she then had to face a hard reality when her husband died of car accident.
She now works as a psychotherapist at the small town where her late husband spent his childhood time, saying that helping other people to deal with their issues is actually helping herself.
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Behind The Art
I was in a long artblock before drawing this picture. It was almost 1 year I haven't drawn anything new. Then I saw this fanart made by Shinshinhye: https://www.instagram.com/p/BRMInCkAnq6/?taken-by=shinshinhye6. Shinshinhye is a local webtoon artist in my country. Her webtoon's titled: FLAWLESS.
The original link of Flawless is here: https://www.webtoons.com/id/romance/flawless/list?title_no=595&page=1
While the english translation version is here: https://translate.webtoons.com/webtoonVersion?webtoonNo=590&language=ENG&teamVersion=19
Hope you like it as I do.
The fanart she drew was for another local webtoon titled: 7 Wonders.
The original link of 7 Wonders is here: https://www.webtoons.com/id/drama/7-wonders/list?title_no=699&page=1
I decided to do some art study using Shinshinye&
Uploaded 25 May 2018