added entry to drawing challenge

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 I really gotta give my characters names. I've been thinking about that for a while now, and I feel that [day 18 girl](#day-18) is *definitely* Emilia, and [day 13 girl](#day-13--a-new-hope) *may* be Elizabeth.
 
 I'm still struggling with whether or not [day 22 girl](#day-22) is Laura or not.
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+## Day 26
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+<span class="date-marker">2026-03-03, 21:51</span>
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+Today, I decided I wanted to challenge myself!
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+I was actually very slightly frustrated before drawing because I felt that I'm getting to a stage where my expectations exceed my skill level so I won't be able to draw what I want to be able to draw. And while I still am no pro, I am actually quite satisfied with what I was able to accomplish today.
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+The challenge for today was to draw a full(-ish) body in a perspective I wasn't familiar with. More challenging even: no front perspective! To be fair, this meant I didn't have to draw a face, but to be honest, I like drawing faces.
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+<SubtitledImage
+    image="26.webp"
+    altText="On the left is a drawing of a girl from the back, looking slightly towards the left. She has brown hair tied up in a high bun and is wearing a grey spaghetti top, a green skirt, and grey sports socks. Her left hand is forming a fist. On the right is a floating face with big eyes and a big smile holding up a victory sign."
+    subtitle="i wonder what she's thinking about. oh wait i guess i'm the one to decide that"
+    alignment="left" />
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+I ended up drawing a girl from the back and at a slight angle facing left. It took a while, but no longer than, say, the drawing from [day 22](#day-22). I also had to erase and redraw quite a lot. I started with the head, then the torso, then the hips, but I wasn't happy with the hips so I looked up a reference image on Pinterest. After drawing the new and improved hips, I noticed that the torso was *way* too long, so I made the difficult decision to erase the head and move it down. I quite liked how I managed to draw the head the first time around, but honestly, I think I did a pretty good job on the second try as well. I'm also really glad that I did this, because the fixed torso size looks pretty good, while the previous one would likely have ruined the sketch.
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+I didn't even manage to fit the entire body on the page. In the end, I only had to cut off the bottom part of the feet though, so it wasn't too bad. The only part I *really* struggled with were the hands. I *could not manage* to draw the hands the way I wanted, and I am entirely blaming the tiny scale for this. I ended up drawing a fist instead to avoid drawing fingers. The thumb still turned out decently, I think, given the circumstances.
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+A lot of what I did in this drawing was a first. I tried a completely new hairstyle, for instance. I drew this type of spaghetti top for the first time. I also did legs with my new technique and without a direct reference. Some more details like the shoulder blades and the indent for the spine I added here for the first time. Plus, of course, the perspective I have never done before. I paid attention to the layering: the arms are the best example for that. The left arm is at the front, then the torso, and then the right arm is mostly obscured because it's furthest back. I remember screwing this up way back at the start of the challenge, so I learned from it and avoided making the same mistake again!
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+Also: I used more colour this time!! I wasn't entirely sure whether I should, but then I decided to give her hair colour as well. The brown I had was *really* dark and I actually had to re-trace the fineliner lines after colouring in that section. I didn't do this for the skirt, though you can still see that the pencil lightly covers the traces. I like the light green skirt colour. The drawing also, again, looks quite clean because I erased the construction lines.
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+I can't really tell what kind of pose I gave her. I think the arms contribute a lot, but I'm never sure where to put the arms. With them down like this and with the fist, this looks like a bit of an angry pose, like she's walking away from something that frustrated her.
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+First I drew fanart, now I'm creating my own lore. This is great! I wouldn't want it any other way.
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+Overall, I'm really happy with today's drawing. Now that I theoretically have all the parts of a human body and practiced them, I really wanted to draw a full person. While I picked a really challenging pose to try today, I think I pulled it off pretty decently, all things considered. Especially since I drew this with no direct reference at all! Just a loose reference for the hips and another for the bun.
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+Just for fun, I also wanted to draw a little reaction face with a victory sign, so I tried that. Ended up quite cool, I find!
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+It's weird to think that this challenge is almost over... and that I've made it so far already. I really thought I'd give up less than a week into it. Now I'm here, sketching humans largely from my own imagination. How cool is that?