I've been getting a bunch of comments on <a href="https://dfreak235.deviantart.com/art/RoMi-193622686">RoMi</a> lately, so I felt like drawing her again. The original is a tough act to follow in terms of detail and technique, so this time I wanted to do something that emphasizes her personality instead. After a few sketches, I finally settled on this pose and decided to go all the way with it. ^^<br /><br />"Uuuugh... Why couldn't they put the training grounds in a place less... slimy?"<br /><br />It should surprise no one that someone as obsessed with fashion as RoMi can be a bit prissy when it comes to unpleasant tactile stimuli, but RoMi, specifically, takes this flaw up to eleven. She doesn't like being touched, period. So yeah, all you people out there resisting the temptation to hug? ...Keep resisting. Hugs are the exact <i>opposite</i> of what she wants.<br /><br />There are a couple reasons for her not liking to be touched. One is because she's afraid of hurting someone with her claws. She can't wear gloves because they tear easily whenever she tries to do anything with her hands, and - as you might recall from my commentary on the original - trimming her claws off will just cause them to regenerate. The second reason is because her two heads and combined nervous system greatly enhance her sensory input. This is, unsurprisingly, a boon to her sight and hearing, but not to touch; Her skin is much more sensitive as a normal human's. She's used to the texture of familiar objects and her own flesh, but not to the touch of other people. The third reason - really a corollary to the second reason - is that, <i>because</i> she is hypersensitive to touch, she only trusts one person with the privilege to touch her: Her own sister (who is, of course, herself).<br /><br />So what would a self-employed clothing designer from Arkaden Tarnet who's used to being sheltered in non-threatening urban stonework be doing in a bayou like this? Well, remember that adventurer's training I alluded to in the commentary of the original? Yeah. This would be a snapshot of her first day of that. Rest assured, at the following meeting, she'll wear a junkier outfit she doesn't mind ruining. &gt;.&gt;<br /><br />No shawl this time, because I wanted to confirm once and for all that, yes, RoMi's boobs are enormous. &lt;.&lt; I needed some practice drawing bigger ones, after flubbing Sekkai and the Easter Girls so badly. This piece has its own problems, but all things considered, I think I did okay. It's just a quick one to make sure I don't sink into a creative slump. <img src="https://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/a/animesweat.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="^^;" title="Sweating a little..."/><br /><br />RoMi is (C) <a target="_self" href="https://dfreak235.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="https://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/f/dfreak235.png?5" alt=":icondfreak235:" title="dfreak235"/></a> (yo!)<br /><br />EDIT (6/7/11): EYELASHES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!