"I've...gotcha!!"
"No, don't...I'm gonna...!!"

...and [ click here to see what you expect ]

Again, I don't really define their relationship. Siblings, lovers, dad'n'daughter...take it as you like. ( ...maybe I'd love an idea of friends in neighborhood from childhood )

I used to go skating myself, I have my own hockey shoes. Though, when I make braking, I have to start with thinking of braking, then get ready to brake, and finally brake. ( In other words, if a kid all of sudden rushes to me, I can't do anything but miserably fall on the ice and hit my butt XD )

If you think it looks plain, that's the result of my trying NOT to put excessive detail. So far, I've tried to put as much detail as possible. That's partly because I wanted to improve my painting techniques, partly becaulse I wanted to prove my ability of being able to draw elements like leaves or buildings. However, with the last picture, I thought I'd got to a certain goal with regard to putting details, thus I decided the next step was to learn as attractive expression without not putting much detail.
Another challenge of this work was to make it softer than before, which I think was mostly achieved.

On the other hand, some people might say that the perspective is distorted, anatomy isn't correct, BG isn't enough or so. With other minor errors, I recognize these weak points of this work. ( ...well usually by the time I finish one I've figured out almost all errors which makes me hesitant to post it ) As a still-learner of digital art ( remember, it's been only eight years since I started it ) , the only thing I could do is to learn from the errors and try to make the next work better. So, please be tolerate.

Everything from sketches and lineart through painting and final effects done on Photoshopp6.0 + Intuos3, as usual.

Hope you like it, and happy Christmas to you!!