I've always thought that Lala from StarPre was similar to Lum Invader, both being green-haired aliens who adjust to their new environment on Earth and falls in love with the human main character. It seems the creators agree too, since the PreCure mangaka drew Lala in a Lum-inspired swimsuit for a recent summer piece. I really liked how it looked and fit her character, so I drew it for a warm-up as well as did my own slight variant in a second piece.
I do most of my drawings physically, so I inked the pencil art, then I scanned it before I colored it with markers, so that I could have a copy to use for a digital coloring, which is why each piece has two versions, an analog and digital one. I feel the digital ones turned out much better because I did more touch-ups (especially on the snorkeling piece) and I'm able to color-pick exactly what I need.
I don’t know why I never posted this. I think it’s cause I wanted to do the full scene, but it’s been so long I think I’m just gonna post what I have. If I’m gonna do the whole scene I’m probably going to reanimate it all together. I miss you guys and if you’re still around maybe we can minewt again someday soon!
Thank you @aonekoda for coloring, @honeyf for background, minho voice @neoninjaraiden, and newt voice @voicedheadcannons.
I bought some skin tone markers and I wanted to try them out, so I figured Heiji would be the perfect character to draw. I also scanned the drawing before coloring it with markers so that I could try coloring it digitally. I color-picked from the modern anime.