Artist's commentary
Moonlight
Ive been wanting to draw Shadowbringers Y'shtola for a long time, and as soon as I finished Aerith I was like "this is it, its happening right now", so I went for it
When drawing popular characters I always prefer to do this approach of having them be a tease but not actually showing anything, and her dress made it very easy to do that... Plus I added some nice stockings which she might or might not wear (but she seems to be the type who would)
The background started out as some Rak'tika inspired thing but turned into this along the way because Ive always liked these giant moon backgrounds and havent done one in a long time
Then it was mostly a matter of making the colors work, which is where the orange leaves come in, since they act as contrast to her teal feathers and make the whole thing pop
Well, I hope people like my take on her!