I saw a picture of two people kissing under mistletoe in gas masks and I love that picture. I keep it in my phone.
This is my parody piece. Hopefully after some fixing and drafts I’ll get to do it as a full color bit.
That moment when you realize you will need to fix something like 400 flower pedals.
There are notes around the outside about which color of petal will be used at different locations.

I started with the flower shape in the middle. I’ve decided that the bottom flower shape is more accurate for the Japanese cherry blossom.
Since it is a relatively small change in shape I’ll just fix it at the ink stage.
It has been remarked more than once that I have two very different styles. Style 1 is my Chibi and I do that with Copic markers. Style 2 is more detailed and takes a lot longer. I do style two in color pencils.
Since I have a bit of a gap in commissions right now I decided it was time to do my next color pencil.
This one will eventually be a cherry blossom topiary in the shape of a red panda. So far I have spent two hours on it and this is where I’m at.