...yeah yeah, diverting from commissions but this one was screaming to get out and I made a very quick scribble of it. My lioness/gryphoness Oya is the type of character that pisses people off...she's brash, harsh, biting, spiteful, likes to get under people's skin, and comes off as the badass takes-care-of-herself loner that doesn't need anyone. But really, that mask just covers her own insecurities, unhappiness, and loneliness. But she doesn't open up to others...she keeps it to herself...usually. Letting someone else in just means they have ammo to use against her, so she bears the burden alone. She's caught in another moment of solitude, it would seem, and she's let down her guard.

This character has come to represent a lot to me in the short time that I have had her...I think I'll leave it at that.